Auction Reports
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Books and Manuscripts
- Auction Date
- 06/17/2026 - 06/17/2026
- Sale Number
- #pf2654
- Total Lots
- 125
- Sold Lots
- 98.0
- Lots Sold
- 78.40%
- Unsold Lots
- 27
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 1,893,120.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 981,300.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 1,421,400.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 1,291,900.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 1,859,700.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 101.80%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Lope de Vega Felix | El Cardenal de Belen |
1610 | EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | EUR 230,400.00 |
| 75 | Description de l'Egypte |
1809-1830 | EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | EUR 179,200.00 | |
| 149 | Lagerfeld Karl | Le voyage imaginaire de Coco Chanel et d’Ines de La Fressange a travers l'Histoire de la Mode |
1987 | EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | EUR 115,200.00 |
| 13 | Descartes Rene | Discours de la methode |
1637 | EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | EUR 76,800.00 |
| 163 | Proust Marcel | A la recherche du temps perdu |
1918-1927 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 76,800.00 |
| 121 | Buffet, Bernard; Ducasse, Isidore | Les Chants de Maldoror |
1952 | EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | EUR 70,400.00 |
| 71 | Boigne Eleonore-Adele d’Osmond | Memoires. Recits d’une tante |
1835-1862 | EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | EUR 70,400.00 |
| 54 | Regiomontanus Johannes; Santbech Daniel; Peurbach | De triangulis planis et sphaericis; In Ptolemaei magnam compositionem; Problematum astronomicorum |
1550; 1561 | EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | EUR 57,600.00 |
| 22 | Fridolin Stephan | Der Schatzbehalter oder Schrein der waren Reichtumer des heils und ewyger Seligkeit genant |
1491 | EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | EUR 53,760.00 |
| 169 | Vieira da Silva Maria Helena; Char Rene | L'Inclemence lointaine |
1961-1964 | EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | EUR 48,640.00 |
| 50 | Pascal Blaise | Les Provinciales |
1657 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 44,800.00 |
| 105 | Rimbaud Arthur | Une saison en enfer |
1873 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 33,280.00 |
| 38 | Sartorio Bernardo | I numi a diporto su l’Adriatico |
1688 | EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | EUR 32,000.00 |
| 66 | Villedieu Marie Catherine Hortense de | Les Galanteries grenadines |
1673 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 28,160.00 |
| 110 | Twain Mark | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; The Poetical Works |
1877; 1876 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 28,160.00 |
| 133 | Einstein Albert | Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie |
1919 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 28,160.00 |
| 74 | Carnot Sadi | Reflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu |
1824 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 25,600.00 |
| 5 | Bayer Johann | Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata |
1603 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 24,320.00 |
| 47 | Montaigne Michel de | Essais |
1587 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 23,040.00 |
| 16 | Musurus Marcus | Epistolae diversorum philosophorum, oratorum, rhetorum |
1499 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 23,040.00 |
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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. -
Forum Auctions
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 -
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.