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Auction Info

Auction Name
Maps and Atlases
Auction Date
11/12/2025 - 11/12/2025
Sale Number
#206
Total Lots
747
Sold Lots
605.0
Lots Sold
80.99%
Unsold Lots
142
Total Sales (USD)
325,648.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
373,635.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
456,895.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
469,750.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
575,560.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
56.58%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
75 Jode, Cornelis de

"Americae Pars Borealis, Florida, Baccalaos, Canada, Corterealis", Jode, Cornelis de

 1593 (dated) USD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 28,750.00
583 Ptolemy/Holle

"[Title on Verso] Sexta Asie Tabula Continet Arabiam Felicem...", Ptolemy/Holle

 1482 (published) USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 23,000.00
37 Schedel, Hartmann

"Secunda Etas Mundi", Schedel, Hartmann

 1493 (published) USD 16,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 11,500.00
9 Speed, John

"A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne According to ye Truest Descriptions Latest Discoveries & Best Observations yt Have Beene Made by English or Strangers", Speed, John

 1651 (dated) USD 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 11,500.00
10 Blaeu, Johannes

"Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula", Blaeu, Johannes

 1662 (circa) USD 14,000.00 - 17,000.00 USD 11,500.00
710 Ptolemy/Ruscelli

"La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino...", Ptolemy/Ruscelli

 1574 (published) USD 9,500.00 - 11,000.00 USD 8,050.00
2 Fries, Lorenz

"Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta", Fries, Lorenz

 1522 (dated) USD 9,000.00 - 11,000.00 USD 6,325.00
14 Wit, Frederick de

"Nova Orbis Tabula, in Lucem Edita", Wit, Frederick de

 1691 (circa) USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 6,325.00
57 Munster, Sebastian

"Novae Insulae XXVI Nova Tabula", Munster, Sebastian

 1552 (published) USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,750.00
6 Keere, Pieter Van Den

"Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula", Keere, Pieter Van Den

 1637 (circa) USD 10,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 5,750.00
1 Mercator/Hondius

"[Lot of 4] America sive India Nova... [and] Africa ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione... [and] Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione... [and] Europa, ad Magnae Europae Gerardi Mercatoris...", Mercator/Hondius

 1628 (circa) USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 3,900.00
59 Ortelius, Abraham

"Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio", Ortelius, Abraham

 1579 (published) USD 4,750.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,600.00
62 Blaeu, Willem

"Americae Nova Tabula", Blaeu, Willem

 1663 (published) USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 USD 3,600.00
78 Scherer, Heinrich

"Provinciae Borealis Americae non ita Pridem Detectae aut Magis ab Europaeis Excultae", Scherer, Heinrich

 1703 (published) USD 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 USD 3,300.00
43 Mercator, Gerard

"Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio", Mercator, Gerard

 1606 (published) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,300.00
602 Ortelius, Abraham

"Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, Nova Descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio", Ortelius, Abraham

 1584 (dated) USD 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,300.00
111 Homann, Johann Baptist

"Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae a R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss. in America Septentrionali Anno 1687...", Homann, Johann Baptist

 1720 (circa) USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,000.00
104 Faden, William

"Plan of the City and Environs of Quebec, with Its Siege and Blockade by the Americans, from the 8th of December 1775 to the 13th of May 1776", Faden, William

 1776 (dated) USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 USD 3,000.00
58 Gastaldi/Ramusio

"Universale della Parte del Mondo Nuovamente Ritrovata", Gastaldi/Ramusio

 1565 (published) USD 3,250.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,880.00
647 Linschoten/Langren

"Delineatio Orarum Maritimarum, Terrae Vulgo Indigetatae Terra do Natal, Item Sofalae, Mozambicae, & Melindae... / Affbeeldinghe der Custen des Landts Genaempt Terra do Natal, Item van alle de Custen van Coffala, Mozambique, Melinde...", Linschoten/Langre

 1596 (circa) USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 2,760.00
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