Auction Reports
Nye & Company Auctioneers
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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![<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/52dd1cf6-f094-4432-955c-f3b20077eb95.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). <i>A Happy Pair,</i> 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7419d4f-f0bd-48bd-a771-60a5a7085dba.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). <i>A Happy Pair,</i> 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/079d8567-8397-4add-975e-22b6520389b4.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.")
