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Old World Auctions: Maps and Atlases

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Auction Name Maps and Atlases Total Sales (USD) 231,848.40
Auction Date June 18, 2025 - June 18, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 261,175.00
Sale Number #204 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 319,680.00
Total Lots 717
Sold Lots 528 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 401,280.00
% of Lots Sold 73.64% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 488,785.00
Unsold Lots 189 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 47.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
681 Zatta, Antonio

[4 Volumes in 2 Books] Atlante Novissimo Tomo I-IV

 1779 USD 27,500.00 - 35,000.00 USD 23,000.00
62 Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria

[On 2 Sheets] America Settentrionale colle Nuove Scoperte sin all' Anno 1688 Divisa nelle sue Parti Secondo lo Stato Presente, e Descritta...

 1688 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,775.00
637 Ortelius, Abraham

Maris Pacifici, (quod Vulgo Mar del Zur) cum Regionibus Circumiacentibus, Insulisque in Eodem Passim Sparsis, Novissima Descriptio

 1589 USD 7,500.00 - 8,500.00 USD 6,325.00
4 Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum

 1581 USD 7,000.00 - 8,500.00 USD 5,750.00
52 Blaeu, Willem

Americae Nova Tabula

 1642 (circa) USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 USD 4,800.00
290 Linschoten/Langren

Delineatio Omnium Orarum Totius Australis Partis Americae, Dictae Peruvianae, a R. de la Plata, Brasiliam, Pariam, & Castellam Auream...

 1596 (circa) USD 7,000.00 - 8,500.00 USD 4,800.00
59 Arrowsmith, Aaron, Sr.

Map of America

 1804 USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 3,900.00
1 Fries, Lorenz

[Title on Verso] Tabula Moder. Gronlandiae et Russiae

 1525 USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 USD 3,600.00
6 Plancius, Petrus

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus...

 1624 (circa) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,600.00
49 Ortelius, Abraham

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio

 1587 USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 3,600.00
133 Danckerts, Justus

Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula Multis in Locis Emendata

 1690 (circa) USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 USD 3,600.00
51 Mercator, Michael

America sive India Nova, ad Magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui Universalis Imitationem in Compendium Redacta

 1630 (circa) USD 3,250.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,880.00
3 Munster, Sebastian

Typus Orbis Universalis

 1554 USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,640.00
406 Merian, Matthaus

Tabula Transeundi Maris Orientalis, Septentrionalis, et Occidentalis

 1644 (circa) USD 300.00 - 375.00 USD 2,520.00
48 Gastaldi/Ramusio

Universale della Parte del Mondo Nuovamente Ritrovata

 1565 USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 2,400.00
577 Blaeu, Willem

Asia Noviter Delineata

 1634 (circa) USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 2,400.00
608 Bry, Johann Theodore de

[Petits Voyages, Part VIII] Achter Theil der Orientalischen Indien / Begreiffend Erstlich ein Historische Beschreibung der Schiffart...

 1606 USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,400.00
344 Speed, John

Oxfordshire Described, with ye Citie and the Armes of the Colledges of yt Famous University Ao. 1605

 1616 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,280.00
2 Gastaldi, Giacomo

Universale Novo

 1548 USD 1,900.00 - 2,200.00 USD 2,160.00
684 Teesdale, Henry

A New General Atlas of the World, Compiled from the Latest Authorities Borth English & Foreign, Containing Separate Maps of Its Various Countries & States...

 1838 USD 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 USD 2,160.00
65 Palairet/Delarouchette

A Map of North America

 1763 (circa) USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00 USD 1,800.00
347 Gill, MacDonald

The Wonderground Map of London Town

 1914 USD 1,800.00 - 2,100.00 USD 1,800.00
378 Colom, Arnold

Pascaarte vande Oost-Zee...

 1658 (circa) USD 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 USD 1,680.00
574 Munster, Sebastian

Tabula Orientalis Regionis, Asiae Scilicet Extremas Complectens Terras & Regna

 1554 USD 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 USD 1,680.00
83 Homann, Johann Baptist

Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae nec non Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali Accuata Tabula

 1720 (circa) USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 USD 1,560.00
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    Available for Immediate Purchase
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