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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
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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

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<b>Swann:</b> Scott Joplin, <i>Treemonisha: Opera in Three Acts,</i> New York, 1911. Sold March 24 — $40,000.

<b>Swann:</b> Louisa May Alcott, autograph letter signed, 1868. Sold June 2 — $23,750.

<b>Swann:</b> Anne Bradstreet, <i>Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, full of Delight,</i> Boston, 1758. Sold June 2 — $21,250.

<b>Swann:</b> William Shakespeare, <i>Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. The Second Impression,</i> London, 1632. Sold May 5 — $161,000.

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<b>Swann:</b> John Bachmann, <i>Panorama of the Seat of War,</i> New York, 1861-62. Sold June 23 — $35,000.

<b>Swann:</b> Charlotte Bronte, <i>Jane Eyre,</i> first edition, London, 1847. Sold June 16 — $23,750.

<b>Swann:</b> Elihu Vedder, <i>Simple Simon, His Book,</i> 1913. Sold June 9 — $12,350.

<b>Swann:</b> Frederick Catherwood, <i>Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan,</i> London, 1844. Sold April 7 — $37,500.