Christies: The Maillet Daguerreotype Collection, Online
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Maillet Daguerreotype Collection, Online | Total Sales (USD) | 1,618,722.00 |
| Auction Date | June 26, 2025 - June 26, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 846,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #24192 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,265,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 265 | ||
| Sold Lots | 254.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,384,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 95.85% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,088,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 11 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 77.50% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | ROBERT CORNELIUS (1809-1893) | Portrait of a Woman, c. 1840-41 |
c. 1840-41 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 60,480.00 |
| 105 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Use of Hydraulics at a California Gold Mine, c. 1851 |
c. 1851 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 44,100.00 |
| 37 | ALBERT STAPFER | Chateau de Talcy, 14 October 1840 |
1840 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 40,320.00 |
| 53 | FRANCIS H. GRICE | Group Lot of Twenty-One Portraits, c. 1845 |
c. 1845 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 40,320.00 |
| 100 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | California Gold Mining Camp, c. 1850 |
c. 1850 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 37,800.00 |
| 25 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Portrait of a Young Actor, Believed to be John Wilkes Booth, Wearing a Shakespearean Costume, c. 1855. |
c. 1855. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 35,280.00 |
| 42 | FRANCISCO DE LEYGONIER (1812-1880) | Two Matadors, c. 1848 |
c. 1848 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,280.00 |
| 103 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | California Gold Mining Operations with Numerous Miners Present and Engaged in Work, c. 1850 |
c. 1850 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,280.00 |
| 4 | SAMUEL F.B. MORSE (1791-1872) | Portrait of a Young Man, 1839 |
1839 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 32,760.00 |
| 20 | SOUTHWORTH & HAWES (1843-1863) | Medallion of a Young Woman, c.1850 |
c.1850 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 32,760.00 |
| 87 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Western Exploration, c. 1850 |
c. 1850 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 32,760.00 |
| 13 | JEAN GABRIEL EYNARD (1775-1863) | Beaulieu Manor, Geneve, c. 1845 |
c. 1845 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,240.00 |
| 48 | W.G. HELSBY (1828-1891) | City of Valparaiso, Chile, 1857 |
1857 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,240.00 |
| 97 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | California Gold Mining Camp and Operations, c. 1850 |
c. 1850 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 30,240.00 |
| 122 | ROBERT CORNELIUS (1809-1893) | Portrait of a Youth, c. 1839 |
c. 1839 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 30,240.00 |
| 93 | WILLIAM C. MAYHEW | View of Fort Gibson and a Portrait of General William Goldsmith Belknap, Commander of Fort Gibson, c.1850 |
c.1850 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 27,720.00 |
| 30 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Schooner at Dock with Men on Rigging, Great Lakes, 1854 |
1854 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 25,200.00 |
| 43 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Group Lot of Two Views of the Port of Bastia, Corsica, c. 1845 |
c. 1845 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 25,200.00 |
| 44 | ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES DEFOREST FREDRICKS (1823-1894) | City Hall, Havana, Cuba, c. 1855 |
c. 1855 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,200.00 |
| 54 | PLATT D. BABBITT (1822--1879) | Babbitt's Pavilion Covered in Snow, Niagara, c. 1850 |
c. 1850 | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 25,200.00 |
| 39 | FRANCISCO DE LEYGONIER (1812-1880) | Portrait of a Matador, from Real Life, and Daguerreotype of a Painting of Marie-Louise-Ferdinande de Bourbon, duchesse de Montpensier by Franz Xaver Winterhalter c.1848 |
c.1848 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 23,940.00 |
| 84 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Maungwudaus (George Henry 1811-1888) |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 21,420.00 | |
| 108 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | California Gold Mining Operation, c. 1850 |
c. 1850 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 21,420.00 |
| 198 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | The Dentist, c. 1850 |
c. 1850 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 21,420.00 |
| 15 | JAMES McCLEES AND WASHINGTON L. GERMON (ACTIVE 1848-1855) | Lamp Shop, Philadelphia, 1848 |
1848 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 20,160.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
