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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)	73,931.65
Auction Date	December 27, 2025 - December 27, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	157,550.00
Sale Number	#122725	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	285,300.00
Total Lots	150
Sold Lots	129.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	177,350.00
% of Lots Sold	86.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	320,700.00
Unsold Lots	21	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	23.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
6267	De Bry	De Bry - Map of Florida (Southeast North America, Cuba, Bahamas)		USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00	USD 5,831.50
6234	Kircher	Kircher, pub. 1682 - Surface of the Moon	1682	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 3,103.00
6235	Kircher	Kircher, pub. 1682 - Surface of the Sun	1682	USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,407.50
6236	Kircher	Kircher, pub. 1682 - Diagram of the Earth and the Volcanic Spots and Molten Core	1682	USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,407.50
6291	Maitres Affiches by Mucha	Maitres Affiches by Mucha - Bieres de la Meuse	1896-1900.	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,354.00
6266	Harris	Harris - New Map of Georgia, with Part of Carolina, Florida and Louisiana	1744-1748.	USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,247.00
6256	Jansson & Hondius	Jansson & Hondius, pub. 1656 - Map of India or South Asia with East Indies, Japan, & Australia (New Holland) [partial coastline]	1656	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,086.50
6255	Jansson & Hondius	Jansson & Hondius, pub. 1656 - Map of England with Vignettes of Anglo-Saxon History (Scotland, part of Ireland)	1656	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,979.50
6283	Miro	Miro, Rare, Signed - Illustration of the Childhood of Ubu	1975	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 1,926.00
6269	Edward Curtis	Edward Curtis, Folio - Sioux Chiefs	1908	USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 1,819.00
6268	Edward Curtis	Edward Curtis, Folio - 10 Native American Photogravures	1909 & 1911 & 1926	USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 1,605.00
6274	Karl Bodmer	Karl Bodmer - Sih-Chida and Mahchsi-Karehde, Mandan Indians	1839-1842.	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 1,391.00
6218	Bankes	Bankes - 8 Engravings of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) + Partial Text from Captain Cook's Voyage	1787-1790.	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,337.50
6272	Catlin	Catlin, Folio, On Card - Dying Buffalo Bull, In Snow Drift	circa 1875	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 1,284.00
6231	Bayer	Bayer - Constellation Chart: Aquarius, Man and Water Vessel		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,070.00
6243	Ortelius	Ortelius, pub. 1580 - Map of the British Isles (England, Scotland, Ireland)	1584	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,070.00
6258	Blaeu	Blaeu - Map of Africa (Vignettes of City Views & Native People / Costumes)	1640s-1660s.	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 1,070.00
6343	Gould	Gould - 5 Bird Lithographs	1850-1883.	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 963.00
6230	Bayer	Bayer - Constellation Chart: Auriga, the Charioteer		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 856.00
6232	Bayer	Bayer - Constellation Chart: Aries, the Ram		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 856.00
6233	Bayer	Bayer - Constellation Chart: Serpens, the Serpent		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 856.00
6257	Jansson & Hondius	Jansson & Hondius, pub. 1656 - Map of North Pole (Arctic Circle)	1656	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 802.50
6221	Wilkes	Wilkes - Hanapepe Valley (Sandwich Islands, Hawaii)	1845	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 749.00
6223	Vaillant	Vaillant - View of Nu'uanu Pali, Honolulu, Hawaii (Sandwich Islands) [Vallee du Pari pres Honoloulou (Iles Sandwich)]. 46	1845-1852	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 749.00
6342	Gould	Gould - 4 Quail & Partridge Lithographs	1850-1883.	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 749.00

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.