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Grant Zahajko Auctions: Books: Antiquarian, Manuscripts, Maps, Book Presses, Bookends & More!
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books: Antiquarian, Manuscripts, Maps, Book Presses, Bookends & More! | Total Sales (USD) | 80,153.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 42,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #21126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 73,850.00 |
| Total Lots | 306 | ||
| Sold Lots | 305.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 43,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 99.67% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 74,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 107.45% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 158 | [Declaration of Independence]. Peter Force |
(ca. 1833) | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 35,840.00 | |
| 154 | 1787 GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE 1st Printing US Constit |
1787 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,088.00 | |
| 16 | Willard F. Clark (1910-1992) | Willard Clark Recuerdos Santa Fe 1928-1943 S/N |
1990 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 1 | William Shakespeare | William Shakespeare Works (40 Vol) 1893-95 LTD |
1893-1895 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 67 | Marc Chagall Julien Cain | The Lithographs 1960 |
1960 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 287 | Peter Capstick | (10 V) Set SIGNED #1102 Buckingham |
1977 - 91 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 177 | Antique Persian Poetry Manuscript Diwan, Divan |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 832.00 | ||
| 66 | Gordon DeWolf | Jacques Hnizdovsky-Flora Exotica S/N 1972 |
1972 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 704.00 |
| 169 | 1837-1867 United States Maps |
1837-1867 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 704.00 | |
| 120 | Jose Guadalupe Posada | 100 Woodcuts by Jose Guadalupe Posada 1947 |
1947 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 640.00 |
| 202 | Large Antique Illuminated Manuscript Leaf |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 640.00 | ||
| 176 | Antique Leather Bound Persian Poetry Manuscript |
1975 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 608.00 | |
| 138 | 1 of only 26 Copies of the First Edition SIGNED |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 576.00 | ||
| 175 | 1672 Edition Philippi Cluverii Introductionis MAPS |
1672 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 576.00 | |
| 77 | Jean Charlot | PICTURE BOOK II 1973 SIGNED 60/1000 |
1973 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 155 | [Francis Scott Key] | [The Star-Spangled Banner] |
1814 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 56 | Samuel Taylor Colerigde | Rime of the Ancient Mariner David Jones 1929 #412 |
1929 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 248 | Otto Dix: Matthaus Evangelium |
1960 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 512.00 | |
| 188 | (2) Nuremberg Chronicle Incunable 1493 Leaves |
1493 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 480.00 | |
| 30 | Sam Gilliam | 3 Limited Ed. Prints 2004 COA w/ Book |
2004 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 448.00 |
| 136A | Books Leaded Glass Hanging Sign |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 448.00 | ||
| 205 | (3) Nuremberg Chronicle Incunable 1493 Leaves |
1493 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 448.00 | |
| 25 | Herman Melville | Moby Dick |
1930 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 416.00 |
| 71 | Gladys A. Richard | Navajo Medicine Man Sandpaintings and Legends of Miguelito |
1939 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 416.00 |
| 189 | (5) Nuremberg Chronicle Incunable 1493 Leaves |
1493 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 416.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
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Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.