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Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: The Americana Collection of the Larry and Jean Dubord Estate

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Auction Name The Americana Collection of the Larry and Jean Dubord Estate Total Sales (USD) 11,062.50
Auction Date September 19, 2025 - September 19, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,050.00
Sale Number #91925 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 6,050.00
Total Lots 15
Sold Lots 15.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,050.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 6,050.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 182.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7005

DR. LESURE'S FAMOUS REMEDIES CABINET & TOBACCO TIN

Early 20th c. USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,750.00
7004

"NONE SUCH" MINCEMEAT PUMPKIN ADVERTISING CLOCK

Early 20th c. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,875.00
7002

(2) EARLY HAND PAINTED ROAD SIGNS

circa 1910 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 1,750.00
7270

LARGE CANADIAN WALL HANGING CARRIAGE ADVERTISEMENT

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 531.25
7274

(2) GAME STILL LIFE CHROMO EMBOSSED PRINTS

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 531.25
7249

1939 FRANKLIN COUNTY (ME) FAIR SPARE TIRE COVER SIGN

1939 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
7003

ANTIQUE DOUBLE SIDED WOODEN TRADE SIGN "NORTON BROS."

late 19th-century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 468.75
7236

18C AMERICAN FEDERAL PERIOD SILHOUETTE, IDENTIFIED SUBJECT

18C USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 468.75
7271

(2) EARLY 20TH CENTURY REMINGTON ADVERTISING PRINTS

EARLY 20TH CENTURY USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
7177

SPORTING PRINT AFTER PHILIP R. GOODWIN (NY.-CT, 1881-1935)

circa 1915 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 250.00
7272

EARLY FRAMED PHOTO OF MAINE LUMBERMEN

circa 1890 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 218.75
7269

(3) SPORTING ADVERTISING PRINTS

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 187.50
7353

LARGE EARLY TRADE SIGN

Circa 1880 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 156.25
7273

19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH OF DRAWING - FIRST COTTAGE MANSION IN AMERICA

19TH CENTURY USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
7275

(2) CIRCA 1900 ADVERTISING PICTURES

CIRCA 1900 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 31.25
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.