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Auction Name History of Science & Technology Total Sales (USD) 952,512.00
Auction Date October 24, 2025 - October 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 539,600.00
Sale Number #31199 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 827,500.00
Total Lots 270
Sold Lots 211.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,195,300.00
% of Lots Sold 78.15% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,809,300.00
Unsold Lots 59 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 52.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1235 ALDRIN, EDWIN "BUZZ." B.1930.

Apollo 11 Lunar Module photographic chart used during descent to chart the path for the first moon landing, July 20, 1969

1969 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 61,440.00
1172 EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.

Autograph Letter Signed ("A. Einstein") in German to Johannes Stark complimenting his work on light emission and absorption of canal rays,

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 51,200.00
1218 WATSON, JAMES DEWEY. b. 1928.

An archive of 15 Autograph Letters Signed ("Jim"), and 3 post cards signed ("Jim"), to Belinda Bullard on scientific subjects and his early work with the Harvard biological laboratory,

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 40,960.00
1196 TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954.

On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entsheidungsproblem. In: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, Series 2, Vol 42, Part 3.

1936 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 33,280.00
1213 ECKERT, J. PRESPER. 1919-1995.

The 1949 Howard N. Potts Medal from the Franklin Institute awarded to J. Presper Eckert for the "design and construction of the ENIAC, ...

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,600.00
1252 KORSAKOV, SEMYON NIKOLAIEVICH (1787-1853).

Apercu d'un procede nouveau d'investigation au moyen de machines a comparer les idees.

1832 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,600.00
1067 MUNDINUS. 1275-1326; DRYANDER, JOHANN, editor. 1500-1560.

Anatomia Mundini.

[1541]. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 23,040.00
1244 PRISCIANUS, THEODORUS, ALBUCASIS. FL. 4TH CENTURY.

Octavii Horatiani rerum medicarum libri quatuor . . . Albucasis chirurgicorum omnium primarii Strasbourg: Joannus Scotus

1532 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 20,480.00
1066 BERENGARIO DA CARPI. 1470-1550.

Isagoge breves perlucide ac uberime, in anatomiam humani corporis.

1535 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 17,920.00
1194 RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. 1871-1837.

Autograph Scientific Manuscript Unsigned, headed "Possible Transformations," being a series of four equations showing successive nuclear fusion reactions of hydrogen, deuterium, helium and lithium, with accompanying notes on mass and energy,

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 16,640.00
1156 DARWIN, CHARLES; ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE.

On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties. In: Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol III, No 9.

1859 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 15,360.00
1193 DE BROGLIE, LOUIS. 1892-1987.

Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Louis De Broglie") on the dsicovery of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, including his own contributions,

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,360.00
1150 BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871.; LUIGI-FEDERICO MENABREA.

Notions sur la machine analytique de M. Charles Babbage. In: Bibliotheque Universelle de Geneve, Nouvelle Series, vol 41, pp 352-376.

1842 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,080.00
1152 FARADAY, MICHAEL. 1791-1867.

Autograph Letter Signed ("M. Faraday") to "C.C. Maxwell" ["J.C. Maxwell?"], on Galileo's work relating to gravity and motion,

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 14,080.00
1269 ENIAC

Collection of ENIAC artifacts once owned by Winifred S. Jonas, one of the ENIAC's first programmers.

1951 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 14,080.00
1267 WILKES, MAURICE. 1913-2010.

Report on the preparation of programmes for the EDSAC and the use of the library of sub-routines.

1950 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,800.00
1041 SQUIRE, ALEXANDER BALMANNO. 1836-1908.

Photographs (colored from life) of the diseases of the skin.

1865 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 12,160.00
1070 GESNER, CONRAD. 1516-1565.

Chirurgia. De Chirurgia Scriptores Optimi Quinque Veteres et Recentores Plerique in Germania Antehac non Editi....

1555 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,520.00
1074 PARE, AMBROISE. C.1509-1590.

Dix Livres de la Chirurgie avec le Magasin des Instrumens necessaires a icelle.

1564 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,880.00
1264 ALEXANDER, FRANKLIN OSBORNE. 1897-1993.

Completed just in time. Pen-and-ink drawing for the political cartoon published in the Philadelphia Bulletin newspaper on 22 March 1946,

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,240.00
1016 WILLAN, ROBERT. 1757-1812.

On Cutaneous Diseases.

1808 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,600.00
1197 TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954.

On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem: A Correction, In: Proceedings of The London Mathematical Society, Second Series, vol 43, pp 544-546. WITH: "A Method for the Calculation of the Zeta-Function," In: Proceedings of The

1937 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 9,600.00
1219 WATSON, JAMES DEWEY. b. 1928 & FRANCIS HARRY COMPTON CRICK. 1916-2004.

Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids. A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. [WITH] "Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid." In: Nature, vol. 171. Jan-June 1953.

1953 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,600.00
1081 GESNER, CONRAD. 1516-1565.

The Practise of the New and Old Phisicke, Wherein is Contained the Most Excellent Secrets of Phisicke and Philosophie....

1599 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,960.00
1080 TAGLIACOZZI, GASPARE. 1545-1599.

De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem.

1597 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,320.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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    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.
  • 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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