Source : Cowans Auctions

Source Title Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Description Cowan's Auctions is based in the American Midwest in Cincinnati, Ohio. Despite its location far from the major urban centers of America, it has developed into one of the country's most important auction houses in the field of Americana. Its Americana auctions offer major collections of collectibles, political memorabilia, books, manuscripts, photographs. etc. The firm also offers much in the way of art, particularly Native American and folk arts, as well as firearms and other military items.

Cowan's was founded by C. Wesley Cowan in 1995. Cowan had gained much of his expertise serving as Curator of Archeology at the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. Prior to that he taught archeology at Ohio State University. Mr. Cowan will be familiar to many as an appraiser on PBS' television series Antiques Roadshow.

Cowan's Auctions generates around $20 million is sales annually, attracting over 1,000 bidders from all over the world. It features a department dedicated to the sale of books, autographs, and manuscripts.
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Total Records in AED 36503
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000