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Sotheby’s
Fine Books & Manuscripts
June 24-25Sotheby’s, June 25: Keats, John. The most significant collection of Keats’s love letters to come to market since 1885. $1,500,000 to $2,500,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Chassériau, Benoît. The “Expedicion secreta” of the Free State of Cartagena de Indias against the forts of Portobelo (Panama). $50,000 to $70,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: (Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay). "One of the new nation's most important contributions to the theory of government”. $150,000 to $180,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated". $80,000 to $120,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: (Johann Conrad Beissel). A Sammelband of two of Benjamin Franklin's rarest imprints. $70,000 to $100,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: [Pernambuco]. First printed work in favor of Brazilian Independence. $150,000 to $200,000. -
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works. -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
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Aguttes: Rare Books & Antiquarian Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books & Antiquarian Manuscripts | Total Sales (EUR) | 603,104.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 226,740.00 |
| Sale Number | #177621 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 294,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 325 | ||
| Sold Lots | 281.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 253,590.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.46% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 328,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 44 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 183.82% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | L.A.S., Hotel d’Angleterre a Rouen, 10 avril 1892, a M. HAMMAN |
1892 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 52,000.00 |
| 114 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | L.A.S. « Claude Monet », Giverny [14 novembre 1887], a Gustave GEFFROY |
1887 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 49,400.00 |
| 113 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | L.A.S., Giverny 6 aout 1866, a Leon CLAPISSON |
1866 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 45,500.00 |
| 271 | Livre d'Heures, a l'usage non identifie |
c. 1450-1480 | EUR 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 27,300.00 | |
| 286 | DESCARTES | Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison. Plus la dioptrique, les meteores et la geometrie qui sont des essais de cette Methode.; Les Principes de la Philosophie, Escrits en latin… Et traduit en Francois par un de ses Amis. |
1637; 1647 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 23,379.00 |
| 145 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791); May Coates; Ernst Pauer (1826-1905); Wellington; Anna Maria Hall; Anne Thackeray; E.J. Cobbett; George Frederic Watts; John William Inchbold; Hubert von Herkomer; Jenny Lind-Goldschmitt; Stephen Heller; Thomas Hughes; | Meche de cheveux dans un album d’autographes |
N/A | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 18,200.00 |
| 409 | Pablo Picasso | Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de Buffon. |
1942 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 14,533.00 |
| 208 | Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) | L.A.S. |
1840 | EUR 1,300.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 8,450.00 |
| 262 | Louis XV (1710-1774) | L.A. |
1770 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 8,320.00 |
| 327 | Pierre Choderlos de Laclos | Les Liaisons dangereuses ou lettres recueillies dans une Societe, & publiees pour l'instruction de quelques autres |
1782 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 8,214.00 |
| 273 | Hugo de Prato Florido | Prato Florido |
1479 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 7,582.00 |
| 356 | [Suite de figures dessinees et peintes a l’encre. Galerie de costumes]. |
ND (ca 1700) | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 7,582.00 | |
| 275 | Valere Maxime | Les Neuf livres de Valere le Grant, translatez du latin en francois par tres-reverend maistre Simon de Hesdin,... et achevez par Nicolas de Gonesse,... |
1489 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 7,329.00 |
| 288 | LA DOCTRINE DU PERE AU FILZ… |
c. 1528 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,824.00 | |
| 255 | Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) | L.A.S. « C. de Gaulle » |
1957 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 5,720.00 |
| 274 | Nicolaus Salicetus | Liber meditationu[m] ac orationu[m] devotarum qui Anthidotarius anime dicitur cu[m] tabula insertus |
1494 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,307.00 |
| 272 | Pape Gregoire Ier | Les Omelies / saint Gregoyre / imprimez nouvellement a Paris |
1501 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,055.00 |
| 158 | Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) | MANUSCRIT autographe, [Journal d’un cure de campagne] (fragment) |
1935 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,680.00 |
| 144 | Alma Mahler-Werfel (1879-1964) | 6 L.A.S. « Alma Maria Mahler », « Alma » ou « Alma Maria », a un ami chef d’orchestre |
N/A | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,550.00 |
| 169 | Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand (1768-1848) | L.A. |
1814 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 4,550.00 |
| 230 | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) | L.S. « A. Einstein » |
1949 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,550.00 |
| 302 | Antoine Le Metel d’Ouville (1589-1656) | Les Contes aux heures perdues du Sieur d’Ouville. |
1644 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,170.00 |
| 205 | Charles de Secondat, baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu (1689-1755) | L.A.S. |
1736 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,160.00 |
| 243 | Charles I (1600-1649) | L.A.S. « Charles R » |
N/A | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,160.00 |
| 306 | Antoine Baudeau de Somaize | Le Grand dictionnaire des pretieuses, ou La clef de la langue des ruelles. |
1661 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,917.00 |
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Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Rare 3-Paper Offprint Identifying the Double Helix Structure of DNA, Signed by Crick, Wilkins, Wilson, Stokes and Gosling. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph book and Report from the Thirtieth Indian National Congress, featuring the signatures of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.