Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Maps and Atlases
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Online Sale: Maps and Atlases | Total Sales (GBP) | 62,006.25 |
| Auction Date | August 29, 2019 - August 29, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 39,990.00 |
| Sale Number | #2113 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 60,830.00 |
| Total Lots | 241 | ||
| Sold Lots | 163 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 68,770.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 67.63% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 103,840.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 78 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 59.71% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | Booth (Charles) | Life and Labour of the People in London |
1902-1904 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
| 68 | D'Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourgignon) | Nouvel Atlas de la Chine |
1737 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
| 172 | Porcacchi (Tommaso) | L'Isole piu famose del Mondo descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi ... e intagliate da Girolamo Porro. |
1572 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,375.00 |
| 136 | von Mechel (Christian) | Vue perspective de la Vallée de Chamouni |
1790 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,750.00 |
| 176 | Hall (Sidney) | A New General Atlas with the Divisions and Boundaries carefully coloured; Constructed Entirely from New Drawings... |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,500.00 | |
| 7 | Speed (John) | Africae |
1626 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 48 | Gill (Leslie MacDonald) | Australia. Her Natural and Industrial Resources |
1942 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,187.50 |
| 2 | Zahn (Johannes) | Tabula Geographico-Hydrographica Motus Oceani Currentes, Abyssos, Montes Igniuomos in Universo |
1696 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
| 137 | von Mechel (Christian) | Vue perspective de la Partie la plus élevée du Centre de la Suisse où l'on découvre tout le Canton de Lucerne ... |
c. 1790 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 218 | Cruchley (George Frederick) | Cruchley's New Plan of London Improved to 1832 |
1832 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 204 | Speed (John) | The Kingdome of England |
1610 [but 1627 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 150 | Sicily | Anonymous. Carta della Sicilia con l'antica e la moderna divisione in Valli |
1818 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 63 | Daussy (Pierre) | Carte de la Mer de Chine |
1838 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 184 | Ortelius (Abraham) | Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae |
1570 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 221 | River Thames | Illustrated London News (The) |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 812.50 | |
| 222 | Mylne (R.W.) | Geological Map of London and its Environs |
1858 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 1 | Münster (Sebastian) | Altera Generalis Tab. Secundum Ptol. |
c. 1545-50 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 192 | Ortelius (Abraham) | Eryn. Hiberniae |
circa 1590 | GBP 450.00 - 550.00 | GBP 687.50 |
| 170 | Schenk (Petrus) | Planisphaerium coeleste: secundum restitutionem Hevelianam et Hallejanam |
circa 1705 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 177 | SDUK (Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge) | [The Family Atlas] |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 625.00 | |
| 82 | [Blome (Richard)] | Ierusalem [Imaginary plan of the city of Jerusalem after Villalpando] |
1689 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 600.00 |
| 50 | Read (Lieut. R.P.) | Geographical Plan of The Island & Forts of Saint Helena |
October 1815 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 575.00 |
| 61 | Mortier (Pierre) | Le Royaume de Siam Avec les Royaumes qui luy sont Tributaires et les Isles de Sumatra |
circa 1700-1730 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 575.00 |
| 138 | von Mechel (Christian) | Vue perspective du Mont St. Gothard dessinée d'après un Modéle exécuté enrelief sous la direction de Mr. Exchaquet ... |
1792 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 575.00 |
| 5 | Ortelius (Abraham) | Africae Tabula Nova |
1570 or later | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 550.00 |
