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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | Walter Scott (1771-1832) | ALS to Sir John Sinclair |
Edinburgh | 1822 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 915.00 |
| 151 | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) | ANS on The Daily Chronicle letter |
London | 1929 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 152 | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) | DS list of payments |
1940 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 366.00 | |
| 153 | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) | DS contract for proposed Chicago productions |
London | c. 1914 | USD 450.00 - 500.00 | USD 549.00 |
| 154 | William Booth (1829-1912); Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924); Garret Augustus Hobart (1844-1899); Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905); George Dewey (1837-1917) | Group of signed cards |
1898 | USD 150.00 - 175.00 | USD 366.00 | |
| 155 | Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) | DS Zionist Organization of American Citation of Honor |
1946 | USD 175.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 156 | Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) | ALS to Leonard Lyons |
New York | 1963 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 305.00 |
| 157 | B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) | TLS to Eugenia T. Burrhus |
Cambridge | 1968 | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 732.00 |
| 158 | Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) | ALS to Robert Delpire |
New York | 1959 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 366.00 |
| 159 | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) | ADS payment note to Harry Jay Moors |
Samoa | c. 1890 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 160 | Lyman Stewart (1840-1923) | DS Hardison & Stewart Oil Company stock certificate |
Santa Paula | 1899 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 161 | William H. Taft (1857-1930) | TLS to Madison Clinton Peters |
1915 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 976.00 | |
| 162 | Clarence Thomas (b.1948) | AQS correspondence card |
Washington | 1996 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,037.00 |
| 163 | Ernst Toller (1893-1939) | Seven Plays inscribed copy |
New York | 1936 | USD 150.00 - 175.00 | USD 152.50 |
| 164 | Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) | ALS as president to Otto Bremer |
St. Paul | 1948 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,464.00 |
| 165 | Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) | AMsS quatrain from Voltaire |
Baden | 1869 | USD 2,500.00 - 2,800.00 | Not Sold |
| 166 | Menachem Ussischkin (1863-1941) | TLS to Anglo-Palestine Bank |
Odessa | 1910 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 167 | Victoria (1819-1901) | DS military appointment |
Court of St. James | 1897 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 168 | Selman A. Waksman (1888-1973) | TLS to Dr. Cornelia L. Carey |
New Brunswick | 1933 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 169 | Adolf Warchalowski (1886-1928); Anna Warchalowski | SP postcard photograph |
c. 1910 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 170 | Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) | TLS to Madison Clinton Peters |
New York | 1908 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,586.00 |
| 171 | George Washington (1732-1799) | DS safe passage order |
Cambridge | 1775 | USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 18,910.00 |
| 172 | Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952) | TLS to Hanna Rovina |
1950 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 671.00 | |
| 173 | Franz Werfel (1890-1945) | Juarez und Maximilian signed book |
Berlin; Vienna; Leipzig | 1924 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 174 | Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) | TLS to Madison Clinton Peters |
Sea Girt | 1912 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 305.00 |
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