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Old World Auctions: Maps and Atlases - bidstart 8/28

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Auction Name	Maps and Atlases - bidstart 8/28	Total Sales (USD)	216,808.80
Auction Date	September 11, 2024 - September 11, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	225,895.00
Sale Number	#199	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	277,915.00
Total Lots	770
Sold Lots	582	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	333,450.00
% of Lots Sold	75.58%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	409,395.00
Unsold Lots	188	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	52.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
361	Ortelius, Abraham	"Islandia", Ortelius, Abraham	1585	USD 9,500.00 - 12,000.00	USD 12,600.00
55	Munster, Sebastian	"Novae Insulae XXVI Nova Tabula", Munster, Sebastian	1545	USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00	USD 5,400.00
56	Ortelius, Abraham	"Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio", Ortelius, Abraham	1587	USD 4,750.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,200.00
518	van Keulen en Zoonen, Johannes	"Aan Zyne Doorluchtigste Hoogheid Willem de Vyfde ... Wassende Graade Paskaart van de Zwarte Zee...", van Keulen en Zoonen, Johannes	1775 (circa)	USD 1,100.00 - 1,400.00	USD 3,900.00
573	Braun & Hogenberg	"Byzantium, nunc Constantinopolis", Braun & Hogenberg	1572	USD 1,900.00 - 2,300.00	USD 3,900.00
619		"Carte Topographique de l'Ile de Hong Kong",	1874	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 3,900.00
279	Bry, Theodore de	"[Grands Voyages, Part I] Admiranda Narratio Fida Tamen, de Commodis et Incolarum Ritibus Virginiae, Nuper Admodum ab Anglis...", Bry, Theodore de	1608 (circa)	USD 1,900.00 - 2,200.00	USD 3,600.00
637	Bry, Johann Theodore de	"[Petits Voyages, Part VIII] Achter Theil der Orientalischen Indien / Begreiffend Erstlich ein Historische Beschreibung der Schiffart...", Bry, Johann Theodore de	1606	USD 4,750.00 - 5,500.00	USD 3,480.00
652	Blaeu, Willem	"Africae Nova Descriptio", Blaeu, Willem	1663 (circa)	USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00	USD 2,880.00
622	Speed, John	"The Kingdome of China Newly Augmented", Speed, John	1626	USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00	USD 2,640.00
105	Wytfliet, Cornelis	"Norumbega et Virginia", Wytfliet, Cornelis	1607 (circa)	USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,400.00
153	Covens & Mortier	"Carte General de la Caroline. Dresse sur les Memoires le Plus Nouveaux par le Sieua S...", Covens & Mortier	1730 (circa)	USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,400.00
399	Speed, John	"The Kingdome of Irland Devided into Severall Provinces, and the Againe Devided into Counties. Newly Described", Speed, John	1610	USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,400.00
13	Moll, Herman	"A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and from the Most Exact Observations", Moll, Herman	1730 (circa)	USD 3,750.00 - 4,500.00	USD 2,280.00
101	Senex, John	"A New Map of the English Empire in America viz Virginia Maryland Carolina Pennsylvania New York New Iarsey New England Newfoundland New France &c.", Senex, John	1719	USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,160.00
129		"A New and Embellished Map of the United States. Compiled from the Latest & Most Authentic Documents",	1845	USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,160.00
135	Blaeu, (Family)	"Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova", Blaeu, (Family)	1663 (circa)	USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00	USD 2,160.00
141	Hondius, Henricus	"Nova Virginiae Tabula", Hondius, Henricus	1630 (circa)	USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00	USD 2,040.00
73	Scherer, Heinrich	"America Borealis", Scherer, Heinrich	1699	USD 900.00 - 1,100.00	USD 1,920.00
646	Ortelius, Abraham	"Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus", Ortelius, Abraham	1579	USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,920.00
50	Ptolemy/Sylvanus	"[Secunda Africae Tabula / Quarta Africae Tabula / Prima Asiae Tabula / Prima Africae Tabula]", Ptolemy/Sylvanus	1511 (circa)	USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00	USD 1,800.00
118	U.S. War Department	"Military Map of the United States", U.S. War Department	1869	USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,800.00
183	Koppel, Charles	"[4 Early Views of California Bound in] Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean ... Volume V", Koppel, Charles	1856	USD 350.00 - 425.00	USD 1,800.00
363	Blaeu, Willem	"Europa Recens Descripta", Blaeu, Willem	1635	USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00	USD 1,800.00
7	Stoopendaal, Daniel	"Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita", Stoopendaal, Daniel	1682	USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00	USD 1,680.00

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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