Back
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) |
N/A | 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 |
-
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.