Potomack Company: Books, Maps and Prints Cornucopia
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Maps and Prints Cornucopia | Total Sales (USD) | 33,228.00 |
| Auction Date | November 18, 2024 - November 18, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 13,535.00 |
| Sale Number | #111824 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 24,640.00 |
| Total Lots | 107 | ||
| Sold Lots | 93 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 15,270.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.92% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 28,005.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 14 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 118.65% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2085 | WORLD STAMP COLLECTION, 19 ALBUMS, MID-19TH CENTURY AND LATER |
USD 400.00 - 700.00 | USD 11,700.00 | ||
| 2097 | MAPS OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 17TH TO 19TH CENTURY |
17TH TO 19TH CENTURY | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,820.00 | |
| 2057 | ALEXANDRE DUMAS | The Works of Alexandre Dumas. |
1890s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,105.00 |
| 2001 | Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities... |
1860 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 910.00 | |
| 2010 | Dickens, Charles. | Works of Charles Dickens, Riverside Edition. |
1871-72. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 2013 | Mayhew, Jonathan. | Practical Discourses Delivered on Occasion of the Earthquakes in November, 1755. |
1760 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 2062 | L. LESLIE BROOKE, JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH, AND ARTHUR RACKHAM | VINTAGE CHILDREN'S BOOKS, ILLUSTRATED BY L. LESLIE BROOKE, JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH, AND ARTHUR RACKHAM |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 617.50 | |
| 2005 | Harris, Joel Chandler. | Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. |
1881 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 2043 | FIFTEEN SIGNED LIMITED EDITION BOOKS |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 520.00 | ||
| 2070 | HARTMANN SCHEDEL | "CONSTANTINOPLE," |
CIRCA 1493 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 2002 | Parkman, Francis. | Works... |
1883 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 422.50 |
| 2042 | SIXTEEN SIGNED LIMITED EDITION BOOKS |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 422.50 | ||
| 2081 | PAIR OF ENGRAVINGS: OF EDINBURGH (EDYNBRUGUM); OF BRUNSCHWEIG / BRUNSWICK (BRUNSVICUM) |
USD 200.00 - 500.00 | USD 422.50 | ||
| 2093 | NINETEEN MAPS OF SCOTLAND, ENGLAND AND WALES, 19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER |
19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 422.50 | |
| 2040 | ELEVEN SIGNED BOOKS, MOST FIRST EDITIONS |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 390.00 | ||
| 2016 | Monkhouse, W. Cosmo (text by). | The Turner Gallery, A Series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from the Works of the Late J.M.W. Turner. |
1880?. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 2037 | Catch-22. |
1989 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 357.50 | |
| 2052 | Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary and Shelley, Percy Bysshe. | The Poetical Works.... |
1839 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 2060 | BOOKS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY, VIRGINIA HISTORY, AND MINNESOTA HISTORY |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 357.50 | ||
| 2100 | MAPS OF GERMANY AND PRUSSIA, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY |
17TH AND 18TH CENTURY | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 357.50 | |
| 2033 | Irving, Washington. | The Works of Washington Irving (Author's Revised Edition). |
1859 and 1860. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 2041 | ELEVEN SIGNED BOOKS, MOST FIRST EDITIONS |
USD 100.00 - 300.00 | USD 325.00 | ||
| 2092 | MAPS OF THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICA, 19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER |
19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 2012 | Cervantes and Dore, Gustave (illustrator). | Don Quixote. |
1880's. | USD 100.00 - 300.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 2094 | MAPS OF ITALY, 19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER |
19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 292.50 |
