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Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: Summer Grandeur 2026, Day 2

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Auction Name Summer Grandeur 2026, Day 2 Total Sales (USD) 31,843.75
Auction Date August 29, 2026 - August 29, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 20,750.00
Sale Number #82926 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 29,650.00
Total Lots 44
Sold Lots 37.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 32,950.00
% of Lots Sold 84.09% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 47,950.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 66.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2008 Paddack David

Logbook of the Whaling Ship Frances

1824-1826 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,625.00
2003

Private Signals of the Whaling Vessels &c. Belonging to the Port of New Bedford

1857 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 4,687.50
2041 Robinson; Dow; Jenkins; Fanning; Snow; Pentecost; Davis; Howe; Matthews; Anderson; Magoun; Harlow; Chapelle; Wasson; Pierce

27 Books, including: Sailing Ships of New England

1922-1934 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,125.00
2243 Burton Robert (1577-1640)

Anatomy of Melancholy

1652 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,187.50
2328

4 Books, including: Opening of the First English Rail Way Between Stockton and Darlington

1825; 1829; 1833 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,062.50
2080

Letters of the Sea Captain Roberts Family

1820s-1860s USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 875.00
2035 Anson George; Walter Richard

A Voyage Round the World

1747 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 812.50
2102

American Ship and Private Passports

1827-1868 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 812.50
2247 Byron Anna Isabella (1792-1860); Bowditch Nathaniel (1773-1838)

Autograph Letters

N/A USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 812.50
2055 Coffin David

New Bedford Whaler's Trying House Accounts Ledger

1820-1830 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 750.00
2234 Jones Inigo

The Designs of Inigo Jones

1727 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
2028 Coffin David

Whaler's Chandler House Accounts Ledger

1833-1879 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 687.50
2368 Cartier Bresson Henri; Folon

3 Books, including: Images a la Sauvette: Photographs par Henri Cartier Bresson

1952; ca 1880; 1979 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 687.50
2333 Willmore James Tibbits (1800-1863)

Ferry-boat in the Highlands, with a Hunting Party

N/A USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 625.00
2095

Maritime Ship's Papers

pre-1865 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 593.75
2322 Thorold John (1734-1815)

Book of Common Prayer

1768 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 531.25
2399 Piranesi Giovanni Battista (1720-1778)

Neo-Classical Architectural Etchings

N/A USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 437.50
2406 Besler Bascilius (1561-1629)

Balsamita Officinarum/Menthasrum niveum Anglicum/Mentastru Sylvestre

1613 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
2405 Kollwitz Kathe (1867-1945)

The Conspirators

N/A USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 343.75
2248 Mount William Sydney (1807-1868)

The Power of Music

N/A USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
2375

Heads of New Zealand Chiefs, Curiously Tatoued

c. 1780 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
2398 Piranesi Giovanni Battista (1720-1778)

Gruppo de tre Donne; Vaso antico di marmo

N/A USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 250.00
2111 Farragut David Glasgow (1801-1870)

European Squadron Order

1867 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 218.75
2275

Seal of the Duke of Rochester

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 218.75
2374 Sauter Johann Georg (1745)

5 Swiss Military Engravings

1740's USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 218.75
  • Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
    Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
    Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
    Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
    Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
    Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
    Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
    Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
    Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
    Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
    Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
  • Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.
    Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]
    Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.
    Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.
    Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]
    Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…
    Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris.
  • Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
    Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.
    Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.
    Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."
    Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.
    Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.
    Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.
    Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.
    Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.
    Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.
    Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.
    Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland.
  • Sotheby’s
    Original Film Posters
    10 September 2026
    Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.
    Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.