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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper

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Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper Total Sales (USD) 55,566.50
Auction Date April 11, 2020 - April 11, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 98,775.00
Sale Number #41120 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 180,750.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 188 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 102,225.00
% of Lots Sold 94.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 187,750.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 29.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
17850 Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer - Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medicine Lodge in Mih-Tutta-Hankush. 18

1839-1842 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,565.00
17832 Thomas McKenney and James Hall

McKenney & Hall - Two Volumes with 44 Octavo Native American Lithographs including Billy Bowlegs

1875 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,355.00
17835 David Roberts

Roberts, RSE Folio - Interior of the Great Temple of Aboo-Simbel, Nubia

1842-1849 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,705.00
17846 Thomas McKenney [and James Hall]

McKenney & Hall, Folio - Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co, a Pawnee Chief

1872-1874 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,595.00
17838 William Goodall

Goodall, Original Watercolor - Great Kanguroo (Kangaroo)

1794-1833 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,375.00
17849 Thomas McKenney [and James Hall]

McKenney & Hall, Folio - Encampment of Piekann Indians, near Fort McKenzi on the Muscleshell River

1872-1874 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,320.00
18000 Basilius Besler

Besler - Lily & Violet

1713 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,210.00
17847 Thomas McKenney [and James Hall]

McKenney & Hall, Folio - Thayendanegea, The Great Captain of the Six Nations

1872-1874 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,100.00
17854 John Gould

Gould - White-tailed Emerald Hummingbird & Orchid; Thaumatias Chionurus

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,045.00
17834 David Roberts

Roberts, RSE Folio - Kom-Ombo

1842-1849 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 990.00
17848 Thomas McKenney [and James Hall]

McKenney & Hall, Folio - Po-Ca-Hon-Tas

1872-1874 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 990.00
17856 John Gould

Gould - Spix's Saw-bill Hummingbird with Nest & Eggs; Grypus Spixi

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 990.00
17994 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Butterfly Metamorphosis & Lizard. 4

1705-1719 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 990.00
17985 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Honeysuckle; Lonicera

1827-1833 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 935.00
17860 Nicolai Gualtieri

Gualtieri - 7 Folio Shell Engravings

1742 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 880.00
17988 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Blanket Flower; Gailliarda

1827-1833 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 825.00
17990 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Hyacinth

1827-1833 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 825.00
17993 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Moth Metamorphosis. 38

1705-1719 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 770.00
17836 James Wallis

Wallis - Sydney from the North Shore, New South Wales, Australia

1821 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 742.50
17992 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Lemon & Butterfly Metamorphosis. 17

1705-1719 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 742.50
17997 Basilius Besler

Besler - Daffodil or Narcissus

1713 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 742.50
17996 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Rose & Butterfly Metamorphosis. 31

1705-1719 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 715.00
17980 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Rose; Rosa Longifolia

1817-1824 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
17981 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Rose; Rosa Rubiginosa Zabeth

1817-1824 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
17983 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Rose; Rosa Redutea glauca

1817-1824 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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