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Litchfield County Auctions: The Winter Antiques Sale
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Winter Antiques Sale | Total Sales (USD) | 12,421.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 04, 2026 - February 04, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 7,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #20426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 12,075.00 |
| Total Lots | 40 | ||
| Sold Lots | 30.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 8,855.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 14,345.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 10 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 86.59% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Mark Catesby | The Loggerhead Turtle (Testudo), Plate T40 |
1800, | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,690.00 |
| 4 | Mark Catesby | The Parrot of Carolina, Plate T11 |
1771-1810. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,040.00 |
| 11 | Mark Catesby | Turdus Rhomboidelis and Turdus (2 Fish), Plate T10 |
1771-1810. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 12 | Mark Catesby | Cugupuguacu & Saltatrix (2 Fish), Plate T14 |
1771-1810. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 1 | Mark Catesby | Namenius (The Brown Curlew and Arrow Arum Plant), Plate T83 |
1800 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 2 | Mark Catesby | Yellow Crested Bittern or Yellow Crowned Night Heron (Ardea Lobelia), Plate T79 |
1771-1810. | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 14 | Mark Catesby | Polyphemus Moth with Geiger Tree & Morning Glory , Plate 91 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 780.00 | |
| 10 | Mark Catesby | The Land Crab (Cancer Terrestris Tapia), Plate T32 |
1771-1810. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 13 | Mark Catesby | Orbis, Cornus, An Phaseolus &c (Globe Fish, Dogwood & Bean Plant), Plate T28 |
1800 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 6 | Mark Catesby | Pied Billed Grebe or Dabchick (Podicipes), Plate T91 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 585.00 | |
| 39 | Georges de Feure | Paris Almanach, Poster, signed lower margin Paris Almanach de Feure. |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 585.00 | |
| 5 | Mark Catesby | Hooded Merganser or Round Crested Duck (Mergus), Plate T94 |
1800 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 422.50 |
| 51 | Francesco Piranesi | Two uncolored copper engraving plates #58 and #72 from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 422.50 | |
| 40 | Kathe Kollwitz | At The Church Wall etching. |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 292.50 | |
| 52 | Joseph Farrington R.A., | 1) HENLEY. Joseph Farrington R.A., |
June 1, 1773 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 3 | Mark Catesby | Heath Hen or Greater Prairie Chicken with Shooting Star Plant, Plate 1 |
1771-1810. | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 227.50 |
| 25 | after Alfred J. Munnings | Gypsy Life and October Meeting, |
in 1953, 1957 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 195.00 |
| 46 | Yoshitoshi Mori | Samuri and Temple Guardian Deity kappazuri stencil prints, |
1970 | USD 250.00 - 450.00 | USD 162.50 |
| 43 | Southeast Asian Temple Rubbing Print, matted and framed. |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 130.00 | ||
| 139 | Five Maps of Europe and Mongolia |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 130.00 | ||
| 60 | Woldemar Neufeld | The Boardman Bridge, Lithograph, New Milford, CT, |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 104.00 | |
| 83 | Attributed to Arnon Orbach | Brooklyn Bridge photo mounted on a board |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | USD 104.00 | |
| 9 | John Frederick Miller | "Testudes Sulcata" (African Spurred Tortoise), Plate 26 |
1816 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 91.00 |
| 55 | John Costigan | Boy with Cows and Springtime |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 91.00 | |
| 65 | Richard Hunt | Kulus (Two Loons), |
1995 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 91.00 |
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Forum Auctions
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.