Arader Galleries: Travel and Exploration Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Travel and Exploration Works on Paper | Total Sales (USD) | 1,190,087.50 |
| Auction Date | November 23, 2024 - November 23, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,115,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #112324 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,662,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 209 | ||
| Sold Lots | 81 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 5,022,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 38.76% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 7,944,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 128 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 14.98% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Hooping Crane, Plate 226. |
1827-1838. | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 194,400.00 |
| 32 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Common American Swan, Plate 411. |
1827-1838. | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 180,000.00 |
| 75 | POITEAU, Pierre-Antone (French, 1766-1854). | Artocarpus integrifolia, or jaca. Whole-leaved jackfruit or Indian jaca tree. |
USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 96,000.00 | |
| 3 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Plate 66. |
1827-1838. | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 94,200.00 |
| 70 | REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840). | Garden Tulip (Tulipa Suaveolens), Watercolor for Plate 111. |
ca. 1802-1816 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 72,000.00 |
| 30 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | California Vulture, Plate 426. |
1827-1838. | USD 22,000.00 - 28,000.00 | USD 43,200.00 |
| 23 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Black-Bellied Darter [Anhinga], Plate 316. |
1827-1838. | USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 158 | FRY, Joshua (1699-1754), and JEFFERSON, Peter (1708-1757). | A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina. |
1775 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 31 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | White Heron, Plate 386. |
1827-1838. | USD 45,000.00 - 55,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
| 8 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Barred Owl, Plate 46. |
1827-1838. | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 31,200.00 |
| 159 | MOUZON, Henry (1741-1807). | An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina with their Indian Frontiers. |
1775 [but 1776]. | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 26,400.00 |
| 172 | ARROWSMITH, Aaron (1750-1823). | A Map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America... 1795, with additions to 1811. |
1811 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 26,400.00 |
| 96 | ATKINSON, James (attr.) (1780-1852). | A meeting of Rajahs in the Punjab hills. |
USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 | |
| 114 | DE LAET, Johannes (1581-1649). | Novus Orbis seu descriptionis Indiae Occidentalis libri XVIII Authore Ioanne de Laet Antverp. Novis Tabulis Geographicis et variis Animantium, Plantarum Fructuumque Iconibus illustrati. |
1633 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 24,000.00 |
| 16 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Canada Goose, Plate 201. |
1827-1838. | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 21,600.00 |
| 12 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Ferruginous Thrush, Plate 116. |
1827-1838. | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 16,800.00 |
| 28 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Common Buzzard Swainson's Hawk, Plate 372. |
1827-1838. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 6 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | American Snipe, South Carolina Plantation near Charleston in background, Plate 243. |
1827-1838. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 11,400.00 |
| 10 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Broad-Winged Hawk, Plate 91. |
1827-1838. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,400.00 |
| 13 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Goshawk and Stanley Hawk, Plate 141. |
1827-1838. | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 24 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Black-throated Diver, Plate 346. |
1827-1838. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 157 | [North America] LE ROUGE, Georges Louis (c.1707-1790), after MITCHELL, John (1711-1768). | Amerique Septentrionale avec les routes distances en miles villages et establissments francois et anglois. |
1756 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 91 | HICKS, S.E. (19th Century). | The U.S. Capitol Building with the Washington Monument in the Distance. |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 | |
| 9 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Red-Shouldered Hawk, Plate 56. |
1827-1838. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,400.00 |
| 7 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Engraved by William H. Lizars (1788-1859). |
1827-1838. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,200.00 |
