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

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Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper Total Sales (USD) 177,540.00
Auction Date November 30, 2024 - November 30, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 326,350.00
Sale Number #113024 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 503,100.00
Total Lots 160
Sold Lots 150 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 439,350.00
% of Lots Sold 93.75% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 662,600.00
Unsold Lots 10 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 26.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
68147 John Gould

John Gould's Family of Hummingbirds - Six Volumes with 418 Originally Hand-colored Folio Lithographs

1849-1887 USD 175,000.00 - 225,000.00 USD 99,000.00
68028 Willem and Jan Blaeu

Blaeu - Map of the World

1642-1655 USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 8,140.00
68037 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - The Jaguar. 101

1845-1851 USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 6,820.00
68025 David Roberts

David Roberts - Approach of the Simoom, Desert of Gizeh

1842-1849 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,885.00
68052 Alphonse Mucha

Mucha, Folio -Nectar Liqueur Advertisement: Illustration of Topless Woman. 14

1902 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,585.00
68045 James Otto Lewis

Lewis - Kee-O-Kuck or the Watching Fox, The Present Chief of the Sauk Tribe and Successor to Black Hawk

1835-1836 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,365.00
68046 Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer - The Travellers Meeting with Minatarre Indians near Fort Clark (Bodmer is shown in the Image). 26

1839-1842 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,980.00
68136 John Gould

Gould - Keel-billed Toucan

1852-1854 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,870.00
68146 John Gould

Gould, Australia - Cockatoo Parrakeet

1840-1869 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,650.00
68160 Dr. Robert John Thornton

Thornton, Folio - The Superb Lily

1787-1812 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 1,595.00
68058 Champenois; Artist: Alphonse Mucha

L'Estampe Moderne by Mucha - Incantation

1897-1899 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 1,540.00
68129 Walter Rothschild & John Gerard Keulemans

Rothschild & Keulemans's A Monograph of the Genus Casuarius - Volume with 23 Lithographs (18 from Keulemans)

1900 USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 1,540.00
68029 Captain Henry James Warre

Warre, Rare - Fall of the Peloos River

1848 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,485.00
68047 Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer - Assiniboin Indians. 32

1839-1842 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,430.00
68145 John Gould

Gould, Australia - Barraband's Parrakeet

1840-1869 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,375.00
68023 David Roberts

David Roberts - Grand Portico of the Temple of Philae, Nubia

1842-1849 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,210.00
68048 Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer - Pehriska-Ruhpa, A Minaterre or Big-bellied Indian. 17

1839-1842 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,210.00
68137 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Bird of Paradise (La Pie de paradis, vue par derriere)

1801-1806 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 880.00
68138 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Bird of Paradise (La Pie de paradis, vue par devent)

1801-1806 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 770.00
68035 Jacques-Gerard Milbert

Milbert - Niagara Falls from the American Side. 36

1828-1829 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 715.00
68050 Alphonse Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Lily Motif or Design. 33

1902 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 715.00
68142 John Gould

Gould, Australia - White-headed Fruit Pigeon

1840-1869 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 687.50
68024 David Roberts

David Roberts - Karnac

1842-1849 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 660.00
68135 Edward Lear & John Gould

Lear & Gould - Barn Owl

1832-1837 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 660.00
68086 Marcus Elieser Bloch

Bloch, Folio - Flying Fish. 399

1785-1797 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 632.50
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD