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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) | 69,207.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 14, 2026 - March 14, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 144,150.00 |
| Sale Number | #31426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 266,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 150 | ||
| Sold Lots | 134.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 161,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.33% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 298,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 16 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 23.15% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8470 | Jansson & Hondius | Jansson & Hondius, pub. 1656 - Map of the World (Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Gerographica ac Hydrographica Tabula. Auct. Henr: Hondio) |
1656 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,045.50 |
| 8550 | Audubon | Audubon, Imperial Folio - Common American Wild Cat. 1 |
1845-1851. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 4,601.00 |
| 8523 | Brasher | Brasher - 8 Duck & Goose Prints |
1931 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,531.00 |
| 8428 | Gould | Gould, Australia - Adelaide Rosella or Parrakeet [Platycercus Adelaidiae] |
1840-1869. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,103.00 |
| 8471 | Jefferys | Jefferys - Important Early Map of NE Florida (Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida...) |
1770 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 2,675.00 |
| 8483 | Edward Curtis | Edward Curtis, Folio - Moss for the Baby-Bags - Cree |
1928 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,568.00 |
| 8482 | Edward Curtis | Edward Curtis, Folio - A Sarsi Camp |
1928 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,247.00 |
| 8431 | Harris | Harris - Map of the Southern Continent (Australia, New Holland) |
1744-1748. | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 2,140.00 |
| 8548 | Thornton | Thornton, Folio - The Narrow-leaved Kalmia |
1787-1812. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,926.00 |
| 8496 | Mucha | Mucha, Folio - Illustration of Topless Woman for Nectar Liquer |
1902 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,605.00 |
| 8480 | Karl Bodmer | Karl Bodmer - The Travellers Meeting with Minatarre Indians near Fort Clark (Bodmer is shown in the Image) |
1839-1842. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,391.00 |
| 8549 | Thornton | Thornton, Folio - The Nodding Renealmia |
1787-1812. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,284.00 |
| 8541 | Catesby | Catesby, Folio - American Bison. Sup-20 |
1754 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,123.50 |
| 8437 | Bevis | Bevis, Rare - Constellation or Star Chart of Pisces (Fish) |
1747-1786 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,070.00 |
| 8545 | Redoute | Redoute, Folio - Rose - Rosa damascena variegata |
circa 1824. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,070.00 |
| 8477 | Edward Curtis | Edward Curtis - Apache Girl |
1907 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,016.50 |
| 8436 | Bevis | Bevis, Rare - Constellation or Star Chart of Aquarius |
1747-1786 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 909.50 |
| 8453 | Piranesi | Piranesi, Folio - Sepolero anonimo nella Vigna Casale |
circa 1780. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 909.50 |
| 8544 | Redoute | Redoute, Folio - African Lily (Agapanthus Umbellatus) |
1802-1816 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 909.50 |
| 8532 | Catesby | Catesby, First Ed - Sucking Fish (Remora) with Abraham Bush. 2-26 |
1731-1743. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 722.25 |
| 8424 | Gould | Gould, Australia - Tasmanian Crow-Shrike [Gymnorhina Organicum] |
1840-1869. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 695.50 |
| 8539 | Gould | Gould - Grey-breasted Aracari |
1833-1835. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 668.75 |
| 8546 | Brookshaw | Brookshaw, Folio - Pears. 86 |
1804-1812 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 668.75 |
| 8537 | Elliot | Elliot - Pair of Manucode Lithographs (Birds of Paradise) |
1873 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 642.00 |
| 8491 | Maitres Affiches by Steinlen | Maitres Affiches by Steinlen - Motocycles Comiot |
1896-1900. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 615.25 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works. -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950