Auction Reports
Ahlers & Ogletree
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Modern & Contemporary Art & Design | Day 1
- Auction Date
- 06/17/2026 - 06/17/2026
- Sale Number
- #61726
- Total Lots
- 26
- Sold Lots
- 19.0
- Lots Sold
- 73.08%
- Unsold Lots
- 7
- Total Sales (USD)
- 30,624.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 19,550.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 31,700.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 43,650.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 63,600.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 48.15%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Lichtenstein Roy (1923-1997) | Still Life with Red Jar |
1994 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 17,920.00 |
| 120 | Botello y Barros Angel (1913-1986) | Sentada con Muneca |
20th century | USD 500.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,432.00 |
| 38 | Kohlmeyer Ida Rittenberg (1912-1997) | Quartered |
1981 | USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 28 | Bearden Romare Howard (1911-1988) | The Fall of Troy |
1979 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,792.00 |
| 184 | Bolotowsky Ilya (1907-1981) | #3 series |
c. 1975 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 768.00 |
| 111 | Friedeberg Pedro (1936-2026) | Codice Miguelito I |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 640.00 |
| 110 | Friedeberg Pedro (1936-2026) | Codice Miguelito I |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 640.00 |
| 114 | Friedeberg Pedro (born 1936) | Schloss Struwwelpeter |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 576.00 |
| 112 | Friedeberg Pedro (1936-2026) | Codice Miguelito II |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 113 | Friedeberg Pedro (born 1936) | Ciudad de un Millon con 25 Huevos Duros |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 137 | Bergman Signe; Igo Peter | Diagonal Triangles Amish, 1900-1910 |
1986 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 448.00 |
| 263 | Jova Henri Vatable (1919-2014) | Trinidad |
1960 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 448.00 |
| 109 | Friedeberg Pedro (1936-2026) | Amazonas Odiosonas |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 384.00 |
| 75 | Haring Keith (1958-1990) | The Humane Society of Broward County; Pink Dancers |
1984; 1986; 1987 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 384.00 |
| 283 | Jordan Lisa | Seagrass |
2001 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 320.00 |
| 160 | Jonik John (born 1942) | How Much Longer; Tourist couple |
1976; 1993 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 256.00 |
| 284 | Ladd Steven (born 1955) | Ghost Boy |
1980 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 256.00 |
| 281 | Pearlstein Philip (1924-2022) | Nude with Rocker |
1977 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 192.00 |
| 74 | Lawrence Jacob (1917-2000) | 2 Posters, including: To the Defense |
1985; 1989 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 96.00 |
| 10 | Rosenquist James (1933-2017) | Welcome to the Water Planet |
1988 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
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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.