Grays Auctioneers: A Library of Curiosities
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | A Library of Curiosities | Total Sales (USD) | 147,156.25 |
| Auction Date | July 30, 2025 - July 30, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 112,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #19990 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 176,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 108 | ||
| Sold Lots | 90 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 133,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 83.33% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 211,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 18 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 69.58% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | HOOKE, Robert (1635-1703). | Hooke's Micrographia. |
[1667]. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 36 | FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). | Franklin on Electricity. |
MDCCLXIX [1769]. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 43 | HAKLUYT, Richard (1552-1616). | The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 | |
| 35 | FORREST, Charles Ramus (1787-1826). | Forrest's Tour Along the Ganges & Jumna. |
1824 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 13 | BELZONI, Giovanni Battista (1778-1823). | Belzoni's Egypt Plates. |
1820 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 27 | COOK, James (1728-1779). | A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. |
[1784]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 68 | MILLER, John Frederick (1759-1796). | Cimelia Physica. |
1796 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 66 | MCKENNEY, Thomas L., (Thomas Loraine) (1785-1859). | History of the Indian Tribes of North America. |
1855 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
| 106 | WECKER, Johann Jacob(1528-1586). | Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature. |
1660 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
| 21 | The New-England Primer Improved, 1797 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 | ||
| 53 | HOOKE, Robert (1635-1703). | Microscopic Observations. |
[1780]. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 70 | MORDEN, Robert (1650-1703). | Geography Rectified: or, A Description of the World. |
MDCC [1700]. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 48 | HAWKESWORTH, John (1715-1773). | An Account of the Voyages Undertaken for Making Discoveries in the |
[1773]. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 76 | POCOCKE, Richard (1704-1765). | Pococke's Description of the East. |
MDCCXLIII-MDCCXLV [1743-1745]. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 72 | NEWTON Isaac (1643-1727). | Opticks. |
1718 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 45 | HARRIS, John (1667?-1719). | Harris's Lexicon. |
[1710]. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 3 | ADAMS, George (1709-1772). | Micrographia Illustrata. |
[1746]. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 78 | PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804). | History of Electricity. |
MDCCLXVII [1767]. | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 9 | APIAN, Peter (1495-1552). | Cosmographicus Liber Petri Apiani Mathematici |
[1533]. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 11 | BARTON, William P.C. (1786-1856). | Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States. |
1817-1818. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 44 | HARRIS, John (1667?-1719). | Harris Collection of Voyages, Vol. I / Vol. II |
[1705]. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 77 | PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804). | The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Visions, |
MDCCLXXII [1772] | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 64 | [Life and Miracles of the Archangel Michael]. |
Undated 19th or 20th century | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,062.50 | |
| 51 | HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS, Antonio de (1549-1626). | History of America. |
[1725-1726]. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 47 | HAUKSBEE, Francis (1660-1713). | Physico-Mechanical Experiments. |
1709 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 937.50 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://pjupgrade-qadev.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
