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Auction Name
April 2025 Auction
Auction Date
04/05/2025 - 04/05/2025
Sale Number
#40525
Total Lots
119
Sold Lots
50
Lots Sold
42.02%
Unsold Lots
69
Total Sales (USD)
1,014,050.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
766,400.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
1,079,700.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
2,304,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
3,235,400.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
31.34%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
130 SHERBURNE, Jonathan W. (fl. 1813-1827), BRANTZ, Lewis (1766-1838), and WIRGMAN, Charles (1781-1821).

An Archive of Original Manuscript Maps Related to the Survey of the River Patapsco and part of Chesapeake Bay Instituted by the Insurance Companies of Baltimore in 1817.

1818 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 276,000.00
79 PTOLEMY, Sebastian Munster (comm.), Giacopo Gastaldi (cartog.) and Pietro Andrea Mattioli (trans.).

Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti & aggiunte fattevi da Sebastiano munstero Alamann, Con le tavole non solamente antiche & moderna solite di staparsi, ma altre nuove aggiuntevi di Messer Iacopo Gastaldo Piamotese c

1662 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 132,000.00
6 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Great American Cock Male - Vulgo (Wild Turkey), Plate 1.

1827 USD 175,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 114,000.00
101 CARY, John (1754-1835) and William Cary (1759-1825).

Cary's New and Improved Celestial Globe; Cary's New Terrestrial Globe.

1799; 1815 to 1833. USD 75,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 102,000.00
100 NEWTON, John and William (Fl. 1818-1830).

Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe.

1828 USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD 84,000.00
102 BLAEU, Willem Jansz (1573-1638).

Terrestrial Table Globe.

1602 [but after 1621] USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD 71,000.00
98 CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718).

Terrestrial Globe.

USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD 50,400.00
81 COOK, Capt. James (1728-1779).

[The Three Voyages of Discovery].

1773, 1777, 1785 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 45,600.00
99 MALBY and Son. Reissued by James WYLD (1812--1887).

Malby's terrestrial compiled from the latest & most authentic studies.

1885 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 33,600.00
12 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Raven, Plate 101.

1827-1838. USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 15,000.00
9 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Red-Shouldered Hawk, Plate 56.

1827-1838. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 11,400.00
4 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Marsh Tern, Plate 410.

1827-1838. USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,800.00
167 BINGHAM, George Caleb (1811-1879).

Canvassing for a Vote.

USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,600.00
127 ARROWSMITH, Aaron (1750--1823).

Map of America...1804.

1804 [1808]. USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,000.00
10 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Band-Tailed Pigeon, Plate 74.

1827-1838. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,000.00
173 [Earliest Depiction of the G.O.P. Mascot Elephant on Fabric!]

GRAND OLD PARTY - FEED THE ELEPHANT.

1890 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,800.00
30 BROOKSHAW, George (1751-1823).

Silver Rock Melon, Plate LXVII. from Pomona Britannica.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,600.00
27 THORNTON, Dr. Robert John (English, 1768-1837). <br> <br>The Snowdrop.

Aquatint, mezzotint, stipple and line engraving, printed in color and finished by hand.

1799-1807. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,400.00
153 WEBBER, John, R.A. (1751-1793).

A Sailing Canoe of Otaheite, Plate 3.

1809 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,400.00
1 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Grafs Finch or Bay-Winged Bunting, Plate 94.

1827-1838. USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,400.00

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