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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper

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Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper Total Sales (USD) 50,006.45
Auction Date September 13, 2025 - September 13, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 114,800.00
Sale Number #91325 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 216,400.00
Total Lots 152
Sold Lots 123.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 176,200.00
% of Lots Sold 80.92% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 311,300.00
Unsold Lots 29 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 16.06%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3254 Mercator & Hondius

Mercator & Hondius, pub. 1634 - Map of the World

1634 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,708.00
3350 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Larger Red crested Woodpecker with Live Oak. 1-17

1731-743 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,086.50
3258 Van Keulen

Van Keulen, Rare - Map of the Caribbean

1708 (but 1709) USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,926.00
3349 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - American Partridge with Attamusco Lily. Sup-12

1731-743 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,391.00
3267 Seller & Senex

Seller & Senex - Celestial Chart - Stellarum fixarum hemisphaerium Boreale, in quo omnes stellae in Catalogo Britannico descriptae in plano Eclipticae, eo situ quem anno 1690... Delineavit et sculpsit (Senex, c. 1721)

1675-721 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,337.50
3241 De Vito

De Vito, Original Painting - Naples by Sea (Napoli da Mare)

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,177.00
3255 Van Keulen

Van Keulen, Rare - Chart of Zuiderzee with all Incoming Ports (Holland)

1708 (but 1709) USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,070.00
3249 Ortelius

Ortelius, pub. 1613 - Map of Japan

1598 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,016.50
3278 Larmessin

Larmessin - Knife Grinder Costume - Habit de Remouleur, Gaigne Petit

circa 1690 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 963.00
3265 Lubieniecki

Lubieniecki - Constellation or Celestial Chart with Comets (Leo, Virgo, Cancer, Hydra, Gemini, Unicorn, Orion, Taurus, Cetus)

1681 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 909.50
3263 Lubieniecki

Lubieniecki - Constellation or Celestial Chart with Comets (Cancer, Cetus, Orion)

1681 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 856.00
3224

Pair of Original Watercolors of Chinese Boat or Junk

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 802.50
3291 Goya

Goya, Folio - Otras Leyes por el Pueblo (Animal Folly or Other Laws of the People)

1877 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 802.50
3343 Fitzinger

Fitzinger - Dodo Bird

1860-864 by the Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 802.50
3347 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - American Goldfinch with Acacia. 1-43

1731-743 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 722.25
3208 Blaeu

Blaeu - 5 Maps of Switzerland

1642-655 (1661). USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 695.50
3251 Mercator & Hondius

Mercator & Hondius, pub. 1634 - Map of Africa

1634 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 668.75
3342 Audubon

Audubon - Great Auk (Extinct). 465

1840-1844 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 668.75
3351 Merian

Merian, Folio - Plant & Moth Metamorphosis. 6

1771 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 642.00
3262 Lubieniecki

Lubieniecki - Constellation or Celestial Chart with Comets (Leo, Corvus, Hydra)

1681 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 615.25
3260 Hevelius

Hevelius - Pair of Constellation Charts: Canis Major, Lepus

1690 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 588.50
3236 Piranesi

Piranesi - The Tomb of Caecilia Metella

1760s USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 561.75
3237 Piranesi

Piranesi - View of the Palazzo della Consulta

1760s USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 561.75
3275 Edward Curtis

Edward Curtis, Folio - Little Sioux - Arikara

1926 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 561.75
3283 Toulouse-Lautrec & Renard

Toulouse-Lautrec & Renard - Chicken or Rooster (Coqs)

1899 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 561.75
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.