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Auction Info

Auction Name
Property Descended in and Collected by the De Wolf, Herreshoff, and Brown Families: An Unreserved Auction
Auction Date
09/10/2025 - 09/10/2025
Sale Number
#91025
Total Lots
21
Sold Lots
21
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (USD)
17,593.60
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
10,250.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
16,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
10,250.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
16,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
106.63%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
209

Three Framed Historical Broadside Documents

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 4,160.00
139 Cary

Cary's New Terrestrial Globe

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,048.00
55 J. Belanger

The John Brown Set of Ten English Landscape

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,536.00
389

Four Nautical Prints

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,408.00
376 William Sidney Mount

Music is Contagious

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,152.00
382

The John Brown Set of Three Classical Allegorical Scenes

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,152.00
377 William Sidney Mount

The Power of Music

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,088.00
383 After Samuel Wale

The John Brown set of Three Mezzotints. Autumn, Summer and Winter. Part of a set of four plates for "The Four Seasons"

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 960.00
145

George III Celestial Globe

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 832.00
144 C.W. Holbrook

C.W. Holbrook's Eight Inch Globe

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 640.00
386 After John Boydell

The John Brown Mezzotint Titled "The Misers"

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 544.00
385 John Perry Newell

Bristol, RI and Newport, RI in 1730

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 512.00
379 After William J. Harris

Moses Brown, 1836, engraved by T. Pollack.

1839 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 416.00
381

Four Vintage Silhouettes

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 256.00
375 After Francesco Cozza

Sibilla

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 256.00
387

The South East Prospect of London

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
384 Currier & Ives

Five Prints

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 160.00
130

History of the State of Rhode Island with Illustrations

1878 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 128.00
210

Group of Vintage Photographs of Youth Sports Teams

Early 20th C. USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 76.80
380 After William J. Harris

Moses Brown

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 38.40

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