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New England Auctions: Historical, Medical Antiques, Medals & Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Historical, Medical Antiques, Medals & Books | Total Sales (USD) | 58,720.75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 07, 2026 - May 07, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 32,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #50726 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 56,950.00 |
| Total Lots | 99 | ||
| Sold Lots | 97.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 32,850.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 97.98% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 57,550.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 102.03% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 665 | Lewis Carroll | Alice's Adventures In Wonderland |
1866 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,205.00 |
| 428 | Jno Morton | Colonial document |
July 16, 1776 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,882.00 |
| 480 | Henricus Hondius; Jan Jansson | America Septentrionalis |
1694 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,358.00 |
| 504 | Washington's War Horse |
19th century | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,096.00 | |
| 567 | Large estate group of antique ephemera and photos |
1907-1912 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,096.00 | |
| 678 | Rabbi Abraham Elzas; Elbert Hubbard; Elbert Hubbard II; Benjamin Franklin; Elbert Hubbard; Fra Elbertus; Mabel Powers | The Book of Job; The Journal of Koheleth; The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard; Poor Richard's Almanack; A Little Journey To The Home of Benjamin Franklin; Ali Baba; The Portage Trail |
1897; 1896; 1916; 1924; 1924; 1926; 1924 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,965.00 |
| 476 | Henricus Hondius | Nova Virginiae Tabula |
circa 1633–1641 | USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,834.00 |
| 444 | Three Victorian era photo albums |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,572.00 | |
| 466A | Collection of Political Autographs, Historical Stamps & American Ephemera |
mid-to-late twentieth century | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,441.00 | |
| 466 | archive of the events surrounding the assassination of JFK, and the assassination of Jack Ruby |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,244.50 | |
| 472 | Jodocus Hondius; Jan Jansson | America Noviter Delineata |
1816 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,179.00 |
| 572 | Eight binders of antique ephemera |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,113.50 | |
| 461 | A. Hamlin | portrait of Abraham Lincoln |
second quarter 19th century | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,048.00 |
| 471 | Abraham Ortelius | Romani Imperii Imago |
1579 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,048.00 |
| 571 | Nine binders of antique ephemera |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,048.00 | |
| 464 | American ephemera |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 917.00 | |
| 503 | Folk art drawing of the 'Seven Headed Beast Coming from the Sea' |
18th century | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 851.50 | |
| 445 | G. Sarolides; Abdullah Freres; Zangaki (Brothers); G. Lekegian; H. Arnoux | Approximately 61 albumen photographic views of Egypt and Constantinople |
Late 19th century | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 786.00 |
| 666 | William Curtis | Lectures on Botany, as delivered to his pupils |
1803/1804 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 786.00 |
| 667 | Robert Frost; Rockwell Kent; F. Gray Griswold; J. Stanley Reeve | Mountain Interval; Salamina; El Greco; Fox Hunting Formalities |
1924; 1935; 1930; 1930 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 786.00 |
| 469 | Lorenzo Thomas | Lorenzo Thomas (1804-1875) framed series of items to include a signed War Department letter from 1863, granting a leave of absence for Surgeon Lewis Taylor, and two related stereo view cards depicting amputation at a CW camp, as well as a business front w |
1863 | USD 200.00 - 350.00 | USD 720.50 |
| 658 | Stevenson; Browning; Swinburne; Pater; Matthew Arnold; Wordsworth | Five fine bindings printed by Thomas Moser 1907-1910, and bound by The Rose Bindery, Boston. Two by Stevenson, and one each by Browning, Swinburne, and Pater. All uniquely bound in 3/4 leather with marbled paper covers. Top edges gilt. All in near fine co |
1907-1910; 1906 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 720.50 |
| 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) |
1853-1860 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 655.00 |
| 679 | Indian Notes |
1920s | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 655.00 | |
| 662 | Count De Buffon | Natural History, General and Particular |
1812 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 589.50 |
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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.