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Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper Total Sales (USD) 83,460.00
Auction Date November 08, 2025 - November 08, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 189,100.00
Sale Number #110825 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 306,300.00
Total Lots 150
Sold Lots 133.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 237,850.00
% of Lots Sold 88.67% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 380,400.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 21.94%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4851 Warre's Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory

Warre's Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory - Volume with 20 Lithographed Views

 1848 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 24,075.00
4849 Van Keulen

Van Keulen, Rare - Map of New Netherlands and New York (Manhattan Island, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Block Island)

 1708 (but 1709) USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,206.00
4847 Ortelius

Ortelius, pub. 1579 - Map of the Americas (New World)

 1579 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,477.50
4934 Lansdowne

Lansdowne's Rare Birds of China - Lot of 32 Elephant Folio Bird Collotypes

 1992 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 3,370.50
4836 Cellarius

Cellarius - Celestial Chart of the Constellations of the Northern Hemisphere [Haemisphaerium Stellatum Boreale Antiquum]

 1708 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,461.00
4950 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Parrot of Paradise of Cuba with Redwood. 1-10

 1731-1743 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,979.50
4885 Maitres Affiches by Mucha

Maitres Affiches by Mucha - La Samaritaine

 1896-1900 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,819.00
4830 Gould

Gould, Australia - Norfolk Kaka or Philip Island Parrot

 USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 1,712.00
4848 Van Keulen

Van Keulen, Rare - Sea Chart of Bermuda

 1708 (but 1709) USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 1,605.00
4946 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Whip-poor-will with Ginseng or Nin-sin of the Chinese. Sup-16

 1731-1743 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,498.00
4945 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Pine Creeper with Purple Berried Bay. 1-61

 1731-1743 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,337.50
4948 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Brown Viper with Colocasia. 2-45

 1731-1743 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,177.00
4831 Strickland & Melville

Strickland & Melville - Dodo Bird

 1848 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 909.50
4938 Brasher

Brasher - Bluewing Teal. 3-140

 1931 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 909.50
4947 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Red Legged Thrush with Gum-elimy Tree. 1-30

 1731-1743 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 909.50
4911 Redoute

Redoute, Folio - Rose - Rosa muscosa multiplex

 circa 1824. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 856.00
4805 David Roberts

David Roberts, Royal Sub Ed - 4 Lithographs of Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia

 1846-1849 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 802.50
4835 Doppelmayr & Homann

Doppelmayr & Homann - Constellation Chart, Gnomonic Projection of Stars (Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars IV)

 1742 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 749.00
4845 Ortelius

Ortelius, pub. 1579 - Map of the Roman Empire

 1579 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 722.25
4828 Shaw & Nodder

Shaw & Nodder - Ivory-billed Woodpecker (White-billed Woodpecker). 497

 1789-1813. USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 695.50
4810 De Vito

De Vito, Original Painting - Pool in Baja (Piscina mirabile a Baja)

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 615.25
4889 Mucha

Mucha - Ornately Illustrated Page

 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 588.50
4874 Babou after Barbier

Babou after Barbier - Pair of Atalante Engravings (1 Color / 1 BW)

 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 561.75
4909 Redoute

Redoute, Folio - 3 Botanical Engravings

 1802-1816 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 561.75
4806 David Roberts

David Roberts - View from Under the Portico of the Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt

 1846-1849 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 535.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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