Sothebys: Books and Manuscripts: A Spring Miscellany - Online bidstart 5/14
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Manuscripts: A Spring Miscellany - Online bidstart 5/14 | Total Sales (USD) | 770,750.00 |
| Auction Date | May 27, 2020 - May 27, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 536,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #N10508 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 800,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 190 | ||
| Sold Lots | 133 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 723,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 70.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,071,400.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 57 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 71.94% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 174 | BURR, DAVID H. | Texas. |
1833 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 150,000.00 |
| 173 | BODMER, KARL, AND PRINCE MAXIMILIAN ZU WIED-NEUWIED | Voyage Dans l'Intérieur De l'Amérique Du Nord Executé Pendant les Années 1832, 1833 et 1834. |
1840-43 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 81,250.00 |
| 176 | DÜRER, ALBRECHT, AND JOHANN STABIUS | [Map of the World as a Sphere]. |
1781 (1515) | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 |
| 188 | WALDSEEMÜLLER, MARTIN | Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem. |
1513 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 163 | TOLSTOY, LEO | The Novels and other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoï. |
1899-1904 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 170 | APIAN, PETER | Tipus orbis universalis iuxta Ptolemei cosmographi traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorque lustrationes a Petro Apiano Leysnico elucbrat An. Do. MDXX. |
1520 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 178 | FINE, ORONCE | Nova, et integra universi orbis descriptio. |
1531 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 181 | MELISH, JOHN | Map of the United States with the Contiguous British & Spanish Possessions Compiled from the Latest & Best Authorities. |
1822 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 183 | MÜNSTER, SEBASTIAN, AND HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER | Typus cosmographicus universalis. |
1532 or later | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 152 | SAUTHIER, CLAUDE JOSEPH, AND WILLIAM FADEN | A Plan of the Operations of the Kings Army Under the Command of General Sr. William Howe, K.B. in New York and East New Jersey against the American Forces Commanded by General Washington, |
1777 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 175 | CURTIS, EDWARD SHERIFF | The North American Indian ... Large Plates Supplementing Volume Nineteen. |
1930 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 104 | DANIELL, WILLAM, AND RICHARD AYTON | A voyage round Great Britain, undertaken in the summer of the year 1813, and commencing from the Land's-End, Cornwall ... |
1814-1825 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 53 | [INDIA] - LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROGER LLOYD KENNION | Shikar, a group of hunting diaries, accompanied by photography and ephemera. |
Ca. 1883-1900 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 106 | DISRAELI, BENJAMIN | Henrietta Temple, A Love Story. |
1837 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 149 | ROOSEVELT, THEODORE | Through the Brazilian Wilderness. |
1914 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 189 | WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE | Map of the Territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean Ordered by the Hon. Jeff'n Davis, Secretary Of War to Accompany the Reports of the Explorations for a Railroad Route ... |
1858, 1855 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 62 | MCALEENAN, JOSEPH | Hunting With Rifle and Camera in the Canadian Rockies. |
Ca. 1916 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 46 | [INDIA - TRAVEL AND SPORTING SKETCHBOOK] - LIEUT. THOMAS EDEN BLACKWELL | Lieut. Blackwell 13th Light Infantry. Indian, Burmese, and Swiss Sketches. |
Ca. 1826-1830 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 190 | WHITE, JOHN | Americae pars, Nunc Virginia dicta primum ab Anglis inventa. |
1590 or later | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 91 | BENNETT, WILLIAM JAMES [ENGRAVER] | City of Washington From beyond the Navy Yard. |
1834 | USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 132 | LE ROUGE, GEORGE LOUIS [PUBLISHER] | [Les Jardins Anglo-Chinois]. |
1775-1779 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 115 | HANWAY, JONAS | Common Sense: in nine conferences, between a British merchant and a candid merchant of America in their private capacities as friends... |
1775 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,625.00 |
| 48 | [INDIA - TRAVEL AND SPORTING SKETCHBOOK] - D.H.S | Over the Hills and Far Away. |
1890 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 120 | HOMER - JOHN OGILBY | Homer his Iliads Translated, adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations. |
1660 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 138 | MIQUEL, FRIEDRICH ANTON WILHELM | Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi. |
1863-1869 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
