New England Auctions: May Americana
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | May Americana | Total Sales (USD) | 23,383.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 06, 2026 - May 06, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 14,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #50626 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 25,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 40 | ||
| Sold Lots | 40.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 14,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 25,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 93.53% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Full-length portrait of a patriot or statesman |
19th century | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,834.00 | |
| 101 | Watercolor of a courting couple |
19th century | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 1,441.00 | |
| 42 | Miniature portrait of a man in a blue coat |
1824 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,310.00 | |
| 269 | Sanford Mason (1798–1862) | portrait of a Miss Wheeler |
1832 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,310.00 |
| 272 | Folk art theorem of a fruit basket with strawberries |
19th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,113.50 | |
| 289 | Family record for the Richmond family; birth record for Mary J. Solenday |
1782-1898; Feb 22nd, 1852 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,048.00 | |
| 286 | Birth record for Amons Gardiner, Son of James and Mary Gardiner, born November 26th, 1796 |
19th.c. | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 982.50 | |
| 41 | Miniature portrait of a young man |
circa 1820 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 851.50 | |
| 83 | Ph. Merz | Portrait of the fireboat Nettie L. Tice in NYC harbor |
1895 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 851.50 |
| 200 | Busch Homestead wiyth train in the backfround |
Mid-19th century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 851.50 | |
| 212 | J. C. Rutherford (1818-1901) | Portrait of Elbridge G. Hall |
circa 1845 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 851.50 |
| 84 | George H. Wheatley | Painting of a Clipper Ship |
early 20th century | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 786.00 |
| 55 | Miniature portrait of a man seated on a red sofa |
first half of the 19th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 720.50 | |
| 298 | Two Silhouettes with unique Crescent Moon portraits |
mid-to-late 19th century | USD 200.00 - 350.00 | USD 655.00 | |
| 21 | Miniature portrait of a young girl |
early 19th century | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 589.50 | |
| 236 | Purvis Young (1943–2010) | figural painting on board with wood border |
circa 1980 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 589.50 |
| 56 | Evelyn Dubiel | Five folk art watercolors of birds |
1922–2019 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 524.00 |
| 57 | Evelyn Saczawa Dubiel | Six folk art watercolors of birds |
1922–2019 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 524.00 |
| 296 | LML | A sandpaper landscape drawing depicting the Hudson River with steamboat and sailboats, after an engraving titled View from West Point (Hudson River) by the British artist William Henry Bartlett |
19th century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 524.00 |
| 58 | C. Negle | Scene of a hunter fighting a bear with his knife |
circa 1900 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 458.50 |
| 220 | Sanford Mason (1798–1865) | portrait of Mr. Jonathan Bassett Nichols |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 458.50 |
| 288 | Mead family record |
1791 to 1860 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 458.50 | |
| 306 | Miniature portrait of a boy with a lace collar |
circa 1820 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 458.50 | |
| 274 | American School (19th Century) | Landscape with Stone Arch Bridge and Town |
19th century | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 393.00 |
| 191 | A View on Lake George, New York |
late 19th century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 327.50 |
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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 -
