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Eldreds: September Market - Session 1

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Auction Name September Market - Session 1 Total Sales (USD) 19,603.20
Auction Date September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 13,550.00
Sale Number #91725 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 21,800.00
Total Lots 34
Sold Lots 31.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 14,950.00
% of Lots Sold 91.18% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 24,200.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 81.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6087 JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER

"The Bead Stringers", 1880.

Published by Dowdeswells, London. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,800.00
6202 CHARLES EDWARD DIXON

Pair of America's Cup illustrations:

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,328.00
6032 Robert Dodd

TWO R. DODD HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE

Early 19th Century USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,280.00
6073 BASILIUS BESLER Germany, 1561-1629

Creeping bugleweed, spring vetch and red campion.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 768.00
6114

ENGRAVED MAP OF INDIA

Circa 1599 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 768.00
6033 Robert Dodd

PAIR OF HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS OF ENGLISH NAVAL BATTLES

Late 18th/Early 19th Century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 704.00
6031

HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING "THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OBTAINED OVER THE FRENCH FLEET"

Late 18th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 640.00
6013

HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING OF A GALLEON'S STERN

18th Century or Earlier USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 576.00
6191 STANLEY ROSENFELD

"Ranger off the Wind".

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 576.00
6076

PAIR OF JULES DESFOSSE BLOCK-PRINTED WALLPAPER PANELS

France, 1860s USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 544.00
6020

TWO ENGLISH HAND-COLORED MARINE ENGRAVINGS

18th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 512.00
6074

SIX FRENCH BOTANICAL PRINTS

19th Century USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 512.00
6050

AMERICAN MAN-OF-WAR SHIP CUT-AWAY ILLUSTRATION

Mid-19th Century USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 384.00
6077

PAIR OF CLASSICAL BLOCK-PRINTED WALLPAPER PANELS

19th/20th Century USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 384.00
6199 FREDERIC COZZENS

PRINT "RUNNING OUT NEW BEDFORD"

19th Century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 384.00
6179

FRENCH WORLD WAR I POSTER

Circa 1918 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 320.00
6192 JOHN MARCY MECRAY

"Volunteer vs. Thistle".

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 320.00
6217 ANSEL EASTON ADAMS

My Camera in the National Parks book of photographs.

Boston: Virginia Adams and Houghton Mifflin, 1950. 1st edition. Signed on the fly page. Contains 30 photographic plates of various U.S. national parks by Ansel Adams. Spiral-bound. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 320.00
6160 CURRIER & IVES

LITHOGRAPH "THE MAGNIFICENT STEAMSHIP 'ST. LOUIS' OF THE AMERICAN LINE"

New York, 19th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 288.00
6019

TWO MARITIME ENGRAVINGS

18th/Early 19th Century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 256.00
6195

TWO PRINTS OF THE RACING YACHT "AMERICA"

19th Century USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 256.00
6198 JAMES R. MITCHELL

FIVE JAMES R. MITCHELL HAND-COLORED YACHT PRINTS

20th Century USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 256.00
6015

THREE DUTCH MARINE BATTLE SCENE ENGRAVINGS

Early 19th Century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 192.00
6021

TWO BRITISH ENGRAVINGS OF 18TH CENTURY VESSELS

Early 20th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
6034

FIVE MARITIME ENGRAVINGS

Late 18th/Early 19th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
  • 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.