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Auction Name Hunting, Fishing, Travel Thursday Auction Total Sales (USD) 11,544.00
Auction Date November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #5442 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 164
Sold Lots 152.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 92.68% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 12 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
117 Halford, Frederic M.

Dry-Fly Fishing: In Theory and Practice & The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook. Illustrated.

 1889; (1913) Not Available USD 300.00
157 Purchas, Samuel.

Hakluytus Posthumus; or, Purchas His Pilgrimes. Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages, and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others. Illustrated. 20 volumes.

 1905-07 Not Available USD 240.00
49 Orvis, Charles F.; & A.

Fishing with the Fly. 15 chromolithograph plates of flies. Square

 1983 Not Available USD 216.00
142

Angling. Group of 5 volumes as listed below. Illustrated.

 Vd 80/120 Not Available USD 204.00
68 Grey, Zane.

Group of 3 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.

 vd Not Available USD 192.00
71

Angling Ephemera. Group of over 20 booklets. Most illustrated. Various sizes and formats; varying wear. Vp, vd [80/]

 Not Available USD 180.00
95 Ritz, Charles.

A Fly Fisher's Life. Foreword by Ernest Hemingway. Illustrated.

 -1959 Not Available USD 180.00
140 Grey, Zane.

Grey, Zane. Group of 3 volumes. Illustrated.

 Vd Not Available USD 168.00
159

Vedic Ritual. Manava-Kalpa-Sutra; Being a Portion of this Ancient Work on Vaidik Rites, together with The Commentary of Kumarila-Swamin. Preface by Theodor Goldstucker. Facsimile plates. Tall

 1936 Not Available USD 168.00
2

Hunting & Fishing. Group of 4 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.

 vd Not Available USD 156.00
102

Angling. Group of 7 volumes. Illustrated.

 Vd Not Available USD 156.00
55

Big Game. Group of 11 volumes.

 Vd Not Available USD 144.00
111

Angling. Group of 10 volumes. Illustrated.

 Vd Not Available USD 144.00
128

Angling. Group of 13 volumes. Illustrated.

 Vd Not Available USD 144.00
129

Angling. Group of 10 volumes. Illustrated.

 Vd Not Available USD 144.00
154

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Volumes 15, 20-22 & 24-26. Illustrated, including color plates.

 1903-18 Not Available USD 144.00
35

Angling. Group of 12 volumes on angling.

 Vd Not Available USD 132.00
50 Salmon, Richard.

Trout Flies. Foreword by Arnold Gingrich. Illustrated, including NUMEROUS MOUNTED SAMPLES OF ACTUAL FLY-TYING MATERIALS.

 2075 Not Available USD 132.00
135 Sheldon, Charles.

The Wilderness of the North Pacific Coast Islands. Illustrated.

 1912 Not Available USD 132.00
138 Marbury, Mary Orvis.

Favorite Flies and their Histories. 2 Copies. Illustrated, including 32 colored plates of flies.

 (1892); (1955) Not Available USD 132.00
98 Knight, John Alden.

Ol' Bill and Other Stories. Drawings by Milton Weiler. 2 copies.

 1972 Not Available USD 120.00
155 Stanley, Henry M.

In Darkest Africa. Illustrated, including folding maps in rear pockets. 2 volumes.

 1890 Not Available USD 120.00
158

Burma. Hart, Mrs. Ernest. Picturesque Burma. Illustrated.

 1997 Not Available USD 120.00
15

Angling. Group of 12 volumes.

 Vd Not Available USD 108.00
41

Hunting and Fishing. Group of 10 volumes.

 Vd Not Available USD 108.00
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    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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