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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) | 81,951.30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 04, 2026 - April 04, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 176,250.00 |
| Sale Number | #40426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 320,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 150 | ||
| Sold Lots | 138.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 206,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 369,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 12 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 22.17% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9153 | Audubon | Audubon, Imperial Folio - Ocelot or Leopard Cat. 86 |
1845-1851 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,683.50 |
| 9144 | Viala's Viticulture | Viala's Viticulture - 7 Volumes with 570 Grape Lithographs |
1901-1920 | USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 6,420.00 |
| 9058 | Braun & Hogenberg | Braun & Hogenberg, pub. 1575 - View of London, England |
1575 | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 3,156.50 |
| 9150 | Catesby | Catesby - Pigeon of Passage (Passenger Pigeon, extinct) with Red Oak. 1-23 |
1754 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,942.50 |
| 9140 | Thornton | Thornton, Folio - Hyacinths |
1787-1812 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,979.50 |
| 9032 | Cellarius | Cellarius - Chart of the Sun's Rotation [Solis Circa Orbem Terrarum Spiralis Revolutio] |
1708 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,926.00 |
| 9054 | Schedel | Schedel - God Creating the Universe (4 Pages) |
1493 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,712.00 |
| 9060 | Mortier | Mortier - Map of the Carolina Coast |
1696 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,444.50 |
| 9057 | Braun & Hogenberg | Braun & Hogenberg, pub. 1575 - View of Constantinople or Istanbul, Turkey |
1575 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,337.50 |
| 9034 | Bevis | Bevis, Rare - Constellation or Star Chart of Argo Navis (Ship) |
1747-1786 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,230.50 |
| 9055 | Valentijn | Valentijn - Map of Java in Seven Parts (Longest Map of Java ever printed) |
1724-1726 | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 1,070.00 |
| 9074 | Catlin | Catlin, Folio - The Snow-Shoe Dance |
1844 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 1,070.00 |
| 9138 | Redoute | Redoute, Folio - Floral Bouquet - Dahlia |
1850-1855 | USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 1,016.50 |
| 9142 | Brookshaw | Brookshaw, Folio - Cherries. 12 |
1804-1812 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,016.50 |
| 9143 | Brookshaw | Brookshaw, Folio - Pineapple. 44 |
1804-1812 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,016.50 |
| 9152 | Catesby | Catesby - Parrot of Paradise of Cuba with Redwood. 1-10 |
1754 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,016.50 |
| 9051 | Schedel | Schedel, pub. 1493 - View of Venice, Italy |
1493 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 963.00 |
| 9082 | Chagall | Chagall - Pair of Original Etchings |
1948 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 909.50 |
| 9139 | Thornton, Folio -The Narrow-leaved Kalmia |
1787-1812 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 909.50 | |
| 9017 | Gould | Gould, Australia - Pair of Duck Lithographs |
1840-1869 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 9021 | Gould | Gould, Australia - Red-winged Parrot [Aprosmictus Erythropterus] |
1840-1869 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 9061 | Jefferys | Jefferys, pub. 1775 - A Chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence (Published March 25, 1775) |
1775 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 9073 | Catlin | Catlin, Folio, On Card - Archery of the Mandans |
c. 1875 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 9121 | Gould & Lear | Gould & Lear - Golden-green Aracari or Toucan [Pteroglossus Prasinus] |
1833-1835 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 9028 | Piranesi | Piranesi - Roman Architecture & Antquities. 2 |
c. 1780 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 802.50 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950