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Auction Name Americana - Travel - Exploration - World History - Maps & Atlases Total Sales (USD) 183,792.00
Auction Date February 04, 2021 - February 04, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 149,100.00
Sale Number #721 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 231,300.00
Total Lots 476
Sold Lots 358 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 210,200.00
% of Lots Sold 75.21% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 326,000.00
Unsold Lots 118 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 56.38%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
402 Anderson, George William

New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority, Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last

[1784-1786] USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 8,400.00
199 Campbell, Alexander

The Millennial Harbinger. Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, VII

1830 – 1836 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,100.00
203

Journal of the Senate of the Fourteenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Regular Session, Begun and Held At Springfield, December 2, 1844 (Containing the Message of the Governor...in Relation to the Disturbances in Hancock County)

1844 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,800.00
322

Fourteen stereoviews of Lincoln, his officers, and the Civil War

[c. 1864-1866] USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 3,600.00
117

Thirty-three binders of ephemera from the collection of Albert Neiman

Various dates USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 3,300.00
426 Ross, John

Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833... Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross... and the Discovery of the Norther

1835 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,300.00
82 Casas, Bartolomé de las

An account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America. Containing the most exact relation hitherto publish'd of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people. With the proposit

1699 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,000.00
150 King, Clarence

Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada

1872 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,700.00
380 Winchester, Benjamin, editor

The Gospel Reflector, in which the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is set forth, and scripture evidence adduced to establish it

1841 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,700.00
273 Muybridge, Eadweard

San Francisco From California Street Hill, 1877 - panorama

[Negative 1877/ printed 1973] USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,400.00
283 Pike, Zebulon Montgomery

Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-Eastern Provinces of New Spain. Perfo

1811 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,400.00
166 Corro, José Justo

[Decree of the Congreso General, approved by Jose Justo Corro, president ad interim, on May 20, 1836 and promulgated the same day by Jose Maria Tornel, pledging every effort to secure the liberty of Santa Anna, but declaring, in section 3, any promises he

May 20, 1836 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
183 Ortiz, José Maria

Primera Secretaria de Estado... Que á efecto de facilitar el cumplimienio del art. 3.o del Tratado de limites entre estos Estados y los Unidos del Norte America, se ha estipulado y concluido en esta Capital, por medio de plenipotenciaros de las dos Nacion

18 June 1836 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,800.00
34 Bledsoe, A. J.

History of Del Norte County, California with a Business Directory and Traveler's Guide

1881 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,680.00
173

Coleccion de los decretos y ordenes del soberano Congreso Mexicano, Desde su instalacion en 24. de febrero de 1822, hasta 30. de octubre de 1823, en que ceso?. Se imprime de orden de su soberania

1825 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,560.00
294

Great Trans-Continental Route. Union Pacific Railroad. From the Atlantic to the Pacific! Avoiding The Dangers Of The Sea

[1870] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,560.00
437

Bird's-eye View Map of Sydney, Australia

c.1901 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,560.00
296

The New Colossus Of Roads Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad

1882 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,440.00
410 Mason, Kenneth

Explorations of the Shaksgam Valley and Aghil Ranges 1926. Record of the Survey of India Volume XXII.

1928 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,440.00
430 Shackleton, Ernest H.

South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

1920 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,440.00
115 Emory, William H.

Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers

1848 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,320.00
343

Reports Of The Committee Of Investigation Sent In 1873 By the Mexican Government To The Frontier Of Texas. Translated From The Official Edition Made In Mexico

1874 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,320.00
388 Strahorn, Robert E., editor

The New West Illustrated

1880 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,320.00
399 Biggar, H.P.

Voyages of the Cabots and of the Corte-Reals to North America and Greenland 1497-1503

1903 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,320.00
408 Horsburgh, James

India Directory; or Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, and Adjacent Ports: Chiefly Compiled from Original Journals at the East India House, and from Observations and Remarks, Made during Twen

1826-1827 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,320.00
  • 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
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    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
  • 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.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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