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Nye & Company Auctioneers: Something to Love: A February Discovery Auction.

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Auction Name Something to Love: A February Discovery Auction. Total Sales (USD) 4,140.80
Auction Date February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,180.00
Sale Number #20526 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 20,440.00
Total Lots 58
Sold Lots 49.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,120.00
% of Lots Sold 84.48% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 24,340.00
Unsold Lots 9 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 17.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
676 Betty Page

Group of Assorted Betty Page Ephemera

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 371.20
276 Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali, Spanish 1904-1989, Autumn, Drypoint Engraving

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 281.60
295 Eduardo Chillida

Eduardo Chillida Lithograph for the 1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 243.20
364 Eduardo Bolioli

Eduardo Bolioli, Absolut Vodka Statehood Series - Hawaii Print

1976 USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 243.20
673

Group of Assorted Guido Crepax Erotic Story Books

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 166.40
288 Mary Nimmo Moran

Mary Nimmo Moran, 1842-1899, California Forest Interior, Drypoint Etching

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 153.60
303 Kaoru Kawano

Kaoru Kawano Japanese Woodblock Print "Girl with Mask"

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 153.60
362 Thomas McKnight

Two Thomas McKnight Signed Prints, "Montauk" & "Vengera"

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 153.60
361

Group of Assorted Framed Artwork

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 140.80
299

Eight Prints of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards

1847 USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 128.00
305

Group of Botanical Prints

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 128.00
324

Seven Small Works of Art

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 128.00
353

Group of Black and White Prints

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 128.00
357 Philip Hicken

Philip Hicken, Abstract Fruit Silkscreen

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 115.20
281 William Jewett

William Jewett, Mt. Washington on New York Island, Lithograph

1847 USD 20.00 - 50.00 USD 102.40
360

Group of Assorted Works of Art

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 102.40
307

Three Prints of New York

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 89.60
399

Group of Assorted Trading Cards

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 89.60
559

Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco Advertising Sign

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 76.80
310

Print of King George IV in Military Uniform

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 64.00
407

Group of Vintage Photographs of Youth Sports Teams

Early 20th C. USD 20.00 - 40.00 USD 64.00
415

British Exchequer Recept Dated 1665

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 64.00
301 Maurice Utrillo

Maurice Utrillo Print

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 57.60
306

Three Assorted Prints

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 57.60
334 Emile Lecomte

Emile Lecomte, 1866-1938, Landscape, Print

USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 57.60
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000