This Week In Antique Maps & Prints
Auction Preview Week of February 13, 2006
The week begins with the Dorothy Sloan auctions in Los Angeles on February 15. To be precise, there are 3 auctions on one day: A California Gold Rush auction; Voyages and Travels with an Emphasis on Captain Cook; and Texas, California, the Southwest U.S., Mexico & the Borderlands: Interesting books, broadsides, maps & ephemera. Dorothy Sloan auctions, which take place roughly annually, are always extremely notable affairs in the world of antique maps, since the consignments typically include rare, difficult-to-find, and often breathtaking items. There are far too many wonderful items to do justice to in a blog -- if American cartography is your interest, you will not want to miss browsing their online catalogs. How about this item: from the Texas et al sale -- lot 68. Zebulon Pike's: An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi and through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw, published in 1810 in Philadelphia. First edition of the first U.S. government exploration of the Southwest. The maps, the first of the Southwest to be based on firsthand exploration, are considered “milestones in the mapping of the American West” (Wheat). Presale estimate: $35,000-70,000. Although most of the lots are not in that price range, that's the kind of treasure you can expect at a Dorothy Sloan auction. Check it out -- and be sure to enjoy the absolutely magnificent assemblage of rare American pocket maps.
Next up is a sale at Bloomsbury Auctions in London, with their Topography, Travel, Science, Medicine and Natural History auction on Feb. 16. The sale includes a good number of books relating to topography and travel in the English counties. Lot 25 caught my eye: The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated, folio first edition, by Sir William Dugdale. with 5 folding/double-page engraved maps, and 11 engraved plates on 10 sheets, published in 1656. The estimate is 750-1,000 GB Pounds. I also liked lot 32, Gilbert (Charles Sandoe) An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, by Charles Gilbert, published in 1817 in London. Presale estimate is 300-400 GB Pounds. The sale goes on to offer travel books from around the world, including polar regions, and some desirable books of voyages, including Cook and Hakluyt. Worth a click to their website.
On the 19th of the month there's a Fine Books and Manuscripts sale at Bonham's in Los Angeles. An interesting item we spotted is lot 1036, John Bennett's A Selection from the Most Remarkable and Interesting of the Fishes found on the Coast of Ceylon. Published in London in 1834, with 30 hand-colored, engraved plates of exotic fishes. Presale estimate is $3,000-4,000. Don't blink, because 2 lots later comes John Cassin's Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. With 50 hand-colored lithographs, this 1853 first edition, said to be in excellent condition, is tagged at $3,000-5,000 presale.
Other Events Relating To Antique Maps
February 16, 2006. Washington, D.C. The Washington Map Society meets at 7:00 pm in the Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress.
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The week begins with the Dorothy Sloan auctions in Los Angeles on February 15. To be precise, there are 3 auctions on one day: A California Gold Rush auction; Voyages and Travels with an Emphasis on Captain Cook; and Texas, California, the Southwest U.S., Mexico & the Borderlands: Interesting books, broadsides, maps & ephemera. Dorothy Sloan auctions, which take place roughly annually, are always extremely notable affairs in the world of antique maps, since the consignments typically include rare, difficult-to-find, and often breathtaking items. There are far too many wonderful items to do justice to in a blog -- if American cartography is your interest, you will not want to miss browsing their online catalogs. How about this item: from the Texas et al sale -- lot 68. Zebulon Pike's: An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi and through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw, published in 1810 in Philadelphia. First edition of the first U.S. government exploration of the Southwest. The maps, the first of the Southwest to be based on firsthand exploration, are considered “milestones in the mapping of the American West” (Wheat). Presale estimate: $35,000-70,000. Although most of the lots are not in that price range, that's the kind of treasure you can expect at a Dorothy Sloan auction. Check it out -- and be sure to enjoy the absolutely magnificent assemblage of rare American pocket maps.
Next up is a sale at Bloomsbury Auctions in London, with their Topography, Travel, Science, Medicine and Natural History auction on Feb. 16. The sale includes a good number of books relating to topography and travel in the English counties. Lot 25 caught my eye: The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated, folio first edition, by Sir William Dugdale. with 5 folding/double-page engraved maps, and 11 engraved plates on 10 sheets, published in 1656. The estimate is 750-1,000 GB Pounds. I also liked lot 32, Gilbert (Charles Sandoe) An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, by Charles Gilbert, published in 1817 in London. Presale estimate is 300-400 GB Pounds. The sale goes on to offer travel books from around the world, including polar regions, and some desirable books of voyages, including Cook and Hakluyt. Worth a click to their website.
On the 19th of the month there's a Fine Books and Manuscripts sale at Bonham's in Los Angeles. An interesting item we spotted is lot 1036, John Bennett's A Selection from the Most Remarkable and Interesting of the Fishes found on the Coast of Ceylon. Published in London in 1834, with 30 hand-colored, engraved plates of exotic fishes. Presale estimate is $3,000-4,000. Don't blink, because 2 lots later comes John Cassin's Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. With 50 hand-colored lithographs, this 1853 first edition, said to be in excellent condition, is tagged at $3,000-5,000 presale.
Other Events Relating To Antique Maps
February 16, 2006. Washington, D.C. The Washington Map Society meets at 7:00 pm in the Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress.
Technorati Tags: antiques, collectibles, vintage maps,
art, auctions, antique maps
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