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Old World Auctions: Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 11/3

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Auction Name Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 11/3 Total Sales (USD) 345,714.20
Auction Date November 17, 2021 - November 17, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 341,140.00
Sale Number #185 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 420,410.00
Total Lots 808
Sold Lots 680 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 420,330.00
% of Lots Sold 84.16% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 517,795.00
Unsold Lots 128 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 66.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
336

[2 Private Land Sales in Austin's Colony - Each Signed by Stephen F. Austin], 1825

 1825 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 20,700.00
72 Chatelain, Henry Abraham

[On 4 Sheets] Carte Tres Curieuse de la Mer du Sud, Contenant des Remarques Nouvelles et Tres Utiles non Seulement sur les Ports et Iles de Cette Mer..., 1719

 1719 (circa) USD 13,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 10,925.00
4 Blaeu, Willem

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1635

 1635 (circa) USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,350.00
155 Tanner, Henry Schenck

United States of America, 1829

 1829 USD 7,000.00 - 8,500.00 USD 8,050.00
238 Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

[Map in Book] A New Map of Texas Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the Most Recent Authorities [in] A General View of the United States..., 1846

 1846 USD 9,500.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,050.00
766 Carey & Lea

A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas, Being a Guide to the History of North and South America, and the West Indies..., 1822

 1822 USD 7,000.00 - 8,500.00 USD 8,050.00
721 Ortelius, Abraham

Maris Pacifici, (quod Vulgo Mar del Zur) cum Regionibus Circumiacentibus, Insulisque in Eodem Passim Sparsis, Novissima Descriptio, 1589

 1589 USD 8,000.00 - 9,500.00 USD 7,475.00
767 Finley, Anthony

A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, Representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe..., 1824

 1824 USD 4,750.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,325.00
2 Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1571

 1571 USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 5,400.00
150 Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria

La Louisiana, Parte Settentrionalle, Scoperta Sotto la Protettione di Luigi XIV, Re di Francia, Etc. , 1696

 1696 (circa) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,400.00
65 Ortelius, Abraham

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1587

 1587 USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 4,800.00
768 Bradford, Thomas Gamaliel

An Illustrated Atlas, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the United States, and the Adjacent Countries, 1838

 1838 USD 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,800.00
335 August Gast Bank Note & Litho. Co.

Official Map of El Paso Texas, 1899

 1899 USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 4,500.00
36 Jansson, Jan

[On 4 Sheets] Tabula Itineraria ex Illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca quae Augustae Vindelicorum Beneficio Marci Velseri Septem-Viri Augustani in Lucem Edita, 1660

 1660 (circa) USD 2,300.00 - 2,750.00 USD 4,200.00
358

[Map in Book] Carta Esferica del Reyno de Mexico y Parte de la America Setentrional... [in] Descubrimiento y Conquista de la America, o Compendio de la Historia General del Nuevo Mundo ... Tomo II, 1803

 1803 USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 3,900.00
215 Seligmann, Johann Michael

Carolinae Floridae nec non Insularum Bahamensium cum Partibus Adjacendibus Delineatio ad Exemplar Londinense in Lucem Edita, 1755

 1755 USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 USD 3,600.00
448 Merian, Matthaus

London, 1629

 1629 (circa) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,600.00
692 Speed, John

Africae, Described, the Manners of Their Habits, and Buildinge: Newly Done into English, 1676

 1676 (circa) USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,600.00
121 Gastaldi/Ramusio

La Terra de Hochelaga nella Nova Francia, 1556

 1556 USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,300.00
640 Ptolemy/Waldseemuller

Sexta Asie Tabula, 1513

 1513 (circa) USD 3,750.00 - 4,750.00 USD 3,300.00
117 Metellus, Natalius Sequanus

Nova Francia et Canada, 1598

 1598 (circa) USD 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 USD 3,000.00
713 Wolfe, John

Typus Orarum Maritimarum Guinae Manicongo & Angolae Ultra Promontorium Bonae Spei..., 1598

 1598 USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 USD 3,000.00
671 Valentyn, Francois

De Groote Siamse Rievier Me-Nam ofte Moeder der Wateren in Haren Loop met de in Vallende Spruyten Verbeeld, 1726

 1726 USD 1,900.00 - 2,200.00 USD 2,640.00
5 Visscher, Nicolas

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro in Plurimis Emendatus, Auctus, et Icunculis Illustratus, 1650

 1650 (circa) USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 USD 2,400.00
7 Valck, Gerard

Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux-Plans-Hemispheres..., 1686

 1686 (circa) USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 2,400.00
  • 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
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    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
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
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