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Arader Galleries: February 2026 Auction

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Auction Name February 2026 Auction Total Sales (USD) 410,370.00
Auction Date February 07, 2026 - February 07, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 378,400.00
Sale Number #20726 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 556,700.00
Total Lots 159
Sold Lots 68.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,833,100.00
% of Lots Sold 42.77% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,029,100.00
Unsold Lots 91 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 10.18%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6 John James Audubon

Audubon Aquatint, Virginia Partridge, Plate 76 - One of Audubon's Most Dramatic Images

1827-1838. USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 60,000.00
37

William Faden's Rare Dublin Edition of this Revolutionary War Charleston View

1776 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 48,000.00
42

Malby & Son's Monumental Terrestrial globe, called the "Colossus Globe" was manufactured by James Wyld in 1867

1885 USD 35,000.00 - 55,000.00 USD 40,800.00
21

Henry Mouzon Map of North and South Carolina - The Icon of the Carolinas during the American Revolution

May 30th 1775. USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 26,400.00
17 John James Audubon

Audubon Aquatint, Golden Eye Duck, Plate 342 - Winslow Homer's famous 1909 painting "Left and Right", Inspired by Audubon's composition

1827-1838. USD 24,000.00 - 32,000.00 USD 21,600.00
39

William Faden's Plan of Part of the Provinces of Pennsylvania, and East & West New Jersey

1784 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 19,200.00
16 John James Audubon

Audubon Aquatint, Shoveller Duck, Plate 327 - A compositional masterpiece

1827-1838. USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 18,000.00
34

Charles Stedman's The History...of the American War - The Best Book for the mapping of the American Revolution with 14 important maps

1794 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,000.00
38

Faden's Plan of Attack of Fort Sullivan Near Charles Town depicting a critical altercation of the Revolutionary War

1776 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,800.00
116

Wyld's 1846 Wall map of Mexico, the British Possessions in North America and the United States

1846 USD 12,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 15,600.00
23

The Ross / Jefferys Map of the Mississippi - The Most Important map of the Mississippi River used in the War of Independence

1775 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,200.00
1 John James Audubon

Audubon Aquatint, Broad-winged Hawk, Plate 91

1827-1838. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,800.00
9 John James Audubon

Audubon Aquatint, Goshawk and Stanley Hawk, Plate 141

1827-1838. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,800.00
10 John James Audubon

Audubon Aquatint, Key West Dove or Pigeon, Plate 167

1827-1838. USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,200.00
138

Duval's Largest World Map, and one of the few maps produced in seventeenth century France.

1679-1684. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,000.00
2 John James Audubon

Audubon Aquatint, Pigeon Hawk, Plate 92

1827-1838. USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,700.00
119

Best Map of the Mississippi River during the Civil War

1863 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,400.00
90

Pollard London View of Hanover Square, 1787

1787 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,500.00
189 George Brookshaw

Brookshaw engraving from Pomona Britannica, White Candia, Plate LXXI

1804-1812. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,000.00
88

Campbell's Pair of London Engravings from Vitruvius Britannicus

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,700.00
92

Shepard's Engraving of London at The Quadrant, Regent Street

1822 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,700.00
93

Pollard's London View of West Country Mails at the Gloucester Coffee House, Piccadilly

1828 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,700.00
97

Overton / Visscher New Map of the Kingdome of England with great original hand color

c. 1700. USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,700.00
112

Grimm's 1797 Engraved Wall Map of Vienna, Austria

USD 1,800.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,700.00
14 John James Audubon

Audubon Aquatint, Black-backed Gull, Plate 241

1827-1838. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,400.00
  • Books & Autographs
    Wednesday 25 March
    Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000
    Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.