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

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper	Total Sales (USD)	66,901.75
Auction Date	November 15, 2025 - November 15, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	125,600.00
Sale Number	#111525	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	238,700.00
Total Lots	150
Sold Lots	132.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	143,400.00
% of Lots Sold	88.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	272,000.00
Unsold Lots	18	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	24.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
5039	Cellarius	Cellarius - Celestial Chart of the Constellations of the Northern Hemisphere [Hemisphaerii Borealis Coeli Et Terrae Sphaerica Scenographia]		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,782.00
5147	Catesby	Catesby, First Ed - Swallowtail Hawk. 1-4	1731 -1743	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,193.50
5144	Catesby	Catesby, First Ed - Globe Fish with Black Torch & Red Milk-Pea. 2-28	1731 -1743	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,140.00
5112	Catesby	Catesby - 7 Folio Natural History Engravings	1750	USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00	USD 1,926.00
5087	Maitres Affiches by Toulouse-Lautrec	Maitres Affiches by Toulouse-Lautrec - Divan Japonais	1896 -1900	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 1,712.00
5019	Peron & Freycinet	Peron & Freycinet - View of Sydney, Australia (New Holland). 38	1807 -1816	USD 800.00 - 1,600.00	USD 1,605.00
5054	Mercator	Mercator, pub. 1630 - Map of the East Indies Islands	1630	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,337.50
5027	Bode	Bode - Constellation Chart: Bear (Ursa Major). 6	1782	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,123.50
5066	Hondius & Jansson, pub. 1631	Hondius & Jansson, pub. 1631 - Map of the Americas	1631	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,070.00
5008	Captain Cook	Captain Cook - Chart of the South Sea with New Holland (Australia) & New Zealand and part of the Americas & China	1774	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,016.50
5033	Bode	Bode - Chart of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. 1	1782	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,016.50
5038	Doppelmayr & Homann	Doppelmayr & Homann - Constellation Chart, Gnomonic Projection of Stars (Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars I)		USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,016.50
5037	Bayer	Bayer - Constellation Chart: Gemini, the Twins: Castor and Pollux	1609 or 1603	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 963.00
5044	Charlevoix after Bellin	Charlevoix after Bellin - Map of the Great Lakes with Canada & Michigan	1744	USD 500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 963.00
5065	Seligmann after Catesby	Seligmann after Catesby - Map of the Carolinas, Florida, and Bahamas	1749 -1776.	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 963.00
5146	Catesby	Catesby, First Ed - Grey Fox Squirrel (Eastern Gray Squirrel) with Bahaman Orchid. 2-74	1731 -1743	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 963.00
5007	Captain Cook	Captain Cook - Chart of the coast of New Zealand	1774	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 909.50
5034	Bayer	Bayer - Constellation Chart: Apis Indica; Hydra; Pavo; Indus; Grus; Phoenix; Toucan; Piscis Volans; Chameleon; etc.	1609 or 1603	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 909.50
5062	Hondius & Jansson, pub. 1631	Hondius & Jansson, pub. 1631 - Map of Africa	1631	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 909.50
5091	after Ledel, Herz for Curtis, Jacquin	4 Original Watercolors of Bush Violet (Browallia), Hosta, & Duranta after Ledel, Herz for Curtis, Jacquin (according to Linnaeus system)		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 909.50
5099	Redoute	Redoute, Folio - Rose - Rosa bifera macrocarpa	not dated, but circa 1824.	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 909.50
5086	Maitres Affiches by Steinlen	Maitres Affiches by Steinlen - Motocylcles Comiot	1896 -1900	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 856.00
5142	Catesby	Catesby, First Ed - Plumeria Flore Roseo (Red Frangipanni). 2-92	1731 -1743	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 856.00
5145	Catesby	Catesby, First Ed - Lane Snapper & Tobacco-Pipe Fish. 2-17	1731 -1743	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 856.00
5067	Edward Curtis	Edward Curtis, Folio - Pair of Native American Photogravures	1909 & 1926	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 802.50

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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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.
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.