Nye & Company Auctioneers: Something to Love: A February Discovery Auction.
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Something to Love: A February Discovery Auction. | Total Sales (USD) | 4,140.80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,180.00 |
| Sale Number | #20526 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 20,440.00 |
| Total Lots | 58 | ||
| Sold Lots | 49.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,120.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.48% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 24,340.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 9 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 17.01% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 676 | Betty Page | Group of Assorted Betty Page Ephemera |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 371.20 | |
| 276 | Salvador Dali | Salvador Dali, Spanish 1904-1989, Autumn, Drypoint Engraving |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 281.60 | |
| 295 | Eduardo Chillida | Eduardo Chillida Lithograph for the 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
1972 | USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 243.20 |
| 364 | Eduardo Bolioli | Eduardo Bolioli, Absolut Vodka Statehood Series - Hawaii Print |
1976 | USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 243.20 |
| 673 | Group of Assorted Guido Crepax Erotic Story Books |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 166.40 | ||
| 288 | Mary Nimmo Moran | Mary Nimmo Moran, 1842-1899, California Forest Interior, Drypoint Etching |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 153.60 | |
| 303 | Kaoru Kawano | Kaoru Kawano Japanese Woodblock Print "Girl with Mask" |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 153.60 | |
| 362 | Thomas McKnight | Two Thomas McKnight Signed Prints, "Montauk" & "Vengera" |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 153.60 | |
| 361 | Group of Assorted Framed Artwork |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 140.80 | ||
| 299 | Eight Prints of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards |
1847 | USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 128.00 | |
| 305 | Group of Botanical Prints |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 128.00 | ||
| 324 | Seven Small Works of Art |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 128.00 | ||
| 353 | Group of Black and White Prints |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 128.00 | ||
| 357 | Philip Hicken | Philip Hicken, Abstract Fruit Silkscreen |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 115.20 | |
| 281 | William Jewett | William Jewett, Mt. Washington on New York Island, Lithograph |
1847 | USD 20.00 - 50.00 | USD 102.40 |
| 360 | Group of Assorted Works of Art |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 102.40 | ||
| 307 | Three Prints of New York |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 89.60 | ||
| 399 | Group of Assorted Trading Cards |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 89.60 | ||
| 559 | Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco Advertising Sign |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 76.80 | ||
| 310 | Print of King George IV in Military Uniform |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 64.00 | ||
| 407 | Group of Vintage Photographs of Youth Sports Teams |
Early 20th C. | USD 20.00 - 40.00 | USD 64.00 | |
| 415 | British Exchequer Recept Dated 1665 |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 64.00 | ||
| 301 | Maurice Utrillo | Maurice Utrillo Print |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 57.60 | |
| 306 | Three Assorted Prints |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 57.60 | ||
| 334 | Emile Lecomte | Emile Lecomte, 1866-1938, Landscape, Print |
USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 57.60 |
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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.