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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books

Auction Info

Auction Name
Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper
Auction Date
12/13/2025 - 12/13/2025
Sale Number
#121325
Total Lots
150
Sold Lots
135.0
Lots Sold
90.00%
Unsold Lots
15
Total Sales (USD)
60,652.90
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
137,700.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
257,900.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
153,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
286,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
21.15%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5884 Jansson & Hondius

Jansson & Hondius, pub. 1656 - Map of the World

 1656 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 4,708.00
5885 Catlin

Catlin, Folio, On Card - Wu Jun Jon

 circa 1875 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,173.00
5883 Jansson & Hondius

Jansson & Hondius, pub. 1656 - Wind Chart Surrounded by Wind Heads, Navigation Chart

 1656 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,765.50
5882 Jansson & Hondius

Jansson & Hondius, pub. 1656 - Map of the Pacific Ocean with parts of the Americas, Korea, Japan (California as an Island)

 1656 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,712.00
5849 Cellarius

Cellarius - Celestial Chart of the Constellations of the Southern Hemisphere with Terrestial Plane below [Haemisphaerium Scenographicum Australe Coeli Stellati et Terrae]

 1708 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,658.50
5950 Audubon

Audubon, Folio - Raccoon. 61

 1845 -1851 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,658.50
5948 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Parrot Fish. 2-29

 1731 -1743. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,284.00
5897 Maitres Affiches by Cheret

Maitres Affiches by Cheret - 4 Poster Lithographs

 1896 -1900. USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,177.00
5904 Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Illustration of Topless Woman. 48

 1902 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,177.00
5846 Bayer

Bayer - Constellation Chart: Cetus, Sea Dragon

 N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,070.00
5837 Captain Cook

Captain Cook, Large Folio - A General Chart Exhibiting the Discoveries made by Captain James Cook in this and the preceding Voyages, with the Tracks of the Ships under his Command

 1785 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,016.50
5947 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Pilchard with Ti-Ti. 2-24

 1731 -1743. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 963.00
5845 Bayer

Bayer - Constellation Chart: Sagittarius, Centaur holding a Bow and Arrow

 N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 909.50
5872 Ortelius

Ortelius, pub. 1580 - Map of Poland

 1580 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 909.50
5936 Gould

Gould - Temminck's Sapphire-wing Hummingbird (Pterophanes Temmincki)

 1849 -1887 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 909.50
5842 Bayer

Bayer - Constellation Chart: Sagitta, the Arrow

 N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 856.00
5843 Bayer

Bayer - Constellation Chart: Canis Major, the Big Dog

 N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 856.00
5949 Audubon

Audubon, Folio - Canada Otter. 51

 1845 -1851 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 856.00
5844 Bayer

Bayer - Constellation Chart: Eridanus, the River

 N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 856.00
5877 De L'Isle

De L'Isle - Map of North America (L'Amerique septentrionale)

 1718 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 668.75
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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 April
    Sotheby’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.