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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) | 172,831.75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 04, 2026 - July 04, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 242,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #70426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 389,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 73 | ||
| Sold Lots | 68.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 257,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 93.15% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 413,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 5 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 41.84% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1476 | Audubon John James | Birds of America |
1840-1844 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 62,060.00 |
| 1440 | De Bry Theodor; Le Moyne Jacques | Brevis Narratio eorum quae in florida Americae provi[n]cia Gallis acciderunt |
1591 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 37,450.00 |
| 1439 | Chatelain Henri Abraham | Carte tres curieuse de la Mer du Sud |
1718-1720 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 18,457.50 |
| 1438 | Roberts David | The Simoom in the Desert |
1846-1849 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 5,029.00 |
| 1429 | Kircher Athanasius (1601-1680) | d'Onder-Aardse Weereld |
1682 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,852.00 |
| 1453 | Cheret Jules | Bieres de la Meuse |
1896-1900 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,942.50 |
| 1473 | Thornton Robert John | New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus |
1787-1812 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 2,568.00 |
| 1467 | Gould John | A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans |
1852-1854 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,461.00 |
| 1428 | Kircher Athanasius (1601-1680) | d'Onder-Aardse Weereld |
1682 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,819.00 |
| 1475 | Audubon John James;Audubon John Woodhouse | The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America |
1845-1851 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,658.50 |
| 1446 | Bodmer Karl | Travels in the Interior of North America |
1839-1842 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,605.00 |
| 1468 | Redoute Pierre Joseph | Le Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs |
1827-1833 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,551.50 |
| 1445 | Curtis Edward (1868-1952) | The North American Indian |
1930 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,444.50 |
| 1472 | Thornton Robert John | New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus |
1787-1812 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,391.00 |
| 1433 | Braun Georg; Hogenberg Frans | View of Constantinople |
1575 | USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 1,230.50 |
| 1441 | Curtis Edward (1868-1952) | The North American Indian |
1926 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,016.50 |
| 1405 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) | Vedute di Roma |
c. 1778-1800s | USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 963.00 |
| 1432 | Braun Georg; Hogenberg Frans | View of Rome |
1575 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 963.00 |
| 1444 | Curtis Edward (1868-1952) | The North American Indian |
1930 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 963.00 |
| 1471 | Redoute Pierre Joseph | Le Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs |
1827-1833 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 963.00 |
| 1404 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) | Vedute di Roma |
c. 1778-1800s | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 909.50 |
| 1420 | Hawaiian Fishes | Hawaiian Fishes |
circa 1905 | USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 909.50 |
| 1443 | Catlin George (1796-1872) | North American Indian Portfolio |
1875 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 802.50 |
| 1411 | Rodrigues Joao Barbosa | Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium ou relation des palmiers nouveaux du Bresil |
1903 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 749.00 |
| 1466 | Catesby Mark | The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands |
1754 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 749.00 |
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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