New England Auctions: Historical, Medical Antiques, Medals & Books
Auction Reports
| 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
| 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 |
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Forum Auctions
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
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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 -
