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Potomack Company: The Estate of Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Georgetown, Washington, D.C

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Auction Name The Estate of Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Georgetown, Washington, D.C Total Sales (USD) 32,942.00
Auction Date November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 12,495.00
Sale Number #112025 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 20,720.00
Total Lots 48
Sold Lots 43.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 14,295.00
% of Lots Sold 89.58% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 23,370.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 140.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1515 Robert John Thornton

THE NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS; THE SUPERB LILLY; AURICULAS and TULIPS, Mezzotint in colors,

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,050.00
1529 DAVID HOCKNEY.

DAVID HOCKNEY. A BIGGER BOOK. LIMITED EDITION, 4653 OF 10,000, WITH MARC NEWSON STAND AND ORIGINAL SHIPPING BOX.

2016 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
1521 Andreas Matthaus Wolfgang

A GROUP OF FOUR TURKISH COSTUMES: CHEVAL DU GRAN ECUYER; CHEVAL DE MAIN DU GRAND SEIGNEUR PORTANT SES ARMES; GRAND SULTAN and LE MOUFTI COMMANDANT DES MOSQUEES, Hand-colored engravin

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,080.00
1519 Charles Lemaire

GROUP OF FIVE HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING EXOTIC BIRDS AND FLORA FROM CHARLES LEMAIRE AND FLORENT PREVOST'S HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX EXOTIQUES (1864), Hand-colored engrav

1864 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,690.00
1718 ERNEST HEMINGWAY,

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS.

1940 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,430.00
1720 WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.

WASHINGTON: THE NATION'S CAPITAL. SIGNED BY 15+ WASHINGTON POST EDITORS.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,430.00
1512 George (1694) Edwards

A GROUP OF FOUR PARROT ENGRAVINGS, 1758, Hand-colored engraving

1758 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,300.00
1517 Jean Charles Baquoy

A GROUP OF SIX AFRICAN MAMALS, Hand-colored engravings,

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,105.00
1726 WINSTON CHURCHILL.

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES. 1956-1958. FIRST EDITIONS

1956-1958. USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 1,105.00
1725 ENRICO BERNARDO.

THE IMPOSSIBLE COLLECTION OF WINE BOOK.

2013 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
1520 CAMILLE ROGIER

FEMME TURQUE along with PAYSANNE CAUCHOISE, Color lithograph

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 715.00
1742

COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON HISTORICAL HOMES AND GARDENS

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 650.00
1513 George (1694) Edwards

SCARLET SPARROW AND BUTTERFLY and LONG TAILED SCARLET LORY AND BUTTERFLY, Engraving,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 520.00
1749

ASPREY & GARRARD, LONDON, LEATHER BOUND PHOTO ALBUM TOGETHER WITH A WOODEN KEEPSAKE BOX

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 455.00
1523 William (1697) Hogarth

THE DISTRESSED POET and THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND, Etching

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 422.50
1734

GROUP OF 15 BOOKS INSCRIBED TO NOVELIST JANE STANTON HITCHCOCK

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 390.00
1736

COLLECTION OF BOOKS ABOUT DOGS AND ANIMALS

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 390.00
1743

GROUP OF BOOKS ON IMPRESSIONISM AND EUROPEAN PAINTING

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 357.50
1729

LE TEMPLE D'ANGKOR VAT. THREE VOLUMES. DELUXE LIMITED EDITION OF 999 COPIES.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 292.50
1730

GROUP OF FOUR BOOKS RELATING TO BUNNY MELLON AND THE OAK SPRING GARDEN LIBRARY

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 292.50
1516 Elizabeth Blackwell

FRAGARIA VESCA (STRAWBERRY), FROM A CURIOUS HERBAL (LONDON, 1737-1739), Hand-colored copperplate engraving,

1737-1739 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 260.00
1518 FRENCH SCHOOL

MEUBLES ET OBJETS DE GOUT; PLATES NOS. 3, 4 and 77, Hand-colored etching

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 260.00
1738

GROUP OF BOOKS ABOUT NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, D.C.

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 227.50
1740

GROUP OF OVERSIZED BOOKS ON ART, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 227.50
1719 Richard Avedon

RICHARD AVEDON. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 195.00
  • 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.