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Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
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Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000. -
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
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Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
Forum Auctions: Online: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases, 1044, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 28, 2025 - August 28, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Horn (William Austin) Spencer (Sir Walter Baldwin) | Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, |
1896 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 77 | Grey (George) | Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia |
1841 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 78 | Photograph Album |
c.1912-14. | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 152.40 | ||
| 79 | Stephens (John) | The History of the Rise and Progress of the New British Province of South Australia |
1839 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 215.90 | |
| 80 | Sturt (Captain Charles) | Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia |
1834 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 81 | Mckie (Mary R.), Circle of. | Portrait of a seated Mi'kmaq woman with young child |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,302.00 | ||
| 82 | Lieut. I.M. (active c. 1830-1850) | Halifax |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | ||
| 83 | [3 Chinese prints] |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 482.60 | |||
| 84 | Anderson (Aeneas) | A Narrative of the British Embassy to China |
1795 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 85 | [Calleri (Giuseppe Gaetano)], "Joseph Marie Callery", translator. | Li-ki ou Memorial des Rites |
1853 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 86 | Chinese School (19th century) | [Album of mountainous landscapes] |
[probably 19th century] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 87 | Chinese School (19th century) | [Album of 15 original landscape and drawings of figures] |
[probably 19th century] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 88 | Chinese School (19th century) | [Album of woodblock prints of philosophers |
[19th century] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 82.55 | |
| 89 | Collection of Famous Paintings (A) | of the Sung Dynasty Formerly Preserved by the Thien Lai Studio |
[1970]. | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 90 | Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria) | Iunan Queicheu e Quangs Provincie della China, engraved map with original hand-colouring |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 101.60 | ||
| 91 | [?Cousin (Louis de)] | La Morale de Confucius |
Cologne | 1690 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 92 | Giles (Herbert A.) | A Chinese-English Dictionary |
1912 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 93 | Hager (Joseph) | Description des Medailles Chinoises du Cabinet Imperial de France, precedee d'un Essai de Numismatique Chinoise |
Paris | An XIII 1805. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 94 | Wu (Francis) | China Mail Pictorial of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong | [c.1948]. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 508.00 |
| 95 | Jack (R. Logan) | The Back Blocks of China |
1904 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,397.00 | |
| 96 | [Landscape Album], illustrations on silk each mounted on thick card f. |
[Tokyo] | [1912]. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97 | Legge (James) | The Chinese Classics, Vol.V Parts 1 & 2: The Ch'un Ts-ew with the Tso Chuen |
Hong Kong | 1872 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 101.60 |
| 98 | [Mandarin Guide] |
Kiukiang | [1893] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 99 | Mao Tse-tung. | May 7 Collection of Terms & Expressions (Chinese-English) |
Wuhan Hubei Province | 1968 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 406.40 |
| 100 | Nieuhoff (Jan) | L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'empereur de la Chine |
1655 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
