Back

Nye & Company Auctioneers: Discovery in the Backyard - Online only sale

Auction Reports

Auction Name Discovery in the Backyard - Online only sale Total Sales (USD) 6,579.00
Auction Date March 23, 2023 - March 23, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,736.00
Sale Number #32323 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 7,285.00
Total Lots 90
Sold Lots 66.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 8,816.00
% of Lots Sold 73.33% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 13,715.00
Unsold Lots 24 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 47.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
237

Vintage Joslin's Terrestrial Globe on Stand

19th C. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,216.00
120

Leyendecker Brothers Signatures

USD 30.00 - 50.00 USD 896.00
407

Group of Assorted Antique Books

USD 20.00 - 30.00 USD 512.00
390

Group of Books on New York State

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 218.00
381

S. Hahnemann, "Organon of Homeopathic Medicine"

1843 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 192.00
389

Group of Books on Medicine in New York

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 179.00
435

Uncut Sheet of 1981 US $1 Bills

1981 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 154.00
573

Mr & Mrs Guy Lawler 1839 Antique Ink Silhouettes

1839 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 154.00
159

Four Plates from "The Costume of China"

1800 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 141.00
383

John C. Gunn, "Gunn's Domestic Medicine"

1838 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 141.00
158

Three Botanical Prints

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 128.00
388

Group of Books on Medicine and Homeopathy

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 128.00
170

Print of the Supreme Court Judges

1904 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 115.00
183

Two World War II Propaganda Posters

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 115.00
535

Group of NASA Ephemera

USD 100.00 - 125.00 USD 102.00
575

George & Martha Washington Silhouettes

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 102.00
160

Four Prints, James S. King, Portraits of Men

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 90.00
182

Five Car Posters

2011 USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 90.00
392

Group of Medical Memoirs and Biographies

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 90.00
401

Group of Assorted Art Books

USD 30.00 - 40.00 USD 90.00
404

Two Books on New York

USD 20.00 - 30.00 USD 90.00
406

Group of Assorted Antique Books

USD 20.00 - 30.00 USD 90.00
166

Four Engravings and Etchings After Old Masters

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 77.00
180

Two Pastoral Landscape Prints, Westerley & Gondel

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 77.00
186

Marcel Fiorini Limited Edition 62/120 Print

USD 30.00 - 40.00 USD 77.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!