Arader Galleries: New York Views, Maps, Scenes, and Naval Prints from the Downtown Association
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | New York Views, Maps, Scenes, and Naval Prints from the Downtown Association | Total Sales (USD) | 444,750.00 |
| Auction Date | April 25, 2020 - April 25, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 571,150.00 |
| Sale Number | #42520 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,005,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 236 | ||
| Sold Lots | 234.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 575,950.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 99.15% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,012,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 43.94% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | (Left). MONTRESOR, John (1736- 1799). | A Plan of the City of New-York & its Environs"¦ Survey'd in the Winter, 1775. |
1775 | USD 30,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 25,200.00 |
| 136 | HOLLAND, Samuel (1728-1801). | The Seat of Action between the British and American Forces or An Authentic Plan of the Western Part of Long Island, with the Engagement of the 27th August 1776 between The King's Forces and the Americans. Containing also STATEN ISLAND and the Environs ofA |
1776 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,600.00 |
| 157 | (right). MONTRESOR, John (1736- 1799). | A Map of the Province of New York with Part of Pensilvania and New England from an actual survey by Captain Montresor, Engineer, 1775. |
1775 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 4 | BACHMANN, John (1814-1896). | Panorama of New York and Vicinity. |
1866 | USD 9,000.00 - 14,000.00 | USD 9,300.00 |
| 11 | BENNETT, William, J. (1787-1844) after CHAPMAN, J. G. (1808-1889). | New York, Taken from the Bay Near Bedlow's Island. |
1836 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 |
| 172 | PARSONS, Charles (1821-1910) & ATWATER, Lyman (1835-1891). | The Port of New York / Bird's Eye View from the Battery Looking South. |
1872 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 |
| 224 | WELLSTOOD, William (1819-1900), after SMITH, Benjamin Franklin (1830-1927). | New York, 1855 / From the Latting Observatory. |
1855 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 142 | JACOBSEN, Antonio Nicolo Gasparo (1850-1921). | Clipper Ship Gamecock / Built at E. Boston in 1857 for Capt. D. E. Barne. |
1918 | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,200.00 |
| 152 | MARTEL, Pierre (19th Century). | Martel's New York Central Park: respectfully dedicated to the park comissioners. |
1864 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,200.00 |
| 200 | SEYMOUR, Samuel (active 1797- 1823), after BIRCH, William (1755-1834). | The City of New York in the State of New York, North America. |
1803 | USD 15,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 7,200.00 |
| 112 | FOREMAN, E. and Brown Jr. | New York and Environs, from Williamsburgh. |
c. 1852. c. 1850's. | USD 8,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,900.00 |
| 45 | CARWITHAM, John (fl. 1723-1741). | A View of Fort George with the City of New York from the SW. |
c. 1674. | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 74 | DANCKERTS, Justus (1635-1701). | Novi Belgii Novae Que Angliae Nec Non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula. |
c. 1684. | USD 8,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 104 | ENDICOTT & Co. (Mid-19th C.). | U.S. Monitor Weehawken. |
1860's. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,700.00 |
| 129 | HAVELL, Robert Jr. (1793-1878). | Panoramic View of New York from the East River. |
1840-1844. | USD 8,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 5,700.00 |
| 107 | ENDICOTT & Co. (Mid-19th C.). | U.S. Harbor & River Monitor, "Canonicus", built by Harrison Loring, Boston, Mass. |
c. 1860's. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,400.00 |
| 44 | BURTON, C.W. (active, 1840's). | New York from Staten Island, Brooklyn City. |
c. 1849. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,100.00 |
| 132 | HILL, J. W. (1812-1879). | Brooklyn, L. I. / As Seen From Trinity Church, New York. |
1853 | USD 2,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,100.00 |
| 72 | CURRIER & IVES (1857-1907), after PARSONS, Charles (1821-1910). | The Great Ocean Yacht Race / Between The Henrietta, Fleetwing & Vesta. Dec. 11th, 1866. |
1867 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 134 | HILL, J. W. (1812-1879), engraved by MOTTRAM, C. (1807"“1876). | New York (Proof). |
1855 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 163 | PALMER, Fanny (1812-1876), after a sketch by MANNING, H. D. | A Midnight Race on the Mississippi. |
1860 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 203 | SMITH, Benjamin Franklin Jr. | Brooklyn, N.Y., 1854. |
1854 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 213 | After WALL, William G. (1792 "“1864), engraved by HILL, John (1770-1850). | City Hall / To the Honorable Philip Hone, Mayor of the City of New York... |
1826 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 202 | SMITH, Joseph R. (1796-1876). | ..First Methodist Episcopal Church in John Street New York... |
1844 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 8 | BENNETT, William, J. (1787-1844). | "A Brisk Gale", Bay of New York. |
1867 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 4,200.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
