Auction Reports
Bukowskis
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Antique Books
- Auction Date
- 06/16/2026 - 06/16/2026
- Sale Number
- #E1403
- Total Lots
- 70
- Sold Lots
- 55.0
- Lots Sold
- 78.57%
- Unsold Lots
- 15
- Total Sales (SEK)
- 511,884.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK)
- 311,500.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK)
- 311,500.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (SEK)
- 407,500.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (SEK)
- 407,500.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 125.62%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1697255 | Joni Icilio Federico (1866-1946) | Painted tavolette book covers |
late 19th century | SEK 20,000.00 - 20,000.00 | SEK 38,750.00 |
| 1697293 | Jonason Aron (1838-1914) | Minnesbilder fran Drott sommaren 1900 |
1900 | SEK 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 | SEK 37,250.00 |
| 1697295 | Jonason Aron (1838-1914) | Minnesbilder fran Drott sommaren 1904 |
1904 | SEK 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 | SEK 30,001.25 |
| 1697573 | Herberstein Sigismund von | Comentari della Moscovia, et parimente della Russia |
1550 | SEK 20,000.00 - 20,000.00 | SEK 28,751.25 |
| 1697291 | Jonason Aron (1838-1914) | Minnesbilder fran Drott sommaren 1899 |
1899 | SEK 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 | SEK 26,250.00 |
| 1724688 | Luther Martin | Biblia, Das ist Die gantze Schrifft, Altes und Neues Testaments Teutsch |
1662 | SEK 20,000.00 - 20,000.00 | SEK 23,750.00 |
| 1723515 | Horatius | Opera |
1481 | SEK 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 | SEK 23,125.00 |
| 1723514 | Bonaventura Johannes (1221-1274) | Opuscula |
1495 | SEK 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 | SEK 18,125.00 |
| 1716302 | Durer Albrecht (1471-1528) | Die Geburt Christi / The Adoration of the Shepherds |
c. 1503;c. 1540 | SEK 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 | SEK 16,250.00 |
| 1723570 | Wright John Michael | Ragguaglio della solenne comparsa, fatta in Roma gli otto di Gennaio MDCLXXXVII |
1687 | SEK 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 | SEK 15,625.00 |
| 1723568 | Martinelli Agostino; Anghillara Julius Caesar Maria Capicius | Descrittione di diversi ponti esistenti sopra li fiumi Nera, e Tevere; Theoremata ex universa philosophia selecta atque elementa architecturae civilis et militaris |
1676; 1762 | SEK 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 | SEK 15,625.00 |
| 1716225 | Luther Martin | Eyn Sendbrieff an den Bapst Leo. den czehenden |
1520 | SEK 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 | SEK 14,375.00 |
| 1723516 | Herodotos | Herodoti Halicarnassei historiographi libri novem |
1537 | SEK 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | SEK 12,500.00 |
| 1712453 | Linnerhielm Jonas Carl (1758-1829) | Bref under resor i Sverige; Bref under nya resor i Sverige; Bref under senare resor i Sverige |
1797; 1806; 1816 | SEK 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 | SEK 12,125.00 |
| 1715847 | Wijnblad Carl | Ritningar pa fyratio waningshus af sten, och trettio af trad |
1755-56 | SEK 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | SEK 10,000.00 |
| 1723560 | Palazzi Giovanni | Gesta Pontificum Romanorum a Sancto Petro Apostolorum Principe usque ad Innocentium XI |
1687-90 | SEK 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | SEK 9,125.00 |
| 1723525 | Galeotti Niccolo | Museum Odescalchum, sive thesaurus antiquarum gemmarum |
1751-52 | SEK 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 | SEK 9,000.00 |
| 1709910 | Ericus Johannes Petrus | Humanae linguae genesis |
1697 | SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | SEK 9,000.00 |
| 1724477 | Roman Christian Gustafsson | Walmente tanckar om barna upfostring |
1743-6 | SEK 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | SEK 8,250.00 |
| 1723014 | Billmark Carl Johan | Pittoresk resetour fran Stockholm till Neapel |
1852 | SEK 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 | SEK 7,750.00 |
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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.