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Auction Info

Auction Name
New Year's Week Estates Auction 1
Auction Date
01/01/2026 - 01/01/2026
Sale Number
#399299
Total Lots
39
Sold Lots
36.0
Lots Sold
92.31%
Unsold Lots
3
Total Sales (USD)
28,582.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
15,175.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
30,550.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
15,675.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
31,650.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
90.31%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
129

1764 NEW and CORRECTED CHART of NEW ENGLAND

 1764 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,060.00
121

CIVIL WAR ERA DAGUERREOTYPE OF A UNION SOLDIER

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,232.00
63 EDWARD CURTIS

EDWARD CURTIS (1868-1952)

 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,860.00
80 DAVID B. LYMAN

1841 HAWAIIAN BIBLE signed by DAVID B. LYMAN

 1841 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,612.00
122 ROBERT E. LEE

1838 RECEIPT SIGNED by ROBERT E. LEE

 1838 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 1,364.00
167

VINTAGE BELGIAN CHARLIE CHAPLIN POSTER

 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,240.00
349

GREAT WHITE SWAN COFFEE/FOODS DOUBLE SIDED SIGN

 ca1900 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,178.00
220 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851) "BROWN PELICAN"

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,116.00
81 H. McIntyre

1851 PLAN of NEWBURYPORT MA by H. McIntyre

 1851 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 868.00
86

(2) SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPES

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 868.00
312

EARLY (19th c) PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH FRAKTUR

 EARLY (19th c) USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 868.00
30

1896 BIRDSEYE VIEW of EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

 1896 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 558.00
350

1834 BANK of LOUISIANA PROPERTY EVALUATION

 1834 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 558.00
172

(2) SIDED OCEAN FORESIDE PAINTED WOODEN SIGN

 Early (20th c) USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 527.00
26 JOHN G. WHITTIER

BANK CHECK FROM JOHN G. WHITTIER to LUCY LARCOM

 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 496.00
173

MANCHESTER, NH SHOE DEPT. REVERSE GLASS SIGN

 Early (20th c) USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 496.00
83 FRANCES DALTON

FRANCES DALTON (1928-2010) "DUNCAN CHASE"

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 372.00
65A RALPH H. ANDERSON

RALPH H. ANDERSON (b. 1900) YOSEMITE PHOTOGRAPHER

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 341.00
121A

AMBROTYPE OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIER FROM LOT 121

 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 310.00
87

(6) SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPES

 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 310.00
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  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Dramatic Works,</i> 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>Troilus and Criseyde,</i> one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Borges (Jorge Luis). <i>Luna de Enfrente,</i> first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Nolli (Giovanni Battista). <i>Nuova Pianta di Roma,</i> Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Roberts (David). <i>The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Blacker (William). <i>Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing,</i> Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.