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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper

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Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper Total Sales (USD) 53,702.00
Auction Date February 06, 2021 - February 06, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 67,320.00
Sale Number #20621 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 140,590.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 190 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 70,370.00
% of Lots Sold 95.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 148,240.00
Unsold Lots 10 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 36.23%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
28400 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - American Beaver

1842-1848 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,105.00
28298 Joseph Antoine Risso

Risso, Rare Folio - White-spotted Octopus; Octopus Macropus. 21

1854 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,565.00
28396 John Gould

Lear & Gould - Eastern Great Horned Owl

1832-1837 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,475.00
28398 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - Grey Rabbit. 22

1842-1848 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,255.00
28399 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - Minx. 33

1842-1848 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,145.00
28397 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - Canada Porcupine. 36

1842-1848 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,815.00
28299 Joseph Antoine Risso

Risso, Rare Folio - Giant Octopus or Squid; Lolidone Euphrasina. 17

1854 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,265.00
28395 John Gould

Lear & Gould - Raven

1832-1837 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 825.00
28242 Lord George Anson

Anson - A Chart, Shewing the Track of the Centurion round the World

1767 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 742.50
28381 Lionel Walter Rothschild, J. G. Keulemans, F. W. Frohawk

Rothschild, Hawaii - Drepanorhynchus Funereus

1893-1900 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
28386 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Peppers & Moth Metamorphosis. 55

1730 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 660.00
28260 Basilius Besler

Besler - Peppers; Piper Indicum

1713 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 577.50
28372 John Gould

Gould - Cora's Shear-tail Hummingbird

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 577.50
28206 Ptolemy, Giovanni Antonio Magini & Leonardo Cernoti

Ptolemy, Magini - 12 Winds Blowing on the Globe

1597 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 522.50
28239 Lord George Anson

Anson - A View of Cape Espiritu Santo, on Samal, one of the Philippine Islands… 40

1767 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 522.50
28367 Daniel Giraud Elliot

Elliot - 3 Pitta Folio Lithographs

1861-1895 USD 200.00 - 800.00 USD 522.50
28385 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Flower & Butterfly Metamorphosis. 30

1730 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 495.00
28247 Louis-Charles Kiener

Kiener - 19 Shell Engravings

1834-1850 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 467.50
28327 Rex Brasher

Brasher - Texas & San Lucas Woodpecker. 396

1931 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 467.50
28360 John Abbot

Abbot - Snake-Root Black Swallow-tail Butterfly. 3

1797-1822 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 467.50
28384 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Flower & Moth Metamorphosis. 45

1730 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 467.50
28373 John Gould

Gould - DeLattre's Coquette Hummingbird

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 440.00
28383 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Flower & Butterfly Metamorphosis. 36

1730 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 440.00
28255 Basilius Besler

Besler - Valerian; Valeriana

1713 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 412.50
28256 Basilius Besler

Besler - Dogtooth Violet, Primrose, Lungwort; Dens canis, Primula, Squammata, Pulmonaria

1713 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 412.50
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    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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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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