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Grays Auctioneers: The December Fine Antiques, Art & Decorations Auction

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Auction Name The December Fine Antiques, Art & Decorations Auction Total Sales (USD) 4,331.25
Auction Date December 06, 2025 - December 06, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 5,240.00
Sale Number #21254 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 9,260.00
Total Lots 24
Sold Lots 20.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 6,940.00
% of Lots Sold 83.33% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 11,760.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 36.83%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
80 WEDDELL, James, 1787-1834.

A Voyage Towards the South Pole.

1825 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 625.00
224 WILLIAMS JACKSON, Abraham Valentine, Editor. 1862-1937.

The History of India,

1906-07 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 531.25
202 TURNOR, Christopher Hatton (1840-1914).

Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere.

1865 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
93 STIELER, Adolf, 1775-1836.

Handatlas u?ber alle Theile der Erde und u?ber das Weltgeba?ude herausgegeben von Adolf Stiele.

1875? USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
155 HILL, John, 1714?-1775.

The Construction of Timber, from its Early Growth.

M. DCC. LXX [1770]. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
191 BREWSTER, David, 1781-1868.

A Treatise on New Philosophical Instruments.

1813 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
209 ZINCKE, F. Barham (Foster Barham), 1817-1893.

Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Kedive?

1871 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
97 Gabrielle DeVaux Clements (American, 1858-1948)

Battle Monument, Baltimore 1924

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 200.00
69 NANSEN, Fridtjof, 1861-1930.

Farthest North.

1897 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
122 GRAY, John 1769,

A Treatise on Gunnery,

1731 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
171 BACK, George, 1796-1878.

Narrative of the Arctic land Expedition

1836 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
180 WALKER, John, 1759-1830.

Elements of geography and of natural and civil history

1795 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 137.50
189 NORTHROP, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909.

Indian Horrors : or, Massacres by the Red men

1891? USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 137.50
85 HEDGCOCK, Thomas.

Astronomy-1831.

1831 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
138 LOOMIS, Elias, 1811-1889.

A Treatise on Astronomy.

1868 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
188 John Hall (British, 1739-1797) after Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625-1713)

Pope Clement the Ninth

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 112.50
131 HENRY, William, 1774-1836.

The Elements of Experimental Chemistry

1814 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 87.50
216 HALL, Charles Francis, 1821-1871.

Narrative of the North Polar Expedition.

1876 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 75.00
107 DODGE, Richard Irving, 1827-1895.

The Plains of the Great West and their inhabitants : being a description of the plains, game, Indians, &c., of the great North American desert

1877 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
183 Gabrielle DeVaux Clements (American, 1858-1948)

John Hopkins Hospital 1929

1929 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 50.00
  • 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
  • Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.