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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) 58,208.00
Auction Date October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 121,050.00
Sale Number #102525 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 220,600.00
Total Lots 150
Sold Lots 132.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 171,900.00
% of Lots Sold 88.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 295,300.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 19.71%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4447 Van Keulen

Map of the Pacific Ocean

1708 (but 1709). USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 3,263.50
4465 Henri Matisse, Charles d'Orleans

Matisse's Poemes de Charles d'Orleans

1950 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 2,675.00
4429 Cellarius

Celestial Chart with the Constellations according to Christian Symbolism [Coeli Stellati Christiani Haemisphaerium Prius]

1708 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,086.50
4444 Ortelius

Map of China

1598 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 2,086.50
4445 Van Keulen

Chart of the Gulf of Finland

1708 (but 1709). USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,872.50
4472 Maitres Affiches by Toulouse-Lautrec

Jane Avril

1896-1900. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,391.00
4426 Doppelmayr & Homann

Constellation Chart (Northern Hemisphere)

1742 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,230.50
4443 Ortelius

Map of the North Sea with part of America, Greenland, Iceland, British Isles, Scandinavia

1579 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,177.00
4427 Doppelmayr & Homann

Constellation Chart (Southern Hemisphere)

1742 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,123.50
4540 Catesby

Ground Squirrel (Eastern Chipmunk) with Mastick Tree. 2-75

1731-1743. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 909.50
4446 Van Keulen

Map of the Aegean Sea

1708 (but 1709). USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 856.00
4542 Catesby

Chatterer. 1-46

1731-1743. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 856.00
4422 Wilson & Evans

I'iwi or Olokele (Vestiaria Coccinea)

1890-1899 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 802.50
4424 De Vito

Naples from Posillipo (Napoli da Posillipo)

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 722.25
4470 Maitres Affiches

9 Poster Lithographs

1896-1900. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 722.25
4471 Maitres Affiches by Toulouse-Lautrec

La Revue Blanche

1896-1900. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 722.25
4419 Rothschild & Keulemans

Maui Nui 'akialoa (Hemignathus Lanaiensis)

1893-1900. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 668.75
4546 Catesby

Brown Curlew. 1-83

1731-1743. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 668.75
4455 Edward Curtis

Porcupine - Cheyenne

1911 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 642.00
4535 Gould

Mongolian Pheasant

1850-1883 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 642.00
4430 Dampier

Pair of Engravings of Ships arriving in Manilla, Philippines

1703 & 1705 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 615.25
4483 Redoute

Rose - Rosa parvi-flora (Native to North America)

1817-1824. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 615.25
4549 Merian

Soursop with Moth Metamorphosis. 3

1771 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 615.25
4407 Peron & Freycinet

Map of Sydney

1807-1816 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 588.50
4423 De Vito

Maddalena Bridge in Naples (Ponte della Maddalena in Napoli)

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 588.50
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.