Auction House Details

Swaen Map Auction

Auction House Name Swaen Map Auction
Site URL https://www.swaen.com
About Us Paulus Swaen specializes in maps of all parts of the world, atlases and globes, illustrated books and medieval manuscripts. Paulus Swaen Internet Auction, first offered in 1996, was the first internet auction to specialize in old maps. It is a unique place for buying and selling antique maps, atlases, books, and medieval manuscripts. Sales are conducted in February, March, April, May, June, September, October and November. The firm has an ample stock of maps of all parts of the world produced by renowned cartographers, such as Ortelius, Mercator, Blaeu, Janssonius, Hondius, Visscher, de Wit, as well as dealing in atlases, globes, travel books and medieval manuscripts.A certificate of authenticity is provided with each lot. The firm was founded in 1978 in the Netherlands and the Gallery was housed until the middle of 1997 in a lovely old building. Beginning in 1996 we began to offer catalogues on the Internet. A map auction division was added the same year. Today the business is managed from both Florida, USA and London
Who do I contact if I have questions?
City Indian Rocks Beach
State Florida
Country United States
Zipcode 33785
Contact Number (727) 687-3298
Buyer's Fee The buyer pays, on top of the hammer price, a premium of 12% on the first $30,000 and 8% on the excess. Buyers from within the State of Florida pay a 7% sales tax on the hammer price plus buyer's premium and shipping cost.
Consigner's Fee Commission rates for consignors depend on value: 12% for items that sell for $5,000 and below, 8% for items that sell for more than $5,000.

AUCTION LIST


  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000