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Auction Name Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 1/29 Total Sales (USD) 184,657.20
Auction Date February 12, 2020 - February 12, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 171,730.00
Sale Number #176 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 213,120.00
Total Lots 778
Sold Lots 428 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 403,840.00
% of Lots Sold 55.01% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 495,815.00
Unsold Lots 350 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 37.24%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
742

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

 1574 (published) USD 10,000.00 - 13,000.00 USD 8,050.00
683

683 "Pascaert vande Zuyd Zee en een Gedeelte van Brasil van Ilhas de Ladronos tot R. de la Plata", Keulen, Johannes van

 1680 (circa) USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,900.00
294

294 "Occidentalis Americae Partis, vel, Earum Regionum quas Christophorus Columbus Primu Detexit Tabula Chorographicae Multorum Auctorum Scriptis...", Bry, Theodore de

 1594 (dated) USD 7,000.00 - 8,500.00 USD 5,750.00
684

684 "A Generall Chart of the South Sea from the River of Plate to Dampiers Streights on ye Coast of New Guinea", Mount & Page

 1721 (circa) USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,400.00
746

746 "The London Atlas of Universal Geography, Exhibiting the Physical & Political Divisions of the Various Countries of the World...", Arrowsmith, John

 1835 (published) USD 5,000.00 - 6,500.00 USD 4,200.00
55

55 "Novi Orbis Pars Borealis, America Scilicet, Complectens Floridam, Baccalaon, Canadam, Terram Corterialem...", Quad, Matthias von Kinckelbach

 1600 (circa) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,900.00
29

29 "[7.6" Folding Globe] Stokes's Capital Mnemonical Globe",

 1868 (circa) USD 1,900.00 - 2,300.00 USD 3,600.00
91

91 "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...", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

 1719 (circa) USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 3,300.00
295

295 "Pascaerte van Westindien Begrypende in zich de Vaste Kusten en Eylanden, Alles op syn Waere Lengte en Breete op Wassende Graden Gelegt", Keulen, Johannes van

 1681 (circa) USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 USD 3,000.00
289

289 "A Map of a Part of Yucatan, or of That Part of the Eastern Shore Within the Bay of Honduras Alloted to Great Britain for the Cutting of Logwood...", Faden, William

 1787 (dated) USD 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,640.00
75

75 "Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Floridae, Novae Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae, nec non Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali Accurata Tabula", Homann, Johann Baptist

 1716 (published) USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,520.00
138

138 "A General Map of the Middle British Colonies, in America. Containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania and New Jersey...", Sayer & Bennett

 1776 (dated) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,400.00
370

370 "European Revue. Kill That Eagle", Geographia Map Co

 1914 (dated) USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00 USD 2,400.00
749

749 "Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred and Seventy Steel Plate Maps and Plans, on One Hundred Imperial Folio Sheets...", Colton, Joseph Hutchins

 1857 (published) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,400.00
3

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro in Plurimis Emendatus, Auctus, et Icunculius Illustratus, Visscher, Nicolas

 1660 (circa) USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 USD 2,040.00
664

664 "Aegyptus Antiqua", Ortelius, Abraham

 1584 (published) USD 2,200.00 - 2,750.00 USD 2,040.00
200

Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia Shewing the Architecture and History from the Most Ancient Times Down to the Present,

1926 (dated) USD 1,100.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,920.00
40

40 "European Travellers, an Instructive Game", Wallis, Edward

 1845 (circa) USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,560.00
80

Le Canada ou Partie de la Nouvelle France, Contenant la Terre de Labrador la Nouvelle France, les Isles de Terre Neuve. De Nostre Dame &c:, Mortier, Pierre

 1693 (circa) USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 USD 1,560.00
241

[The Village of Secota with Text Page] XX. Oppidum Secota, Bry, Theodore de

 1590 (circa) USD 275.00 - 350.00 USD 1,560.00
744

744 "A Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Atlas; Being a General Guide to History, Both Ancient and Modern...", Lavoisne/Aspin

 1820 (published) USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 USD 1,560.00
45

45 "Carte de l'Amerique Corrigee, et Augmentee Dessus Toutes les Aultres cy Devant Faictes", Bertius, Petrus

 1646 (dated) USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,200.00
70

70 "Amerique Septentrionale", Poirson, Jean Baptiste

 1809 (dated) USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,200.00
258

Map of Houston Texas,

1938 (circa) USD 180.00 - 220.00 USD 1,140.00
267

267 "Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova", Ruscelli, Girolamo

 1574 (published) USD 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 USD 1,140.00
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
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    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
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    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
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    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
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