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Swann Galleries: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books | Total Sales (USD) | 590,447.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 11, 2026 - June 11, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 297,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #2743 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 432,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 269 | ||
| Sold Lots | 266.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 300,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 98.88% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 437,700.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 3 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 134.90% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | Ortelius Abraham | Theatrum Orbis Terrarum |
1601 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 45,720.00 |
| 4 | Magnus Charles | Bird's Eye View of the City of Annapolis, MD. |
1864 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 3 | Magnus Charles | Birds Eye View of Alexandria, Va. |
1863 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 87 | Farmer John | Map of the State of Michigan and the Surrounding Country |
1844 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 148 | Speed John | A New and Accurat Map of the World |
1626-1627 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 225 | Bingham George Caleb | In A Quandary. Mississippi Raftmen Playing Cards |
1852 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 143 | Thackara; Vallance; Ellicott Andrew | Plan of the City of Washington |
1792 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 241 | Audubon John James | Red-Tailed Hawk |
1836 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 107 | Currier & Ives | The City of New York |
1892 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 179 | Le Rouge George-Louis | Recueil des Plans de L'Amerique Septentrionale |
1755 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 7,366.00 |
| 70 | View of Georgetown D.C. |
circa 1855 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,112.00 | |
| 123 | Kirilov Ivan | Imperii Russici Tabula Generalis quo ad Fieri Potuit Accuratissime Descripta |
1734 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,604.00 |
| 169 | Bertius Petrus | Theatri Geographiae Veteris Tomus Prior |
1618-1619 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 134 | Vance David H.; Young James Hamilton | Map of the United States of North America Compiled from the Latest and Most Authentic Information |
1825 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 273 | Merian Maria Sibylla | Group of 14 hand-colored engravings from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium |
1705-1719 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 27 | Revere Paul | A View of Part of the Town of Boston in New England and Brittish Ships of War Landing Their Troops! |
early nineteenth century | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,842.00 |
| 45 | Moll Herman | A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America |
circa 1730 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,842.00 |
| 270 | Anderson Alexander | The Wheel of Fortune |
circa 1820 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,842.00 |
| 71 | Buchanan James 3rd | The Union Empire of North America |
circa 1910 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,588.00 |
| 127 | NASA | Apollo Manned Lunar Landing / Goss Mission Profile |
1969 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,588.00 |
| 208 | Jordan David Starr; Evermann Barton Warren | Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. XXIII, for 1903. The Aquatic Resources of the Hawaiian Islands |
1905-1906 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,588.00 |
| 238 | Audubon John James | Red Headed Woodpecker |
1830 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 5,588.00 |
| 243 | Audubon John James | Townsend's Warbler / Arctic Blue-Bird / Western Blue-Bird |
1837 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 5,588.00 |
| 251 | Besler Basilus | Hortus Eystettensis |
1613 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,334.00 |
| 95 | Danckerts Justus | Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula |
circa 1684 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000