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Auction Name
February 2026 Online Auction
Auction Date
02/13/2026 - 02/13/2026
Sale Number
#417
Total Lots
54
Sold Lots
41.0
Lots Sold
75.93%
Unsold Lots
13
Total Sales (USD)
14,245.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
8,225.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
15,025.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
28,125.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
43,225.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
32.96%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
142 Thomas McKnight

Homey mountain cabin,

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 2,964.00
130 Joe Rosenthal

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, 1948-50.

1948-50. USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,476.00
337 Tsuchiya Koitsu

Asakusa Kinryuzan.

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,242.00
151 Tony Fitzpatrick

The Griot's Bird, 1994.

1994 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 726.00
129 Salvador Dali

Don Quixote.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 677.00
141 Peter Max

Statue of Liberty, 1993.

1993 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 578.00
332 Utagawa

Bizarre quack doctors treating incurable disease.

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 431.00
140 Peter Max

"Statue of Liberty (Angel Profile)", 2015.

2015 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.00
150 Charles Fazzino

Thanks for the Memories, 1995.

1995 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 381.00
338 Tsuchiya Koitsu

Morning rain at Hukone.

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
154 Mickey Mouse Sericel

Profiles of Imagination Limited Animation Art Serigraph

1999 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 314.00
341 Asano Takeji

Bamboo in the Shrine.

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 277.00
139 Peter Max

Rainbow Umbrella Man in Reeds, 2017.

2017 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 271.00
93 After Reza-Yi 'Abbasi

Meticulously minute hand panted in polychrome, depicting two men (older and younger) resting and having a philosophical discussion

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 258.00
156 Hawaii Continental Travel Poster

Hawaii Continental.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 258.00
328 Miyagawa Choshun

Dance Party Room.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 252.00
339 Tsuchiya Koitsu

Kazurazaka Ushizome (Evening at Ushizome).

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 246.00
136 Milton Glaser

Dylan, 1966.

1966 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 246.00
344 Kiyoshi Saito

Winter village scene.

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
94 Hafez

Persian Original Miniature Painting, with Ghazal Poem 160 by Hafez, ca. 18th/19th Century

ca.18th/19th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 234.00

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  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000