Leslie Hindman Auctioneers: Library of a MidWestern Collector
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Library of a MidWestern Collector | Total Sales (USD) | 1,910,985.00 |
Auction Date | November 05, 2019 - November 05, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 998,300.00 |
Sale Number | #714 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,464,600.00 |
Total Lots | 87 | ||
Sold Lots | 71 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,042,000.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 81.61% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,529,800.00 |
Unsold Lots | 16 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 124.92% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882) | On the Origin of Species. |
1859 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 564,500.00 |
61 | NEWTON, Isaac, Sir (1642-1727) | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. [Edited by Edmond Halley (1656-1743)]. |
1687 | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 212,500.00 |
68 | ROWLING, J. K. | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. |
1997 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 150,000.00 |
50 | JOYCE, James (1882-1941) | Ulysses |
1922 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 137,500.00 |
80 | SMITH, Adam (1723-90) | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. |
1776 | USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 112,500.00 |
38 | [THE FEDERALIST PAPERS]. -- [HAMILTON, Alexander (1739-1802), James MADISON (1751-1836) and John JAY (1745-1829)]. | The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 |
1788 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 106,250.00 |
37 | EUCLID (fl. ca 300 B.C.) | Elementa geometriae. Translated from the Arabic by Adelard of Bath. Edited by Giovanni Campano. |
1482 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 81,250.00 |
63 | NEWTON, Isaac, Sir (1642-1727). | The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. |
1729 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
79 | SMITH, Adam (1723-1790) | The Theory of Moral Sentiments. |
1759 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 47,500.00 |
62 | NEWTON, Isaac, Sir (1642-1727). | Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. |
1704 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 45,000.00 |
40 | GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642) | Dialogo...Dove ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano. |
1632 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
48 | JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826) | Notes on the State of Virginia...Illustrated with A Map, including...Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. |
1787 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
64 | NEWTON, Isaac, Sir (1642-1727) | The Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series; with its Application to the Geometry of Curve-Lines. |
1736 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 |
67 | RICARDO, David (1772-1823) | On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. |
1817 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 |
22 | DALTON, John (1766-1844) | A New System of Chemical Philosophy. |
1808 [part 1]1810 [part 2]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
23 | DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)-- Robert FITZROY, editor (1805-1865), and Capt. Philip Parker KING (1793-1856) | A Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. |
1839 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
21 | [COOK, James (1728-1779)]. -- [FIRST VOYAGE]. John HAWKESWORTH (1715-1773) | An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and |
1773 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
44 | GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794) | History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume the First [-Sixth]. |
1776-1788. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
56 | MARX, Karl (1818-1883) | Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production. |
1887 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
26 | DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). | The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. |
1871 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
75 | SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry, Sir (1874-1922) | The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. [With:] The Antarctic Book. Winter Quarters 1907-1909. |
1909 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
32 | DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll", 1832-1898) | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. |
1866 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
59 | MILNE, Alan Alexander (1882-1956) | When We Were Very Young. |
1924 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
60 | MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592) | The Essayes or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses. Translated from French into English by John Florio. |
1603 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
86 | WATSON, James Dewey (b. 1928) and Francis Harry Compton CRICK (1916-2004) | Molecular structure of nucleic acids. In: Nature, Vol. 171, No. 4356, pp. 737-741. |
1953 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |