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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper

Auction Reports

Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper Total Sales (USD) 18,865.00
Auction Date April 13, 2019 - April 13, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 32,455.00
Sale Number #41319 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 66,360.00
Total Lots 174
Sold Lots 146 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 40,080.00
% of Lots Sold 83.91% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 81,710.00
Unsold Lots 28 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 23.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7553 John Gould

Gould - Floresi's Flamebearer - 139

1849-1887 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 715.00
7556 John Gould

Gould - Green-tailed Sylph - 173

1849-1887 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 715.00
7474 John James Audubon

Audubon - Barred Owl. 36

1840-1844 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 660.00
7405 David Roberts

David Roberts - Remains of the Portico of the Temple of Kom Ombo

1846-1849 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 522.50
7543 Dr. Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz

Eschscholtz - Turtle. 3

1829-1833 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 522.50
7410 Pierre Jean Francis Turpin

Turpin - Volume of 121 Botanical Engravings

1819-1829 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 467.50
7525 C. J. Temminck

Temminck - Turtle. 4

1839-1844 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 412.50
7554 John Gould

Gould - Broad-tailed Flame-bearer - 140

1849-1887 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 357.50
7402 David Roberts

David Roberts - Nablous, Ancient Schechem

1846-1849 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 319.00
7461 Julius Bien

Bien - Hawaiian Fish; Stethojulis Albovittata

1905 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 297.00
7403 David Roberts

David Roberts - Remains of a Trimphal Arch at Petra

1846-1849 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 286.00
7404 David Roberts

David Roberts - Ruins of Karnack

1846-1849 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 286.00
7409 Louis Van Houtte & Charles Lemaire

Van Houtte - Large Lot of 100 Botanical Prints

1845-1883 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 286.00
7472 John James Audubon

Audubon - Common or Arctic Puffin. 464

1840-1844 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 286.00
7561 Barbara Regina Dietzsch & Adam Ludwig Wirsing

Dietzsch & Wirsing - Kingfisher. 44

1772-1777 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 286.00
7401 David Roberts

David Roberts - The Acropolis, Lower End of the Valley

1846-1849 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 275.00
7549 Thomas Pennant

Pennant - Hen of the Wood. 35

1771-1778 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 253.00
7475 John James Audubon

Audubon - Great Cinereous Owl. 35

1840-1844 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 242.00
7540 Dr. Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz

Eschscholtz - 6 Sea Life Engravings

1829-1833 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 231.00
7462 Julius Bien

Bien - Hawaiian Fish; Forcipiger Longirostris

1905 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 220.00
7416 George Edwards; Johann Seligmann

Edwards & Seligmann - 4 Bird Engravings

1749-1776 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 209.00
7551 John Gould

Gould - Jourdan's Wood-star - 150

1849-1887 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 198.00
7408 Pierre Francois Hughues d'Hancarville

Hamilton - Large Lot of 79 Engravings of Antique Vase Designs

1766 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 187.00
7480 R. B. Sharpe & J. G. Keulemans

Sharpe & Keulemans - Kingfisher - Pelargopsis Gouldi - 32

1868-1871 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.00
7419 Hippolyte Lucas & Pauquet

Lucas - 4 Butterfly Engravings

1835 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 176.00
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 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
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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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