Auction Reports
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper
- Auction Date
- 12/20/2025 - 12/20/2025
- Sale Number
- #122025
- Total Lots
- 150
- Sold Lots
- 128.0
- Lots Sold
- 85.33%
- Unsold Lots
- 22
- Total Sales (USD)
- 112,200.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 210,600.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 358,250.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 236,000.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 403,650.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 27.80%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6085 | Pablo Picasso & Honore de Balzac | Pablo Picasso & Honore de Balzac's Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu - 13 Original Etchings on Vellum, 20 Reproduced Drawings, and 67 Woodcuts |
1931 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 37,450.00 |
| 6139 | Merian | Merian, Folio - Pineapple with Insects, Cockroaches. 1 |
1771 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,835.50 |
| 6016 | Brosses's | Brosses's Histoire des navigations aux terres Australes - Two Volumes with Seven Maps |
1756 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 2,568.00 |
| 6018 | Harris | Harris - Map of the Southern Continent (Australia, New Holland) |
1744-1748. | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 2,407.50 |
| 6136 | Thornton | Thornton, Folio - The Blue Passion Flower |
1787-1812. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,193.50 |
| 6135 | Thornton | Thornton, Folio - The Oblique-leaved Begonia |
1787-1812. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,140.00 |
| 6034 | Captain Cook | Captain Cook - A View of Karakakooa, in Owyhee (Hawaii). 68 |
1785 | USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,979.50 |
| 6148 | Gould | Gould - Lady Amherst's Pheasant |
1850-1883. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,712.00 |
| 6050 | Bayer | Bayer - Constellation Chart: Taurus, the Bull |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,551.50 |
| 6051 | Kircher | Kircher, pub. 1682 - Molten Interior of the Earth Showing Water Bodies as Connected |
1682 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,551.50 |
| 6146 | Elliot | Elliot - Black-throated Golden Pheasant |
1870-1872. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,551.50 |
| 6047 | Bayer | Bayer - Constellation Chart: Andromeda, Chained Woman or Alpheratz and Sirrah |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,498.00 |
| 6084 | Catlin | Catlin, Folio - Buffalo Hunt, Chasing Back |
187 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,498.00 |
| 6057 | Braun | Braun & Hogenberg, pub. 1575 - View of Paris, France |
1575 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,498.00 |
| 6049 | Bayer | Bayer - Constellation Chart: Ursa Major, Large Bear |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,444.50 |
| 6099 | Mucha | Mucha, Folio - Illustration of Draped Woman. 6 |
1902 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,391.00 |
| 6081 | Blaeu | Blaeu - Map of Asia |
1640s-1660s. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,337.50 |
| 6100 | Mucha | Mucha, Folio - Illustration of Women. 45 |
1902 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,070.00 |
| 6138 | Merian | Merian, Folio - Sweet Potato with Moth Metamorphosis. 41 |
1771 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,016.50 |
| 6079 | Halma's | Halma's Ptolemy, pub. 1698 - Map of the Ancient World |
1698 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 | USD 963.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.