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Auction 196, Lot 4
Subject: World
Ortelius, Abraham
Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1572
Size: 19.6 x 13.4 inches (49.8 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 2/7/2024
Auction 196, Lot 5
Subject: World
Plancius, Petrus
Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus, 1592
Size: 20.3 x 11.3 inches (51.6 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Rare Second State
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 2/7/2024
Auction 196, Lot 8
Subject: World
Hondius/Le Clerc
Orbis Terrae Novissima Descriptio, 1633
Size: 20.3 x 13.1 inches (51.6 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Le Clerc's Decorative World Map Engraved by Hondius
Sold for: $7,000
Closed on 2/7/2024
Auction 196, Lot 10
Subject: World
Danckerts, Family
Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro in Plurimis Emendatus. Auctus et Icunculis Illustratus, 1658
Size: 18.4 x 12.1 inches (46.7 x 30.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Unusual and Rare Oval Dutch Bible Map of the World
Sold for: $8,500
Closed on 2/7/2024
Auction 196, Lot 29
Subject: World
Nolin/Denis
Mappe-Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles, Soumises aux Observations Astronomiques les Plus Recentes..., 1817
Size: 25.4 x 18.8 inches (64.5 x 47.8 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
An Interesting Combination of Old and New Cartography with Superb Embellishments
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 2/7/2024
Auction 196, Lot 42
Subject: Ancient World
Schedel, Hartmann
Secunda Etas Mundi, 1493
Size: 17.2 x 12.3 inches (43.7 x 31.2 cm)
Estimate: $12,000 - $14,000
Schedel's Ancient World Map
Sold for: $9,500
Closed on 2/7/2024
Auction 196, Lot 59
Subject: Celestial, Atlases
Bode, Johann Elert
Vorstellung der Gestirne auf XXXIV Kupfertafeln nach der Pariser Ausgabe des Flamsteadschen Himmelsatlas..., 1782
Size: 11.2 x 8.6 inches (28.4 x 21.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Later Edition of Fortin/Flamsteed Atlas with 34 Star Charts
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 2/7/2024
Auction 196, Lot 63
Subject: Armillary Sphere
Anon.
[Armillary Sphere], 1800
Size: 14.3 x 22.4 inches (36.3 x 56.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Attractive French Armillary Sphere
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 2/7/2024
Auction 195, Lot 2
Subject: World
Ortelius, Abraham
Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1584
Size: 19.6 x 13.4 inches (49.8 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 11/15/2023
Auction 195, Lot 3
Subject: World
Danckerts, Family
Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita, 1665
Size: 19.9 x 11.8 inches (50.5 x 30 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Rare Bible Map Combining Old and New Cartography
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 11/15/2023
Auction 195, Lot 40
Subject: Ancient World
Ptolemy/Mercator
Universalis Tabula Iuxta Ptolemaeum, 1584
Size: 19.1 x 13.6 inches (48.5 x 34.5 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Rare First State of Mercator's Ptolemaic World Map
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 11/15/2023
Auction 195, Lot 45
Subject: North Pole
Hondius, Henricus
Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima, 1639
Size: 19.5 x 17.1 inches (49.5 x 43.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
Magnificent Polar Map Surrounded by Whaling Scenes in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 11/15/2023
Auction 195, Lot 58
Subject: Milky Way
[2 Volumes] A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way - Part I Photographs and Descriptions [and] Part II Charts and Tables, 1927
Size: See Description
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
Groundbreaking Atlas of the Milky Way
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 11/15/2023
Auction 195, Lot 69
Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Fictional Map
The Land of Make Believe, 1935
Size: 36.3 x 24.8 inches (92.2 x 63 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
Whimsical Map Representing Popular Fairy Tales
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 11/15/2023
Auction 195, Lot 71
Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Internet
Road Map to the Internet - The Internet, 1994
Size: 35.6 x 23 inches (90.4 x 58.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Scarce and Groundbreaking Map of the Early Internet
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 11/15/2023
Auction 194, Lot 2
Subject: World & Continents
Ortelius/Coignet
