Forum Auctions: Online: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Online: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases | Total Sales (GBP) | 158,438.85 |
| Auction Date | August 28, 2025 - August 28, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 86,650.00 |
| Sale Number | #1044 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 124,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 379 | ||
| Sold Lots | 313 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 107,880.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.59% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 155,720.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 66 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 101.75% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Vasi (Giuseppe) | Prospetto del 'Alma Citta di Roma visto dal Monte Gianicolo |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 4,064.00 | |
| 81 | Mckie (Mary R.), Circle of. | Portrait of a seated Mi'kmaq woman with young child |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,302.00 | |
| 111 | Vintage Chinese Cultural Revolution Communist Propaganda Posters, collection of vintage propaganda posters |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 3,048.00 | ||
| 378 | Stanford (Edward) | Stanford's Library Map of London and its Suburbs |
1877 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 87 | Chinese School (19th century) | [Album of 15 original landscape and drawings of figures] |
[probably 19th century] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 353 | Baedeker (Karl) | Russia |
1914 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 370 | Donne (Benjamin) | A map of the Western Circuit of England, containing the Counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire |
[1784] | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 372 | Daw (Edmund, publisher) | Map of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts Kensington, delineating its Ecclesiastical & Parochial Divisions |
1846 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 157 | Observations made on the navigation of the river Hugly, from Calcutta to the sea |
1795. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,540.00 | |
| 177 | Vasi (Giuseppe) | Five single sheet views of Rome |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,413.00 | |
| 380 | Visscher (Claes Jansz.) After. | London, etched panorama from four plates joined as a continuous strip |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,032.00 | |
| 64 | Hamilton (Capt. Alexander) | A New Account of the East-Indies...from the Year 1688 |
1739 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 322 | Cook (Captain James) | The Journal of H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771 |
1977 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 166 | Gigante (Giacinto, 1806-1876) | Napoli da Chiaia; Castello d'Ischia, a pair of Neapolitan views |
1828-1829 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 239 | [Photograph Album] |
[c.1950s]. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,651.00 | |
| 209 | Schliemann (Dr. Henry) | Mycenae; a Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns |
1878 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 95 | Jack (R. Logan) | The Back Blocks of China |
1904 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 106 | Staunton (Sir George Thomas, translator) | Narrative of the Chinese Embassy to the Khan of the Tourgoth Tartars |
1821 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 206 | Russell (Alexander) | The Natural History of Aleppo |
1794 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 258 | Hunt (John) | The Ascent of Everest |
1993 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 15 | Mackenzie (John) | Austral Africa: Losing It or Ruling It |
1887 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,206.50 |
| 42 | Illustrated London News (The) | New York from Bergen Hill: Hoboken |
1876 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,143.00 |
| 72 | Various cartographers (19th century) | Collection of 7 folding maps |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 82 | Lieut. I.M. (active c. 1830-1850) | Halifax |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 180 | Black (John R.) | Young Japan. Yokohama and Yedo |
1883 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,079.50 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
![<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/52dd1cf6-f094-4432-955c-f3b20077eb95.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000")