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Sale Name
Fine Art - Prints
Auction Date
01/25/2020 - 01/25/2020
Year of Sale
2020
Sale Number
#158667
Total Lots
247
Sold Lots
156
Lots Sold
63.2%
Unsold Lots
91
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
2,618,050.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
2,384,500.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
3,578,800.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
2,774,100.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
4,196,200.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
62.39%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
2,654,110.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
150 CIMERLINUS, Giovanni Paolo (active 16th century). [World Map] Cosmographia Universalis ab Orontio olim descripta.

1566

 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 378,200.00
146 RUYSCH, Johannes (c. 1460-1533). [World Map] Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationi (A Universal Map of the Known World, Constructed by Means of Recent Observations)

1508

 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 268,400.00
132 ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. - Parergon in quo Veteris Geographiae aliquot tabulae. - Nomenclator Ptolemaicus.

USD 175,000.00 - 250,000.00 173,240.00
10 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). Iceland or Jer Falcon, Plate 366.

1827-1838.

 USD 125,000.00 - 175,000.00 134,200.00
151 ZALTIERI, Bolognino (fl. 1555-1575) after Paolo Forlani (fl.1560-71). [Americas Map] Il Disegno Del Discoperto Della Nova Franza, il quale s'e hauuto ultimamente dalla nouissima nauigatione de' Franzesi in quel luogo.

1566

 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 103,700.00
149 FLORIANUS, Antonio (1656-1721). [World Map] . Untitled double-hemisphere map constructed on a polar projections, with each hemisphere cut into thirty-six gores, in the manner of printed globes.

USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 91,500.00
14 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). Common American Swan, Plate 411.

1827-1838.

 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 85,400.00
8 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). Reddish Egret or Purple Heron, Plate 256.

1827-1838.

 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 68,320.00
222 CATLIN, George (1796-1872). NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PORTFOLIO; HUNTING SCENES AND AMUSEMENTS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND PRAIRIES OF AMERICA.

1844

 USD 75,000.00 - 125,000.00 67,100.00
203 OVERTON, Henry (d.1751). A New Mapp of the Whole World.

1738

 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 66,040.00
148 FINE, Oronce (1494-1555). [World Map] Nova et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio.

1541

 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 61,000.00
145 GOULD, John (1804-1881). A Monograph of The Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds.

USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 61,000.00
52 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). Great Horned Owl, Plate 61.

1827-1838.

 USD 55,000.00 - 70,000.00 61,000.00
9 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). Great White Heron, Plate 281.

1827-1838.

 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 51,850.00
214 White, Gallaher & White Maps de los Estados Unidos de Mejico.

1828

 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 51,240.00
219 DISTURNELL, John (1801-1877). Maps de los Estados Unidos de Mejico...

1850

 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 42,700.00
1 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). Ruffed Grous, Plate 41.

1827-1838.

 USD 45,000.00 - 60,000.00 39,040.00
147 WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470-1520) after Claudius Ptolemaeus (After 83-ca. 168 AD). [World Map] Orbis Typus Universalis luxta hydrographorum...

USD 45,000.00 - 65,000.00 36,600.00
3 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). Canada Goose, Plate 201.

1827-1838.

 USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 36,600.00
161 DE JODE, Corenlis (1568-1600). [World Map] Hemispherium ab aequinoctiali linea, ad circulum poli arctici and poli antarctici.

1593

 USD 22,000.00 - 35,000.00 32,940.00
182 SELLER, John (1632-1697). A Chart of the Sea coasts of NEW ENGLAND, NEW JARSEY, VIRGINIA, MARYLAND and CAROLINA from C. Cod to C. Hatteras...

c. 1675 (1677).

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 25,620.00
131 PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (after 83-168 AD). La Geografia. Commentaries by Sebastian Munster, translated by Pietro Andrea Mattioli.

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 25,620.00
162 DE JODE, Corenlis (1568-1600). Americae Pars Borealis, Florida, Baccalaos, Canada, Corterealis.

1593

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 23,180.00
229 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893). Pehriska Ruhpa- Moennitarri Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Danse, Tab. 23. (State 3). From the Travels in the Interior of North America.

1832-1843.

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 19,050.00
133 EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier (1645-1707) RINGROSE, Basil (died 1686). Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the Most remarkable Assaults Committed of late years upon the Coasts of The West-Indies, by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English and French...

USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 18,300.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.