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Arader Galleries: February 2026 Auction

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Auction Name	February 2026 Auction	Total Sales (USD)	410,370.00
Auction Date	February 07, 2026 - February 07, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	378,400.00
Sale Number	#20726	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	556,700.00
Total Lots	159
Sold Lots	68.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	2,833,100.00
% of Lots Sold	42.77%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	4,029,100.00
Unsold Lots	91	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	10.18%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
6	John James Audubon	Audubon Aquatint, Virginia Partridge, Plate 76 - One of Audubon's Most Dramatic Images	1827-1838.	USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	USD 60,000.00
37		William Faden's Rare Dublin Edition of this Revolutionary War Charleston View	1776	USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00	USD 48,000.00
42		Malby & Son's Monumental Terrestrial globe, called the "Colossus Globe" was manufactured by James Wyld in 1867	1885	USD 35,000.00 - 55,000.00	USD 40,800.00
21		Henry Mouzon Map of North and South Carolina - The Icon of the Carolinas during the American Revolution	May 30th 1775.	USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	USD 26,400.00
17	John James Audubon	Audubon Aquatint, Golden Eye Duck, Plate 342 - Winslow Homer's famous 1909 painting "Left and Right", Inspired by Audubon's composition	1827-1838.	USD 24,000.00 - 32,000.00	USD 21,600.00
39		William Faden's Plan of Part of the Provinces of Pennsylvania, and East & West New Jersey	1784	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 19,200.00
16	John James Audubon	Audubon Aquatint, Shoveller Duck, Plate 327 - A compositional masterpiece	1827-1838.	USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 18,000.00
34		Charles Stedman's The History...of the American War - The Best Book for the mapping of the American Revolution with 14 important maps	1794	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 18,000.00
38		Faden's Plan of Attack of Fort Sullivan Near Charles Town depicting a critical altercation of the Revolutionary War	1776	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 16,800.00
116		Wyld's 1846 Wall map of Mexico, the British Possessions in North America and the United States	1846	USD 12,000.00 - 24,000.00	USD 15,600.00
23		The Ross / Jefferys Map of the Mississippi - The Most Important map of the Mississippi River used in the War of Independence	1775	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 13,200.00
1	John James Audubon	Audubon Aquatint, Broad-winged Hawk, Plate 91	1827-1838.	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 10,800.00
9	John James Audubon	Audubon Aquatint, Goshawk and Stanley Hawk, Plate 141	1827-1838.	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 10,800.00
10	John James Audubon	Audubon Aquatint, Key West Dove or Pigeon, Plate 167	1827-1838.	USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 7,200.00
138		Duval's Largest World Map, and one of the few maps produced in seventeenth century France.	1679-1684.	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 6,000.00
2	John James Audubon	Audubon Aquatint, Pigeon Hawk, Plate 92	1827-1838.	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 5,700.00
119		Best Map of the Mississippi River during the Civil War	1863	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 5,400.00
90		Pollard London View of Hanover Square, 1787	1787	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,500.00
189	George Brookshaw	Brookshaw engraving from Pomona Britannica, White Candia, Plate LXXI	1804-1812.	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 3,000.00
88		Campbell's Pair of London Engravings from Vitruvius Britannicus	N/A	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,700.00
92		Shepard's Engraving of London at The Quadrant, Regent Street	1822	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,700.00
93		Pollard's London View of West Country Mails at the Gloucester Coffee House, Piccadilly	1828	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 2,700.00
97		Overton / Visscher New Map of the Kingdome of England with great original hand color	c. 1700.	USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,700.00
112		Grimm's 1797 Engraved Wall Map of Vienna, Austria	N/A	USD 1,800.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,700.00
14	John James Audubon	Audubon Aquatint, Black-backed Gull, Plate 241	1827-1838.	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,400.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.