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Auction Name
Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps & Views
Auction Date
05/01/2025 - 05/01/2025
Sale Number
#837
Total Lots
428
Sold Lots
264
Lots Sold
61.68%
Unsold Lots
164
Total Sales (USD)
133,475.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
141,230.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
222,600.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
225,930.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
355,600.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
37.54%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
188 Marlow, George and Charles

Life of the Marlows: As Related by Themselves

[1892] USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 15,000.00
183 Thwaites, Reuben Gold, editor

Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of its committee on Historical Documents. Together with Manuscript material of Lewi

1904-05 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,687.50
326 Harris, John

Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca or a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels. Consisting of above Six Hundred of the Most Authentic Writers...Containing What Ever Has Been Observed Worthy of Notice in Europe, Asia, Africa & America...to Whic

1744 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,750.00
404 [Bachmann, John]

Bird's Eye View of Philadelphia

c.1850 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,812.50
247 Jones, Fernando; [and Charles Leib?]

Address of the Cameron and Lincoln Club of the City of Chicago, Ill. To the People of the North West

[c. Jan. 20, 1860] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,500.00
70 Foster, G.G.

The Gold Regions of California: Being a Succinct Description of the Geography, History, Topography, and General Features of California: Including a Carefully Prepared Account of the Gold Regions of that Fortunate Country. Prepared from Original Documents

1848 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
313 Belzoni, Giovanni Battista

Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia

1820 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,375.00
299 Venegas, Miguel

A Natural and Civil History of California: Containing an Accurate Description of that Country, Its Soils, Mountains, Harbours, Lakes, Rivers and Seas; Its Animals, Vegetables, Minerals and Famous Fishery for Pearls. The Customs of Inhabitants, Their Relig

1759 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,875.00
348 Saussure, Horace-Benedict de

Voyages dans les Alpes, Precedes d'un Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Environs de Geneve

1780-1796 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,875.00
162 Humboldt, Alexander von and Aime J.A. Bonpland

Vues des Cordilleres, et monumens des peuples de l'Amerique

1810 [i.e. 1813] USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,625.00
390 Hondius, Hendrik

Nova Virginiae Tabula

c.1630s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
330 La Perouse, Jean Francois Galaup de

The Voyage of La Perouse round the World, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788

1798 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,500.00
245 Marshall, John

The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces...and First President of the United States

1804-1807 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
32 Botta, Charles

History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America

1820-21 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,375.00
158 Bingham, Hiram

A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands; or the Civil, Religious, and Political History of Those Islands: Comprises a Particular View of the Missionary Operations Connected with the Introduction and Progress of Christianity and Civilizatio

1847 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,375.00
341

Draft Mandates for Mesopotamia and Palestine as submitted for the Approval of the League of Nations

1921 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
388 De Fer, Nicolas

L'Atlas Curieux ou le Monde Represente dans des Cartes Generales et Particulieres du Ciel et de la Terre...

1705 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
319 Cook, James & James King

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, to Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Aisia; and the Practicability of a Northe

1785 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,250.00
51

"And to Protect Life and Property Regardless of Personal Safety!...Vote Yes for Charter Amendment 23..."

1920 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,125.00
403 Ortelius, Abraham

Tartariae Sive Magni Chami Regni Typus

1570-[1584] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,125.00

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