Central Mass Auctions: Art, Samplers, Posters, & Collections, 420197, Boston,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 23, 2026 - June 23, 2026

Page Size: 228 items in 10 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Kertesz Andre	Greenwich Village		1970	USD 500.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
2	Abbott Berenice	Forty Eigth Street		1938	USD 1,000.00 - 10,000.00	Unknown
3	Bernhard Ruth	Classic Torso		1952	USD 1,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
4	Bullock Wynn	Nude in Forest		1954	USD 500.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
46	Halsman Philippe	Marilyn Monroe listening to music		N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
47	Halsman Philippe	Marilyn Monroe		1952	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
48	Halsman Philippe	Marilyn Monroe at the Drive-In		N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
49	Halsman Philippe	Marilyn Monroe as Mao Zedong		N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
50	Halsman Philippe	Marilyn Monroe multiple images		N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
51	Halsman Philippe	Dali clockface		N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
52	Halsman Philippe	Dali Cyclops		N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
53	Halsman Philippe	Dali and people forming shape of human skull		N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
54	Halsman Philippe	Dali Atomicus		N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
55	Halsman Philippe	Dali and a rhinoceros		N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
56	Picasso Pablo	Deux femmes au bain		1939	USD 3,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
57	Picasso Pablo	Le Repos Du Sculpteur IV		1939	USD 3,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
58	Picasso Pablo	Sculpture, garcon, et modele		1939	USD 3,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
59	Picasso Pablo	Femmes et Faunes	Paris	1956	USD 500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
60	Whistler James	Fumette		1858	USD 1,000.00 - 10,000.00	Unknown
61	Kollwitz Kathe	Drawings from the later years	Berlin	194	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
62	Kollwitz Kathe	Familie; Mutter and Kind		N/A	USD 50.00 - 300.00	Unknown
63	Orlik Emil	The Miracle		1924	USD 100.00 - 500.00	Unknown
64	Kollwitz Kathe	Das Warten		1914	USD 100.00 - 500.00	Unknown
65	Jorn Asger	Sympathy		1944	USD 100.00 - 500.00	Unknown
66	Marin John	Through the Window, Venice		N/A	USD 100.00 - 500.00	Unknown

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 July

Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.