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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

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

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
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.