Neal Auction Company: Premier Collections Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Premier Collections Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 566,052.50 |
| Auction Date | September 12, 2025 - September 12, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 304,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #91225 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 481,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 38 | ||
| Sold Lots | 38.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 304,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 481,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 117.61% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | John James Audubon | The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America , |
1845, 1846, 1848 | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 273,000.00 |
| 138 | A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. |
[1849]-1861. | USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | USD 84,500.00 | |
| 443 | Eudora Welty | "Twenty Photographs" |
1930s - early 1940s, print date 1980 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 33,800.00 |
| 95 | Gustav Baumann | "The Sycamore" |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 26,000.00 | |
| 127 | John Thomas James | "Brown Pelican" Plate 421, from The Birds of America, |
1838 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 26,000.00 |
| 125 | John James Audubon | The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, by John James Audubon, dpapers and edges. |
1856, New York | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 18,200.00 |
| 143 | The Works of Charles Dickens, |
1881 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 18,200.00 | |
| 128 | "Trumpeter Swan, Young" Plate 376, from The Birds of America, |
1832 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,350.00 | |
| 126 | John James Audubon | The Birds of America, |
1971-1972 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 10,400.00 |
| 122 | John James Audubon | The Quadrupeds of North America, by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman, |
1856 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,875.00 |
| 141 | Rex Brasher | Birds and Trees of North America, Chickadee Valley near Kent, CT., [the author], 1929-1932, Volume 3 |
1929-1932 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 4,875.00 |
| 131 | John James Audubon | "Black & Yellow Warbler" Plate 50, from The Birds of America, |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,640.00 | |
| 129 | John James Audubon | "American Bittern" Plate 337, from The Birds of America, |
1836 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,510.00 |
| 134 | "Orchard Oriole" Plate 42, from The Birds of America |
1830 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,510.00 | |
| 142 | The Naturalist's Library, Edinburgh (Lizars), |
1833-1843 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 89 | Frederick Childe Hassam | "Spring in Charleston, South Carolina" |
1925 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
| 468 | Leroy Neimann | "P.J. Clarke's Bar" |
1978 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,990.00 |
| 465 | George Rodrigue | "Space Chair: Split-font Blue and Pink" |
1992 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,860.00 |
| 133 | John James Audubon | Worm-eating Warbler Plate 34, from The Birds of America, |
1827 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,730.00 |
| 467 | Russell Young | "Elvis TCB Gun" |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,730.00 | |
| 135 | John James Audubon | "Black Tern" Plate 280, from The Birds of America, |
1838 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,340.00 |
| 94 | Norman Rockwell | "The Runaway" |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,210.00 | |
| 123 | "Raccoon" Plate 61, from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, |
1845-1848 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,210.00 | |
| 451 | Ida Kohlmeyer | "Quartered" |
1981 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,210.00 |
| 136 | "Townsend's Sandpiper" Plate 428, from The Birds of America, |
1838 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,080.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
