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Auction Name Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 11/1 Total Sales (USD) 276,185.15
Auction Date November 15, 2017 - November 15, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 327,720.00
Sale Number #165 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 407,095.00
Total Lots 812
Sold Lots 567 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 469,825.00
% of Lots Sold 69.83% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 582,590.00
Unsold Lots 245 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 47.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
756 Ptolemy/Ruscelli

La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino...   Ptolemy/Ruscelli

 1574 USD 10,000.00 - 13,000.00 USD 10,350.00
670 Gerard de Jode

Tertiae Partis Asiae quae Modernis India Orientalis Dicitur Acurata Delineatio Autore Iacobo Castaldo Pedemontano   Gerard de Jode

 1593 USD 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,750.00
735 Theodore de Bry

[Lot of 22 - Complete Set of De Bry's Prints of Virginia Natives]   Theodore de Bry

 1590 USD 7,000.00 - 8,500.00 USD 4,830.00
410 Abraham Ortelius

Islandia   Abraham Ortelius

 1585 USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 4,600.00
77 Johannes van Keulen

Pas Kaart van West Indien Behelsende soo Deszelffs Vaste Kusten als d'Onder Behoorende Eylanden aan de Noord Oceaan...   Johannes van Keulen

 1687 USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 4,312.50
9 Frederick de Wit

Nova Orbis Tabula, in Lucem Edita   Frederick de Wit

 1670 USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 4,025.00
45 Abraham Ortelius

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio   Abraham Ortelius

 1603 USD 4,750.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,025.00
122 David H. Vance

Map of the United States of North America Compiled from the Latest and Most Authentic Information   David H. Vance

 1825 USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 4,025.00
157 Natalius Sequanus Metellus

Florida et Apalche   Natalius Sequanus Metellus

 1598 USD 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,737.50
772 Pieter van der Aa

De Gedenkwaardige en al-om Beroemde Voyagien der Spanjaarden na West-Indien...   Pieter van der Aa

 1706 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,162.50
148 Johannes van Keulen

Pas Kaart van de Kust van Carolina Tusschen C de Canaveral en C Henry   Johannes van Keulen

 1702 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,875.00
136 John Speed/Francis Lamb

A Map of Virginia and Maryland   John Speed/Francis Lamb

 1676 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,760.00
758 Depot de la Marine

Le Pilote des Iles Britanniques, Publie d'Apres les Ordres du Vice-Amiral Decres, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, par le Depot General de la Marine   Depot de la Marine

 1804 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,702.50
5 Sebastian Munster

Typus Orbis Universalis   Sebastian Munster

 1550 USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,645.00
19 Samuel Dunn

Scientia Terrarum et Coelorum: or, the Heavens and Earth Astronomically and Geographically Delineated and Display'd...   Samuel Dunn

 1772 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,530.00
43 Pierre DuVal

[Playing Cards] Les Tables de Geographie, Reduites en un Ieu de Cartes   Pierre DuVal

 1669 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,530.00
309 James T. Lloyd

Lloyd's Official Map of the State of Virginia from Actual Surveys by Order of the Executive 1828 & 1859..."   James T. Lloyd

 1862 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,530.00
8 Nicolas Visscher

Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita   Nicolas Visscher

 1663 USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,415.00
166 Major Zebulon Montgomery Pike

Voyage au Noveau-Mexique, a la Suite d'une Expedition Ordonnee par le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis, pour Reconnoitre les Sources des Rivieres Arkansas, Kanses, La Plate et Pierre-Jaune...   Major Zebulon Montgomery Pike

 1812 USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 USD 2,300.00
335 Thomas Bowles

The Taking of Porto Bello by Vice Admiral Vernon on the 22d of Nov. 1739 with Six Men of War Only   Thomas Bowles

 1743 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,300.00
421 John Speed

Britain as It Was Devided in the Tyme of the Englishe-Saxons Especially During Their Heptarchy   John Speed

 1650 USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 2,300.00
699 Willem Blaeu

Africae Nova Descriptio   Willem Blaeu

 1647 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,300.00
760 Anthony Finley

A New American Atlas, Designed Principally to Illustrate the Geography of the United States of North America...   Anthony Finley

 1826 USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,070.00
422 Jan Jansson

Britannia Prout Divisa Suit Temporibus Anglo-Saxonum, Praesertim Durante Illorum Heptarchia   Jan Jansson

 1662 USD 2,500.00 - 3,250.00 USD 1,955.00
573 John Speed

Italia Newly Augmented   John Speed

 1626 USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,955.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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