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New England Book Auctions: Photography, Fine Books, Prints - Online 6/27

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Auction Name Photography, Fine Books, Prints - Online 6/27 Total Sales (USD) 50,070.00
Auction Date July 30, 2024 - July 30, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #530 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 231
Sold Lots 192 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 83.12% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 39 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
60 Darwin, Charles

Autograph Letter Signed, to "Dear Sir," I am much obliged to you for so kindly pointing out to me the misprint in my book on the "Fertilisation of Orchids."

1877 Not Available USD 4,500.00
200

Signed Presentation New Years cards with photograph of portraits King Bhumibol the Great, Queen Sirikit and family, for the years 1968-72.

vd Not Available USD 3,000.00
3 Adams, John Quincy

Adams, John Quincy. Autograph Letter Signed,

1829 Not Available USD 2,700.00
199

Signed Presentation Photograph Portrait of Queen Sirikit of Thailand.

1967 Not Available USD 1,920.00
2 Adams, John Quincy

Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette.

1835 Not Available USD 1,440.00
136 NASA

Archive of 13 volumes plus related ephemera, compiled by Flight Director Donald R. Puddy, including the Space Shuttle Systems Handbook OV 101, Rev A.

1977-85 Not Available USD 1,440.00
120 [Liberotti, Giovanni]

Liberotti impronte.

1820s-30s Not Available USD 1,320.00
100

Original photograph of Robert Louis Stevenson and King Kalakaua of Hawaii.

19th-century Not Available USD 960.00
209

The Typophiles. Massive archive of 100s of books, specimens, broadsides, booklets, cards, keepsakes, and other related pieces of ephemera.

vd Not Available USD 900.00
34 Carter, Clarence Holbrook

Original watercolor on paper of a winter scene.

1951 Not Available USD 840.00
24 Bradley, Will H

Autograph Letter Signed to Mr. F. H. Day, discussing his "stuff" at a poster show.

1895 Not Available USD 780.00
25 Bradley, Will H

Autograph Letter Signed to Mr. White, discussing the production of posters.

1890s Not Available USD 780.00
116 Le Clerc, Jean

Reflections Upon what the World Commonly call Good-luck and Ill-luck, With regard to Lotteries.

1699 Not Available USD 720.00
186 Saunders, Trelawney

An Atlas of Twelve Maps of India.

1889 Not Available USD 660.00
227 Yoshitoshi

Nomi no Sukune wrestling with Taima no Kehaya.

1885 Not Available USD 660.00
228 Yoshitoshi

Kinoshita T?kichir? (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) standing in a stream with an enemy's head.

1886 Not Available USD 660.00
20

Large collection of over 500 billheads, business letters and receipts.

Mostly 19th - early 20th century Not Available USD 600.00
104 Hirschfeld, Al

Groucho: a Life in Revue [Frank Ferrante.] Fine etching.

nd Not Available USD 600.00
82

German Typography. Massive archive of over 150 brochures, type specimens, booklets, etc.

vd Not Available USD 570.00
142 The Outsider

Edited by Jon and Louise Webb.

1961-69 Not Available USD 540.00
27

Renowned Robin Hood: Or, his Archery truly related, in his Exploits before Queen Catherine.

Circa 1740s-60s Not Available USD 510.00
39 Child, Julia

Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

1997 Not Available USD 450.00
80

German Typography. Group of 28 booklets, broadsides, brochures, etc.

vd Not Available USD 450.00
225 Yoshitoshi

Danj? Matsunaga Hisahide preparing to commit suicide.

1883 Not Available USD 450.00
16 Baskin, Leonard

Dynastes Hercules.

1958 Not Available USD 420.00
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: 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.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: 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.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
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