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Old World Auctions: Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 10/31

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Auction Name Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 10/31 Total Sales (USD) 204,399.85
Auction Date November 14, 2018 - November 14, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 249,295.00
Sale Number #170 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 307,510.00
Total Lots 735
Sold Lots 554 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 413,230.00
% of Lots Sold 75.37% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 508,875.00
Unsold Lots 181 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 40.17%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
73

Western Hemisphere - America, A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World

1626 (dated) USD 7,500.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,325.00
69

Western Hemisphere - America, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

1587 (dated) USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,175.00
11

World, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

1571 (published) USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 4,600.00
97

Colonial North America, The World Described...

1755 (circa) USD 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,600.00
328

Colonial United States & Mexico,

1656 (dated) USD 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,600.00
308

Texas, An Illustrated Atlas...

1838 (dated) USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 USD 3,450.00
9

World, Cosmographia Petri Apiani...

1553 (circa) USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 USD 3,162.50
71

Western Hemisphere - America, Navigationi et Viaggi, Vol. III

1606 (published) USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 USD 2,875.00
72

Western Hemisphere - America, Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

1623 (published) USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 USD 2,185.00
103

North America,

1794 (dated) USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,070.00
657

Southern Asia & Southeast Asia, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

1581 (published) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,070.00
15

World,

1650 (published) USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 USD 1,725.00
50

North Pole, Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

1628 (published) USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00 USD 1,725.00
169

Colonial New England United States,

1771 (dated) USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,725.00
540

Russia, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

1603 (published) USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00 USD 1,725.00
651

Southeast Asia, Atlas Nouveau Contenant Toutes les Parties du Monde...

1708 (circa) USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,725.00
645

China & Korea,

1679 (dated) USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00 USD 1,610.00
51

North Pole, Appendix Novi Atlantis

1637 (published) USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,552.50
114

Colonial Eastern North America & West Indies,

1720 (circa) USD 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,495.00
367

Gulf of Mexico & Cuba,

1800 (dated) USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,495.00
173

Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States,

1730 (circa) USD 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,380.00
248

Florida, Pilote Americain Septentrional...

1777 (dated) USD 1,800.00 - 2,100.00 USD 1,380.00
267

Kentucky,

1784 (published) USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,380.00
543

Moscow, Russia, Beschreibung der Muscowitischen und Persischen Reise

1647 (published) USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,380.00
92

Colonial North America,

1696 (dated) USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,265.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
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    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
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