[Lot of 5] Typus Orbis Terrarum [and] America [and] Asia [and] Africa [and] Europa, 1601
Size: 4.8 x 3.3 inches (12.2 x 8.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Matching Set from Miniature Ortelius Atlas
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 9/13/2023
Auction 194, Lot 46
Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Games, Eastern United States
Wallis, Edward
Game of the Star-Spangled Banner, or Emigrants to the United States, 1840
Size: 19.5 x 26.4 inches (49.5 x 67.1 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
One of the Earliest Game Maps of the United States
Sold for: $5,500
Closed on 9/13/2023
Auction 194, Lot 48
Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Europe
Il Mondo Ammalato, 1879
Size: 13.4 x 20.8 inches (34 x 52.8 cm)
Estimate: $750 - $1,000
Rare Satirical Broadside on the Ottoman Empire's Problems after the Russo-Turkish War
Sold for: $850
Closed on 9/13/2023
Auction 193, Lot 3
Subject: World
Munster, Sebastian
Typus Universalis, 1545
Size: 13.6 x 10.3 inches (34.5 x 26.2 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Rare First Block of Munster's World Map
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 6/21/2023
Auction 193, Lot 9
Subject: World
Pitt, Moses
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1680
Size: 20.9 x 15.6 inches (53.1 x 39.6 cm)
Estimate: $11,000 - $13,000
Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World
Sold for: $8,000
Closed on 6/21/2023
Auction 193, Lot 10
Subject: World
Blaeu/Valck
Novus Planiglobii Terrestris per Utrumque Polum Conspectus, 1695
Size: 21.3 x 16 inches (54.1 x 40.6 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Superb World Map on a Polar Projection in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $3,500
Closed on 6/21/2023
Auction 193, Lot 35
Subject: World
[Meiji Shinsen Bankoku Seizu - New Meiji Edition - Map of the World], 1886
Size: 33.3 x 22.6 inches (84.6 x 57.4 cm)
Estimate: $600 - $750
Decorative and Detailed Japanese World Map
Sold for: $900
Closed on 6/21/2023
Auction 193, Lot 46
Subject: North Pole
Hondius, Henricus
Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima, 1636
Size: 19.5 x 17 inches (49.5 x 43.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Extremely Rare Second State
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 6/21/2023
Auction 193, Lot 52
Subject: Solar System
Cellarius/Schenk & Valck
Scenographia Systematis Mundani Ptolemaici, 1708
Size: 19.8 x 16.8 inches (50.3 x 42.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800
Cellarius' Striking Chart of the Ptolemaic Cosmography
Sold for: $750
Closed on 6/21/2023
Auction 193, Lot 55
Subject: Globe Gores
Eimmart, Georg Christoph
[Lot of 3 - Globe Gores] L. Fl. cum Geographica Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Secundum..., 1705
Size: 9.3 x 9.8 inches (23.6 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $950 - $1,200
Rare Globe Gores of Southern Hemisphere
Sold for: $800
Closed on 6/21/2023
Auction 193, Lot 61
Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Low Countries
Keere, Pieter Van Den
Leo Belgicus, 1622
Size: 17.9 x 14.6 inches (45.5 x 37.1 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
The Most Popular of the "Lions of Belgium"
Sold for: $10,000
Closed on 6/21/2023
Auction 192, Lot 8
Subject: World
Zahn, Johannes
Tabula Geographico-Hydrographica Motus Oceani Currentes, Abyssos, Montes Igniuomos in Universo Orbe Indicans..., 1696
Size: 16.7 x 14 inches (42.4 x 35.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Early Example of Thematic Cartography
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 4/26/2023
Auction 192, Lot 48
Subject: North Pole
Pontanus, Johannes Isaksen
Tabula Geogr. in qua admirandae navigationis cursus et recursus designatur, 1611
Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
Scarce Map Showing Barentsz' Voyage to Find a Northeast Passage
Sold for: $900
Closed on 4/26/2023
Auction 192, Lot 55
Subject: Celestial
Cellarius/Schenk & Valck
Coeli Stellati Christiani Haemisphaerium Posterius, 1708
Size: 20.2 x 17.3 inches (51.3 x 43.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Superb Celestial Chart with Christian Symbolism in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 4/26/2023
Auction 192, Lot 59
Subject: Solar System
Cellarius/Schenk & Valck
Scenographia Systematis Copernicani, 1708
Size: 19.9 x 16.8 inches (50.5 x 42.7 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500
Cellarius' Striking Chart of the Copernican Cosmography
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 4/26/2023
Auction 192, Lot 65
Subject: Celestial Globe
Bardin, William & T. M.
