14th century scientific manuscript soars past estimate at Bonhams
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14th century scientific manuscript soars past estimate at Bonhams
A 14th century scientific manuscript sold for $89,000. Photo: Bonhams.



NEW YORK, NY.- On June 22, a 14th century scientific manuscript achieved more than 22 times its estimate when it sold for $89,000 at Bonhams' Fine Books & Manuscripts auction in New York. The 56-page illustrated manuscript on vellum written in Latin describes the construction and uses for the quadrant, a mathematical or astronomical instrument with a graduated arc of 90°.

The sale overall achieved $1.4 million with 80% sold by lot and 97% sold by value.

Additional highlights of the sale include:

• A first edition, first issue of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) in an unrestored dust jacket sold for $83,000, more than 4 times its estimate.

• A typed letter signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) congratulating Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) on completing the first transpacific flight by a woman and the first transpacific solo flight achieved $77,000.

• A previously unknown John Morgan (1735-1789) medical manuscript sold for $61,000. Morgan was the Surgeon General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and a pioneering figure in the history of American medical education having founded the first medical college in America.

• From the library of Dr. William von Valtier, a number of early publications related to Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) achieved exceptional results. The standout of the group was a first edition of Franklin’s testimony to the House of Commons relating to the Repeal of the Stamp-Act in 1776 which sold for $58,000, more than 7 times its estimate.

• A group of signed letters from J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) to a fan achieved well above their estimates including one from 1955 where Tolkien compares himself to a Hobbit which sold for $20,000.










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