Antique Maps Auction Preview Week Of November 7, 2005
A Great Upcoming Week At The Auctions For Antique Maps and Prints
A very busy week coming up for antique map and print buyers at the auctions. The week kicks off with a sale at Bonhams, in London, in their Photography, Books, Maps, & Manuscripts Sale. Up for grabs at Bonhams: maps of the Americas by Homann and Janssonius; a nice, 3-volume S.D.U.K. set of maps from 1844; plenty of Blaeu and Speed English County maps, and a nice assortment of travel books.
Over to New York, also on the 8th of November, where Doyle’s will be selling Autographs, Rare Books, and Maps. Lot 2038 is essentially a set of loose bird prints by Buffon; lot 2115 is David Burr’s Map of the Counties of New York, Queens, Kings, and Richmond, with what is surely a low estimate at $200-300; DeLisle’s North America is also available. Most of the antique maps in the Doyle sale fall toward the lower end of the price range, with Ortelius’s Africa, for example, being one of the top antique maps for the whole sale.
Some Enticing Material At Dominic Winter
The antique map and print "auction week" continues on November 9, with a sale at Dominic Winter Book Auctions in England. The highlight of the show is lot 12, a 1647 edition of Blaeu’s Nieuwe Atlas, the England & Wales volume. The estimate is 8000-12,000 GBP. Some very nice items in this sale, including lot 9, an “excellent” set of Captain Belcher’s Last of the Arctic Voyages, estimate 500-700 GBP; Burton’s Exploration of the Highlands of Brazil, (lot 16, estimate 400-600 GBP;) lot 41, Pieter van den Keere’s 1646 atlas, containing 83 maps, estimate 2,000-3,000 GBP, and rounding out a nice selection of travel and topography, Teesdale’s New British Atlas, 1829 (lot 110, estimate 500-800 GBP.) The natural history section of the sale includes Loudon’s Flower Garden of Ornamental Annuals, 1840 (lot 137, 1,000-1,500 GBP.) A likely target for antique botanical print lovers is lot 149, Robert Warner’s Select Orchidaceous Plants, 1865-75, containing 39 hand-colored lithographs. The estimate is 2,000-3,000 in pounds sterling.
Antique Maps And Antique Prints On The West Coast
It’s back to Bonham’s in San Francisco and Los Angeles on November 14, where the by-now travel and gavel-weary antique maps and prints fans will find some of both to restore their spirits. There is a group of antique English county maps by John Speed, including the ever-popular Oxfordshire, starting with lot 1041. For those in search of Audubon bird prints, lot 1054 is an octavo edition of Birds of America, with a whopping $80,000-100,000 estimate. Printed views of Rome are in full view with lot 1103, Cassini’s 1779 collection of 80 engraved plates of the city and surroundings, estimated at $1500-2500.
Antique Maps And Prints For Those With Deep Pockets
If you are still in the mood for antique maps, and ready to spend some really big bucks, then the Christie’s sale in London on November 16 is for you. A 1595 edition of Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is up for grabs, with a presale estimate of 60,000-80,000 GBP.
To round out the week, try Sotheby’s in London on the 17th. Their sale of Valuable Printed Books, including travel, natural history, and atlases, is a feast for the eyes and hearts of antique maps and prints lovers everywhere. A wonderful selection if you have the bank account to play
A very busy week coming up for antique map and print buyers at the auctions. The week kicks off with a sale at Bonhams, in London, in their Photography, Books, Maps, & Manuscripts Sale. Up for grabs at Bonhams: maps of the Americas by Homann and Janssonius; a nice, 3-volume S.D.U.K. set of maps from 1844; plenty of Blaeu and Speed English County maps, and a nice assortment of travel books.
Over to New York, also on the 8th of November, where Doyle’s will be selling Autographs, Rare Books, and Maps. Lot 2038 is essentially a set of loose bird prints by Buffon; lot 2115 is David Burr’s Map of the Counties of New York, Queens, Kings, and Richmond, with what is surely a low estimate at $200-300; DeLisle’s North America is also available. Most of the antique maps in the Doyle sale fall toward the lower end of the price range, with Ortelius’s Africa, for example, being one of the top antique maps for the whole sale.
Some Enticing Material At Dominic Winter
The antique map and print "auction week" continues on November 9, with a sale at Dominic Winter Book Auctions in England. The highlight of the show is lot 12, a 1647 edition of Blaeu’s Nieuwe Atlas, the England & Wales volume. The estimate is 8000-12,000 GBP. Some very nice items in this sale, including lot 9, an “excellent” set of Captain Belcher’s Last of the Arctic Voyages, estimate 500-700 GBP; Burton’s Exploration of the Highlands of Brazil, (lot 16, estimate 400-600 GBP;) lot 41, Pieter van den Keere’s 1646 atlas, containing 83 maps, estimate 2,000-3,000 GBP, and rounding out a nice selection of travel and topography, Teesdale’s New British Atlas, 1829 (lot 110, estimate 500-800 GBP.) The natural history section of the sale includes Loudon’s Flower Garden of Ornamental Annuals, 1840 (lot 137, 1,000-1,500 GBP.) A likely target for antique botanical print lovers is lot 149, Robert Warner’s Select Orchidaceous Plants, 1865-75, containing 39 hand-colored lithographs. The estimate is 2,000-3,000 in pounds sterling.
Antique Maps And Antique Prints On The West Coast
It’s back to Bonham’s in San Francisco and Los Angeles on November 14, where the by-now travel and gavel-weary antique maps and prints fans will find some of both to restore their spirits. There is a group of antique English county maps by John Speed, including the ever-popular Oxfordshire, starting with lot 1041. For those in search of Audubon bird prints, lot 1054 is an octavo edition of Birds of America, with a whopping $80,000-100,000 estimate. Printed views of Rome are in full view with lot 1103, Cassini’s 1779 collection of 80 engraved plates of the city and surroundings, estimated at $1500-2500.
Antique Maps And Prints For Those With Deep Pockets
If you are still in the mood for antique maps, and ready to spend some really big bucks, then the Christie’s sale in London on November 16 is for you. A 1595 edition of Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is up for grabs, with a presale estimate of 60,000-80,000 GBP.
To round out the week, try Sotheby’s in London on the 17th. Their sale of Valuable Printed Books, including travel, natural history, and atlases, is a feast for the eyes and hearts of antique maps and prints lovers everywhere. A wonderful selection if you have the bank account to play
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