Lion Heart Autographs: A Landmark Offering of Rare & Important Autograph Letters & Manuscripts—Fresh to the Market and Unseen for Decades, 52026, New York, NY
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | George Wythe (1726-1806) | ADS legal complaint |
Virginia | 1799 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,440.00 |
| 176 | David Wolffsohn (1855-1914); Otto Warburg (1883-1970); Moses Gaster (1856-1939); Menachim Ussishkin (1863-1941); Jehiel Tschlenow (1863-1918); Alexander Marmorek (1865-1923) | Signatures on postcard from Eighth Zionist Congress |
The Hague | 1907 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 177 | Emile Zola (1840-1902) | ALS to Ivan Turgenev |
Paris | 1879 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 976.00 |
| 178 | Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) | TLS to Mr. Hawley |
Nice | 1934 | USD 150.00 - 175.00 | USD 549.00 |
| 179 | Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) | Triumph und Tragik des Erasmus von Rotterdam signed book |
Vienna | 1935 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 427.00 |
| 180 | Josephine Baker (1906-1975) | ALS to Margaret Martin Wallace |
London | ND | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 488.00 |
| 181 | Samuel Barber (1910-1981) | ALS to Gustave Schirmer III |
Mount Kisco | 1956 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 976.00 |
| 182 | Irving Berlin (1888-1989) | Collection of four letters to Leonard Lyons |
1942; 1955; 1968 | USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 183 | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) | ALS to Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein |
Paris | ND | USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 184 | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) | ALS to Mr. Berschtold |
ND | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 185 | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) | ALS to Ferdinand Wilhelm Heinke |
Breslau | 1846 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 186 | Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) | TLS to Dr. Moses J. Eisenberg |
New York | 1943 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,159.00 |
| 187 | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | ALS to an unknown lady |
1877? | USD 2,400.00 - 2,600.00 | USD 3,294.00 | |
| 188 | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | Verzweiflung |
ND | USD 42,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 82,350.00 | |
| 189 | Max Bruch (1838-1920) | APCS to C. Gillmeister |
Berlin | 1879 | USD 175.00 - 200.00 | USD 152.50 |
| 190 | John Cage (1912-1992) | Credo in Us |
1962 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 488.00 | |
| 191 | Sammy Cahn (1913-1993) | Archive of eight letters to Abram Samuels |
Beverly Hills; New York | 1977; 1978; 1980; 1981; 1988 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 427.00 |
| 192 | Pablo Casals (1876-1973); Wulf Fries (1825-1902); Jean Gerardy (1877-1929); Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976); Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901); Thelma Reiss (1906-1991); William Henry Squire (1871-1963) | 6 Books, including: Photograph of Pablo Casals |
ND; 1894; 1906; 1946; 1942 | USD 650.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 193 | Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976); Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901); Leonard Rose (1918-1984); Guilhermina Suggia-Mena (1885-1950) | 5 Books, including: Signed photo of Gregor Piatigorsky |
1954; 1972 | USD 650.00 - 700.00 | USD 732.00 | |
| 194 | Pablo Casals (1876-1973); Raya Garbousova (1909-1997); Paul Grummer (1879-1965); Hans Hess; Maurice Marechal (1892-1964); Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976) | 6 Books, including: Signed postcard photo of Pablo Casals |
1914; 1951; 1949; 1956 | USD 750.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 195 | Menahem Pressler (1923-2023); Isidore Cohen (1922-2005); Bernard Greenhouse (1916-2011); Frank Kneisel (1905-1973); John Alden; Robert Turner (1914?-2001); Jan Hambourg (1882-1947); Boris Hambourg (1885-1954); Mark Hambourg (1879-1960) | Three groups of chamber ensemble signatures |
ND | USD 175.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 196 | Bela Bartok (1881-1945); Max Bruch (1838-1920); Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842); Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921); Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) | Lot of composer autographs |
Budapest; Berlin | 1921; 1928; 1907 | USD 700.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold |
| 197 | Aaron Copland (1900-1990) | Symphony for Organ and Orchestra |
1963 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 244.00 | |
| 198 | Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) | ALS to Louis Bourgeois-Borgex |
Paris | 1922 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 199 | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | The Dream of Gerontius |
ND | USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | USD 1,220.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’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. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, 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 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, 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-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, 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