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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
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