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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Hutton (J. H.) | Census of India, 1931: Vol. 1 - India. Part 1 - Report |
Delhi | 1933 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 152 | Indian School (19th century) | Album with 24 mica paintings of Indian figures, and 9 early photographs of India and Southeast Asia |
[mid- to late-19th century] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 153 | Kangra School (India, probably 19th century or later) | An illustration to a Ragamala series, opaque pigments heightened with gold |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 406.40 | ||
| 154 | Mathers (E. Powys) | Eastern Love |
1927-30. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 95.25 | |
| 155 | Eastlake (Charles Lock 1836-1906), Circle of. | Eight landscapes and studies of Pakistan and India, watercolours |
[19th century] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 228.60 | |
| 156 | Rice (William) | "Indian Game" |
1884 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 76.20 | |
| 157 | Observations made on the navigation of the river Hugly, from Calcutta to the sea |
no place [?Calcutta or London] | 1795. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,540.00 | |
| 158 | Rose (H. A., compiler) | A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province |
v | 1914 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 698.50 |
| 159 | Selections from the pre-Mutiny Records of the Commissioner in Sind, cracked hinges |
Karachi | [1931]. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 | |
| 160 | Stewart (Charles) | Original Persian Letters |
1825 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 161 | Tyacke (Mrs. R. H.) | How I Shot My Bears; or, Two Years' Tent Life in Kullu and Lahoul |
1893 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 162 | Wilson (H. H.) | Rig-Veda-Sanhita. A Collection of Ancient Hindu Hymns, constituting The First Ashtaka ... |
1850 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 25.40 | |
| 163 | de Vito (Michele) | Ten studies of regional Italian clothing and characters |
[c. 1830] | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 164 | Knight (Henry Gally) | Saracenic & Norman Remains to illustrate The Normans in Sicily |
[1840]. | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 165 | Muller (Rudolf, Swiss artist, 1802-1865) | Neapolitan landscape with Castellammare di Stabia in the distance, watercolour over traces of pencil |
[circa 1850] | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 166 | Gigante (Giacinto, 1806-1876) | Napoli da Chiaia; Castello d'Ischia, a pair of Neapolitan views |
1828-1829 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,651.00 | |
| 167 | Horner (Friedrich, Swiss artist, 1800-1864) | Bay of Naples |
[circa 1850] | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 168 | Piranesi (Giovanni Battista) | Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda, etching |
[1751 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 952.50 | |
| 169 | Piranesi (Giovanni Battista) | Veduta del Porto di Ripa Grande, etching |
[1753] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 635.00 | |
| 170 | Piranesi (Giovanni Battista) | Veduta dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo, etching |
[1757] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 171 | Piranesi (Giovanni Battista) | Veduta dell' Arco di Costantino, e dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo |
[circa 1760] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 172 | Piranesi (Giovanni Battista) | Veduta del Ponte Lugano su l'Anione nella via Tiburtina risacito ne'tempi bassi, etching |
[1763] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 173 | Donati (Alessandro) | Roma Vetus ac Recens |
Amsterdam | 1695 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 330.20 |
| 174 | Hess (Peter Heinrich Lambert von, 1792-1871) | Tempio della Concordia e di Giove Tonante; Tempio della Fortuna Virile |
1828 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 175 | Senape (Antonio) | Collection of 13 Grand Tour views of Naples and Sicily, and their environs |
[circa 1810-1840] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 698.50 |
![<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.")
