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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- The December Fine Antiques, Art & Decorations Auction
- Auction Date
- 12/06/2025 - 12/06/2025
- Sale Number
- #21254
- Total Lots
- 24
- Sold Lots
- 20.0
- Lots Sold
- 83.33%
- Unsold Lots
- 4
- Total Sales (USD)
- 4,331.25
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 5,240.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 9,260.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 6,940.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 11,760.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 36.83%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | WEDDELL, James, 1787-1834. | A Voyage Towards the South Pole. |
1825 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 224 | WILLIAMS JACKSON, Abraham Valentine, Editor. 1862-1937. | The History of India, |
1906-07 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 202 | TURNOR, Christopher Hatton (1840-1914). | Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere. |
1865 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 93 | STIELER, Adolf, 1775-1836. | Handatlas u?ber alle Theile der Erde und u?ber das Weltgeba?ude herausgegeben von Adolf Stiele. |
1875? | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 209 | ZINCKE, F. Barham (Foster Barham), 1817-1893. | Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Kedive? |
1871 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 191 | BREWSTER, David, 1781-1868. | A Treatise on New Philosophical Instruments. |
1813 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 155 | HILL, John, 1714?-1775. | The Construction of Timber, from its Early Growth. |
M. DCC. LXX [1770]. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 97 | Gabrielle DeVaux Clements (American, 1858-1948) | Battle Monument, Baltimore 1924 |
N/A | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 69 | NANSEN, Fridtjof, 1861-1930. | Farthest North. |
1897 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 171 | BACK, George, 1796-1878. | Narrative of the Arctic land Expedition |
1836 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 122 | GRAY, John 1769, | A Treatise on Gunnery, |
1731 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 180 | WALKER, John, 1759-1830. | Elements of geography and of natural and civil history |
1795 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 137.50 |
| 189 | NORTHROP, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909. | Indian Horrors : or, Massacres by the Red men |
1891? | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 137.50 |
| 138 | LOOMIS, Elias, 1811-1889. | A Treatise on Astronomy. |
1868 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 85 | HEDGCOCK, Thomas. | Astronomy-1831. |
1831 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 188 | John Hall (British, 1739-1797) after Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625-1713) | Pope Clement the Ninth |
N/A | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 112.50 |
| 131 | HENRY, William, 1774-1836. | The Elements of Experimental Chemistry |
1814 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 87.50 |
| 216 | HALL, Charles Francis, 1821-1871. | Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. |
1876 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 75.00 |
| 107 | DODGE, Richard Irving, 1827-1895. | The Plains of the Great West and their inhabitants : being a description of the plains, game, Indians, &c., of the great North American desert |
1877 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 62.50 |
| 183 | Gabrielle DeVaux Clements (American, 1858-1948) | John Hopkins Hospital 1929 |
1929 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 50.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.