Auction Reports
Old World Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Maps and Atlases
- Auction Date
- 09/10/2025 - 09/10/2025
- Sale Number
- #205
- Total Lots
- 705
- Sold Lots
- 536
- Lots Sold
- 76.03%
- Unsold Lots
- 169
- Total Sales (USD)
- 324,851.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 336,165.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 413,015.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 446,900.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 547,305.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 59.35%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Jode, Cornelis de | Hemispheriu ab Aequinoctiali Linea, ad Circulu Poli Arctici / Hemispheriu ab Aequinoctiali Linea, ad Circulu Poli Atarctici |
1593 | USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 28,750.00 |
| 62 | Waldseemuller, Martin | Tabula Terre Nove |
1513 | USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 28,750.00 |
| 6 | Plancius/Vrients | Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio ex Peritissimorum Totius Orbis Gaeographorum Operibus Desumta |
1596 | USD 16,000.00 - 19,000.00 | USD 23,000.00 |
| 10 | Visscher, Claes Janszoon | Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula Auctore N. I. Piscator |
1652 | USD 14,000.00 - 17,000.00 | USD 13,800.00 |
| 660 | Vostre, Simon | [Illuminated Leaf] |
1502 | USD 800.00 - 950.00 | USD 11,500.00 |
| 8 | Speed, John | A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne According to ye Truest Descriptions Latest Discoveries & Best Observations yt Have Beene Made by English or Strangers |
1626 | USD 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 11,500.00 |
| 63 | Munster, Sebastian | Novae Insulae XXVI Nova Tabula |
1545 | USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 9,200.00 |
| 234 | A Map of Chicago's Gangland from Authentic Sources Designed to Inculcate the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue in Young Persons and Graphically Portray the Evils and Sin of Large Cities |
1931 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,912.50 | |
| 624 | Ortelius, Abraham | Maris Pacifici, (quod Vulgo Mar del Zur) cum Regionibus Circumiacentibus, Insulisque, in Eodem Passim Sparsis, Novissima Descriptio |
1589 | USD 7,500.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,050.00 |
| 3 | Ortelius, Abraham | Typus Orbis Terrarum |
1579 | USD 7,000.00 - 8,500.00 | USD 5,400.00 |
| 671 | Mercator/Jansson | Atlas Minor, das ist: ein Kurtze / Jedoch Grundliche Beschreibung der Ganzen Welt... |
1631 | USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,100.00 |
| 66 | Speed, John | America with Those Known Parts in That Unknowne Worlde Both People and Manner of Buildings Discribed and Inlarged |
1626 | USD 4,750.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,200.00 |
| 268 | Bradford, Thomas Gamaliel | Texas |
1838 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00 | USD 4,200.00 |
| 398 | Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae Livoniae et Moscoviae Descriptio |
1589 (circa) | USD 700.00 - 850.00 | USD 4,200.00 | |
| 288 | Ruscelli, Girolamo | Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova |
1561 (circa) | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,200.00 |
| 4 | Apianus, Peter Bienewitz | Charte Cosmographique, avec les Noms, Proprietez, Nature & Operations des Vents |
1581 (circa) | USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 672 | Wolff, Jeremias | [Untitled - Composite Atlas of 16 Maps] |
1710 (circa) | USD 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 3,300.00 |
| 109 | Gastaldi, Giacomo | Tierra Nueva |
1548 | USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,760.00 |
| 362 | Blaeu, Willem | Europa Recens Descripta |
1644 (circa) | USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,760.00 |
| 9 | Plancius, Petrus | Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus... |
1645 (circa) | USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
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![<b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). <i>A Happy Pair,</i> 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7419d4f-f0bd-48bd-a771-60a5a7085dba.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). <i>A Happy Pair,</i> 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/079d8567-8397-4add-975e-22b6520389b4.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.")
![<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/52dd1cf6-f094-4432-955c-f3b20077eb95.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000")