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  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
  • Doyle
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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
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Bonhams: History of Science & Technology

Auction Reports

Auction Name History of Science & Technology Total Sales (USD) 952,512.00
Auction Date October 24, 2025 - October 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 539,600.00
Sale Number #31199 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 827,500.00
Total Lots 270
Sold Lots 211 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,195,300.00
% of Lots Sold 78.15% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,809,300.00
Unsold Lots 59 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 52.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1235 ALDRIN, EDWIN "BUZZ." B.1930.

Apollo 11 Lunar Module photographic chart used during descent to chart the path for the first moon landing, July 20, 1969

1969 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 61,440.00
1172 EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.

Autograph Letter Signed ("A. Einstein") in German to Johannes Stark complimenting his work on light emission and absorption of canal rays,

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 51,200.00
1218 WATSON, JAMES DEWEY. b. 1928.

An archive of 15 Autograph Letters Signed ("Jim"), and 3 post cards signed ("Jim"), to Belinda Bullard on scientific subjects and his early work with the Harvard biological laboratory,

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 40,960.00
1196 TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954.

On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entsheidungsproblem. In: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, Series 2, Vol 42, Part 3.

1936 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 33,280.00
1213 ECKERT, J. PRESPER. 1919-1995.

The 1949 Howard N. Potts Medal from the Franklin Institute awarded to J. Presper Eckert for the "design and construction of the ENIAC, ...

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,600.00
1252 KORSAKOV, SEMYON NIKOLAIEVICH (1787-1853).

Apercu d'un procede nouveau d'investigation au moyen de machines a comparer les idees.

1832 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,600.00
1067 MUNDINUS. 1275-1326; DRYANDER, JOHANN, editor. 1500-1560.

Anatomia Mundini.

[1541]. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 23,040.00
1244 PRISCIANUS, THEODORUS, ALBUCASIS. FL. 4TH CENTURY.

Octavii Horatiani rerum medicarum libri quatuor . . . Albucasis chirurgicorum omnium primarii Strasbourg: Joannus Scotus

1532 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 20,480.00
1066 BERENGARIO DA CARPI. 1470-1550.

Isagoge breves perlucide ac uberime, in anatomiam humani corporis.

1535 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 17,920.00
1194 RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. 1871-1837.

Autograph Scientific Manuscript Unsigned, headed "Possible Transformations," being a series of four equations showing successive nuclear fusion reactions of hydrogen, deuterium, helium and lithium, with accompanying notes on mass and energy,

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 16,640.00
1156 DARWIN, CHARLES; ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE.

On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties. In: Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol III, No 9.

1859 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 15,360.00
1193 DE BROGLIE, LOUIS. 1892-1987.

Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Louis De Broglie") on the dsicovery of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, including his own contributions,

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,360.00
1150 BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871.; LUIGI-FEDERICO MENABREA.

Notions sur la machine analytique de M. Charles Babbage. In: Bibliotheque Universelle de Geneve, Nouvelle Series, vol 41, pp 352-376.

1842 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,080.00
1152 FARADAY, MICHAEL. 1791-1867.

Autograph Letter Signed ("M. Faraday") to "C.C. Maxwell" ["J.C. Maxwell?"], on Galileo's work relating to gravity and motion,

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 14,080.00
1269 ENIAC

Collection of ENIAC artifacts once owned by Winifred S. Jonas, one of the ENIAC's first programmers.

1951 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 14,080.00
1267 WILKES, MAURICE. 1913-2010.

Report on the preparation of programmes for the EDSAC and the use of the library of sub-routines.

1950 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,800.00
1041 SQUIRE, ALEXANDER BALMANNO. 1836-1908.

Photographs (colored from life) of the diseases of the skin.

1865 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 12,160.00
1070 GESNER, CONRAD. 1516-1565.

Chirurgia. De Chirurgia Scriptores Optimi Quinque Veteres et Recentores Plerique in Germania Antehac non Editi....

1555 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,520.00
1074 PARE, AMBROISE. C.1509-1590.

Dix Livres de la Chirurgie avec le Magasin des Instrumens necessaires a icelle.

1564 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,880.00
1264 ALEXANDER, FRANKLIN OSBORNE. 1897-1993.

Completed just in time. Pen-and-ink drawing for the political cartoon published in the Philadelphia Bulletin newspaper on 22 March 1946,

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,240.00
1016 WILLAN, ROBERT. 1757-1812.

On Cutaneous Diseases.

1808 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,600.00
1197 TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954.

On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem: A Correction, In: Proceedings of The London Mathematical Society, Second Series, vol 43, pp 544-546. WITH: "A Method for the Calculation of the Zeta-Function," In: Proceedings of The

1937 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 9,600.00
1219 WATSON, JAMES DEWEY. b. 1928 & FRANCIS HARRY COMPTON CRICK. 1916-2004.

Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids. A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. [WITH] "Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid." In: Nature, vol. 171. Jan-June 1953.

1953 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,600.00
1081 GESNER, CONRAD. 1516-1565.

The Practise of the New and Old Phisicke, Wherein is Contained the Most Excellent Secrets of Phisicke and Philosophie....

1599 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,960.00
1080 TAGLIACOZZI, GASPARE. 1545-1599.

De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem.

1597 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,320.00
  • Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
  • Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.