New England Auctions: Historical, Medical Antiques, Medals & Books, 50726, Branford
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 07, 2026 - May 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502 | Napolean Crossing the Alps' |
American | late 19th century | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 131.00 | |
| 503 | Folk art drawing of the 'Seven Headed Beast Coming from the Sea' |
American | 18th century | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 851.50 | |
| 504 | Washington's War Horse |
American | 19th century | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,096.00 | |
| 505 | Family record for the Eastman and French family |
1790 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 229.25 | ||
| 506 | Early Norwich Academy poem(s); early (1818) perpetual calendar |
1818 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 327.50 | ||
| 553 | R. Carlin | Poster commemorating the famous 1975 hook up of the Apollo and Soyuze ships |
1975 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 458.50 | |
| 567 | Large estate group of antique ephemera and photos |
Hudson River Valley | 1907-1912 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,096.00 | |
| 569 | Colbert's envelope manufactory printing office broadside advertisement |
Philadelphia | late 19th century | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 458.50 | |
| 570 | Munyon's Homeopathic Remedies broadside advertisement |
Chicago | circa 1900 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 131.00 | |
| 571 | Nine binders of antique ephemera |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,048.00 | ||
| 572 | Eight binders of antique ephemera |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,113.50 | ||
| 598 | Worth D. Griffin | Portrait of Chief Washakie |
1931 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 262.00 | |
| 645 | Robert Frost | West-Running Brook; A Further Range |
New York | 1928; 1936 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 524.00 |
| 646 | Francis Trevelyan Miller; Robert S. Lanier | Photographic History of the Civil War/ In Ten Volumes |
New York | 1911 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 458.50 |
| 647 | Charlotte Bronte; Emily Bronte; Anne Bronte | The Novels of Charlotte, Emily, & Anne Bronte |
London; Toronto; New York | 1922 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 262.00 |
| 648 | Virgil | Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera Ad Novissimam Heynii Editionem Exacta Cum Notis Selectis |
Milan | 1819 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 393.00 |
| 649 | Rev. F. O. Morris | History of British Birds Volumes 1,2,& 4 (of 6) and Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds Volumes 1 & 2 (of 3) |
London | 1853-1860 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 655.00 |
| 650 | Anon.; John Dryden; H. Verney; Daniel Johnson; J. Cats; Thomas B. Macaulay | The Persian Letters Continued Or, the second volume of letters from Selim at London; The Dramatick Works of John Dryden; Les Jeux des Quatre Saisons; A History of Napolean; Sketches of Field Sports as followed by The Natives of India; Outerdom Buyten Leve |
London; Paris | 1735; MDCCXXXV; 1816; ca. 1821; 1822; n.d.; 1849 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 327.50 |
| 651 | Charles A. Goodrich | Sanders' Series of School Books; The Universal Traveller |
New York; Hartford, Conn. | 1842; 1836 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 65.50 |
| 652 | Mark Twain; J.G. Holland; Theodore Roosevelt; Mrs. Beeton; Sir Walter Scott; George Sand; Oliver Goldsmith; H.L. Richardson; Gloria Cardew; Edward C. Alden; Thor Heyerdahl | A Tramp Abroad; The Life of Abraham Lincoln; The Rough Riders; Mrs. Beeton's Household Management A Complete Cookery Book; The Waverly Gallery of the Principal Female Characters In Sir Walter Scott's Romances; Letters of George Sand; The Deserted Village; |
Hartford, Conn.; London; Springfield, Mass.; New York; Melbourne; Boston; Sheffield, Mass. | 1880; 1866; 1899; ca. 1930; [1841]; 1886; 1901; nd (1900-1910?); 11th Impression | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 262.00 |
| 653 | Petit Courrier des Dames |
Paris | 1828-1829 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 262.00 | |
| 654 | Robert Smith Surtees | The Works of Robert Smith Surtees |
London | 1805-1864 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 229.25 |
| 655 | Horace Greeley; S. Emma E. Edmonds; Frank Moore; Randall Parrish; James Moore, M.D.; James Parton; Benjamin F. Butler; Richard Johnson; Burr & Hinton; Henry Coppee; Boston City Council; Rev. P. C. Headley; Louis Shephaerd Moat; Wayne Youngblood; Ray Bonds | The American Conflict; The Nurse and Spy in the Union Army; Women of the War; Love Under Fire; Kilpatrick and Our Cavalry; General Butler in New Orleans; Butler's Book; Memoir of Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas; Little Phil and his Troopers. The Life of Gen. P |
Hartford, Conn.; Chicago; Boston, Mass.; Philadelphia; Albany, NY; New York; Washington, D.C. | 1865–1900s; 1866; 1865; 1866; 1911; 1888; 1881; 1888; 1866; 1904; 1865; 1867; 1888; 1864; 1892; 1895; 2008; circa 1890; 1861; 1865 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 393.00 |
| 656 | S. G. Goodrich; John J. Anderson; John Fiske; William R. Shepherd; William Cullen Bryant; Sydney Howard Gay; Noah Brooks; John Clark Ridpath; Robert G. Athearn; Thomas F. Schwartz; Afred H. Geurnsey; Henry M. Alden; Marvin H. Pakula; Eva Webber | Group of American History Reference Works, Pictorials and Photography, literature spanning late 19th century to early 21st century |
Phila., PA; New York; New York; New York; New York; Greenwich, Conn. | 1873; 1878; 1897; 1932; 1889; 1963; 1968; 2012; 1960; 1994 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 65.50 |
| 657 | Rennell Rodd | Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf |
Philadelphia | 1882 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 327.50 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.