Sothebys: The Magnificent Botanical Library of D.F. Allen
Auction Reports
Auction Name | The Magnificent Botanical Library of D.F. Allen | Total Sales (USD) | 1,825,251.00 |
Auction Date | October 26, 2017 - October 26, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,665,600.00 |
Sale Number | #n09659 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,394,700.00 |
Total Lots | 67 | ||
Sold Lots | 50 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,557,100.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 74.63% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,685,200.00 |
Unsold Lots | 17 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 49.53% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
50 | Redouté, Pierre Joseph, and Claude Antoine Thory | LES ROSES. |
1817-1824 | USD 225,000.00 - 325,000.00 | USD 200,000.00 |
61 | Trew, Christoph Jakob, and Benedict Christian Vogel | PLANTÆ SELECTÆ [-SUPPLEMENTUM PLANTARUM SELECTARUM] QUARUM IMAGINES AD EXEMPLARIA NATURALIA LONDINI… |
1750-1773; 1790 -1792 | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 175,000.00 |
31 | L'Héritier de Brutelle, Charles Louis | STIRPES NOVAE, AUT MINUS COGNITAE QUAS DESCRIPTIONIBUS ET ICONIBUS ILLUSTRAVIT. |
1784-1791 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 137,500.00 |
15 | Duhamel du Monceau, Henri-Louis | TRAITÉ DES ARBRES ET ARBUSTES QUE L'ON CULTIVE EN FRANCE EN PLEINE TERRE. … |
1800- 1804-1819 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 112,500.00 |
28 | Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph von | FRAGMENTA BOTANICA, FIGURIS COLORATIS ILLUSTRATA, AB ANNO 1800 AD ANNUM 1809 PER SEX FASCICULOS EDITA. |
1800- 1809 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 100,000.00 |
26 | Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph von | ICONES PLANTARUM RARIORUM. |
1781-1793 -1795 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 93,750.00 |
37 | Merian, Maria Sibylla, and Daniel Rabel | HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DES INSECTES DE SURINAM ET DE TOUTE L'EUROPE,… |
1771 | USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 87,500.00 |
47 | Prévost, Jean-Louis | COLLECTION DES FLEURS ET DES FRUITS, PEINTS D'APRÈS NATURE … |
1805 (I.E.1804 1805 -1806) | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 87,500.00 |
58 | Thornton, Robert | THE TEMPLE OF FLORA, OR GARDEN OF NATURE, BEING PICTURESQUE BOTANICAL PLATES OF THE NEW ILLUSTRATION OF THE SEXUAL SYSTEM OF LINNÆUS. |
1799 (I.E. 1798-1807) | USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 87,500.00 |
4 | Bateman, James | THE ORCHIDACEÆ OF MEXICO & GUATEMALA. |
1837- 1843 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
8 | Buc'hoz, Pierre Joseph | COLLECTION PRÉCIEUSE ET ENLUMINÉE DES FLEURS LES PLUS BELLES ET LES PLUS CURIEUSES QUI SE CULTIVENTANT DANS LES JARDINS DE LA CHINE QUE DANS CEUX DE L'EUROPE. |
1776 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
9 | Chazal, Antoine M. | FLORE PITTORESQUE DÉDIÉE AUX DAMES, PAR A. CHAZAL, ELÈVE DE MR. VAN SPAENDONCK. BOUND FOLLOWING: L'ART DE PEINDRE LES FLEURS À L'AQUARELLE, … |
1818-1825; 1834 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
14 | Dodart, Denis | MEMOIRES POUR SERVIR À L'HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. |
1676 ( 1675) | USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 60,000.00 |
63 | Vallet, Pierre | LE JARDIN DU ROY TRES CHRESTIEN HENRY .IV. ROY DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARE DEDIE À LA ROYNE. |
1608 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
5 | Berlèse, Laurent, Abbé | ICONOGRAPHIE DU GENRE CAMELLIA, … |
1839- 1841-1843 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
53 | Regnault, Nicolas François, and Geneviève de Nangis Regnault | LA BOTANIQUE MISE À LA PORTÉE DE TOUT LE MONDE; … |
1770- 1774 -1780 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
62 | Twining, Elizabeth | ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE NATURAL ORDER OF PLANTS, ARRANGED IN GROUPS; WITH DESCRIPTIONS |
1849-1855 | USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
19 | Geel, Pierre Corneille van | ENCYCLOGRAPHIE DU RÈGNE VÉGÉTAL. I. SERTUM BOTANICUM, … |
1828-1832 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
33 | Lindley, John | SERTUM ORCHIDACEUM: A WREATH OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ORCHIDACEOUS FLOWERS. |
1837- 1838 -1841 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
39 | Miller, John | ILLUSTRATIO SYSTEMATIS SEXUALIS LINNÆI = AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE SEXUAL SYSTEM OF THE GENERA PLANTUM OF LINNÆUS. |
1770- 1777 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
64 | Vincent, Henriette Antoinette (Née Rideau du Sal) | STUDIES OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS, PAINTED FROM NATURE BY MADAME VINCENT,… |
1814 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
1 | Andrews, Henry C. | COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF HEATHS. THE DRAWINGS TAKEN FROM THE LIVING PLANTS ONLY. |
1794- 1802-1805-1809-"1805" -1830 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
44 | Mordaunt de Launay, Jean Claude Michel, and Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps | HERBIER GÉNÉRAL DE L'AMATEUR, CONTENANT LA DESCRIPTION, L'HISTOIRE, LES PROPRIÉTÉS ET LA CULTURE DES VÉGÉTAUX UTILES ET AGRÉABLES. |
1814- 1816-1827 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
6 | Blackwell, Elizabeth | HERBARIUM BLACKWELLIANUM EMENDATUM ET AUCTUM ID EST ELISABETHAE BLACKWELL COLLECTIO STIRPIUM ... |
1747- 1757-1754-1773 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
20 | Hale, Thomas [attrib. to John Hill] | EDEN: OR, A COMPLEAT BODY OF GARDENING, … |
1756- 1757 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |