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Eldreds: Collect: Americana + Marine Art Session II
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Collect: Americana + Marine Art Session II | Total Sales (USD) | 6,560.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 29, 2026 - May 29, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 7,250.00 |
| Sale Number | #52926 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 12,350.00 |
| Total Lots | 23 | ||
| Sold Lots | 18.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 9,450.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 78.26% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 15,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 5 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 42.05% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6762 | Provincetown, from Long Point |
1877 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 896.00 | |
| 6763 | SIXTEEN ASSORTED PROVINCETOWN POSTCARDS |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 640.00 | |
| 6764 | Morton Bartlett (1909-1992) | Collection of photographs and negatives |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 640.00 |
| 6591 | Albert Cook Church (1880-1965) | Whaling contract; Whaling barque Sunbeam at dock under repair |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 6617 | John Marcy Mecray (1937-2017) | Schooner Yacht Westward, Under Full Sail |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 448.00 |
| 6618 | John Marcy Mecray (1937-2017) | The Chase, the Newly Launched J-Class Sloop Shamrock V leading Brittania in the Solent during the summer of 1930 |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 416.00 |
| 6760 | Albert Edel (1894-1970) | Sunny Morning in Provincetown; Early Morning; Skarloff Wharf |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 384.00 |
| 6607 | F.C. Eder | Historical Map of Nantucket; Comparative Sketch of the Handkerchief Shoal Entrance to Nantucket Sound, Mass.; Massachusetts, Atlas Plate No. 10 |
1869 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 352.00 |
| 6603 | Marshall Gardiner | 4 Books, including: Ye Brydge over ye Gulley at Sconsett |
1927 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 320.00 |
| 6616 | John Marcy Mecray (1937-2017) | Westward, Britannia and Janara |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 288.00 |
| 6643 | VIEW OF THE VILLAGE OF HOLMES' HOLE, MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MASS, 1836. |
1836 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 288.00 | |
| 6605 | H. Marshall Gardiner | FOUR HAND-TOUCHED PHOTOS OF NANTUCKET BY H. MARSHALL GARDINER |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 256.00 |
| 6759 | Albert Edel (1894-1970) | After the Storm; Lumber Wharf |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 256.00 |
| 6761 | Donald Witherstine (1896-1961) | THREE WORKS ON PAPER |
N/A | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 256.00 |
| 6593 | 4 Books, including: Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection Auction Catalog Part I |
1981-1983 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 192.00 | |
| 6622 | Frederic Schiller Cozzens (1846-1928) | Under the Palisades, Stranger Rover, Atlanta |
1883 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 160.00 |
| 6700 | BARK VERNON ON LYNN BEACH |
N/A | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 160.00 | |
| 6621 | Frederick Schiller Cozzens (1846-1928) | Sandy Hook to Needles, Henrietta, Fleetwing and Vesta |
1884 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 128.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000