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Blackwell Auctions: May Exceptional Estates Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | May Exceptional Estates Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 39,604.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 09, 2026 - May 09, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 34,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #50926 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 68,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 68 | ||
| Sold Lots | 49.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 60,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 72.06% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 121,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 19 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 32.73% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | Nolan Ryan; Johnny Bench; Mickey Mantle; Roberto Clemente; Willie Mays; Hank Aaron | 1968 Topps baseball card complete set |
1968 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,605.00 |
| 6 | Mickey Mantle #82 |
1953 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,212.00 | |
| 7 | James K. Polk | Autograph Letter Signed by U.S. President James K. Polk |
1845 | USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 4,095.00 |
| 122 | Joe Namath; Gale Sayers; Dick Butkus; Bart Starr; Brian Piccolo; Larry Csonka | Complete 1969 Topps Football set |
1969 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,223.00 |
| 233 | Michael Kenna | Tree and Mountain, Suizenji Joju-en Garden, Japan |
ND | USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 1,287.00 |
| 125 | James Rizzi | The Olympic Spirit |
1997 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,111.50 |
| 190 | Jacob Maentel | Portrait of Robert Harris |
1828 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 936.00 |
| 230 | Portrait of Henry Miller |
Early 19th century | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 936.00 | |
| 231 | Michael Kenna | Island Shrine, Taisha, Honshu, Japan |
ND | USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 936.00 |
| 226 | George Braque | Leger comme un oeuf (Light as an Egg) |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 819.00 |
| 232 | Michael Kenna | Mt. Takachiho, Lake Miike, Kyushu, Japan |
ND | USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 819.00 |
| 229 | Portrait of Julie Eliza (Thane) Poinier |
Early 19th century | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 760.50 | |
| 126 | James Rizzi | The World Will Be Watching |
1998 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 702.00 |
| 163 | Lowell Nesbitt | Apollo |
1969 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 702.00 |
| 56 | Karel Appel | Avant-Garde CoBrA Mvmt. |
1974 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 57 | Karel Appel | Avant-Garde CoBrA Mvmt. |
1974 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 99 | John Lennon | Animation cel from the animated Yellow Submarine movie |
1968 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 110 | Joan Miro | Joan Miro Lithographies catalogue raisonne |
1972; 1975; 1977; 1981; 1992 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 201 | Claes Oldenburg | Three Way Plug |
1965 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 227 | Portrait of John R. Poinier |
Early 19th century | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 585.00 | |
| 124 | James Rizzi | Nagano Winter Olympics 3D Construction Relief Mixed Media |
1998 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 526.50 |
| 186 | Chuck Jones | "Peace and Carrots" Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian |
1994 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 497.25 |
| 23 | LeRoy Neiman | Four Jockeys |
1921-2012 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 468.00 |
| 185 | Chuck Jones | Original Framed Chuck Jones Marvin the Martian Pencil Sketch and Colored animation production cels |
1980, 1993 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 468.00 |
| 165 | Lowell Nesbitt | Working Platforms |
1969 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 438.75 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, 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]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, 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 -
