Source : Connecticut Book Auctions

Source Title Connecticut Book Auctions
Description

The Book Auction Rooms have been a mainstay for the book dealer & collector for centuries. Dealers often refer to landmark sales, Doheny, Hoe, Jones, & Streeter, to name but a handful, the prices realized often seem modest by today’s standards. Occasionally copies of books that sold in those sales resurface to excitement and a flurry of competition, their values enhanced; to own the “Streeter copy” of a benchmark work in Americana is indeed a prize. Connecticut Book Auctions brings that respect for what has gone before with an eye to the future and hopes you will make some new memories of your own at our sales. We select material for auction based on a number of criteria; scarcity, condition, provenance, & whimsey, all with the goal of building a well rounded and interesting sale. We subscribe to the tenet that the hammer price is the price, with never a buyer’s premium. Our principals are proud of thirty plus years’ experience in all aspects of the scarce, rare, and out of print book trade and we pledge a commitment to forthright business practices and a customer friendly environment. 

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Total Records in AED 175
  • 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