Swann Galleries: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books | Total Sales (USD) | 455,135.00 |
| Auction Date | June 23, 2022 - June 23, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 273,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #2610 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 400,475.00 |
| Total Lots | 411 | ||
| Sold Lots | 373 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 311,950.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.75% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 456,475.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 38 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 99.71% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 219 | John Bachmann. | Panorama of the Seat of War. |
1861 [-1862] | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
| 138 | Currier & Ives; after Charles R. | Parsons and Lyman Atwater. |
USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 173 | James Hamilton Young. | A New Map of Texas, with the Contiguous American & Mexican States. |
1836 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 123 | MITCHELL, S. AUGUSTUS. | A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California. |
1846 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 112 | Henry Schenk Tanner. | A Map of the United States of Mexico, As Organized and Defined by the Several Acts of Congress of that Republic. |
1832 [but 1846] | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 235 | Heyman van Dyck. | Voorne Caart-boeck van alle de Dorpen, en Polders Gelegen Inden Lande van Oost, ende West Voorne. |
1701 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 145 | ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. | Typus Orbis Terrarum. |
1598 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 177 | James Wyld. | Map of the United States and the Provinces of Upper & Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Compiled from the Latest Surveys and Other Authentic Information. |
1841 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 18 | Chart of the Pacific Ocean. | Large engraved navigational chart of the coastlines of Russia, Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Australia. |
1798 [but circa 1800-1805] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 25 | Major General John Henry Lefroy. | Map of the Bermudas. |
1872 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
| 236 | Nicolaas and Jacob Cruquius. | T Hooge Heemraedschap van Delflant. |
1712 [1750] | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
| 261 | François Gosselin; and Jean Frederic Wentzel; (Publishers). | Album of 37 chromo or tinted lithographed views of European and American cities and ports. |
circa 1860s | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
| 247 | Tomas Lopez. | Atlas Geographico de la America Septentrional y Meridional. |
1758 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,500.00 |
| 146 | ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. | Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. |
1641 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 214 | CAREY, HENRY CHARLES; and ISAAC LEA. | A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas. |
1823 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 32 | George Philip & Son, Ltd.; and The London Geographical Institute. | Navy League Map of the British Empire. |
circa 1930 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 94 | Otis B. Gunn. | Gunn's New Map of Kansas and the Gold Mines Embracing all the Public Surveys up to the 6th Principal Meridian. |
1859 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 213 | John Webber, et al. | [Atlas to] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. |
1784] | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 283 | Casimiro Castro, et al. | Mexico y sus Alrededores. |
1855-1857 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 130 | Benjamin Moore Norman. | Norman's Plan of New Orleans & Environs. |
1849 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 230 | Antonio García y Cubas. | Atlas Pintoresco é Histórico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. |
1885 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 376 | Thomas McKenney; and James Hall. | Group of 9 hand-colored lithographed plates from the folio edition of History of the Indian Tribes of North America. |
1836-1838 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 158 | John Diakoff; G. Primakoff; and P. Sergeeff. | Map of China. |
1931 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,160.00 |
| 68 | Joseph Frederick Wallet des Barres. | The North East Shore of the Gulph of Mexico. |
1780 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,900.00 |
| 256 | Album of the Finest Birds of All Countries. |
circa 1860 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
