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Auction Name Arader Galleries September Auction Total Sales (USD) 1,601,280.00
Auction Date September 25, 2021 - September 25, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,662,650.00
Sale Number #92521 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,476,150.00
Total Lots 161
Sold Lots 89 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,649,600.00
% of Lots Sold 55.28% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,916,450.00
Unsold Lots 72 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 40.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
25 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Brown Pelican, Plate 421.

1827-1838. USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 138,000.00
10 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Male Turkey, Plate 1.

1827-1838. USD 125,000.00 - 175,000.00 USD 126,000.00
20 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Roseate Spoonbill, Plate 321.

1827-1838. USD 125,000.00 - 175,000.00 USD 114,000.00
75 ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598)

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.. - Parergon in quo Veteris Geographiae aliquot tabulae... - Nomenclator Ptolemaicus.

1584 USD 125,000.00 - 175,000.00 USD 114,000.00
15 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Wood Ibis, Plate 216.

1827-1838. USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 90,000.00
24 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Common American Swan, Plate 411.

1827-1838. USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 90,000.00
18 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Standing Pelican, Plate 251.

1827-1838. USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 84,000.00
76 JANSSONIUS, Joannes (1588-1664).

Atlantis majoris quinta pars, orbem marititum seu omnium marium totius orbis terrarum navigationibus hodierno tempore frequentatorum descriptionem accuratissimam contenens; cui adjunctus est orbis antiquus & Graeciae parallela.

1652 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 60,000.00
58 AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851).

The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and Their Territories.

[1839-]1840-1844 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 57,600.00
13 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Virginia Partridge, Plate 76.

1827-1838. USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 55,200.00
123 FRY, Joshua (1699-1754) and JEFFERSON, Peter (1708-1757).

A Map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina...

[1761?]. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 55,200.00
21 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Green Heron, Plate 333.

1827-1838. USD 45,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 46,800.00
45 RIDER, Alexander (American, fl. 1810-1825).

Study for Plate 22: "Condor".

Ca. 1830-1833. USD 50,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 38,400.00
5 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

White-Headed Eagle, Plate 31.

1827-1838. USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 36,000.00
12 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Ruffed Grouse, Plate 41.

1827-1838. USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 36,000.00
53 FRENCH SCHOOL (17th Century).

An Allegorical Garden.

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 30,000.00
4 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Mockingbird, Plate 21.

1827-1838. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 21,600.00
1 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Blue Jay, Plate 102.

1827-1838. USD 22,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 19,200.00
22 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Golden Eye Duck, Plate 342.

1827-1838. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 18,000.00
117 MONTRESOR, John (1736-1799).

Map of Nova Scotia, Or Acadia; with the Islands of Cape Breton and St. John's, From Actual Surveys, by Captn Montresor, Engir. 1768.

1768 USD 22,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 18,000.00
145 DES BARRES, Joseph Frederick Wallet (1722-1824) & AVERY, Joseph (18th Century), hydrographer.

[The coasts, rivers and inlets of the province of Georgia]

c. 1779. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 18,000.00
55 MICHELSEN, Gustav (Danish, 1800-1846).

Bouquet of Peony, Hyacinth and Carnation.

1820 USD 15,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD 14,400.00
59 THORNTON, Robert John (1768-1837).

Temple of Flora, or Garden of the Botanist, Poet, painter, and Philosopher

1812 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 14,400.00
107 DE JODE, Cornelis (1568-1600).

Brasilia et Peruvia.

1593 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 14,400.00
151 MORAN, Thomas (1837-1926).

The Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Hermit Rim Road.

1912 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 12,600.00
  • Forum Auctions
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
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    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    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.
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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.
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