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Nye & Company Auctioneers: Chic & Antique Auction, Day 1
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Chic & Antique Auction, Day 1 | Total Sales (USD) | 24,628.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 10, 2026 - June 10, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 24,350.00 |
| Sale Number | #61026 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 40,150.00 |
| Total Lots | 81 | ||
| Sold Lots | 60.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 31,450.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 74.07% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 52,250.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 21 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 47.14% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187 | Miro Joan (1893-1983) | Croc a Phynances II |
1971 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 3,900.00 |
| 225 | Andrus Vera Eugenia (1896-1979); Leighton Clare | Swede House; The Oyster Houses; La Chasse Aux Canards |
1936 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,340.00 |
| 250 | Cappiello Leonetto (1875-1942) | Cremant du Roi, Veuve Amoit |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,340.00 |
| 228 | Kent Rockwell (1882-1971) | Angel |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,235.00 |
| 243 | Duplessis-Bertaux Jean (1747-1819) | N Books, including: French Revolution Portraits |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 222 | Bone Muirhead (1876-1953) | Portrait of the Artist in a Hat, No. 2 |
1908 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 239 | Women at Various Pursuits |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 585.00 | |
| 247 | Powers Richard Michael Gorman (1921-1996); Bennett Brad | Woman; Young Ballerinas; House by the river |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 230 | Gearhart Francis (1869-1958) | November Textures |
N/A | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 422.50 |
| 127 | Sowerby James (1756-1822); Smith James Edward | English Botany |
1800 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 178 | Toch Maximillian | Maximillian Toch; London Fog |
1931 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 238 | Picasso Pablo | Grande Maternite |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 242 | Simon Tavik F. | L'Eglise Saint-Severin |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 350 | Jenkins Paul (1923-2012) | Phenomena Franklin's Kite |
1973 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 359 | 4 Books, including: Iris Spuria |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 357.50 | |
| 365 | 4 Books, including: Iris Sibirica |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 357.50 | |
| 367 | Redoute Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) | Two Iris |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 128 | Sowerby James (1756-1822); Smith James Edward | English Botany |
1800 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 226 | Washington Earl M. (1962-); Kent Rockwell | Mother & Child; Deep Water |
1939 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 241 | Neizvestny Ernst; Foujita Leonard Tsuguharu | Abstract Portrait; Portrait of a woman; Print of a cut; Memoirs of C.M. Talleyrand de Perigord |
1929; 1805 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 256 | Ede Basil (1931-2016) | The Bald Eagle; The Puffed Grouse |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 364 | 4 Books, including: Iris Pumila |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 246 | Codognato Plinio (1878-1940) | Dionis Gran Spumante |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 227 | Gorsline Douglas Warner (1913-1985); Meunier Suzanne | Express Stop; Boudoir print; Art Deco style print |
1956 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 233 | Miro Joan | Galerie Maeght; Olympiche Spiele Munchen 1972 |
1972 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 260.00 |
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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. -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
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