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Auction Name Books & Manuscripts, including Americana Total Sales (USD) 616,760.00
Auction Date May 15, 2026 - May 15, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 358,200.00
Sale Number #6493 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 518,400.00
Total Lots 140
Sold Lots 128.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 409,200.00
% of Lots Sold 91.43% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 594,200.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 103.80%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
63 William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, SEVEN PLAYS, Never before Printed in Folio. London: Printed [by Robert R

1685 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 140,800.00
114 Thomas L. McKenney; James Hall

McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: [Edward C. Biddle, 1836]; Frederick W. Greenough, 1838; Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1844.

1836; 1838; 1844 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 44,800.00
25 Claude E. Shannon; Ralph Hartley; Harry Nyquist; Norbert Wiener; B.M. Oliver; J.R. Pierce; Denis Gabor; Alan Turing

[Communications Theory]. A significant archive of works on communications theory, comprising foundational texts by leading mathematicians.

1928; 1924; 1948; 1949; 1953; 1956; 1957; 1959 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,600.00
26 Thomas C. Schnelling; Robert Aumann; John Von Neumann; John Forbes Nash Jr.; Lloyd S. Shapley; Jean Ville; Emile Borel; Augustin Counot; Ernst Zermelo; Reinhard Selten; Abraham Wald; Herman Kahn; Albert Wohlstetter; Merrill M. Flood

[Game Theory]. A significant archive of works on game theory, comprising foundational texts by leading mathematicians.

1913; 1921; 1924; 1928; 1944; 1950; 1953; 1957; 1958 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,600.00
35 Albert Einstein

Einstein, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein"), to President Herbert Hoover, Berlin, 6 May 1929.

1929 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 25,600.00
106 Theodor de Bry; John White

[Map]. De Bry, Theodor (1528-1598) and John White (1540-1593). Americae pars, nunc Virginia dicta primum ab Anglis. Frankfurt, 1590.

1590 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 19,200.00
37 Hermann Landshoff

[Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)]. -- Landshoff, Hermann (1905-1986), photographer. Photograph signed ("Albert Einstein"), to Mr. and Mrs. Maynard, 1947.

1947 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,360.00
64 William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). As You Like It. -- The Taming of the Shrew. -- All's Well That Ends Well. [Three complete plays extracted from: The Second Folio]. [London: Printed by Thomas Cotes, 1632].

1632 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,800.00
113

[Mexico - Early Photography]. Second Mexican Empire, CDV album documenting the reign of Maximilian I of Mexico, ca 1864-1867.

c. 1864-1867 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 12,000.00
121 James W. Sheahan; Louis Kurz

[Chicago Pre-Fire]. Sheahan, James W. (1824-1883), text, and Louis Kurz (1833-1921), artist. Chicago Illustrated. Chicago: Jevne & Almini, January 1866-January 1867.

1866-1867 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,600.00
93 John James Audubon (1785-1851); Robert Havell (1793-1878)

Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Golden Eagle (Plate CLXXXI) Aquila Chrysaetos

1833 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,960.00
111 Henry Schenck Tanner

[Map]. Tanner, Henry Schenck (1786-1858). A Map of North America, Constructed According To The Latest Information. Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner, 1822 [but 1823].

1822 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,960.00
96 John James Audubon (1785-1851); John T. Bowen

Audubon, John James (1785- 1851) American Bison or Buffalo (Plate LVI) Bos americanus

ca 1845 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,320.00
4 Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908-2004), photographer. -- Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867). Portfolio for Three Poems from Les Fleurs du Mal. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1997.

1997 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,040.00
2 Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)

Basquiat, Jean-Michel (1960-1988). Jean-Michel Basquiat. Drawings. Zurich: Bischofberger and Boone, 1985.

1985 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,400.00
27 Agatha Christie

Christie, Agatha (1890-1976). Murder on the Orient Express. London: Published for The Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., 1934.

1934 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 6,400.00
47 Harper Lee

Lee, Harper (1926-2016). To Kill A Mockingbird. Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960.

1960 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,080.00
86 James Pemberton

[Abolition]. Pemberton, James (1723-1809). Partly printed document signed ("James Pemberton"), and issued to William Sharpless (or Sharples), Philadelphia, 4 April 1795.

1795 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,080.00
120

[Works Progress Administration]. A complete run of the American Guide Series. [New York, Portland, Chicago, Washington, D.C, et al: V.p.], 1937-1941.

1937-1941 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,080.00
56 George Orwell

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

1949 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,440.00
66 Thomas Daniell (1749-1840); William Daniell (1769-1837)

[Travel & Exploration]. Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840) and William (1769-1837). A Picturesque Voyage to India; by the way of China. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and William Daniell, 1810.

1810 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,440.00
115 Thomas L. McKenney; James Hall

McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848-1850.

1848-1850 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,440.00
18 Walasse Ting (1929-2010); Sam Francis; E.W. Kornfeld

Ting, Walasse (1929-2010). 1 Cent Life. Bern: E.W. Kornfeld, 1964.

1964 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,120.00
69 H.G. Wells (1866-1946)

Wells, H.G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine. London: William Heinemann, 1895.

1895 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,120.00
21 Aristotle (384-322 BCE); Henrico Monantholio

[Aristotle (384-322 BCE)]. Mechanica Graeca, emendata, Latina facta, & commentariis illustrata ab Henrico Monantholio. Paris: Jeremiah Perier, 1599.

1599 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,800.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
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    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000
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    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000
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    Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000
    Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000