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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper

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Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper Total Sales (USD) 24,651.00
Auction Date May 11, 2019 - May 11, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 37,800.00
Sale Number #51119 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 78,300.00
Total Lots 173
Sold Lots 161 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 39,750.00
% of Lots Sold 93.06% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 82,250.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 29.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8361 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Fruit & Insects. 48

1726 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 880.00
8325 Antonio Zatta

Zatta - Map of North America

1776-1785 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 715.00
8363 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Moth Metamorphosis. 55

1726 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 715.00
8364 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Grapes & Moth Metamorphosis. 47

1726 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 715.00
8365 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Grapes & Moth Metamorphosis. 34

1726 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 632.50
8371 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Amaryllis Undulata. 115

1802-1816 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 632.50
8362 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Moth Metamorphosis. 49

1726 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 577.50
8372 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Harlequin Flower; Ixia Tricolor. 129

1802-1816 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 522.50
8360 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Fig & Moth Metamorphosis. 33

1726 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 495.00
8366 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Lily & Moth Metamorphosis. 22

1726 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 495.00
8367 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Papaya & Moth Metamorphosis. 40

1726 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 495.00
8368 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Papaya & Moth Metamorphosis. 64

1726 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 495.00
8369 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Orchid; Epidendrum Finense. 113

1802-1816 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 495.00
8370 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Garden Star-of-Bethlehem; Ornithogalum Umbellatum. 143

1802-1816 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 495.00
8316 John James Audubon

Audubon - Barred Owl. 36

1840-1844 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 467.50
8373 Pierre Joseph Redoute

Redoute - Red Sister 'Ti' Plant; Dracaena Terminalis. 91

1802-1816 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 467.50
8273 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian - Passion Flower & Moth. 183

1730 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 357.50
8323 Antonio Zatta

Zatta - Map of North America to Russia / Asia

1776-1785 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 330.00
8291 John James Audubon

Audubon - Canada Lynx. 16

1854 USD 125.00 - 350.00 USD 319.00
8276 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian - Tulip & Flowers. 182

1730 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 286.00
8313 John James Audubon

Audubon - Carolina Turtle Dove. 286

1840-1844 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 286.00
8351 George Wolfgang Knorr

Knorr - Seal, Sea Life. H8

1779 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 286.00
8272 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian - Marigold & Moth Metamorphosis. 8

1730 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 275.00
8324 Antonio Zatta

Zatta - Map of Mexico, New Spain, Central America

1776-1785 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 275.00
8321 Rigobert Bonne

Bonne - Map of Eastern America, Canada, Mexico. 35

1774 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 264.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
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    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
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