Quinn's Auction Galleries: Summer Rare Book Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Summer Rare Book Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 116,909.85 |
| Auction Date | July 16, 2024 - July 16, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 55,680.00 |
| Sale Number | #334812 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 89,895.00 |
| Total Lots | 235 | ||
| Sold Lots | 214 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 62,960.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 91.06% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 101,385.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 21 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 115.31% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | Bureau of Engraving & Printing. | U.S. Treasury Department, Specimens. |
ca. 1875 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 188 | Japanese Instrument of Surrender |
1945 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 | |
| 126 | [Natural History] Jardine, William. | 40 Vols. The Naturalist's Library |
1839-1854. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 110 | [Americana/Louisiana Purchase] (Tucker, St. George). | Reflections on the Cession of Louisiana, 1803. |
1803 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 139 | Hieronymi Fabricii ab Aqvapendente (1537-1619). | Anatomices et Chirurgaie...Tractatus Quatour. |
1624 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 20 | 100 Vols. Greatest Masterpieces of American Lit. |
1976 - 1984. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,540.00 | |
| 119 | [Pacific Railroad Survey]. | 12 Vol. Pacific Railroad Survey Reports 1853-4. |
1855-1860. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,540.00 |
| 141 | [Science] Scheiner, Christoph. | Pantographice seu ars delineandi res quaslibet... |
1631 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,159.00 |
| 123 | Wilson, Alexander, with a continuation by Charles Lucian Bonaparte, prince of Musignano. | 3 Vols. American Ornithology |
1832 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
| 148 | Maridanian, Aurora; Gates, H. L. (interpreter). | Ravished Armenia. The Story of Aurora Mardiganian |
1918 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
| 158 | [Literature] Twain, Mark. | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. |
1885 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
| 179 | The Old Man and the Sea. |
1952 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,270.00 | |
| 124 | [Natural History] Swainson, William. | Zoological Illustrations, or Original Figures... |
1820-23. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,206.50 |
| 44 | 19 Vols. Of Vellum Bound Books. |
19th to 17th century. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,143.00 | |
| 84 | Civil War ephemera and letters. |
1864 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,143.00 | |
| 177 | [Literature] Melville, Herman. | Moby Dick. |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,143.00 | |
| 194 | 1860s Terrestrial Globe. |
ca.1863 | USD 120.00 - 255.00 | USD 1,143.00 | |
| 194A | Complete Winston Science Fiction Series. |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 1,143.00 | ||
| 45A | Bernstein, Carl and Bob Woodward. | All the President's Men. |
[1974]. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,079.50 |
| 60 | Yeats, William Butler. | The Poems of W.B. Yeats. |
1957 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,079.50 |
| 104 | 1963 March on Washington Program and Ephemera. |
1963 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 1,079.50 | |
| 97 | [Photography] Simons, Montgomery. | Plain Instructions for Colouring Photographs. |
1857 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 176 | [Literature/Sexuality] Rivers, W. | Walt Whitman's Anomaly |
1913 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 952.50 |
| 56 | Capote, Truman. | In Cold Blood. |
1965 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 889.00 |
| 8 | Crichton, Michael. | Franklin Library. Jurassic Park. |
1990 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 825.50 |
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/29dc9a36-584c-476d-bc08-834bc3d3902d.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d1c7f9bc-1bd9-43a2-9cd9-fa2e0a89d50f.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dcac6725-5a79-4a9a-8172-9a5e10ccb75b.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/e0a5c41f-2fd1-4645-8816-32d89dc4e5fb.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/58851f55-ad3a-4d3a-8a53-a311900b6f84.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/18c42c85-f730-43c0-bc2e-c8d799ae4308.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ac8ca527-c37b-44d5-b1d8-d369d712b17d.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/05e185d5-1ef2-48ba-943f-e6541c123bfe.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.")
