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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Contemporary Art
- Auction Date
- 06/17/2026 - 06/17/2026
- Sale Number
- #61726
- Total Lots
- 131
- Sold Lots
- 47.0
- Lots Sold
- 35.88%
- Unsold Lots
- 84
- Total Sales (USD)
- 93,315.60
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 89,850.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 104,400.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 326,900.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 376,130.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 24.81%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Chillida Juantegui Eduardo (1924-2002) | Aldikatu V |
1972 | USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,080.00 |
| 1 | Tapies Antoni (1923-2012) | Totem |
1988 | USD 9,000.00 - 11,000.00 | USD 9,450.00 |
| 18 | Miro Joan (1893-1983) | El llibre dels sis sentits |
1981 | USD 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 9,450.00 |
| 69 | Katz Alex (1927) | Ada x 2 |
2020 | USD 11,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,820.00 |
| 73 | Chillida Juantegui Eduardo (1924-2002) | Inguru II |
N/A | USD 8,500.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,300.00 |
| 46 | Longo Robert (1953) | Untitled (Eric, from the series "Men in the Cities") |
2025 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,780.00 |
| 265 | Miro I Ferra Joan (1893-1983) | Grave sur le Givre I |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 3,200.00 | USD 3,276.00 |
| 269 | Chillida Juantegui Eduardo (1924-2002) | S/t |
1978 | USD 2,800.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,024.00 |
| 267 | Miro Joan (1893-1983) | Les essencies de la terra |
1968 | USD 2,800.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,898.00 |
| 45 | Longo Robert (1953) | Eric, NYC, 1980 |
2009 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,268.00 |
| 298 | Lam Wifredo (1902-1982) | Sans titre - XXe siecle plate #5 |
c. 1977-1979 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,268.00 |
| 275 | Barcelo Miquel (1957) | Au revoir |
1984 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,268.00 |
| 299 | Lam Wifredo (1902-1982) | Sans titre - XXe siecle plate #52 |
1977-1979 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,142.00 |
| 308 | Lam Wifredo (1902-1982) | The last voyage of the ghost ship |
1976 | USD 800.00 - 850.00 | USD 1,890.00 |
| 300 | Lam Wifredo (1902-1982) | S/t |
c. 1977-1979 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,764.00 |
| 289 | Murakami Takashi (1962-) | Flower # 7252 X -Game |
2024 | USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,764.00 |
| 274 | Plensa Jaume (1955) | LI |
1987 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,764.00 |
| 307 | Amighetti Francisco (1907-1998) | The big window |
1981 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,512.00 |
| 309 | Rainer Arnulf (1929-2025) | Untitled |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,260.00 |
| 344 | Amighetti Francisco | The estuary |
1976 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,260.00 |
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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.