• Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: M. Waldseemüller, Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus, 1520. Est: € 250,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: I. Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, 1687. Est: € 100,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: L. Feininger, Collection of 33 comic strips, 1906-1907. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24:H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 30,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: K. Bodmer, Personal Sketchbook with ca. 80 pencil drawings. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Collection of 18 postcards “Bauhaus-Ausstellung Weimar 1923.“ Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Latin Book of hours on vellum, 1505. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: G. Shaw & F. P. Nodder, Vivarium naturae, 1789-1813. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943. First American edition. Est: € 6,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Ibn Butlan, Tacuini sanitatis, 1531. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Hermann Hesse, Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola, 1927. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Pop Art portfolio Reality & Paradoxes, 1973. Est: € 12,000
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
  • Swann
    Rare & Important Travel Posters
    November 25, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 25: James Northfield. Australia / Koala. 1931. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Mitsuharu Horiuchi. The North China Railway Co. Circa 1939. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Cunard [Slavonia] / New York Mediterranean. Circa 1905. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Rare & Important Travel Posters
    November 25, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 25: White Star Line / Types of World Famous Liners. Circa 1927. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Visit the USSR. 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Stefan Norblin. Wilno. Circa 1930. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Rare & Important Travel Posters
    November 25, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 25: Samuel Henchoz. Villars Chesières Suisse. 1948. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Roger Broders. Marseille / Porte de l'Afrique du Nord. 1929. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Arthur Vivian Farrar. Time is Money / Underground. Gouache maquette. 1930. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann
    Rare & Important Travel Posters
    November 25, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 25: Hawaii / Paradise of the Pacific. 1908. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Nov. 25: David Klein. New York / Fly TWA. 1956. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Leslie Ragan. The New 20th Century Limited / New York Central System. 1939. $15,000 to $20,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    A Worldwide Grand Tour:
    The Sven A. Behrendt Collection
    2 December 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 2: Isaac Newton. The mathematical principles of natural philosophy..., London, 1729, first edition in English, 2 volumes, contemporary calf. £35,000 to £40,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 2: Henri Abraham Chatelain. Atlas historique, Amsterdam, 1719-1721, 7 volumes, contemporary calf gilt. £7,000 to £9,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 2: Sir Marc Aurel Stein. Serindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, Oxford, 1921, 6 volumes, original cloth. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 2: Joseph Stöcklein. Allerhand... Reis-Beschreibungen, 1726-55, 32 parts in 5 volumes, contemporary pigskin. £5,000 to £6,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 2: Rudyard Kipling. The Complete Works in Prose and Verse, 1937-39, 35 volumes, publisher's tan morocco gilt, first volume signed by the author. £4,000 to £6,000.

Auction Reports

Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books

Auction Info

Auction Name
Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper
Auction Date
11/01/2025 - 11/01/2025
Sale Number
#110125
Total Lots
150
Sold Lots
124
Lots Sold
82.67%
Unsold Lots
26
Total Sales (USD)
56,956.10
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
103,750.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
187,700.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
124,850.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
227,100.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
25.08%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4643 Purchas

Purchas - Map of North America (One of the earliest English maps of America, helped legitimize California as an island myth)

1625-1626. USD 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 10,111.50
4621 Peron & Freycinet

Peron & Freycinet, Australia - First Map of the Complete Australian Continent

1807-1816. USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 2,461.00
4749 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Little White Heron. 1-77

1731-1743. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,193.50
4747 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Yellow Throated Creeper with Red Flowering Maple. 1-62

1731-1743. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,765.50
4658 Catlin

Catlin, Folio, On Card - Buffalo Dance

1844 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,605.00
4729 Frisch

Frisch - Cockatoo

1733-1763 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,337.50
4627 Cellarius

Cellarius - Celestial Chart of the Constellations of the Southern Hemisphere with Terrestial Plane below [Haemisphaerium Stellatum Australe Aequali Sphaerarum Proportione]

1708 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,123.50
4629 Doppelmayr & Homann

Doppelmayr & Homann - Constellation Chart, Gnomonic Projection of Stars (Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars III)

1742 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,070.00
4620 Peron & Freycinet

Peron & Freycinet, Australia - First Detailed Map of Adelaide, South Australia with Kangaroo Island and Kangaroos depicted below the Cartouche

1807-1816. USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 1,070.00
4740 Brasher

Brasher - Little Brown Crane (or Sandhill Crane). 205

1931 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,016.50
4735 Brasher

Brasher - Snow Geese in Flight

1931 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 909.50
4628 Doppelmayr & Homann

Doppelmayr & Homann - Constellation Chart, Gnomonic Projection of Stars (Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars VI)

1742 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 909.50
4750 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Green Turtle with Turtle Grass. 2-38

1731-1743. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 856.00
4602 David Roberts

David Roberts, Royal Sub Ed - 4 Lithographs of Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia

1846-1849. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 749.00
4677 Maitres Affiches by Steinlen

Maitres Affiches by Steinlen - Chocolat de la Compagnie Francaise

1896-1900. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 722.25
4604 De Vito

De Vito, Original Painting - Temple of Jupiter in Pompeii (Tempio di Giove a Pompei)

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 695.50
4731 Elliot & Keulemans

Elliot & Keulemans - Rhinoceros Hornbill

1877-1882 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 668.75
4615 Shaw & Nodder

Shaw & Nodder - The Dodo Bird (plus text & Head & Leg Engravings. 123

1789-1813. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 668.75
4686

4 Original Botanical Watercolors after Ledl for Jacquin, Curtis, Miller (according to Linnaeus system)

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 642.00
4659 Larmessin

Larmessin - Box Maker Costume (Habit de Layettier)

circa 1690. USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 642.00

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  • ALDE, Dec. 3:Les Chants de Maldoror, Paris, Albert Skira, 1934. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Braque le Patron, Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1945. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Le Soleil des eaux, Paris, Matarasso, 1949. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Des Hirondelles et de quelques oiseaux connus, méconnus, ou inconnus décrits par le Comte de Buffon et Dado, Fontfroide, 1988. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Ne coupez pas mademoiselle ou les erreurs des P.T.T., Paris, Galerie Simon, 1921. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Les Pélican, Paris, Galerie Simon, 1921. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Quatre histoires de blanc et noir, Paris, s.n., 1926. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu, Paris, Ambroise Vollard, 1931. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Hommage à Pablo Picasso, Paris, s.n., 1966. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Qu'est-ce que Thérèse ? C'est les maronniers en fleurs, Paris, Le Soleil Noir, 1974. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Traité des Excitants Modernes, Paris, Yves Rivière, 1989. €6,000 to €8,000.
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