Lion Heart Autographs: A Landmark Offering of Rare & Important Autograph Letters & Manuscripts—Fresh to the Market and Unseen for Decades, 52026, New York, NY
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Henri Rochefort (1831-1913) | ALS to Henri Galli |
1899 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 854.00 | |
| 52 | Joseph-Felix Bouchor (1853-1937) | Signed Drawing of Georges-Marie Picquart |
Rennes | 1899 | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | USD 793.00 |
| 53 | Joseph-Felix Bouchor (1853-1937) | Drawing of Georges-Marie Picquart and Jules Maximilien Lauth |
Rennes | 1899 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 610.00 |
| 54 | Joseph-Felix Bouchor (1853-1937) | Signed Drawing of French generals |
Rennes | 1899 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 427.00 |
| 55 | W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) | TLS to Robert Ancell, Jr. |
Brooklyn | 1959 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 671.00 |
| 56 | Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) | ALS to a friend |
Viareggio | 1913 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,464.00 |
| 57 | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) | TLS to Lawrence Udell |
Princeton | 1955 | USD 3,250.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 7,625.00 |
| 58 | Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995) | People |
1973 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 213.50 | |
| 59 | Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995) | Remembrances |
1990 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 152.50 | |
| 60 | Ralph Ellison (1914-1994) | DS update request for Who’s Who in America |
New York | 1987 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 305.00 |
| 61 | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) | ADS |
N.p. | ND | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | USD 610.00 |
| 62 | George R. Caron (1919-1995); Paul Tibbets (1915-2007); Theodore Van Kirk (1921-2014); Jacob Beser (1921-1992); Thomas Ferebee (1918-2000) | CSs |
N.p. | ND | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 610.00 |
| 63 | Theodore Van Kirk (1921-2014) | Photograph signed |
N.p. | 1945, printed later | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 213.50 |
| 64 | Betty Ford (1918-2011) | TLS |
N.p. | 1994 | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 305.00 |
| 65 | Gerald Ford (1913-2006) | ALS |
N.p. | 1980 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 66 | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) | Manuscript DS |
Philadelphia | 1787 | USD 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 15,860.00 |
| 67 | ALS |
Paris | 1789 | USD 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 68 | Lucian Freud (1922-2011) | ALS |
N.p. | 1974 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 69 | Lucian Freud (1922-2011) | ALS |
London | 1973 | USD 2,500.00 - 2,800.00 | Not Sold |
| 70 | Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) | TLS |
Vienna | 1930 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 71 | Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) | ADS |
Vienna | 1933 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 72 | Robert Frost (1874-1963) | AMsS |
N.p. | ND | USD 3,500.00 - 3,800.00 | Not Sold |
| 73 | Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) | ANS |
New York | 1986 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 183.00 |
| 74 | Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) | Archive including audio tapes |
1990 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 305.00 | |
| 75 | Charles G. Gordon (1833-1885) | ALS |
Cape Town | 1882 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,342.00 |
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