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Auction Name Online Sale: Maps and Atlases Total Sales (GBP) 109,829.00
Auction Date October 08, 2020 - October 08, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 39,410.00
Sale Number #2175 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 57,050.00
Total Lots 181
Sold Lots 148 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 51,550.00
% of Lots Sold 81.77% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 74,280.00
Unsold Lots 33 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 147.86%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
119 Brocktorff (Frederico)

Arabic atlas.- Brocktorff (Frederico) Atlas, ay majmu' kharitat rasm al-ard..., published in Malta, [1835].

 1835 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 23,750.00
28 Reid (John)

America.- Reid (John) The American Atlas, 1796.

 1796 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 5,250.00
38 Survey Dept. (Federation of Malaya)

Singapore & Malaysia.- Survey Dept. (Federation of Malaya) Johore, 1950.

 1950 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 4,000.00
3 Apianus (Petrus)

World.- Apianus (Petrus) La Cosmographia, corregida y añadida por Gemma Frisio, Anvers, Juan Bellero, 1575.

 1575 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,000.00
120 Tassin (Jean-Baptiste)

India.- Calcutta-published atlas.- Tassin (Jean-Baptiste) School Atlas, 1835; and another (2)

 1835 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 2,750.00
1 Münster (Sebastian)

World.- Münster (Sebastian) Typus Orbis A Ptol Descriptus, [c.1540].

 circa 1540 or slightly later. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,375.00
113 Teesdale (Henry)

Atlases.- World.- Teesdale (Henry) [A New General Atlas of the World], [c. 1834].

 circa 1834. GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 2,000.00
15

Astronomy.- A collection of six planispheres, early 20th century and slightly later; together with Richard A. Proctor's Star Primer. The Night Sky, Week by Week, 1886 (7)

 1886 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,820.00
13 Goodacre (Walter)

Celestial.- Goodacre (Walter) Map of the Moon, [c. 1910].

 circa 1910 or slightly later GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 1,750.00
116 Morrison (John)

Atlases.- World.- Morrison (John) The Edinburgh New Cabinet Atlas embracing the most recent discoveries, 1847.

 1847 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,750.00
173 Bacon (George W.)

London.- Bacon (George W.) New Large-Scale Ordnance Atlas of London & Suburbs with Supplementary Maps..., 1886.

 1886 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,750.00
9 Homann (Johann Baptist)

Celestial.- Homann (Johann Baptist) Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale [and] Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe, a pair of celestial charts, [c. 1740] (2)

 circa 1740 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,625.00
27 Sayer (Robert) and John Bennett.

America.- West Indies.- Sayer (Robert) and John Bennett. A New and Correct Map of North America, with the West India Islands. Divided According to the Last Treaty of Peace..., 1779.

 1779 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,500.00
8 Mariette (Pierre, publisher)

Celestial.- Mariette (Pierre, publisher) Planisfere du Globe Celeste, [c. 1650].

 circa 1650. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,375.00
40 Black (Adam and Charles)

Australia.- Gold mining.- Black (Adam and Charles) Austalia [Gold districts marked], [c. 1850]; and six others showing Australian gold mines, 19th century (7).

 19th century GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,375.00
41 Wyld (James)

Australia.- Gold mining.- Wyld (James) Gold Regions of Australia, [1854]; and four other maps on Australian gold mining, 19th century (5)

 1854 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,375.00
2 Münster (Sebastian)

World.- Münster (Sebastian) Typus Orbis Universalis, [c. 1550].

 circa 1550 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,250.00
128 Speed (John)

British Isles.- Speed (John) Britain as it was devided in the tyme of the Englishe Saxons especially during their Heptarchy, [c. 1611].

 circa 1611 but slightly later. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,250.00
168 Newton (William)

London.- Newton (William) London Westminster Southwark as in Olden Times shewing the City and Suburbs, 1855.

 1855 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,250.00
10 Homann (Johann Baptist) and Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr.

Celestial.- Homann (Johann Baptist) and Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Tabula Selenographica..., 1742.

 1742 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,125.00
21 Speed (John)

Africa.- Speed (John) Africae, described..., [1676]

 1676 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,125.00
87 Speed (John)

Middle East.- Speed (John) The Turkish Empire, 1626.

 1626 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,062.50
137 Ogilby (John)

England & Wales.- Ogilby (John) An Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England and Wales, 1719.

 1719 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,000.00
171 Weller (Edward)

London.- Weller (Edward) London, large nine sheet wall map, 1863

 1863 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,000.00
14 Reynolds (James)

Astronomy.- Reynolds (James) Astronomical Diagrams, 1845.

 1845 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 937.50
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