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Guernseys: The Legendary Vladi Collection of Historical Maps

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Auction Name The Legendary Vladi Collection of Historical Maps Total Sales (USD) 160,504.00
Auction Date September 23, 2020 - September 23, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 204,050.00
Sale Number #92320 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 248,950.00
Total Lots 287
Sold Lots 34 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,579,000.00
% of Lots Sold 11.85% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,943,200.00
Unsold Lots 253 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 8.26%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
156 Wit, Frederick de

Wit, Frederick de. General Atlas

1656-1666 USD 100,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 75,000.00
155A Seutter, Matthaus

Seutter, Matthaus. Atlas minor

C. 1744 USD 24,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 17,500.00
223 Ptolemaus Ulmer Ausg.

Ptolemaus Ulmer Ausg.. Magna Germania. Quarta Europae tabula.

1486 USD 10,000.00 - 13,000.00 USD 8,125.00
232 Seller, John

Seller, John. A Chart of the coast of America New found Land to Cape Cod by John Seller Hyrographer to the King

C. 1674 USD 7,200.00 - 8,200.00 USD 8,125.00
271 Waghenaer, Lucas J.; Deutecum, Johannes van

Waghenaer, Lucas J.; Deutecum, Johannes van. De Custe van Noorweghen, met das Landt van Noordt Oosten É

C. 1586 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,125.00
150A R. Montgomery Martin/The London Printing and Publishing Company/John Tallis and Company, London/ John Rapkin

R. Montgomery Martin/The London Printing and Publishing Company/John Tallis and Company, London/ John Rapkin. The Illustrated Atlas, and Modern Histor

1851 USD 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,250.00
237 Seutter, Matthaus (I.)

Seutter, Matthaus (I.). Diversi Globi Terr-Aquei Statione Variante.

C. 1744 USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,625.00
210 Ortelius, Abraham

Ortelius, Abraham. Typus Orbis Terrarum

C. 1595 USD 6,500.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,313.00
160 Lotter, Conrad Tobias

Lotter, Conrad Tobias. Mappa Geographica Regionem Mexicanam et Floridam

C. 1780 USD 4,200.00 - 5,400.00 USD 3,750.00
221 Popple/Covens & Mortier

Popple/Covens & Mortier. Nouvelle Carte Particuliere de l'Amerique, ou Sont Exactement Marquees, une Partie de la Baye d'HudsonÉ / É Ou sont Exactemen

1737 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,813.00
211 Ortelius, Abraham

Ortelius, Abraham. Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae, sive É

1572 USD 1,100.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,500.00
244 Speed, John

Speed, John. A Kingdome of Denmarke

1626 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
252 Thevet, Andre

Thevet, Andre. Table d'Afrique

1575 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,250.00
92 Homann, Erben

Homann Erben. Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada Par Mr. Bellin É

Copperplate engraving; coloured USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 1,750.00
78 Fer, Nicolas de; Danet, Guillaume

Fer, Nicolas de; Danet, Guillaume. La Perse La Georgie, La Natolie Les Arabies

1724 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,250.00
97 Homann, Johann Baptist

Homann, Johann Baptist. Regnorum Hispaniae et Portugalliae Tabula Generalis

C. 1720 USD 1,200.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,188.00
183 Munster, Sebastian

Munster, Sebastian. Europa/das ein Drietheil der Erden/nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten

1540 USD 1,700.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,188.00
219 Pieter Mortier nach Sanson,Nicolas/Jaillot, A.H.

Pieter Mortier nach Sanson,Nicolas/Jaillot, A.H.. LÕEmpire DÕAllemagne distingue suivant lÕetendeue de tous les estats principautes et souverainetes .

1692 USD 1,200.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,000.00
50 Chatelain, Henri Abraham; Gueudeville, Nicolas

Chatelain, Henri Abraham; Gueudeville, Nicolas. Description des Castors & de leur Industrie, des Canots, Habitations, Habillemens, Maniere de Vivre de

1719 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
198 Ortelius, Abraham

Ortelius, Abraham. Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris

C. 1580 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
231 Scherer, Heinrich

Scherer, Heinrich. Idea Naturalis Americae Borealis Digite Die Formata Geographice Proposita

1700 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 750.00
96 Homann, Johann Baptist

Homann, Johann Baptist. Regnorum Hispaniae et Portug.

C. 1720 USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 USD 688.00
175 Merian, Matthaus

Merian, Matthaus. Cracovia

C. 1640 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 500.00
189 Ortelius, Abraham

Ortelius, Abraham. Transilvania

1602 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 500.00
190 Ortelius, Abraham

Ortelius, Abraham. Carpetani ae partis descr

1584 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 438.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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