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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) 62,617.50
Auction Date February 27, 2021 - February 27, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 91,560.00
Sale Number #22721 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 183,070.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 194 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 93,160.00
% of Lots Sold 97.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 186,270.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 33.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
29000 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - Grizzly Bear. 131

1842-1848 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 5,225.00
28846 Francois Valentijn

Valentijn - Large Scale Map of Java, Indonesia in 7 Parts

1724-1726 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 3,465.00
28996 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - PAIR: Shrew & Mouse

1842-1848 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,475.00
28999 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - Collared Peccary. 31

1842-1848 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,035.00
28998 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - Rocky Mountain Neotoma. 29

1842-1848 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,705.00
28981 John James Audubon

Audubon - Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 256

1840-1844 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,320.00
28950 Joseph Antoine Risso

Risso, Rare Folio - Blanket Octopus; Octopus Violaceus. 27

1854 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,265.00
28990 John Gould

Gould - 5 Hummingbird Lithographs

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,265.00
28997 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - Parry's Marmot Squirrel. 9

1842-1848 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,210.00
28845 Francois Valentijn

Valentijn - First View of Western Australia; Rottnest Island, Amsterdam Island

1724-1726 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,155.00
28989 Christoph Jakob Trew & Georg Dionysius Ehret

Trew & Ehret - Pineapple. 2

1750 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,100.00
28993 John Gould

Lear & Gould - Peregrine Falcon

1832-1837 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,100.00
28995 John Gould

Lear & Gould - Numidian Demoiselle Crane

1832-1837 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,100.00
28827 Awnsham Churchill

Churchill - A Map of America

1744 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 935.00
28856 David Roberts

David Roberts - Great Hall at Karnac, Thebes

1846-1849 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 880.00
28857 David Roberts

David Roberts - Interior of the Temple of Aboo Simbel

1846-1849 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 880.00
28991 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Harlequin Beetle, Lemon, Moth. 28

1730 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 880.00
28854 David Roberts

David Roberts - Grand Approach to the Temple of Philae, Nubia

1846-1849 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 770.00
28992 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Butterfly Metamorphosis. 53

1730 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 770.00
28860 Gottlied Tobias Wilhelm

Wilhelm - LARGE LOT of 179 Botanical Engravings

1810-1821 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 742.50
28836 John Harris

Harris - Map of the Gallapagos Islands. 1-79

1764 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 687.50
28980 John James Audubon

Audubon - Belted Kingfisher. 255

1840-1844 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
28994 John Gould

Lear & Gould - Lanner Falcon

1832-1837 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 687.50
28912 Lionel Walter Rothschild, J. G. Keulemans, F. W. Frohawk

Rothschild, Hawaii - Laysan Albatross; Diomedea Immutabilis

1893-1900 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 577.50
28911 Lionel Walter Rothschild, J. G. Keulemans, F. W. Frohawk

Rothschild, Hawaii - Hawai?i ?elepaio; Chasiempis Sandwichensis, C. Gayi

1893-1900 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 550.00
  • 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.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • 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€
  • 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
    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
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