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Brunk Auctions: American and Southern

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Auction Name American and Southern Total Sales (USD) 208,608.00
Auction Date November 14, 2025 - November 14, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 118,250.00
Sale Number #18261 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 181,750.00
Total Lots 63
Sold Lots 58.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 138,650.00
% of Lots Sold 92.06% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 210,550.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 99.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2142 Charles M. Schulz,

Original 1969 Peanuts Cartoon Strip: Rookie of the Year

1969 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 56,320.00
2140 Charles M. Schulz,

Original 1969 Peanuts Cartoon Strip: Psychiatric Help

1969 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 51,200.00
2193 Matthaus Seutter,

Plan Von Neu Ebenezer

1747 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,320.00
2160 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Signed 'Theory of Relativity'

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,040.00
2165 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Signed 'Theory of Relativity', Vieweg Collection

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,040.00
2191 Joachim Vadianus,

Typus Cosmographicus Universali...

1534 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,440.00
2164 Charles Lindbergh

A Remarkable Charles Lindbergh Signed Four Page Letter, JSA

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,120.00
2208 Charles Stedman and William Faden,

Stedman & Faden - Plan of the Siege of Savannah

1794 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,120.00
2181

Munster - Tabula Novarum Insularum...

1552 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,840.00
2054

Early Photography Group, Daguerreotype / Ambrotype / Tintype

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 3,328.00
2205 Henricus Hondius,

Hondius - Nova Virginiae Tabula

1639 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 3,328.00
2197 John Speed,

A New Description of Carolina

1676 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,816.00
2198 M. B. Grant,

Map of the Seat of War, Confederate Imprint

1861 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,816.00
2194 Robert Laurie and James Whittle,

A New Chart of the Coast of North America... By Captain Holland

1794 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,560.00
2183 Johannes van Keulen,

Van Keulen - Pascaerte van WestIndien...

circa 1681-1684 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,432.00
2189

Two Maps, Native American Territories, Reservations, one Framed

1884, 1887 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,432.00
2196 Johann Baptist Homann,

Virginia Marylandia et Carolina...

circa 1720 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,304.00
2331 William Spratling

William Spratling Etching: Orleans Alley

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,304.00
2203 Emanuel Bowen,

Bowen - A New Map of Georgia, with Part of Carolina, Florida and Louisiana...

1748 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,176.00
2214 Pierre Mortier,

Carte General De La Caroline...

1696 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,048.00
2159 Mark Twain

Works of Mark Twain, Mississippi Edition, 24 Volumes

1923 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,792.00
2202 Pierre Du Val,

Du Val [Duval] - [Map of] La Floride Francoise...

1665 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,536.00
2323 Alfred Heber Hutty

Southern Pines

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,536.00
2195

Five 18th Century Southern Maps, One Framed

18th Century USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,408.00
2199 Emanuel Bowen,

A New and Accurate Map of North and South Carolina...

1747 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
  • 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.