Freeman's | Hindman: Asian Works of Art, 6418, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 19, 2025 - September 19, 2025
Page Size: 83 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Bearing Signature of Zhao Boju (Chinese, 1120-1182)

Landscape

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,920.00
2 Signature of Cao Zhibai (Chinese, 1272-1355)

Scholar's Studio in Mount Hua

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
3 Attributed to Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470-1559)

Landscape

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,080.00
4 Da Chongguang (Chinese, 1623-1692)

Calligraphy in Running Script of a Poem

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
5 Attributed to Jin Nong (Chinese, 1687-1764)

Lotus

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
6 Dong Bangda (Chinese, 1696-1769)

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,160.00
7 Lu Hui (Chinese, 1851-1920)

Landscape

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 640.00
8 Yan Zhen (Chinese, Active 19th Century)

Bamboo

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
9 Fei Danxu (Chinese, 1801-1850)

Lady in a Spring Garden

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
10 Attributed to Yun Bing (Chinese, 1771-1823)

Flowers

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 960.00
11 Zhang Daqian (Chinese 1899-1983)

Bamboo and Chrysanthemum

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 32,000.00
13 Zheng Xiaoxu (Chinese, 1860-1938)

Couplet in Running Script

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
14 He Shaoji (Chinese, 1799-1873)

Excerpt in the Official Script of the Book of the Later Han

USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
15 Xu Beihong (Chinese, 1895-1953)

Rooster on a Rock

USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 89,400.00
16 Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864-1957) and Xu Beihong (1895-1953)

Cat and Mice

USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 89,400.00
17 Ding Yanyong (Chinese, 1902-1978)

Squirrel on Pine

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
18 Ding Yanyong (Chinese, 1902-1978)

Bird on a Flowering Camellia Branch

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
19 Ding Yanyong (Chinese, 1902-1978)

Cicada on a Banana Plant

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
20 Yu Yue (Chinese, 1821-1907), Wang Tongyu (1856-1941) and Four Others

Poem in Official Script

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,800.00
21 Zhang Shuquan (Chinese, Active 19th Century), Zhang Qin (Chinese, 1861-1949), Shi Nanchi (Chinese, 1908-2003), and one other

Four ink on paper folding fan leaves

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 896.00
22 Yuan Kewen (Chinese, 1890-1931)

Five-Character Couplet in Running Script

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,160.00
23

Two Chinese Soapstone Seals of Wang Xiwen (Wang Yiling, 1881-1955)

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 832.00
24 Wang Zhideng (Chinese, 1535-1612), With Signature of Dong Qichang (Chinese, 1555-1636)

Poem in Running Script

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 32,000.00
25 Ni Yuanlu (Chinese, 1593-1644), Qian Fen (Chinese, 17th Century), Shi Guangji (Chen Liang, Chinese, 17th Century), and Cao Xun (Chinese, ?-1655)

Bamboo. Landscape.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 19,200.00
26 Attributed to Yun Shouping (Chinese, 1633-1690), Jiang Tingxi (Chinese, 1669-1732)

Bird and Berries

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,664.00
  • 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.