Sothebys: Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History Including the Library of Colin and Joan Deacon
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History Including the Library of Colin and Joan Deacon | Total Sales (GBP) | 2,237,018.00 |
Auction Date | May 15, 2018 - May 15, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,084,900.00 |
Sale Number | #L18401 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,583,850.00 |
Total Lots | 420 | ||
Sold Lots | 274 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 2,568,350.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 65.24% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 3,577,500.00 |
Unsold Lots | 146 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 62.53% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
304 | Mecca--Al-Sayyid Abd al-Ghaffar | FIFTEEN EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF MECCA, THE MAHMAL, TAIF AND PILGRIMS ON THE HAJJ. |
[C.1885-1888] | GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | GBP 297,000.00 |
323 | Las Casas, Bartolomé de | A COMPLETE SET OF LAS CASAS'S INDIAN TRACTS, WITH AN EARLY INSCRIPTION STATING THIS BOOK WAS OWNED BY INCA GARCILASO DE LA VEGA |
GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 168,750.00 | |
308 | Oman and Iraq--Samuel Miles, Louis Maguire and Joseph Svoboda | ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF OMAN AND IRAQ PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSUL IN MUSCAT TO THE BRITISH POLITICAL AGENT IN THE GULF. |
[1871-1885] | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 137,500.00 |
313 | Roberts, David | THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA, EGYPT & NUBIA. |
1842-1849 | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 125,000.00 |
225 | Goos, Pieter | DE ZEE-ATLAS OFTE WATER-WERELD, … |
1668 [1669] | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 106,250.00 |
230 | Ptolemaeus, Claudius | LIBER GEOGRAPHIAE CUM TABULIS ET UNIVERSALI FIGURA ET CUM ADDITIONE LOCORUM QUAE A RECENTIORIBUS REPERTA SUNT. |
20 MARCH 1511 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 75,000.00 |
301 | Mecca and the Hajj--Saudi Arabia | A COLLECTION OF 33 PHOTOGRAPHS. |
[C.1930S-40S] | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 62,500.00 |
292 | [Gudenus, Philipe François, Baron de] | COLLECTION DES PROSPECTS ET HABILLEMENS EN TURQUIE DESINÉS APRÈS NATURE PAR LE B. DE G. … |
[C.1742] | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 60,000.00 |
236 | Canaletto [Canal, Antonio] | PROSPECTUS MAGNI CANALIS VENETIARUM [PART 1 OF URBIS VENETIARUM PROSPECTUS CELEBRIORES]... |
1735 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 50,000.00 |
303 | Mecca--Snouck Hurgronje, Christian | BILDER AUS MEKKA. |
1889 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 50,000.00 |
406 | Audubon, John James | CAROLINA PARROT, PSITACUS CAROLINENSIS (PLATE 26) |
CIRCA 1830 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 47,500.00 |
234 | Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon | DU MIROIR DE LA NAVIGATION, DE LA MER OCCIDENTALE, |
1590 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 40,000.00 |
314 | [Rycaut, Paul] | THE CAPITULATIONS AND ARTICLES OF PEACE BETWEENE THE MAIESTIE OF THE KING OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, FRANCE, & IRELAND &C. |
1663 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 30,000.00 |
410 | Gerard, John | THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES. |
1633 | GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 27,500.00 |
213 | Ptolemaeus, Claudius | UNTITLED WORLD MAP. |
1478 OR LATER, POSSIBLY 1490] | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 25,000.00 |
298 | Jerusalem | A REPORT ON THE 1911 HARAM AL-SHARIF INCIDENT, INVESTIGATING SECRET DIGGINGS UNDER THE DOME OF THE ROCK IN SEARCH OF SOLOMON'S TREASURE. |
GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 25,000.00 | |
155 | Vancouver, George | A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, AND ROUND THE WORLD; |
1798 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 23,750.00 |
316 | [Tatikian, B.] | AN ALBUM OF SIXTY-NINE PLATES OF LEVANTINE COSTUME. |
1850S] | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 22,500.00 |
280 | Costume drawings | AN ALBUM OF EIGHT FINE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS DEPICTING COSTUME OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE OTTOMAN WORLD. |
[LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY] | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 18,750.00 |
302 | Mecca--Snouck Hurgronje, Christian | MEKKA [AND BILDER-ATLAS ZU MEKKA]. |
1888-1889 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 18,750.00 |
57 | Flinders, Matthew | A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS; UNDERTAKEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPLETING THE DISCOVERY OF THAT VAST COUNTRY. |
1814 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 17,500.00 |
211 | Nolin, Jean Baptiste | LE GLOBE TERRESTRE REPRESENTÉ EN DEUX PLANS-HEMISPHERES... DEDIÉ A MGR. L'ABBE BIGNON... |
[1775] | GBP 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 17,500.00 |
42 | Cook, Captain James | COMPLETE SET OF THE VOYAGES, COMPRISING: |
GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 | |
319 | Fritz, Samuel | EL GRAN RIO MARAÑON, O AMAZONAS. |
1707] | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
195 | Shackleton, Ernest | THE SOUTH POLAR TIMES. |
1907-1914 | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 15,000.00 |