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Old World Auctions: Maps and Atlases - bidstart 11/2

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Auction Name	Maps and Atlases - bidstart 11/2	Total Sales (USD)	277,535.60
Auction Date	November 16, 2022 - November 16, 2022	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	307,215.00
Sale Number	#190	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	376,325.00
Total Lots	757
Sold Lots	596.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	424,995.00
% of Lots Sold	78.73%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	520,525.00
Unsold Lots	161	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	53.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
155	White/De Bry	"Americae Pars, nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa, Sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh...", White/De Bry	1590 (circa)	USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 14,375.00
6	Blaeu, Willem	"Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula", Blaeu, Willem	1635 (circa)	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 10,350.00
102	Sayer & Bennett	"The Theatre of War in North America, with the Roads and a Table of the Distances", Sayer & Bennett	1776	USD 9,500.00 - 12,000.00	USD 8,050.00
716	Robert de Vaugondy/Delamarche	"Atlas Universel", Robert de Vaugondy/Delamarche	1788 (circa)	USD 9,000.00 - 11,000.00	USD 7,475.00
723	Tanner, Henry Schenck	"A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World...", Tanner, Henry Schenck	1836	USD 7,000.00 - 8,500.00	USD 5,400.00
71	Moll, Herman	"To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers Baron of Evesham ... This Map of North America According to ye Newest and Most Exact Observations...", Moll, Herman	1730 (circa)	USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00	USD 4,500.00
319	Dudley, Robert (Sir)	"Carta Particolare dell' Isole di Islandia e Frislandia, con l'Isolette di Fare...", Dudley, Robert (Sir)	1661	USD 3,750.00 - 4,500.00	USD 3,900.00
330		"L'Europe en Sept 1939",	1939	USD 7,500.00 - 8,500.00	USD 3,900.00
9	Blaeu/Valck	"Novus Planiglobii Terrestris per Utrumque Polum Conspectus", Blaeu/Valck	1695 (circa)	USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00	USD 3,600.00
156	Hondius, Jodocus	"Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, Nova Descriptio", Hondius, Jodocus	1628	USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00	USD 3,600.00
673	Blaeu, Johannes	"Effigies Tychonis Brahe O.F. Aedificii et Instrumentorum Astronomicorum Structoris. Ao. Domini 1587, Aetatis Suae 40", Blaeu, Johannes	1662 (circa)	USD 600.00 - 750.00	USD 3,300.00
407	Sanson/Mariette	"Cartes Geographiques des Gaules et de la France ", Sanson/Mariette	1707 (circa)	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,000.00
5	Ritter, Franz	"[Untitled - World and Horological Diagrams]", Ritter, Franz	1607	USD 3,250.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,880.00
580	Blaeu, Willem	"Asia Noviter Delineata", Blaeu, Willem	1635 (circa)	USD 3,250.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,880.00
32	Pitt, Moses	"A Map of the North-Pole and the Parts Adioining", Pitt, Moses	1680	USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00	USD 2,760.00
325	Blaeu, Willem	"Europa Recens Descripta", Blaeu, Willem	1635 (circa)	USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,640.00
111	Bellin/Homann Heirs	"Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada", Bellin/Homann Heirs	1755	USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00	USD 2,520.00
146	Robert de Vaugondy, Didier	"Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland Dressee sur la Grande Carte Angloise de Mrs. Josue Fry et Pierre Jefferson...", Robert de Vaugondy, Didier	1755	USD 2,500.00 - 3,250.00	USD 2,160.00
622	Elwe, Jan Barend	"[On 4 Sheets] Partie de la Nouvelle Grande Carte des Indes Orientales...", Elwe, Jan Barend	1792	USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,160.00
327		"Comic Map of the Seat of War with Entirely New Features",	1854	USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00	USD 2,100.00
328	Rose, F. W.	"Serio-Comic War Map for the Year 1877", Rose, F. W.	1877	USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00	USD 2,100.00
1	Jansson, Jan	"[Lot of 5] Typus Orbis Terrarum [with] Americae Descriptio [and] Africae Descriptio [and] Asia [and] Europae Nova Tabula", Jansson, Jan	1634	USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,040.00
8	Stoopendaal, Bastiaan	"Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita", Stoopendaal, Bastiaan	1682 (circa)	USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,920.00
97	Bellin, Jacques Nicolas	"Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale Depuis le 28 Degre de Latitude Jusqu'au 72", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas	1755	USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00	USD 1,920.00
712	Le Rouge, George Louis	"Atlas Nouveau Portatif a l'Usage des Militaires, et du Voyageur Contenant 91 Cartes Dressees sur les Nouvelles Observations", Le Rouge, George Louis	1756	USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,920.00

Sotheby’s
Year in Review

Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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