RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 739, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 16, 2026 - April 16, 2026
Page Size: 519 items in 21 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
369 B. B. Hotchkiss

Benjamin Hotchkiss Autograph Letter Signed

1874 Not Available USD 250.00
370 J. Joffre

Joseph Joffre Signed Photograph

1919 Not Available Not Sold
371 J. E. Johnston

Joseph E. Johnston Civil War-Dated Signature

Columbia 1865 Not Available USD 325.00
372

Fitzhugh Lee Typed Letter Signed

1903 Not Available USD 250.00
373 Fitzhugh Lee

Fitzhugh Lee Signature

Fort Sam Houston, Texas 1902 Not Available USD 125.00
375 Mahone

William Mahone Autograph Quotation Signed on the Civil War: "Illustrative of American valor and patriotism of equal sincerity on either side"

Petersburg, Virginia 1869 Not Available USD 275.00
376 M. F. Maury

Matthew F. Maury Letter Signed on the Repair of Chronometers

1863 Not Available Not Sold
377 Geo. B. McClellan

George B. McClellan Document Signed

1879 Not Available USD 275.00
378 Geo. B. McClellan

George B. McClellan Civil War-Dated Signature

1863 Not Available USD 334.00
379 Geo. G. Meade

George G. Meade Signature

N/A Not Available USD 334.00
380 Thomas Francis Meagher

Thomas Francis Meagher Signature

N/A Not Available USD 250.00
381 C. W. Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Typed Letter Signed and (2) Signed Photographs

1957; 1945 Not Available USD 1,209.00
382

John Pegram Original Carte-de-Visite Photograph

Baltimore, Maryland N/A Not Available Not Sold
383 A. Pleasanton

Alfred Pleasanton Signature

New York City 1868 Not Available Not Sold
384 Ernest T. Pyle

Ernie Pyle Signed Check

1931 Not Available USD 275.00
385 J.F.R.; Samuel Evans

John F. Reynolds Civil War-Dated Autograph Endorsement Signed

1862 Not Available USD 446.00
386 John Sedgwick

John Sedgwick Signature

N/A Not Available USD 250.00
387 William H. Seward

William H. Seward (2) Signed Items - Autograph Letter and Free Frank

Washington 1857 Not Available USD 628.00
388 W. T. Sherman

William T. Sherman Signature

1873 Not Available USD 723.00
389 W. T. Sherman

William T. Sherman Signed Check

1876 Not Available USD 724.00
390 F. Sigel

Franz Sigel Autograph Quotation Signed

New York 1888 Not Available USD 250.00
392

George H. Thomas Signed Photograph

N/A Not Available Not Sold
394 Henry Warner Slocum; Irvin McDowell; Henry J. Hunt; Daniel Sickles; Oliver O. Howard; John Pope; John Lorimer Worden; Benjamin F. Butler

Union Officers (8) Signatures, with Slocum, McDowell, and Sickles

N/A Not Available USD 1,009.00
396 Joseph A. Dean; Daniel Steward; William Hurst

Vicksburg: 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment (3) Documents

Vicksburg, Miss. 1865; 1866 Not Available USD 250.00
400 Seneca Ray Stoddard

John Brown's Grave Stereoview Photograph by Seneca Ray Stoddard

Glens Falls, New York 1890 Not Available Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000