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Old World Auctions: Maps and Atlases

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Auction Name Maps and Atlases Total Sales (USD) 224,144.60
Auction Date April 23, 2025 - April 23, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 251,430.00
Sale Number #203 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 309,070.00
Total Lots 789
Sold Lots 610 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 344,590.00
% of Lots Sold 77.31% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 423,275.00
Unsold Lots 179 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 52.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
748

Toonneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas ... Tweede Deel, Blaeu, (Family)

1642 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,350.00
249

Chart from New York to Timber Island Including Nantucket Shoals from the Latest Surveys..., Norman, John

1791 (circa) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,325.00
89

Amerique Septentrionale avec les Routes, Distances en Miles, Villages et Etablissements Francois et Anglois par le Docteur Mitchel, Mitchell/Le Rouge

1777 USD 9,500.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,750.00
95

Theatrum Belli in America Septentrionali II. Foiliis Comprehensum..., Rhode, Johann Cristoph

1755 (circa) USD 8,000.00 - 9,500.00 USD 5,750.00
43

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, Ortelius, Abraham

1584 USD 4,750.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,100.00
373

Nova Totius Europae Tabula ex Magnis Gerardi de Iudaeis P. Desumpta..., Jode, Gerard de

1593 USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 4,500.00
143

Bowles's New Pocket Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England; Comprehending the Provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire; with the Colonies of Connecticut & Rhode Island..., Bowles, Carrington

1776 (circa) USD 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,300.00
59

[On 2 Joined Sheets] A New Map of North America, with the West India Islands. Divided According to the Preliminary Articles of Peace, Signed at Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783..., Sayer, Robert

1786 USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 USD 3,000.00
130

The United States of North America: with the British Territories, and Those of Spain, According to the Treaty, of 1784, Faden, William

1796 USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 USD 3,000.00
86

Carte de la Nouvelle France, ou se Voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi Aujour d'hui S. Louis, aux Environs des-quelles se Trouvent les Etats, Pais, Nations, Peuples, &c. de la Floride, de la Louisiane, de la Virginie..., Fer,

1720 (circa) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,640.00
452

[Volume 2, Part 1] Novus Atlas, das ist Welt-beschreibung mit Schoenen Newen Ausfuehrlichen Land-Taffeln..., Blaeu, (Family)

1647 USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 USD 2,640.00
678

Africae Nova Descriptio, Blaeu, Willem

1634 (circa) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,640.00
254

[On 2 Sheets - 6 Views of Boston], Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet

1775 USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,520.00
140

Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non Partis Virginiae Tabula Multis in Locis Emendata, Visscher, Nicolas

1683 (circa) USD 3,250.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,400.00
311

Nouvelle Carte du Mexique, du Texas et d'une Partie des Etats Limitrophes..., Brue, Adrien Hubert

1862 USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 USD 2,400.00
189

Bancroft's, Map of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, Bancroft, A.L. & Company

1873 USD 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 USD 2,280.00
55

Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties, ou sont Distingues les uns des Autres..., Sanson/Jaillot

1719 USD 2,300.00 - 2,750.00 USD 2,040.00
225

Florida East Coast Railway - The Over-Sea Railroad, Railroad Companies, (Various)

1915 (circa) USD 200.00 - 250.00 USD 2,040.00
296

[Grands Voyages, Part I] Admiranda Narratio Fida Tamen, de Commodis et Incolarum Ritibus Virginiae, Nuper Admodum ab Anglis..., Bry, Theodore de

1608 (circa) USD 2,300.00 - 2,750.00 USD 2,040.00
749

Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre par Plusieurs Auteurs, Lattre, Jean

1762 USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00 USD 2,040.00
763

[3 Volumes] Report of the Secretary of War Communicating the Several Pacific Railroad Explorations, U.S. War Department

1855 USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,920.00
26

A Map of the North-Pole and the Parts Adioning, Pitt, Moses

1680 USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00 USD 1,800.00
764

Maps and Charts of the United States Coast Survey, U.S. Coast Survey

1856 USD 2,500.00 - 3,250.00 USD 1,800.00
139

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, Blaeu, (Family)

1643 (circa) USD 1,900.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,680.00
169

Course of the River Mississipi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres; Taken on an Expedition to the Illinois, in the Latter End of the Year 1763..., Ross, John (Lt.)

1775 USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,680.00
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    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
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    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR