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

Auction Reports

Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper Total Sales (USD) 104,908.15
Auction Date November 29, 2025 - November 29, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 201,800.00
Sale Number #112925 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 347,400.00
Total Lots 150
Sold Lots 132.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 280,200.00
% of Lots Sold 88.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 462,700.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 22.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5550 Catlin

Catlin - Original Watercolor by George Catlin of a Brewery Fire in Buffalo, New York on October 9, 1825

USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 5,778.00
5548 Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer - Pehriska-Ruhpa. Moennitarri Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Danse

1922 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,403.50
5524 Curtis

Curtis's Botanical Magazine - First 17 Volumes (Bound in 6) with 643 Engravings

1787-1803 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,654.50
5547 Audubon

Audubon, Folio - American Black or Silver Fox. 116

1845-1851. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 4,066.00
5455 Van Keulen

Van Keulen, Rare - Double Hemisphere World Map

1708 (but 1709) USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 3,317.00
5451 Mercator

Mercator, pub. 1630 - Map of the World

1630 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,210.00
5518 Merian

Merian, Folio - Caiman Holding Snake. 69 (Crocodile or Alligator). 69

1771 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 3,049.50
5432 Purchas

Purchas, pub. 1625 - Map of China

1625-1626 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 2,835.50
5500 Martinet & Buffon

Martinet & Buffon - Volume 5 with 98 Bird Engravings

1778 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,675.00
5472 Mucha

Maitres Affiches by Mucha - La Dame aux Camelias

1896-1900. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,568.00
5546 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Magnolia - The Umbrella Tree (Big Leaf Magnolia)

1731-1743 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 2,193.50
5471 Mucha

Maitres Affiches by Mucha - Lorenzaccio

1896-1900. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,979.50
5401 Greene

Greene - 12 Parrot Engravings

1884-1887. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,872.50
5433 Purchas

Purchas, pub. 1625 - Map of the Americas

1625-1626 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,765.50
5424 Bayer

Bayer - Constellation Chart: Pegasus, the Winged Horse

1609 or 1603 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,712.00
5470 Steinlen

Maitres Affiches by Steinlen - Lait Pur Sterilise

1896-1900. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,498.00
5445 Ortelius

Ortelius, pub. 1580 - Map of Eastern Asia with India, China, Japan, and East Indies Islands

1580 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,444.50
5513 Gould

Gould - Nepaulese Blue Pie

1850-1883 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,444.50
5514 Gould

Gould - Chinese Blue Pie

1850-1883 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,444.50
5519 Rosa Bonheur

Two Volumes with 108 Photogravures of the Art of Rosa Bonheur

1900 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,391.00
5532 Lyell

Lyell's Travels in North America, Canada, and Nova Scotia & Second Visit - 4 Volumes with 7 Plates & Text

1855 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,391.00
5487 D'Orbigny

D'Orbigny - 6 Butterfly or Moth Engravings

1849 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,337.50
5438 Hondius

Hondius, pub. 1631 - Map of the Americas

1631 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,284.00
5427 Cellarius

Cellarius - Celestial Chart with the Constellations according to Christian Symbolism [Coeli Stellati Christiani Haemisphaerium Posterius]

1708 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,230.50
5435 Purchas

Purchas, pub. 1625 - Map of the World

1625-1626 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,070.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.