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New England Auctions: Medical, Scientific, Rare Books and Historical
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Medical, Scientific, Rare Books and Historical | Total Sales (USD) | 63,273.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 11, 2026 - February 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 41,750.00 |
| Sale Number | #21126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 72,650.00 |
| Total Lots | 135 | ||
| Sold Lots | 111.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 52,450.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.22% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 91,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 24 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 69.38% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | Tooth Extraction Cuckoo Clock |
USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,502.00 | ||
| 66 | Early Dental Clockwork Automaton |
Circa1830 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,978.00 | |
| 322 | Ian Fleming | Ian Fleming TLS "Love Ian" With Associated Book |
1963 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,930.00 |
| 36 | Sixteen Binders of Medical and First Aid Ephemera |
Late 19th-early 20th century | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,406.00 | |
| 49 | Candle Orrery |
mid to late 19th century | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,227.00 | |
| 194 | Civil War Soldier's Diary, 1861 |
1861 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,227.00 | |
| 69 | The Magic Mirror by McLoughlin Bros |
USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,965.00 | ||
| 302 | Antique American Horticultural Specimen Salesmen Book |
Circa1880 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,834.00 | |
| 40 | Collection of Medical and Wartime Postcards, Ephemera, and Photos |
Late 19th through mid 20th century | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,703.00 | |
| 67 | Clockwork Automaton of a Tooth Extraction |
Circa1830 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,703.00 | |
| 64 | Old Master Flemish Surgical Painting |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,572.00 | ||
| 38 | Collection of Medical and Oddity Photographs, Ephemera, Glass Slides |
1870s-1940s, | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,441.00 | |
| 48 | Gilman Joslin | Terrestrial Globe |
19th century | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,310.00 |
| 57 | Group of Nine Reference Catalogs for Surgical Equipment and Gas Fixtures |
1979 | USD 200.00 - 350.00 | USD 1,310.00 | |
| 339 | Henry James | Novels And Tales of Henry James New York Edition Ltd Ed Fine Binding |
1909 | USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,179.00 |
| 333 | Matisse Henri | Ciquante Dessins Limited Edition Signed Frontis |
USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,113.50 | |
| 212 | 1775 Philadelphia Colonial Currency with Clymer and Campbell Signatures |
1775 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,048.00 | |
| 305 | Archive of Early Hand Bound Opera Scores Puccini Autograph |
1930's | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,048.00 | |
| 327 | Civil War Diary - Dec 1861 -Dec 31 1862 |
-1861 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 982.50 | |
| 52 | Philip's Popular Celestial Globe |
early20th century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 917.00 | |
| 198 | Watercolor Map of New England |
early 19th century | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 917.00 | |
| 50 | Vetter Ideal Planetarium |
Circa1960 | USD 200.00 - 350.00 | USD 851.50 | |
| 47 | American Frohse Anatomical Chart - Human Skeleton Front and Back View |
1918 | USD 200.00 - 350.00 | USD 786.00 | |
| 196 | The Great Seal Trade Sign |
1938 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 720.50 | |
| 37 | Estate Archive of Medical and Historical Paper, Photo Albums, Ephemera |
dated | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 655.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
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Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.