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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | George Wythe (1726-1806) | ADS legal complaint |
Virginia | 1799 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,440.00 |
| 176 | David Wolffsohn (1855-1914); Otto Warburg (1883-1970); Moses Gaster (1856-1939); Menachim Ussishkin (1863-1941); Jehiel Tschlenow (1863-1918); Alexander Marmorek (1865-1923) | Signatures on postcard from Eighth Zionist Congress |
The Hague | 1907 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 177 | Emile Zola (1840-1902) | ALS to Ivan Turgenev |
Paris | 1879 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 976.00 |
| 178 | Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) | TLS to Mr. Hawley |
Nice | 1934 | USD 150.00 - 175.00 | USD 549.00 |
| 179 | Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) | Triumph und Tragik des Erasmus von Rotterdam signed book |
Vienna | 1935 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 427.00 |
| 180 | Josephine Baker (1906-1975) | ALS to Margaret Martin Wallace |
London | ND | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 488.00 |
| 181 | Samuel Barber (1910-1981) | ALS to Gustave Schirmer III |
Mount Kisco | 1956 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 976.00 |
| 182 | Irving Berlin (1888-1989) | Collection of four letters to Leonard Lyons |
1942; 1955; 1968 | USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 183 | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) | ALS to Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein |
Paris | ND | USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 184 | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) | ALS to Mr. Berschtold |
ND | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 185 | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) | ALS to Ferdinand Wilhelm Heinke |
Breslau | 1846 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 186 | Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) | TLS to Dr. Moses J. Eisenberg |
New York | 1943 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,159.00 |
| 187 | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | ALS to an unknown lady |
1877? | USD 2,400.00 - 2,600.00 | USD 3,294.00 | |
| 188 | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | Verzweiflung |
ND | USD 42,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 82,350.00 | |
| 189 | Max Bruch (1838-1920) | APCS to C. Gillmeister |
Berlin | 1879 | USD 175.00 - 200.00 | USD 152.50 |
| 190 | John Cage (1912-1992) | Credo in Us |
1962 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 488.00 | |
| 191 | Sammy Cahn (1913-1993) | Archive of eight letters to Abram Samuels |
Beverly Hills; New York | 1977; 1978; 1980; 1981; 1988 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 427.00 |
| 192 | Pablo Casals (1876-1973); Wulf Fries (1825-1902); Jean Gerardy (1877-1929); Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976); Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901); Thelma Reiss (1906-1991); William Henry Squire (1871-1963) | 6 Books, including: Photograph of Pablo Casals |
ND; 1894; 1906; 1946; 1942 | USD 650.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 193 | Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976); Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901); Leonard Rose (1918-1984); Guilhermina Suggia-Mena (1885-1950) | 5 Books, including: Signed photo of Gregor Piatigorsky |
1954; 1972 | USD 650.00 - 700.00 | USD 732.00 | |
| 194 | Pablo Casals (1876-1973); Raya Garbousova (1909-1997); Paul Grummer (1879-1965); Hans Hess; Maurice Marechal (1892-1964); Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976) | 6 Books, including: Signed postcard photo of Pablo Casals |
1914; 1951; 1949; 1956 | USD 750.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 195 | Menahem Pressler (1923-2023); Isidore Cohen (1922-2005); Bernard Greenhouse (1916-2011); Frank Kneisel (1905-1973); John Alden; Robert Turner (1914?-2001); Jan Hambourg (1882-1947); Boris Hambourg (1885-1954); Mark Hambourg (1879-1960) | Three groups of chamber ensemble signatures |
ND | USD 175.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 196 | Bela Bartok (1881-1945); Max Bruch (1838-1920); Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842); Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921); Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) | Lot of composer autographs |
Budapest; Berlin | 1921; 1928; 1907 | USD 700.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold |
| 197 | Aaron Copland (1900-1990) | Symphony for Organ and Orchestra |
1963 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 244.00 | |
| 198 | Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) | ALS to Louis Bourgeois-Borgex |
Paris | 1922 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 199 | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | The Dream of Gerontius |
ND | USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | USD 1,220.00 |
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