Central Mass Auctions: Art, Samplers, Posters, & Collections, 420197, Boston,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 23, 2026 - June 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 237C | Worcester Train Wreck Real Photo Postcard and New England Postcards |
1909 | USD 25.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 237D | Civil War Related Postcards |
N/A | USD 25.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 238 | Postcard Album |
N/A | USD 25.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 239 | Pershing John | Panoramic photo Gens. Pershing, Read & Staff Camp Jackson, SC |
1919 | USD 25.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 240 | Weintraub | WWI and WWII panoramic soldier photos |
Camp Meade, Md. | 1919 | USD 25.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 241 | Gibbons James | Letter by Cardinal Gibbons |
Baltimore, MD | 1894 | USD 25.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 242 | 1928 baseball team and Family at Devil's Den photos |
1928 | USD 25.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 243 | 2 Ronald Reagan letters, Daniel Webster and Abe Lincoln prints |
1987 | USD 25.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 244 | 1916 United States Mexico Men who Answered the Nation's Call |
1916 | USD 25.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 245 | 1859 North Amer. Eating House Providence Menu |
Providence, Rhode Island | 1859 | USD 25.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 255 | Dixie's Cigar 10 cent Cigar Sign |
Quebec | N/A | USD 100.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 256 | Beech-Nut Chewing Tobacco Tin Advertising Sign |
1760 | USD 100.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 257 | Smoke the White Label 5 cent Cigar Advertising Sign |
New York, U.S.A. | N/A | USD 100.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 258 | The Devilish Good 5 cents Cigar Advertising Sign |
New York, U.S.A. | N/A | USD 100.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 259 | Headline, Diamond Bell, & other Tobacco Signs |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 293 | Manning H.M. | H.M. Manning General Jobbing Wooden Sign |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 294 | Smoke Bo-Ko Cigars Advertising Sign |
Cincinnati, Ohio | 1918 | USD 50.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 327 | Seuss Dr. | How the Grinch stole Christmas |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 328 | Seuss Dr. | Oh, The Places You'll Go |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 329 | Seuss Dr. | Triple-Sling-Jigger |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 330 | Seuss Dr. | If Santa Could Do It, Then so Could the Grinch |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 331 | Seuss Dr. | Dr. Seuss Commemorative Stamp Sheet |
2004 | USD 100.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 332 | Seuss Dr. | Black Fish..Blue Fish..Old Fish..New Fish |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 333 | Seuss Dr. | Horton Hears a Who |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 334 | Seuss Dr. | If Santa Could Do It, Then so Could the Grinch |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
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Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000 -
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 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old 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 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old 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 JulySotheby’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.