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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- From the Library to the Laboratory
- Auction Date
- 04/08/2026 - 04/08/2026
- Sale Number
- #22885
- Total Lots
- 85
- Sold Lots
- 49.0
- Lots Sold
- 57.65%
- Unsold Lots
- 36
- Total Sales (USD)
- 7,056.25
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 8,220.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 13,680.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 13,580.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 23,120.00
- 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 | |
| 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 |
| 58 | Set of Steam Engineering Books, 19th Century. |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 162.50 | |
| 84 | LEA, M. Carey. | A Manual of Photography. |
1868 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 137.50 |
| 10 | BENERMAN & WILSON. | The Magic Lantern, bound periodical. |
1874-1875. | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 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 |
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