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Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: Summer Splendor - Day 1

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Auction Name Summer Splendor - Day 1 Total Sales (USD) 29,625.00
Auction Date June 28, 2024 - June 28, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 22,500.00
Sale Number #62824 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 33,100.00
Total Lots 85
Sold Lots 68.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 29,850.00
% of Lots Sold 80.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 43,800.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 67.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1474

BERGAMO, ITALY 1927 TRAVEL POSTER

 1927 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,625.00
1086

ANTEBELLUM PORTLAND, MAINE RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE PRINT

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,375.00
1001

SIGNED 1ST ED BOOK: "DISNEY ANIMATION - THE ILLUSION OF LIFE"

 copyright 1981 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,250.00
1449

VERY RARE PRE-WWI BASEBALL CARD, FATIMA, PITTSBURGH NATIONALS

 1913 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,250.00
1300 ROCKWELL KENT (NY, 1882-1971)

Night Watch

 1929 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,187.50
1004 MAXFIELD PARRISH

1927 ADVERTISING CALENDAR TOP BY MAXFIELD PARRISH (NH, 1870-1966)

 1927 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 937.50
1466 George Catlin

CATLIN BOOK OF AMERICAN INDIANS

 1860 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 937.50
1517 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (JAPAN, 1760-1849)

Fugaku Sanju Rokkei (Thirty-six Views of Mt.Fuji)

ca. 1829-33 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 875.00
1451

(305) TOPPS 1956 PRO BASEBALL CARDS

 1956 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 687.50
1453

(89) BOWMAN 1950 FOOTBALL CARDS

 1950 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
1452

(65) BOWMAN 1952 COLLEGE TO PRO FOOTBALL CARDS, LARGE

 1952 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
1358 CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

Bass Harbor Light

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 531.25
1468 ROCKWELL KENT

(21) MODERN ROCKWELL KENT ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
1446

COLLECTION OF 1950S COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC PHOTOS, SOME SIGNED

 1950S USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
1454

(92) BOWMAN 1951 FOOTBALL CARDS

 1951 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
1471 Moses Greenleaf,

1844 GREENLEAF SCHOOLHOUSE MAP OF MAINE

 1844 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
1476

SMALL 1898 OFFICE MAP OF MAINE POSTAL ROUTES

 1898 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 500.00
1478

EARLY STEAMSHIP BROADSIDE, FRAMED

 1838 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 500.00
1191

BINDER (30) SMALL ETCHINGS, VARIOUS ARTISTS

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 437.50
1363 CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

Old Fort Edgecomb, Maine

 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 437.50
1303 CURRIER & IVES

CURRIER & IVES RAILROAD PRINT

 1871 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
1361 CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

Ebb Tide, Maine Coast

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
1428 Jno. B. Bachelder

1863 BIRDSEYE VIEW BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG BY BACHELDER

 1863 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 406.25
1475

FLORENCE, ITALY 1930'S TRAVEL POSTER

 1930'S USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
1479

BIRDSEYE LITHOGRAPH OF PITTSFIELD, MAINE, UNFRAMED

 1889 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 406.25
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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