The 24th Paris Antique Map, Atlas & Globe Fair: November 22nd
- by Bruce E. McKinney
Vive les cartes de collection!
On Saturday, November 22, 2025, the 24th Annual Antique Map, Atlas & Globe Fair is to be held at Hotel Ambassador, 16 Boulevard Haussman, 75009, Paris, France. While it is a single day event, it is also providing an open bar and meal opportunity Friday afternoon, November 21st. for those who value opportunities to discuss their collecting or distribution plans with professionals.
This show features thirty exhibitors specializing in antique cartography and globes will present geographical maps, including world maps, nautical charts, maps of Paris, views, and atlases from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
This event’s exhibitors hail from France, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, South Korea, Australia, Portugal and the United States.
As well, there is to be an exhibition: “Contested and/or Claimed Territories”.
For additional information please click on this show’s website: www.map-fair.com/paris. It’s available in both French and English.
Its Saturday hours are 11:00 – 6:00 p.m. The event is organized by Librairie Loeb-Laroque.
Sotheby’s Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana 27 January 2026
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
Sotheby’s Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana 27 January 2026
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
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