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Leland Little Auctions: Memorial Holiday Estate Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Memorial Holiday Estate Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 22,230.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 21, 2026 - May 21, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Sale Number | #254769 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 52 | ||
| Sold Lots | 52.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | Inf% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4200 | Woodrow Wilson | A History of the American People |
1902 | Not Available | USD 1,320.00 |
| 4208 | Louis Orr (1879-1961) | St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Bath, North Carolina |
N/A | Not Available | USD 960.00 |
| 4402 | Pedro Friedeberg (b. 1936) | Teotihuacanizacion de Mesopotamia o Soles de Niniveh |
N/A | Not Available | USD 960.00 |
| 4409 | Star Wars "Revenge of the Jedi" Poster |
1983 | Not Available | USD 960.00 | |
| 4201 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | The White House Years: Mandate for Change 1953-1956 |
1963 | Not Available | USD 900.00 |
| 4209 | Louis Orr (1879-1961) | Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
N/A | Not Available | USD 840.00 |
| 4199 | N.C. Wyeth; George Herbert Palmer | The Odyssey of Homer |
1929 | Not Available | USD 780.00 |
| 4390 | Andre Villers (1930-2016) | Les Yeux de Picasso |
1956, printed later | Not Available | USD 780.00 |
| 4143 | Gould; Richter | Trogon Elegans |
19th century | Not Available | USD 720.00 |
| 4206 | John Smith | Virginia; Ould Virginia |
1819 | Not Available | USD 660.00 |
| 4212 | Louis Orr (1879-1961) | Salem Academy, The Inner Court, Moravian Settlement, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
1939-1952 | Not Available | USD 660.00 |
| 4211 | Louis Orr (1879-1961) | Plantation Servants' Quarters, Hillsboro, North Carolina [sic] |
1939-1952 | Not Available | USD 600.00 |
| 4207 | Herman Moll | D. Carolina Nebst Einem Theil von Florida |
1737 or later | Not Available | USD 570.00 |
| 4392 | Alfred Cheney Johnston (1885-1971) | Two Nude Photographic Portraits of the Cutter Sisters |
N/A | Not Available | USD 570.00 |
| 4202 | A Group of (21) Vintage Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 Photographs |
1969-1972; 1972 or later | Not Available | USD 540.00 | |
| 4137 | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) | Le Chapeau Epingle (Pinning the Hat) |
N/A | Not Available | USD 510.00 |
| 4203 | Guillaume Delisle | Carte des Indes et de la Chine |
1705 | Not Available | USD 510.00 |
| 4205 | United States |
circa late 1820s | Not Available | USD 510.00 | |
| 4146 | Gould; Richter | Set of Five Framed Gould & Richter Prints |
19th century | Not Available | USD 450.00 |
| 4399 | Pedro Friedeberg (b. 1936) | El Camino de Virtud |
N/A | Not Available | USD 450.00 |
| 4400 | Pedro Friedeberg (b. 1936) | Cuidad de un Million de Huevos y Veinticinco Duros |
N/A | Not Available | USD 450.00 |
| 4197 | JR Roberts; Barbara Smith | Black Lesbians: An Annotated Bibliography |
1981 | Not Available | USD 420.00 |
| 4406 | Pedro Friedeberg (b. 1936) | Codice Miguelito |
N/A | Not Available | USD 420.00 |
| 4389 | Bert Stern (1929-2013) | Shannah with Abracadbra |
1992 | Not Available | USD 390.00 |
| 4401 | Pedro Friedeberg (b. 1936) | Cuidad de un Million de Huevos y Veinticinco Duros |
N/A | Not Available | USD 390.00 |
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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