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Auction Name
A Treasure Trove of Discoveries
Auction Date
03/18/2026 - 03/18/2026
Sale Number
#22341
Total Lots
68
Sold Lots
56.0
Lots Sold
82.35%
Unsold Lots
12
Total Sales (USD)
13,993.80
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
12,640.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
21,460.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
17,880.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
30,420.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
46.00%

Top twenty five by sale price

Top twenty five lots by sale price
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3 EARHART, Amelia (1897-1937).

The Fun of It. Signed first edition, 1932.

N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,125.00
21 CARTER, Howard (1874-1939) and MACE, Arthur C. (1874-1928).

The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen.

1923-1933. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,062.50
151 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968).

Set of 8 Easton Press works by STEINBECK, John (1902-1968).

1968-1997. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 812.50
148

An Original Disney Jungle Book Animation Cell, circa 1967,

circa 1967, USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 593.75
203 BUDGE, E. A. Wallis (1857-1934) and KING, L. W. (1869-1919).

29 Volumes, various works, including The Mummy, The Book of the Dead...

1893, 1904-1909. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 562.50
24 SHAW, Peter (1694-1763).

The Philosophical Works of the Honorable Robert Boyle, Esq.

MDCCXV [1725]. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 531.25
167 CRONSTEDT, Axel (1722-1765).

An Essay Towards a System of Mineralogy.

N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 531.25
81 WOODWARD, John (1665-1728).

An Attempt Towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England.

MDCCXXIX [1729]. First edition. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
14

Ulysses Grant Civil War Chromatrope Lantern Slide, 19th Century,

19th Century, USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
142 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Apparation of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach,

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
47

Set of 5 books on the sun, moon, and astronomy. Set of 3 slide rule star finders. Set of 10 magic lantern slides of moon, sun spots...

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
63

The Bridgewater Treatises, 12 volumes. CHALMER, Thomas (1780-1847); KIDD, John (1775-1851); WHEWELL, William (1794-1866)...

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
46 DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650).

Epistolae, Partim ab Auctore Latino Sermone conscriptae, partim ex Gallico translatae.

CIC ICC LXVIII [1668]. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 375.00
140

Set of Pulitzer Prize Winner Books, 1997, Signed. Prize winners in Fiction, Biography, History, Poetry, and Nonfiction.

1997 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 343.75
93 GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794).

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

MDCCXCI and MDCCXCII [1791 and 1792]. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
230 BELZONI, Giovanni (1778-1823).

Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discovers.

1820 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
171

Set of 11 magic lantern and visual illusion books. 19th and 20th century.

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 237.50
66 PRITCHARD, Andrew (1804-1882).

A History of Infusoria. First edition.

1841 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
163

Set of 4 British Gunner books. Early 19th century.

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
192

6 books on ancient Egypt. 19th and 20th century.

N/A USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 162.50

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