• Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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Arader Galleries: February 2025 Auction features Travel and Exploration Works on Paper from the 16th - 20th Centuries

Auction Reports

Auction Name February 2025 Auction features Travel and Exploration Works on Paper from the 16th - 20th Centuries Total Sales (USD) 1,000,445.00
Auction Date February 01, 2025 - February 01, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 911,000.00
Sale Number #20125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,262,400.00
Total Lots 142
Sold Lots 50 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,100,900.00
% of Lots Sold 35.21% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,330,900.00
Unsold Lots 92 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 23.10%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Great Blue Heron, Plate 211.

1827-1838. USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 288,000.00
113 SOPHIANOS, Nikolaos (c. 1500-1551).

Descriptio nova totius Graeciae per Nicolaum Sophianum.

1601 USD 225,000.00 - 275,000.00 USD 212,500.00
8 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Louisiana Heron, Plate 217.

1827-1838. USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 204,000.00
6 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Pileated Woodpecker, Plate 111.

1827-1838. USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 108,000.00
14 AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851).

Canvas backed Duck, Plate 301 - With View of Baltimore, Maryland in the background.

1827-1838. USD 45,000.00 - 55,000.00 USD 43,200.00
112 OLIVA, Jouanne (fl. 1570-1614).

Illuminated manuscript portolan chart on vellum of Sardinia "Isola. D. Sardegna".

ca 1600. USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
5 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Key West Dove or Pigeon, Plate 167.

1827-1838. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,800.00
17 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Sharp-tailed Grous, Plate 382.

1827-1838. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,600.00
176 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893).

Fort Union, Tab 28 (State 1).

1832-1843. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,000.00
21 CATESBY, Mark (1683-1749).

[Heath Hen or Grouse], Plate 1.

1731-1743. USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,700.00
134 BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas (French, 1703-1772).

Ville de Manathe ou Nouvelle-Yorc.

1740 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,500.00
118 PITT, Moses (1639-1697), JANSSON, Jan (1588-1664). after.

[Ukraine] Typus Generalis Ukrainae sive Palatinatuum Podoliae, Kioviensis et Braczkavuebtus...

c. 1685. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,900.00
129 VISSCHER, Nicholas (1618-1679).

Novi Belgii novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae Tabula multis in locis emendata.

c. 1684 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,900.00
12 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Velvet Duck, Plate 247.

1827-1838. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,600.00
180 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893).

Indian Utensils and Arms, Tab 48.

1832-1843. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,600.00
184 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893).

Fort Pierre, Tab 10.

1832-1843. USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,600.00
3 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Wood Wren, Plate 179.

1827-1838. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,000.00
24 CATESBY, Mark (1683-1749).

The Golden winged Woodpecker, Plate 19.

1731-1743. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,000.00
179 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893).

Winter Village of the Minatarres, Tab 26.

1832-1843. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,000.00
190 MCKENNEY, Thomas (1785-1859) & HALL, James (1793-1868).

Chond Ca Pe, An Ottde Chief.

1837-1844. USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
191 MCKENNEY, Thomas (1785-1859) & HALL, James (1793-1868).

Mon-Ka-Ush-Ka, A Sioux Chief.

1837-1844. USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
25 CATESBY, Mark (1683-1749).

The Ground-Squirrel, Sciurus Striatus, Plate 75, Vol 2.

1731-1743. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,700.00
142 BARRALETT, John James (1747-1815), after; David EDWIN (1776-1841) [Engraver]; WARRELL, James (1780-1854) [Designer].

This Representation of Peter Franciscos Gallant Action with Nine of Tarletons Cavalry in Sight of a Troop of Four Hundred Men.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,700.00
11 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Common Gallinule, Plate 244.

1827-1838. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,280.00
174 BURLEIGH, Lucien. R. (1853-1923).

Saratoga Springs, NY 1888.

1888 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,250.00
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
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