Auction Report: New England Book Auctions Hunting, Fishing, Travel Thursday Auction

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Auction Name	Hunting, Fishing, Travel Thursday Auction	Total Sales (USD)	11,544.00
Auction Date	November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#5442	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	164
Sold Lots	152.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	92.68%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	12	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
117	Halford, Frederic M.	Dry-Fly Fishing: In Theory and Practice & The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook. Illustrated.	1889; (1913)	Not Available	USD 300.00
157	Purchas, Samuel.	Hakluytus Posthumus; or, Purchas His Pilgrimes. Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages, and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others. Illustrated. 20 volumes.	1905-07	Not Available	USD 240.00
49	Orvis, Charles F.; & A.	Fishing with the Fly. 15 chromolithograph plates of flies. Square	1983	Not Available	USD 216.00
142		Angling. Group of 5 volumes as listed below. Illustrated.	Vd 80/120	Not Available	USD 204.00
68	Grey, Zane.	Group of 3 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.	vd	Not Available	USD 192.00
71		Angling Ephemera. Group of over 20 booklets. Most illustrated. Various sizes and formats; varying wear. Vp, vd [80/]		Not Available	USD 180.00
95	Ritz, Charles.	A Fly Fisher's Life. Foreword by Ernest Hemingway. Illustrated.	-1959	Not Available	USD 180.00
140	Grey, Zane.	Grey, Zane. Group of 3 volumes. Illustrated.	Vd	Not Available	USD 168.00
159		Vedic Ritual. Manava-Kalpa-Sutra; Being a Portion of this Ancient Work on Vaidik Rites, together with The Commentary of Kumarila-Swamin. Preface by Theodor Goldstucker. Facsimile plates. Tall	1936	Not Available	USD 168.00
2		Hunting & Fishing. Group of 4 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.	vd	Not Available	USD 156.00
102		Angling. Group of 7 volumes. Illustrated.	Vd	Not Available	USD 156.00
55		Big Game. Group of 11 volumes.	Vd	Not Available	USD 144.00
111		Angling. Group of 10 volumes. Illustrated.	Vd	Not Available	USD 144.00
128		Angling. Group of 13 volumes. Illustrated.	Vd	Not Available	USD 144.00
129		Angling. Group of 10 volumes. Illustrated.	Vd	Not Available	USD 144.00
154		Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Volumes 15, 20-22 & 24-26. Illustrated, including color plates.	1903-18	Not Available	USD 144.00
35		Angling. Group of 12 volumes on angling.	Vd	Not Available	USD 132.00
50	Salmon, Richard.	Trout Flies. Foreword by Arnold Gingrich. Illustrated, including NUMEROUS MOUNTED SAMPLES OF ACTUAL FLY-TYING MATERIALS.	2075	Not Available	USD 132.00
135	Sheldon, Charles.	The Wilderness of the North Pacific Coast Islands. Illustrated.	1912	Not Available	USD 132.00
138	Marbury, Mary Orvis.	Favorite Flies and their Histories. 2 Copies. Illustrated, including 32 colored plates of flies.	(1892); (1955)	Not Available	USD 132.00
98	Knight, John Alden.	Ol' Bill and Other Stories. Drawings by Milton Weiler. 2 copies.	1972	Not Available	USD 120.00
155	Stanley, Henry M.	In Darkest Africa. Illustrated, including folding maps in rear pockets. 2 volumes.	1890	Not Available	USD 120.00
158		Burma. Hart, Mrs. Ernest. Picturesque Burma. Illustrated.	1997	Not Available	USD 120.00
15		Angling. Group of 12 volumes.	Vd	Not Available	USD 108.00
41		Hunting and Fishing. Group of 10 volumes.	Vd	Not Available	USD 108.00

New England Book Auctions: Hunting, Fishing, Travel Thursday Auction

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Top twenty-five by sale price