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Auction Name: Celestial and Terrestrial Exploration
Auction Date: 04/18/2025 - 04/18/2025
Sale Number: #178
Total Lots: 348
Sold Lots: 303
Lots Sold: 87.07%
Unsold Lots: 45

Total Sales (USD): 300,144.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 221,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 341,900.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 240,350.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 373,900.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 80.27%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	BLIGH, William (1754-1817)	A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh...	1792	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 19,200.00
190	BLIGH, William (1754-1817)	A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, From Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands...	1790	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 18,000.00
135	SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874-1922), BERNACCHI, Louis (1876-1942), SCOTT, Robert F. (1868-1912), et al.	The South Polar Times...	1907-14	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 15,600.00
4	SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874-1922), PEARY, Robert (1856-1920), AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928)	Menu Signed at a Special Dinner, "In honour of Captain Roald Amundsen" SIGNED BY SHACKLETON, PEARY, AND AMUNDSEN...	1913	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 14,400.00
3	PARRY, William Edward, Sir (1790-1855)	A Complete Set of Parry's Four Voyages, Comprising: Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper	1821	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 13,200.00
125	ROSS, John (1777-1856)	A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage	1819	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 11,400.00
96	HITCHCOCK, William E. (1928-2006)	[MODEL DIORAMA]. "Wintering in the Western Arctic" 3/22" Scale Hand-built model of the Steam Whaler Belvedere	[n.d., ca. mid- to late-20th century]	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 9,600.00
159	WELD, Charles Richard (1813-1869)	The Search for Sir John Franklin	1851	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 6,000.00
2	DOBBS, Arthur (1689-1765)	An Account of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-West Part of America...	1744	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 5,520.00
184	BURGOYNE, General John (1722-1792)	[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid Before the House of Commons...	1780	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,520.00
119	RAE, John (1813-1893)	Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847	1850	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,040.00
122	[RICHARDSON, Sir John (1787-1865), his copy]. SNOW, W[illiam.] Parker (1817-1895)	Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of Every-Day Life in the Arctic Seas	1851	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 5,040.00
41	CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley (1886-1959)	The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913	[1922]	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 4,320.00
247	BURTON, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890)	Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah	1855-56	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 4,080.00
199		[COOK, Captain James (1728-1779), association]. [Atlas Volume for Cook's Voyages...]	[Ca. 1785]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 3,840.00
142	[SHIRASE, Nobu (1861-1946), association]	Nankyoku Tanken Hikouki Sugoroku [Antarctic Expedition Board Game] by unknown designer	1911	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 3,600.00
35	BROWN, John (1797-1861)	The North-West Passage, and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin. A Review...	1858	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,600.00
141	[SHIRASE, Nobu (1861-1946), association]	Tokyo Asahi Shinbun Hennenshi 22Kan-Meiji43nen (Showa 30nen 6gatsu Shanaiyou) [in English: The Chronicles of Tokyo Asahi Newspaper, Volume No. 22 - 1910]	1910 - 1910	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 3,360.00
6		[NASA ASTRONAUTS]. All 10 Easton Press Limited Editions Signed by Astronauts, All with Easton Press COAs...	[1990s-2000s]	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,360.00
173	GASS, Patrick (1771-1870)	[LEWIS, Meriwether (1774-1809) and CLARK, William (1770-1838), subjects]. Voyage des Capitaines Lewis et Clarke, depuis l'Embouchure du Missouri, jusqu'a l'Entre de la Colombia dans l'Ocean Pacifique...	1810	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 3,120.00

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