Brunk Auctions: American and Southern, 18261, Asheville, NC

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 14, 2025 - November 14, 2025
Page Size: 63 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2190

Six Maps, United States, DC, New York, and Denver

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
2191 Joachim Vadianus,

Typus Cosmographicus Universali...

Zurich 1534 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,440.00
2192

Five Maps, Two Framed

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 384.00
2193 Matthaus Seutter,

Plan Von Neu Ebenezer

Augsburg 1747 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,320.00
2194 Robert Laurie and James Whittle,

A New Chart of the Coast of North America... By Captain Holland

London 1794 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,560.00
2195

Five 18th Century Southern Maps, One Framed

18th Century USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,408.00
2196 Johann Baptist Homann,

Virginia Marylandia et Carolina...

Nuremberg circa 1720 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,304.00
2197 John Speed,

A New Description of Carolina

London 1676 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,816.00
2198 M. B. Grant,

Map of the Seat of War, Confederate Imprint

Savannah 1861 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,816.00
2199 Emanuel Bowen,

A New and Accurate Map of North and South Carolina...

London 1747 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
2200 Jan Jansson,

Virginiae Partis Australis et Floridae Partis Orientalis...

Amsterdam circa 1640 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 960.00
2201 Herman Moll,

A Map of the Province of Carolina...

London 1730 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,024.00
2202 Pierre Du Val,

Du Val [Duval] - [Map of] La Floride Francoise...

Paris 1665 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,536.00
2203 Emanuel Bowen,

Bowen - A New Map of Georgia, with Part of Carolina, Florida and Louisiana...

London 1748 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,176.00
2204 John Pinkerton,

Pinkerton - United States of America, Southern Part

London 1809 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 704.00
2205 Henricus Hondius,

Hondius - Nova Virginiae Tabula

Amsterdam 1639 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 3,328.00
2206

Three 17th Century Southern Maps

17th Century USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 832.00
2207

Four 19th Century Southern Maps; South Carolina, Charleston

19th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 448.00
2208 Charles Stedman and William Faden,

Stedman & Faden - Plan of the Siege of Savannah

London 1794 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,120.00
2209

Five 19th Century Maps of Georgia, Framed

19th Century USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,216.00
2210

Two 18th Century Maps of Georgia

18th Century USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 448.00
2211

Universal Magazine - A New and Accurate Map of the Province of Georgia...

London 1779 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 960.00
2212

Two Maps of Georgia, One Framed

Frankfurt 1591 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 512.00
2213

Five 19th Century Maps of Georgia

19th Century USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,024.00
2214 Pierre Mortier,

Carte General De La Caroline...

Amsterdam 1696 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,048.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.