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Old World Auctions: Maps and Atlases

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Auction Name Maps and Atlases Total Sales (USD) 167,366.40
Auction Date November 20, 2024 - November 20, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 178,960.00
Sale Number #201 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 219,785.00
Total Lots 794
Sold Lots 563 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 294,460.00
% of Lots Sold 70.91% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 362,160.00
Unsold Lots 231 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 46.21%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98

La Terra de Hochelaga Nella Nova Francia, Gastaldi/Ramusio

1556 USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 5,700.00
557

Des Neueroffneten Kriegs-Theatri in Ruszland und Turckey...

1740 (circa) USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,900.00
52

Americae Nova Tabula, Blaeu, Willem

1663 (circa) USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 2,880.00
341

A Draught of the Bay of Honduras, and Part of the Musquetto Shore, Mount & Page

1766 (circa) USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,760.00
118

Chart of the North-West Passage Discovered by Capt. McClure H.M.S. Investigator, 1850-1853, Johnston, W. & A.K.

1855 (circa) USD 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 USD 2,640.00
181

A New Map of Georgia, with Part of Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. Drawn from Original Draughts, Assisted by the Most Approved Maps and Charts, Bowen, Emanuel

1748 (circa) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,640.00
246

[Grands Voyages, Part II, Set of Plates] Brevis Narratio Eorum quae in Florida Americae Provicia Gallis Acciderunt, Secunda in Illam Navigatione..., Bry, Theodore de

1601 USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,160.00
682

Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus, Ortelius, Abraham

1579 USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,160.00
759

A New and Elegant General Atlas. Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time. Containing Sixty Three Maps, Drawn by Arrowsmith and Lewis..., Arrowsmith & Lewis

1812 USD 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,920.00
38

Planisphaerium Coeleste, Schenk, Pieter

1705 (circa) USD 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,560.00
149

Chapin's Ornamental Map of the United States with Plans of the World, British Possessions, West Indies & Colombia, Chapin & Taylor

1845 USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,560.00
171

Nova Virginiae Tabula, Hondius, Henricus

1638 USD 1,800.00 - 2,100.00 USD 1,560.00
195

Preliminary Map of the Lower Mississippi River from the Mouth of the Ohio River to the Head of the Passes in Thirty Two Sheets

1881-85 USD 2,500.00 - 3,250.00 USD 1,560.00
154

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, Blaeu, (Family)

1642 (circa) USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 USD 1,440.00
240

Pas Kaart van de Boght van Florida met de Canaal Tusschen Florida en Cuba , Keulen, Gerard van

1734 (circa) USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,440.00
8

Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita, Stoopendaal, Daniel

1714 (circa) USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,320.00
176

Carte Reduite des Cotes Orientales de l'Amerique Septentrionale Contenant Partie du Nouveau Jersey, la Pen-sylvanie, le Mary-Land, la Virginie, la Caroline Septentrionale, la Caroline Meridionale et la Georgie..., Sartine

1778 USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,320.00
758

[Volumes III & IV] Atlas Historique et Geographique..., Buy de Mornas, Claude

1762 USD 900.00 - 1,100.00 USD 1,320.00
177

Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, Nova Descriptio, Mercator/Hondius

1638 USD 1,800.00 - 2,100.00 USD 1,200.00
641

Asia Recens Summa Cura Delineata, Hondius/Jansson

1632 USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00 USD 1,200.00
766

The United States Gazetteer: Containing an Authentic Description of the Several States Their Situation, Extent, Boundaries, Soil, Produce, Climate, Population, Trade and Manufactures..., Scott, Joseph

1795 USD 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,200.00
349

Mapa Historico Pintoresco Moderno de la Isla de Cuba, May, Bernardo

1853 USD 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,140.00
552

Moscauw, Braun & Hogenberg

1597 (circa) USD 1,900.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,140.00
156

Nova Anglia Septentrionali Americae Implantata Anglorumque Coloniis Florentissima Geographice Exhibita, Homann, Johann Baptist

1725 (circa) USD 900.00 - 1,100.00 USD 1,080.00
586

Golfo di Venezia, Descritto..., Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria

1688 USD 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,080.00
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