Bonhams: History of Science and Technology
Auction Reports
Auction Name | History of Science and Technology | Total Sales (USD) | 291,494.50 |
Auction Date | December 04, 2019 - December 04, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 167,600.00 |
Sale Number | #25265 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 252,900.00 |
Total Lots | 75 | ||
Sold Lots | 40 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 336,950.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 53.33% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 512,950.00 |
Unsold Lots | 35 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 56.83% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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17 | DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. | On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection. |
1859 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 131,325.00 |
49 | SHANNON, CLAUDE E. & WARREN WEAVER. | The Mathematical Theory of Communication. |
1949 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 27,575.00 |
12 | LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA, translator, & LUIGI FEDERICO MENABREA. | Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage Esq. |
1843 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 15,075.00 |
42 | WIENER, NORBERT. 1894-1964. | The Extrapolation, Interpretation and Smoothing of Stationary Time Series with Engineering Applications. |
1942 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 15,075.00 |
15 | BOOLE, GEORGE. 1815-1864. | An Investigation of The Laws of Thought on which are founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities. |
1854 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 12,575.00 |
25 | TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. | Autograph Presentation Signed ("Nikola Tesla") to "To my friend J.L. Mott, With wishes for a happy voyage," |
USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,825.00 | |
57 | CERF, VINTON & ROBERT KAHN. | A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication. |
1974 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,825.00 |
13 | BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871. | The Exposition of 1851; or, Views of the Industry, the Science and the Government, of England. |
1851 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,575.00 |
14 | BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871. | Passages from the Life of a Philosopher. |
1864 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,325.00 |
16 | BOOLE, GEORGE. 1815-1864. | A Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences. |
1860 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 6,325.00 |
51 | NEWELL, ALLEN & HERBERT A. SIMON. | The Logic Theory Machine. |
1956 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,825.00 |
55 | WATSON, JAMES D. B.1928. | Autograph Quotation with Diagram Signed ("J.D. Wa[tson]"), |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,570.00 | |
9 | BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871. | Observations on the Analogy which Subsists between the Calculus of Functions and Other Branches of Analysis. |
1817 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,187.50 |
43 | WIENER, NORBERT. 1894-1964. | Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine. |
1948 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,187.50 |
85 | APOLLO PROGRAM RED NUMBER PHOTOGRAPHS. |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,805.00 | ||
11 | BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871. | On a Method of Expressing by Signs the Action of Machinery. |
1826 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,550.00 |
66 | HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON FLIGHT. Extensive archive of material related to Julian Nott's work toward high altitude balloon flight. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,550.00 | ||
19 | DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. | Letter Signed ("Ch. Darwin"), with Autograph Postcript, |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,422.50 | |
6 | COWPER, WILLIAM. 1666-1709. | Myotomia Reformata: Or an Anatomical Treatise on the Muscles of the Human Body. Illustrated with Figures after the Life.... |
1724 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,295.00 |
54 | WATSON, JAMES D. B.1928. | Molecular Biology of the Gene. |
1965 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,295.00 |
8 | KNORR, GEORG WOLFGANG. 1705-1761. | Les delices des yeux et de l'esprit, ou collection Generale des differentes especes de coquillages que la mer renferme. |
1760-1768 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
53 | HEISENBERG, WERNER. 1901-1976. | Autograph Letter Signed ("Werner Heisenberg") to the rector of Eötvös Loránd University Budapest |
1964 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,912.50 |
88 | MARINER 9 MARS GLOBE. |
1973 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,912.50 | |
44 | STIBITZ, GEORGE ROBERT. 1904-1995. | Relay Computers. |
1945 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,785.00 |
29 | FREUD, SIGMUND. 1856-1939. | Autograph Note Signed ("Freud"), to Pierre Gildesgame, in response to a letter welcoming him to England |
1938 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,530.00 |