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New England Auctions: Historical, Medical Antiques, Medals & Books

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Auction Name Historical, Medical Antiques, Medals & Books Total Sales (USD) 58,720.75
Auction Date May 07, 2026 - May 07, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 32,550.00
Sale Number #50726 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 56,950.00
Total Lots 99
Sold Lots 97.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 32,850.00
% of Lots Sold 97.98% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 57,550.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 102.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
665 Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

1866 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,205.00
428 Jno Morton

Colonial document

July 16, 1776 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,882.00
480 Henricus Hondius; Jan Jansson

America Septentrionalis

1694 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,358.00
504

Washington's War Horse

19th century USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 2,096.00
567

Large estate group of antique ephemera and photos

1907-1912 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,096.00
678 Rabbi Abraham Elzas; Elbert Hubbard; Elbert Hubbard II; Benjamin Franklin; Elbert Hubbard; Fra Elbertus; Mabel Powers

The Book of Job; The Journal of Koheleth; The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard; Poor Richard's Almanack; A Little Journey To The Home of Benjamin Franklin; Ali Baba; The Portage Trail

1897; 1896; 1916; 1924; 1924; 1926; 1924 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,965.00
476 Henricus Hondius

Nova Virginiae Tabula

circa 1633–1641 USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,834.00
444

Three Victorian era photo albums

N/A USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 1,572.00
466A

Collection of Political Autographs, Historical Stamps & American Ephemera

mid-to-late twentieth century USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,441.00
466

archive of the events surrounding the assassination of JFK, and the assassination of Jack Ruby

N/A USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,244.50
472 Jodocus Hondius; Jan Jansson

America Noviter Delineata

1816 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,179.00
572

Eight binders of antique ephemera

N/A USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,113.50
461 A. Hamlin

portrait of Abraham Lincoln

second quarter 19th century USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 1,048.00
471 Abraham Ortelius

Romani Imperii Imago

1579 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,048.00
571

Nine binders of antique ephemera

N/A USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,048.00
464

American ephemera

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 917.00
503

Folk art drawing of the 'Seven Headed Beast Coming from the Sea'

18th century USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 851.50
445 G. Sarolides; Abdullah Freres; Zangaki (Brothers); G. Lekegian; H. Arnoux

Approximately 61 albumen photographic views of Egypt and Constantinople

Late 19th century USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 786.00
666 William Curtis

Lectures on Botany, as delivered to his pupils

1803/1804 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 786.00
667 Robert Frost; Rockwell Kent; F. Gray Griswold; J. Stanley Reeve

Mountain Interval; Salamina; El Greco; Fox Hunting Formalities

1924; 1935; 1930; 1930 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 786.00
469 Lorenzo Thomas

Lorenzo Thomas (1804-1875) framed series of items to include a signed War Department letter from 1863, granting a leave of absence for Surgeon Lewis Taylor, and two related stereo view cards depicting amputation at a CW camp, as well as a business front w

1863 USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 720.50
658 Stevenson; Browning; Swinburne; Pater; Matthew Arnold; Wordsworth

Five fine bindings printed by Thomas Moser 1907-1910, and bound by The Rose Bindery, Boston. Two by Stevenson, and one each by Browning, Swinburne, and Pater. All uniquely bound in 3/4 leather with marbled paper covers. Top edges gilt. All in near fine co

1907-1910; 1906 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 720.50
649 Rev. F. O. Morris

History of British Birds Volumes 1,2,& 4 (of 6) and Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds Volumes 1 & 2 (of 3)

1853-1860 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 655.00
679

Indian Notes

1920s USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 655.00
662 Count De Buffon

Natural History, General and Particular

1812 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 589.50
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, 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]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000
    Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, 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