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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 12, 2025 - September 12, 2025
Page Size: 38 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
89 Frederick Childe Hassam

"Spring in Charleston, South Carolina"

1925 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,120.00
94 Norman Rockwell

"The Runaway"

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,210.00
95 Gustav Baumann

"The Sycamore"

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 26,000.00
121 John James Audubon

The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America ,

New York 1845, 1846, 1848 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 273,000.00
122 John James Audubon

The Quadrupeds of North America, by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman,

New York 1856 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,875.00
123

"Raccoon" Plate 61, from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,

1845-1848 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,210.00
124 John James Audubon

"Say's Squirrel" Plate 89, from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 422.50
125 John James Audubon

The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, by John James Audubon, dpapers and edges.

1856, New York USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 18,200.00
126 John James Audubon

The Birds of America,

New York and Amsterdam 1971-1972 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,400.00
127 John Thomas James

"Brown Pelican" Plate 421, from The Birds of America,

1838 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 26,000.00
128

"Trumpeter Swan, Young" Plate 376, from The Birds of America,

1832 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,350.00
129 John James Audubon

"American Bittern" Plate 337, from The Birds of America,

1836 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,510.00
130 John James Audubon

"Fox-Coloured Sparrow" Plate 108, from The Birds of America,

1835 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,430.00
131 John James Audubon

"Black & Yellow Warbler" Plate 50, from The Birds of America,

Amsterdam edition USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,640.00
132 John James Audubon

"Olive-sided Flycatcher" Plate 174, from The Birds of America,

1833 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,560.00
133 John James Audubon

Worm-eating Warbler Plate 34, from The Birds of America,

1827 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,730.00
134

"Orchard Oriole" Plate 42, from The Birds of America

1830 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,510.00
135 John James Audubon

"Black Tern" Plate 280, from The Birds of America,

1838 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,340.00
136

"Townsend's Sandpiper" Plate 428, from The Birds of America,

1838 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,080.00
137

"Black Vulture" Plate 106, from The Birds of America,

1831 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,080.00
138

A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds.

London [1849]-1861. USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD 84,500.00
139 John (1804) Gould

"Thaumastura Cora", "Bubulcus Russatus" and "Nycticorax Griseus"

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 650.00
140 John (1804) Gould

"Amazilia Beryllina" Plate 312, from A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Hummingbirds, lithographer Henry Constantine Richter (British, 1821-1902),

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
141 Rex Brasher

Birds and Trees of North America, Chickadee Valley near Kent, CT., [the author], 1929-1932, Volume 3

1929-1932 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 4,875.00
142

The Naturalist's Library, Edinburgh (Lizars),

London & Dublin, 1833-1843 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,250.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.