New England Auctions: Medical, Scientific, Rare Books and Historical , 21126, Branford

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 11, 2026 - February 12, 2026
Page Size: 135 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Medical Department Sign

American, Circa1925 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 458.50
26

Optometrist Trade Sign

American, Circa1920 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 524.00
36

Sixteen Binders of Medical and First Aid Ephemera

New York (city). Late 19th-early 20th century USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,406.00
37

Estate Archive of Medical and Historical Paper, Photo Albums, Ephemera

dated USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 655.00
38

Collection of Medical and Oddity Photographs, Ephemera, Glass Slides

1870s-1940s, USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,441.00
39

German Surgical Field Kit

1939 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 98.25
40

Collection of Medical and Wartime Postcards, Ephemera, and Photos

Late 19th through mid 20th century USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,703.00
41

Anatomical Model of the Human

1968 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 163.75
47

American Frohse Anatomical Chart - Human Skeleton Front and Back View

Chicago: 1918 USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 786.00
48 Gilman Joslin

Terrestrial Globe

Boston, 19th century USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,310.00
49

Candle Orrery

Europe mid to late 19th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,227.00
50

Vetter Ideal Planetarium

American, Circa1960 USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 851.50
51 A. H. Andrews & Co.

Terrestrial Globe

American, late 19th century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 458.50
52

Philip's Popular Celestial Globe

London, early20th century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 917.00
53 Hausmann and Gaudard

1901 'Instruments de Chirurgie' -

1901 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 229.25
54

Embalming Textbook, Medical Student's Vade Mecum, and Fowler's Phrenology Book

Westport, Connecticut, 1901 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 163.75
55 Henry G. Piffard -

Diseases of the Skin, 1891

1891 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 65.50
56

Two Antique Pseudoscience Books on Phrenology and Physiognomy

printed in Boston, Mass. 1814 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 327.50
57

Group of Nine Reference Catalogs for Surgical Equipment and Gas Fixtures

1979 USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 1,310.00
58

George Tiemann & Co. Medical Instrument Catalogue

1889 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 196.50
60

Psychiatric Ephemera Archive for Delinquent Child - 1950s

California, Circa1950 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 229.25
61

Group of Funeral and Mortuary Antiques

1907 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 524.00
62

Three Early Medical Pumps

American, Circa1920 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 393.00
63

Priestley Smith Perimeter

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 65.50
64

Old Master Flemish Surgical Painting

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,572.00
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.