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Auction Name	Stamps & Postal History Auction	Total Sales (USD)	2,100.06
Auction Date	October 19, 2025 - October 19, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#679625	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	33
Sold Lots	33.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
70	US Stamps #C11 Accumulation of covers		Not Available	USD 164.45
151	US Stamps 15 Federal Duck Stamp First Day Covers	1980s	Not Available	USD 144.90
55	China Stamps and Covers collection in Bankers Box,	1940s-2000s	Not Available	USD 123.05
50	US Stamps 3 Cent 1860s Washington Group of 20+ Covers	1860s	Not Available	USD 96.60
153	US Postal History accumulation	1910	Not Available	USD 96.60
49	US Stamps 3 Cent Washington Perf & Imperf Group of 20+ Covers	1850s	Not Available	USD 90.85
48	US Stamps 3 Cent Washington Perf & Imperf Group of 20+ Covers	1850s	Not Available	USD 87.40
53	US Stamps Small Postal History Group		Not Available	USD 86.26
186	Germany Zeppelin Stamps #C38-C39 tied on 1930 Cover with Klotzbach cachet and backstamps	1930	Not Available	USD 79.35
38	US 1890s Postal History group of 45 Covers all with Small Banknotes,	1890s	Not Available	USD 77.05
71	US Stamps 7 STS-8 Space flight covers in Post Office folders		Not Available	USD 75.90
51	US Stamps 3 Cent 1860s Washington Group of 20+ Covers	1860s	Not Available	USD 74.75
67	Worldwide Postal History a few hundred covers	20th century	Not Available	USD 72.58
52	US Stamps 3 Cent 1860s Washington Group of 20+ Covers	1860s	Not Available	USD 72.45
37	US 1850s-1930s Postal History group of 50+ Postal Stationery Covers & Cards	1850s-1930s	Not Available	USD 65.55
47	US Stamps #114 Group of 20 Covers		Not Available	USD 63.25
29	US 1880s Postal History group of 20+ Covers	1880s	Not Available	USD 59.80
188	US Stamps 1850s-1860s Covers	1850s-1860s	Not Available	USD 58.65
83	Canada Stamps 1930s Airmail Covers	1930s	Not Available	USD 52.90
69	Worldwide Stamps & Covers accumulation in bankers box		Not Available	USD 51.75
34	US 1880s Postal History group of 20+ Covers	1880s	Not Available	USD 50.60
77	US Stamps Postal Stationery 1850s-1930s	1850s-1930s	Not Available	USD 46.00
35	US 1880s Postal History group of 4 Covers	1880s	Not Available	USD 40.25
30	US 1880s Postal History group of 20+ Covers	1880s	Not Available	USD 34.50
32	US 1880s Postal History group of 20+ Covers	1880s	Not Available	USD 34.50

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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.
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.