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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Louis XVI (1754-1793) | DS |
Versailles | 1780 | USD 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,586.00 |
| 102 | Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) | DS to Marc Antoine Francois Marie Radon de la Tour |
Versailles | 1787 | USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 14,030.00 |
| 103 | Henri Matisse (1869-1954) | Signed envelope to Elvire van Hyfte |
Vence | 1947 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 488.00 |
| 104 | Thomas Kenneth Mattingly (1936-2023) | TLS to Elliott Haimoff |
Arlington | 1995 | USD 175.00 - 200.00 | USD 183.00 |
| 105 | Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) | TLS to I.R. Brussel |
New York | 1924 | USD 500.00 - 550.00 | USD 305.00 |
| 105A | Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) | Renascence |
ND | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 106 | James Monroe (1758-1831) | ALS to John Taylor of Caroline |
Richmond | 1802 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | Clement C. Moore (1779-1863) | Signed book: The Culprit Fay |
New York | 1859 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 108 | Josiah S. Weiser (1832-1863) | Signed interleaved book: Syllabus of the Course of Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery |
Philadelphia | 1851 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,159.00 |
| 109 | Jacob L. Ziegler (1822-1906) | Signed interleaved book: Syllabus of the Course of Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery, Part I |
Philadelphia | 1843 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,220.00 |
| 110 | Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) | Signed inscribed book: Norge go Fore Ningen med Sverige |
Kristiania | 1905 | USD 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 1,586.00 |
| 111 | Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) | LS to Citizen Leonat |
Verona | 1797 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,562.00 |
| 112 | Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873) | DS to William, Duke of Brunswick |
Paris | 1849 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 244.00 |
| 113 | Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) | ALS to Alleyne Fitzherbert, Baron St. Helens |
St. George off Bornholm | 1801 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,405.00 |
| 114 | Karl Nesselrode (1780-1862) | ANS to Baron von Werther |
1840 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 305.00 | |
| 115 | Laurence Olivier (1907-1989); Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) | Signed program for Antony and Cleopatra |
London | 1951 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 671.00 |
| 116 | Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) | TLS to Percey MacKaye |
New York | 1928 | USD 400.00 - 450.00 | USD 427.00 |
| 117 | Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) | Third Person ALS |
1886 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 118 | George Patton (1885-1945) | ALS to Ruth Wilson Patton |
Pride's Crossing | c.1905-1908 | USD 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,830.00 |
| 119 | M. Scott Peck (1936-2005) | Archive of letters to Sister Ellen Stephen |
ND | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 120 | John Penn (1741-1788) | Partial Manuscript DS |
1772 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,196.00 | |
| 121 | William Pennington (1796-1862) | ALS |
Washington | 1860 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 793.00 |
| 122 | J. Howard Pew (1882-1971) | TLS |
Philadelphia | 1925 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 123 | Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) | ALS |
ND | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 671.00 | |
| 124 | Wendell Phillips (1921-1975) | ALS |
Concord | 1946 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 366.00 |
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