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Grays Auctioneers: From the Library to the Laboratory
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | From the Library to the Laboratory | Total Sales (USD) | 7,056.25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 08, 2026 - April 08, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 8,220.00 |
| Sale Number | #22885 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 13,680.00 |
| Total Lots | 85 | ||
| Sold Lots | 49.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 13,580.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 57.65% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 23,120.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 36 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 30.52% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Set of books and notes on microscopes |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 124 | THOMSON, Thomas. | Annals of Philosophy. |
1813 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 5 | AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. |
1804 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 437.50 | |
| 97 | MOUNTAINE, William. | The Practical Sea-Gunner's Companion. |
1747 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 437.50 |
| 73 | KEIZER, Jacob. | Nieu en Accurat Geographies Kaart - Boekje. |
Circa 1764. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 32 | COQUILHAT, Casimir-Erasme | (SIGNED). Cours elementaire. |
1855, 1856 and 1858. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 116 | SONNINI, Charles. | Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt. |
1799 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 34 | CORNWALLIS, Charles. | An Answer to that part of the narrative. |
MDCCLXXXIII [1783]. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 37 | DAVY, John. | The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy. |
1839 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 8 | BACON, Francis. | Resuscitatio, or, bringing into the publick light several pieces of the works. |
1661 and 1657. | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 237.50 |
| 46 | FARADAY, Michael. | Chemical Manipulation. |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 131 | Set of books on Hawaii and Spanish American War. |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 58 | Set of Steam Engineering Books, 19th Century. |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 162.50 | |
| 100 | PERRY, Matthew. | Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan. |
1857 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 162.50 |
| 10 | BENERMAN & WILSON. | The Magic Lantern, bound periodical. |
1874-1875. | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 137.50 |
| 84 | LEA, M. Carey. | A Manual of Photography. |
1868 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 137.50 |
| 53 | GREAVES, John. | The Origin and Antiquity of our English Weights and Measures. |
MDCCXLV [1745]. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 94 | Set of Easton Press books, classic literature. |
1975-1979. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 123 | Set of books on guns and rifles. |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 112.50 | |
| 9 | Set of books on morals |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 100.00 | |
| 95 | MEYER, Martin. | The Science of Explosives. |
1943 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 19 | Set of English Architecture books |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 87.50 | |
| 44 | EMERSON, William. | A System of Astronomy. |
MDCCLXIX [1769]. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 87.50 |
| 56 | GRIFFITHS, F.A. | The Artillerist's Manual. |
1843 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 87.50 |
| 71 | JEHL, Francis. | Menlo Park Reminiscences |
1937-1941. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 87.50 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
