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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) 68,898.50
Auction Date May 09, 2020 - May 09, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 109,725.00
Sale Number #50920 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 207,100.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 187 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 120,425.00
% of Lots Sold 93.50% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 226,100.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 30.47%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
18800 Basilius Besler

Besler - Sunflower

1713 USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,985.00
18630 David Roberts

Roberts, RSE Folio - Oblique View of the Hall of Columns, Karnak

1842-1849 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,565.00
18799 Basilius Besler

Besler - Sunflower

1713 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 2,915.00
18794 Dr. Robert John Thornton

Thornton, Folio - The Superb Lily

1787-1810 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,695.00
18641 Thomas L. McKenney & James Hall

McKenney & Hall, Folio - Ne-Sou-A-Quoit, A Fox Chief

1836 USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,585.00
18640 Thomas L. McKenney & James Hall

McKenney & Hall, Folio - Se-Quo-Yah, The Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet

1836 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,035.00
18628 David Roberts

Roberts, RSE Folio - Fragment of the Great Colossus at the Memnonium, Thebes

1842-1849 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,925.00
18629 David Roberts

Roberts, RSE Folio - Interior of the Temple of Esne, in Upper Egypt

1842-1849 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,595.00
18758 Charles Barney Cory

Cory - Elliot's Bird of Paradise

1883 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,485.00
18784 John Gould

Gould - Blue-breasted Sapphire Hummingbird, Eucephala Hypocyanea

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,155.00
18768 John Gould

Gould - Great-billed Blue Pie

1850-1883 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,045.00
18606 Sebastian Munster

Munster - Map of Americas

1598 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 880.00
18614 Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont D'Urville

Dumont - Map of Singapore

1841-1855 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 880.00
18767 John Gould

Gould - White-capped Blue Pie

1850-1883 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 742.50
18766 John Gould

Gould - Yellow-naped Woodpecker, Chrysophlegma Flavinucha

1850-1883 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 715.00
18626 Sir William Hamilton; Pietro Fabris

Hamilton - View of Naples from the sea shore near the Bridge of the Maddalena

1776-1779 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 687.50
18798 Basilius Besler

Besler - Iris, Wild Leek; Iris, Moly latifolium

1713 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 632.50
18779 John Gould

Gould - Alice's Emerald Hummingbird with Orchid, Chlorostilbon Aliciae

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 605.00
18780 John Gould

Gould - Yucatan Amazilii Hummingbird, Amazillia Yucatanensis

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 605.00
18790 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Butterfly Metamorphosis. 25

1705-1719 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 605.00
18616 Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont D'Urville

Dumont - Map of Part of Australia

1841-1855 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 577.50
18778 Albertus Seba

Seba - Nautilus Shells. 84

1734-1765 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 577.50
18781 John Gould

Gould - White-tailed Barbed-throat Hummingbird, Threnetes Leucurus

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 577.50
18791 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Guava & Butterfly Metamorphosis. 19

1705-1719 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 577.50
18759 Charles Barney Cory

Cory - Lyre Bird

1883 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 550.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • 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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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