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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books

Auction Info

Auction Name
Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper
Auction Date
01/03/2026 - 01/03/2026
Sale Number
#10326
Total Lots
151
Sold Lots
132.0
Lots Sold
87.42%
Unsold Lots
19
Total Sales (USD)
79,249.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
163,150.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
296,150.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
185,450.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
336,750.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
23.53%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6551 Renaud

Renaud's Royal Navy Master's Logbook with 25 Original Watercolors

 1851-1852 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 9,683.50
6450 Blaeu

Blaeu - Map of the Americas [Americae Nova Tabula]

 1641-1649 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,259.50
6475 Mucha

Maitres Affiches by Mucha - Papier a cigarettes Job

 1896-1900 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,831.50
6548 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Land Crab with Black Wood. 2-32

 1731-1743 USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,387.00
6540 Thornton

Thornton, Folio - The Queen Flower (Bird of Paradise Flower)

 1787-1812 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,852.00
6549 Elliot

Elliot - Ringless Chinese Pheasant

 1870-1872 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,658.50
6446 Jansson & Hondius

Jansson & Hondius, pub. 1656 - Map of the Antarctic Circle (South Pole) [No Antarctica, part of South America, Africa, and outline of New Holland (Australia)]

 1656 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,391.00
6550 Gould

Gould - Pair of Aracari or Toucan Lithographs

 1833-1835. USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,337.50
6457 Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer - Mouth of the Fox River (Indiana). 5

 1839-1842 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,070.00
6547 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Old Wife. 2-22

 1731-1743 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 963.00
6477 Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Floral Design or Motif. 30

 1902 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 963.00
6545 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Sand Crab with Gorgonian. 2-35

 1731-1743 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 856.00
6424 Bayer

Bayer - Constellation Chart: Hercules, Man with Club and Bouquet

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 856.00
6546 Catesby

Catesby, First Ed - Rock Fish. 2-5

 1731-1743 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 856.00
6476 Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Floral Design or Motif. 29

 1902 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 856.00
6454 Edward Curtis

Edward Curtis - 7 Photogravures of Native Americans

 1909 & 1926 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 802.50
6456 Edward Curtis

Edward Curtis, Folio - A Chipewyan Tipi Among the Aspens

 1928 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 802.50
6423 Bayer

Bayer - Constellation Chart: Lupus, the Wolf

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 802.50
6421 Bayer

Bayer - Constellation Chart: Ursa Minor, Small Bear

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 749.00
6543 Merian

Merian, Folio - Plant with Moth Metamorphosis. 20

 1771 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 722.25
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    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.