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Auction Name	Stamps and Postal History	Total Sales (USD)	2,070.26
Auction Date	November 16, 2025 - November 16, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#687492	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	36
Sold Lots	31.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	86.11%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
9	Civil War Patriotic Covers group of 60 in album		Not Available	USD 419.75
166	US Stamps Mint Express & Priority mail envelopes		Not Available	USD 197.80
6	CSA Postal History Wallpaper Cover from the well-known Middleton correspondence with Flat Rock, N.C. Apr 9 CDS		Not Available	USD 164.45
112	Hawaii Stamps UX1-UX9 Mint Postal Cards on pages		Not Available	USD 161.00
171	Postcards Several Hundred in medium flat rate box	early 20th Century	Not Available	USD 93.15
199	US Stamps FACE VALUE $50+ and First Day Covers plus some misc collections in heavy bankers box		Not Available	USD 72.45
183	US & Worldwide Stamps Postal History group incl World War II Censor Covers & letters	1888 Civil War reunion pamphlet	Not Available	USD 71.31
173	Navy Ephemera and Covers in bankers box		Not Available	USD 71.30
180	Zeppelin Lot of Germany & US Postcards and Covers includes US #571 on Zeppelin First Flight Cover		Not Available	USD 58.79
2	Stampless Covers/Folded Letters group of 10	mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 58.66
7	CSA Postal History Wallpaper Cover from the well-known Middleton correspondence with Flat Rock, N.C. JAN 23 CDS		Not Available	USD 56.35
126	US Stamps Wells Fargo Fronts & Covers	19th century	Not Available	USD 50.61
115	US Stamps World War II Covers & Cards collection on pages		Not Available	USD 49.45
4	Stampless Covers/Folded Letters group of 10	mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 47.15
5	Stampless Covers/Folded Letters group of 10	mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 47.15
167	US First Day and Other Covers by Cachet Maker Charlie Delgado - 80+ handpainted		Not Available	USD 47.15
109	US Stamps Postal Cards, Reply Cards & Stationery Mint & Used accumulation	19th century and early 20th century	Not Available	USD 44.92
113	US Stamps 1917-1919 World War I Soldiers Mail correspondence, 40+ letters & Covers		Not Available	USD 41.40
118	US Stamps 1893 Columbian Expo Covers collection on pages		Not Available	USD 40.25
3	Stampless Covers/Folded Letters group of 10	mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 35.66
165	US Covers accumulation in Bankers box		Not Available	USD 33.35
191	USS Akron Airship Covers	1930s	Not Available	USD 31.05
49	US Stamps 100 NASA Related Covers	1960s-1980s	Not Available	USD 27.60
117	US Stamps 1901 Pan-American Expo Covers		Not Available	USD 26.45
1	Stampless Covers/Folded Letters group of 10	mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 24.16

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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.