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

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Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper Total Sales (USD) 42,537.00
Auction Date April 04, 2020 - April 04, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 80,950.00
Sale Number #40420 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 154,600.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 190 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 85,500.00
% of Lots Sold 95.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 163,300.00
Unsold Lots 10 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 26.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
17796 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Banana & Moth Metamorphosis. 12

1705-1719 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,145.00
17772 John Gould

Gould - Erythronote Hummingbird & Orchid; Erythronota Antiqua

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,375.00
17759 Thomas McKenney [and James Hall]

McKenney & Hall, Folio - Tens-Kwau-Ta-Waw, The Prophet

1872-1874 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,320.00
17755 Thomas McKenney [and James Hall]

McKenney & Hall, Folio - Caa-Tou-See, an Ogibway

1872-1874 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,045.00
17758 Thomas McKenney [and James Hall]

McKenney & Hall, Folio - Nea-Math-La, A Seminole Chief

1872-1874 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 990.00
17754 Thomas McKenney [and James Hall]

McKenney & Hall, Folio - Payta-Kootha, A Shawanoe Warrior

1872-1874 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 880.00
17773 John Gould

Gould - Felicia's Erythronote Hummingbird & Orchid; Erythronota Feliciae

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 880.00
17800 Basilius Besler

Besler - Iris

1713 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 825.00
17795 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Moth Metamorphosis, Snake Digesting. 5

1705-1719 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 770.00
17782 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Rosa Damascena Variegata

1817-1824 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 742.50
17785 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Madonna Lily - Lilium candidum

1827-1833 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 742.50
17794 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Moth Metamorphosis & Snake. 46

1705-1719 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 742.50
17778 Albertus Seba

Seba - Seven-Headed Hydra, Lizard, & Birds. 102

1734-1765 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 715.00
17775 John Gould

Gould - White-throated Sapphire Hummingbird & Nest; Hylocharis Cyaneus

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 687.50
17753 James Otto Lewis

Lewis - Waa-Top-E-Not or the Eagle's Bed, A Fox Chief

1835-1836 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 632.50
17771 John Gould

Gould - Blue-necked Azure-Crown Hummingbird; Cyanomyia Cyanocollis

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 632.50
17774 John Gould

Gould - Brazilian Emerald Hummingbird & Nest; Chlorostilbon Prasinus

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 632.50
17787 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Tulip Tree - Tulipifera

1827-1833 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 605.00
17798 Basilius Besler

Besler - Lily

1713 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 577.50
17790 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Butterfly Metamorphosis. 32

1705-1719 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 550.00
17791 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Moth Metamorphosis. 57

1705-1719 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 550.00
17792 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Moth Metamorphosis. 62

1705-1719 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 550.00
17756 Thomas McKenney [and James Hall]

McKenney & Hall, Folio - Eagle of Delight or Hayne Hudjihini

1872-1874 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 522.50
17636 Homann Heirs

Homann - 9 Folio Map Engravings

1730-1740s USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 495.00
17770 John Gould

Gould - Green-breasted Sapphironia Hummingbird; Sapphironia Goudoti

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 495.00
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    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
  • 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
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