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Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000. -
ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
Potter and Potter Auctions: Celestial and Terrestrial Exploration, 178, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 18, 2025 - April 18, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 344 | [NASA MEMORABILIA]. Pair of RCA Flip Book Movies of the Liftoff of the Command Module of Apollo 15 |
[ca. 1971] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 96.00 | ||
| 348 | WENDT, Guenter (1923-2010) | [NASA MEMORABILIA]. Signed Photo... |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 | ||
| 349 | [NASA AND ARMY BALLISTIC MISSILE AGENCY]... |
Alabama | [ca. 1959-60] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 350 | [NASA AND RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAM MEMORABILIA]... |
[Ca. 2000] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 96.00 | ||
| 351 | [NASA AND SOVIET MEMORABILIA]. Group of 7 Items Related to the Apollo-Soyuz Mission... |
[ca. 1975-76] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 | ||
| 353 | [NASA AND SOVIET MEMORABILIA]. Large Group of Nearly 109 Commemorative Matchbooks of the American and Soviet Space Programs... |
[ca. 1970s-80s] | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 150.00 | ||
| 355 | [NASA AND SOVIET MEMORABILIA]. Apollo/Soyuz Press Kit Signed by Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford and Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov... |
[Norfolk, VA] | [ca. 1975] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 | |
| 357 | [NASA AND SOVIET MEMORABILIA]. Group of Nearly 40 Assorted Items Related to Space Travel |
[ca. 20th century] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 | ||
| 358 | SCOTT, David (b. 1932) and LEONOV, Alexei (1934-2019) | [NASA ASTRONAUTS AND SOVIET COSMONAUTS]. Two Sides of the Moon... |
New York | [2004] | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 359 | [NEWSPAPERS]. Group of 5 Newspapers Related to Aviation or Space Exploration... |
[ca. 1919-86] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 96.00 | ||
| 361 | BEREZOVOY, Anatoly (1942-2014) | [SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM]. 2 Copies of The Comte Henri de Lavaulx "Federation Aeronautique Internationale Prix Henry de La Vaulx" Medal Awarded to Cosmonaut Anatoly Berezovoy... |
[France] | [ca. 1983] | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 364 | [GAGARIN, Yuri (1934-1968) and KOROLEV, Sergei (1907-1966), association] | [SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM]. Photo Commemorating the Launch of Molniya 1... |
[Soviet Union] | [ca. 1965] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 368 | LEONOV, Alexei (1934-2019), SHATALOV, Vladimir (1927-2021), MARTYNOV, Alexander, GAGARINA, Valentina (1935-2020, wife of first man in space, Yuri Gagarin) | [SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM]. Sotheby's Newsletter |
[New York] | [1993] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 369 | GAIL, Otto Willi (1896-1956) | [SPACE FLIGHT PIONEER]. Mit Raketenkraft ins Weltenall... |
Stuttgart | [1928] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 370 | GODDARD, Robert H. (1882-1945) | [SPACE FLIGHT PIONEER]. Rocket Development. Liquid-Fuel Rocket Research 1929-1941 |
New York | 1948 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 371 | [GODDARD, Robert H. (1882-1945), association] | [SPACE FLIGHT PIONEER]. Archive of Material from the Estate of Nils T. Ljungquist, Machinist for Robert H. Goddard... |
[ca. 1940s-60s] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 450.00 | |
| 372 | TSIOLKOVSKY, Konstantin (1857-1935) | [SPACE FLIGHT PIONEER]. Signed Notebook Cover with Original Sketch |
[Kaluga, Russia] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 373 | TSIOLKOVSKY, Konstantin (1857-1935) | [SPACE FLIGHT PIONEER]. Signed Notebook Cover with Original Sketch |
[Russia] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 374 | TSIOLKOVSKY, Konstantin (1857-1935) | [SPACE FLIGHT PIONEER]. 2 Original Sketches of a Rocket Engine with His Signed Captions |
[Russia] | [ca. 1920s-30s] | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 375 | [SPACE FLIGHT PIONEER]. OBERTH, Hermann (1894-1989) | The Moon Car. Translated from the German by Willy Ley... |
New York | [1959] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 376 | [UNITED STATES NUCLEAR TESTING]. Group of 19 Ephemera Items About Operation Hardtack... |
[ca. 1958-59] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 240.00 | ||
| 377 | [VON BRAUN, Wernher (1912-1977), association] | Pair of Color Prints (One a Transparency) of His Lunar Booster Concept for the American Space Program |
[ca. 1953] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 378 | JUNG, W. and WIEMER, O. | [WORLD WAR II/COLD WAR ERA GERMAN ROCKETRY] |
[Germany] | [1940s-50s] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 210.00 |
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
