Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper, 51626, Franklin

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Auction Report
Auction Date
May 16, 2026 - May 16, 2026
Page Size: 152 items in 7 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 Matthaeus Merian (1593-1650); A. Chovin

Pair of Dance of Death Engravings

Basel 1756 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 117.70
102 Matthaeus Merian (1593-1650); A. Chovin

Pair of Dance of Death Engravings

Basel 1756 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 117.70
103 Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)

View of the Remains of a Magnificent Sepulchral Structure, with its Ruins [Veduta degli Avanzi di Fabbrica magnifica Sepolcrale co'sue Rovine]

Rome circa 1780 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 214.00
104 Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)

View of a Large Boulder, a Remnant of the Tomb of the Metelli Family on the Appian Way

Rome circa 1780 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 214.00
105 John Gould

5 Shore Bird Lithographs

London 1840-1869 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 310.30
106 John Gould

4 Petrel Lithographs

London 1840-1869 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 267.50
107 John Gould

Glossy Ibis [Falcinellus Igneus]

London 1840-1869 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 428.00
108 John Gould

Australian Magpie [Gymnorhina Tibicen]

London 1840-1869 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 454.75
109 John Gould

Grey Falcon [Falco Hypoleucos]

London 1840-1869 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 321.00
110 John Gould

Northern Cassowary [Casuarius Uniappendiculatus]

London 1840-1869 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 856.00
111 George Vancouver (1757-1798)

3 Views of Canada

Paris 1799-1800 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
112 George Vancouver (1757-1798)

Mount Rainier, seen from the southern part of Admiralty Inlet [Le Mont Rainier, vu de la partie Sud de l'Entree de l'Amiraute]

Paris 1799-1800 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 963.00
113 George Vancouver (1757-1798)

Deert Indian Village in King George III Sound, Coast of New Holland [Village Indien Deert dans la Rade du Roi George III, Cote de la Nouvelle Hollande]

Paris 1799-1800 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 Not Sold
114 Antoine-Francois Prevost d'Exiles

Map of Tahiti

Paris 1748 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 171.20
115 Charles Wilkes

Map of the Hawaiian Group or Sandwich Islands

Philadelphia 1845 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 963.00
116 Walter E. Wall; John M. Donn

Map of Oahu, Hawaii (Hawaii Territory Survey 1902) [Sandwich Islands]

Washington 1906-1907 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
117 John M. Donn

Map of Hawaii (Hawaii Territory Survey 1901) [Sandwich Islands]

Washington 1906-1907 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 695.50
118 Parker Edwards (1911-1987)

Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Sandwich Islands)

San Francisco; Honolulu 1937 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,765.50
119 Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)

View of the Piazza della Rotonda (with the Pantheon in the background) [Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda]

Rome; Paris c1778 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,070.00
120 Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)

Another View of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli [Altra Veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli]

Rome; Paris c1778 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 428.00
121 Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)

View of the Temple of Bacchus

Rome; Paris c1778-early 1800s USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
122 Johann Bayer

Constellation or Star Chart of Scorpio (Scorpion)

Ulm 1639 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 374.50
123 Johann Bayer

Constellation or Star Chart of Argo Navis (Ship)

Ulm 1639 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 321.00
124 John Bevis (1695-1771)

Constellation or Star Chart of Andromeda, Chained Woman or Alpheratz and Sirrah

London 1747-1786 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
125 John Bevis (1695-1771)

Constellation or Star Chart of Pegasus

London 1747-1786 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.