The Science Sale

Updated October 20, 2026

What's in this auction

48 lots, mostly firearms & militaria (1), memorabilia & autographs (1). 48 lots have photos. Pre-sale estimates $400–$9,000 across 48 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing November 12, 2026.

Highest-estimated lots

• Berenice Abbott, The Science Pictures Portfolio. 1945, 1961; printed 1982. — est. $6,000–$9,000
• Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, A Man on the Moon: Buzz Aldrin with the photographer, Lunar Module Eagle, and Earth reflected — est. $5,000–$7,500
• Papers of noted astronomers Elizabeth Langdon Williams and George Hall Hamilton. Circa 1919-35. — est. $4,000–$6,000
• Harold Edgerton, Bullet. Splash Formation, 1/1,000,000 Sec. Circa 1938; printed before 1988. — est. $3,000–$5,000
• Wilson A. "Snowflake" Bentley, Group of 8 microphotographs of snow crystals. Circa 1903-10. — est. $3,000–$4,500

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In this auction (48 lots)

Categories: Firearms & Militaria (1) · Memorabilia & Autographs (1)

• Lot 1 — Group of 3 portraits of the scientists Charles Darwin, Asa Gray, and Louis Agassiz. Circa 1860s-70s.
• Lot 2 — Extracts . . . Concerning American Trees and Plants. 1775.
• Lot 3 — Romeyn Beck Hough, The American Woods, volumes I to XII, [1892]-1911.
• Lot 4 — Joesph Janvier Woodward, No. 1-5, Pleurosigma Angulatum. 1871.
• Lot 5 — Wilson A. "Snowflake" Bentley, Group of 8 microphotographs of snow crystals. Circa 1903-10.
• Lot 6 — A notebook titled "Microphotography" by A.E. Ward with 60 photos. May 5, 1910.
• Lot 7 — Album from Wallerstein Laboratories, NYC with 25 photographs of yeast and sediment under magnification, all associated with beer brewing. Circa 1910.
• Lot 8 — Rufus Porter, Scientific American, Volume I. 1845.
• Lot 9 — Guillaume Amontons, His description of his invention of a new hygrometer, in an issue of the Monethly Account, an early newsbook. May 1688.
• Lot 10 — Francis Galton, Autograph Letter Signed, to "Dear Miss Weld." 26 February 1894.
• Lot 11 — Eastern Science Supply, Co., Portable Equinoctical Sundial. 1930s.
• Lot 12 — John C. Quell, Group of 3 ad illustrations for Sperry Gyroscopes. Circa 1950.
• Lot 13 — Gustav Eyb, Die Pioniere der Luftschiffahrt. 1900.
• Lot 14 — Group of 3 photographs of the Wright Brothers by Henry Ashton. 1908.
• Lot 15 — Group of approximately 200 early flight postcards, including more than 100 real photo postcards. Circa 1910.
• Lot 16 — A selection of 15 photographs of Amelia Earhart "Queen of the Skies," most related to her 1928 transatlantic flight. 1920-31.
• Lot 17 — An album titled "Militärluftfahrt [Military Aircraft]" collected by S. Jahn, with 95 photographs. 1930-34.
• Lot 18 — An album documenting the airplane Avia 14 with 23 photographs. 1954-60.
• Lot 19 — August Cross, File of correspondence, photos and patent papers for an aerofoil kite tested for the Navy during World War One.
• Lot 20 — Eadweard Muybridge, Horse and rider, plate 592 from Animal Locomotion. 1887.
• Lot 21 — Eadweard Muybridge, Starting for a run, plate 59 from Animal Locomotion. 1887.
• Lot 22 — Eadweard Muybridge, Cockatoo Flying, plate 762 from Animal Locomotion. 1887.
• Lot 23 — Harold Edgerton, Bullet. Splash Formation, 1/1,000,000 Sec. Circa 1938; printed before 1988.
• Lot 24 — Harold Edgerton, Milk Drop Coronet. 1957; printed 1970s.
• Lot 25 — Berenice Abbott, The Science Pictures Portfolio. 1945, 1961; printed 1982.
• Lot 26 — Papers of noted astronomers Elizabeth Langdon Williams and George Hall Hamilton. Circa 1919-35.
• Lot 27 — Ormsby M. Mitchel, The Sidereal Messenger: A Monthly Journal Devoted to Astronomical Science. 1846.
• Lot 28 — Willard Van der Veer, Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Antarctica Expedition 1 Little America. November 4, 1929.
• Lot 29 — Bradford Washburn, Mount McKinley at 35,000 ft altitude. 1978.
• Lot 30 — A selection of 49 photographs depicting Russian cosmonauts. Circa 1974-87.
• Lot 31 — William Anders, Apollo 8, A suite of 4 NASA photographs of the Earth, including the iconic Earthrise. December 24, 1968.
• Lot 32 — Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin descending Lunar Module Eagle's ladder for humanity's first steps on another world. July 16-24, 1969.
• Lot 33 — Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, A Man on the Moon: Buzz Aldrin with the photographer, Lunar Module Eagle, and Earth reflected in his gold-plated sun visor. July 16-2
• Lot 34 — Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, Group of 17 NASA photographs of the Moon landing. July 16-24, 1969.
• Lot 35 — Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin at Tranquility Base with the Lunar Module Eagle, U.S. flag, and scientific experiments. July 16-24, 1969.
• Lot 36 — Wildlife at the Kennedy Space Center presents a contrast between Nature and the Space Age as the Saturn V space vehicle carrying the Apollo 12 Astronauts lift o
• Lot 37 — Pete Conrad, Apollo 12, Alan Bean strides across the sunlit Sea of Storms. November 14-24, 1969.
• Lot 38 — Pete Conrad, Apollo 12, Portrait of Alan Bean with the photographer reflected in his visor. November 14-24, 1969.
• Lot 39 — Apollo 13, The glowing Earth above the stricken spacecraft during the perilous journey home. April 11-17, 1970.
• Lot 40 — Apollo 13, The miraculous return to Earth after a harrowing mission. April 17, 1970.
• Lot 41 — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14, Alan Shepard with the MET during the excursion to Cone Crater. January 31-February 9, 1971.
• Lot 42 — Apollo 16, The mighty Saturn V lifting off from Earth to the Moon: a striking contrast between Nature and the Space Age. April 16, 1972.
• Lot 43 — Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17, Harrison Schmitt photographing moonscapes beyond the rover at Tracy's Rock, Station 6. December 7-19, 1972.
• Lot 44 — Group of 34 photographs of NASA scientists, engineers, and astronauts preparing for space missions. 1995-96.
• Lot 45 — Hoot Gibson, A suite of 3 NASA photographs of Bruce McCandless II performing the first untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit from the space shu
• Lot 46 — Robert H. Goddard, Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development. 1936.
• Lot 47 — A selection of 3 photographs depicting J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. 1945-57.
• Lot 48 — A suite of 15 photographs depicting atomic bomb test detonations. 1952-58.

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