The New Twelve Inch British Celestial Globe, Containing the Exact Positions of More Than 3,800 Fix'd Stars, Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae, &c..., 1800
Size: 42 x 20 inches (106.7 x 50.8 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
A Gorgeous Celestial Globe with Floor Stand
Sold for: $4,250
Closed on 4/26/2023
Auction 191, Lot 1
Subject: World & Continents
Cluver/Jansson
[Lot of 5] Typus Orbis Terrarum [and] Americae Descriptio [and] Africae Descriptio [and] Asia [and] Europae Nova Tabula, 1661
Size: 8 x 5.8 inches (20.3 x 14.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 2
Subject: World & Continents
Ortelius/Coignet
[Lot of 6] Typus Orbis Terrarum [and] America [and] Africa [and] Asia [and] Europa [and] Globus Coelestis, 1609
Size: 4.8 x 3.3 inches (12.2 x 8.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Matching Set from Miniature Ortelius Atlas
Sold for: $900
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 4
Subject: World
Honter, Jon Coronensis
Universalis Cosmographia, 1546
Size: 6.4 x 4.8 inches (16.3 x 12.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Honter's Heart-Shaped Map of the World
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 5
Subject: World
Ortelius, Abraham
Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1572
Size: 19.8 x 13.4 inches (50.3 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $7,500
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 7
Subject: World
Blaeu, Willem
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1634
Size: 21.4 x 16 inches (54.4 x 40.6 cm)
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000
Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map
Sold for: $9,000
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 8
Subject: World
Visscher, Claes Janszoon
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula Auctore N. I. Piscator, 1652
Size: 22.1 x 17.8 inches (56.1 x 45.2 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
Visscher's Rare Carte-a-Figures World Map
Sold for: $9,500
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 10
Subject: World
Arias Montanus, Benito
Benedict Arias Montanus Sacrae Geographiae Tabulam ex Antiquissimorum Cultop. Familiis a Mose Pecensitis…, 1660
Size: 20.4 x 12.3 inches (51.8 x 31.2 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Scarce Map Showing How Noah's Sons Repopulated the World
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 14
Subject: World
Zurner/Schenk
Planisphaerium Terrestre cum Utroque Coelesti Hemisphaerio, sive Diversa Orbis Terraquei... / Vlakke Aard-Kloot met het Beide Hemelsch Half-Rond, of de Onderscheidene Verbeelding van de Land-Water-Waereld…, 1700
Size: 22.9 x 19.9 inches (58.2 x 50.5 cm)
Estimate: $3,750 - $4,500
World Map with Astronomical Diagrams and Illustrations of Natural Phenomena
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 45
Subject: North Pole
Bry, Theodore de
Deliniatio Cartae Trium Navigationum per Batavos ad Septentrionalem Plagem Norvegia Moscovia et Nova Zembla... / Conterfactur der 3 Schiffarten Welche di Hollander durch das Mitnachtischen Mer Nemlich bey Norwegen Mosca Nova Zembla..., 1601
Size: 14.3 x 11 inches (36.3 x 27.9 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
Early Map of North Pole Depicting Barentsz' Expedition
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 54
Subject: Solar System
Cellarius/Schenk & Valck
Scenographia Systematis Mundani Ptolemaici, 1708
Size: 19.8 x 16.8 inches (50.3 x 42.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Cellarius' Striking Chart of the Ptolemaic Cosmography
Unsold
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 59
Subject: Moon
U.S. Air Force
Rectified Lunar Atlas - Supplement Number Two to the USAF Lunar Atlas, 1963
Size: 19 x 15.3 inches (48.3 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $750 - $900
Important Milestone in Preparation for 1969 Moon Landing
Sold for: $550
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 60
Subject: Globes
Anon.
A Correct Globe with the New Discoveries, 1785
Size: 3 x 3 inches (7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500
Miniature Pocket Globe Based on Herman Moll
Sold for: $3,750
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 191, Lot 65
Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, World War II
Freedom or Slavery - Buy More War Bonds, 1943
Size: 14.8 x 18.3 inches (37.6 x 46.5 cm)
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Rare WWII Propaganda Map Made by a Jewish Refugee and Former Prisoner-of-War
Sold for: $650
Closed on 2/8/2023
Auction 190, Lot 1
Subject: World & Continents
Jansson, Jan
[Lot of 5] Typus Orbis Terrarum [with] Americae Descriptio [and] Africae Descriptio [and] Asia [and] Europae Nova Tabula, 1634
Size: 8 x 5.6 inches (20.3 x 14.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Matching Set from Latin Edition of Atlas Minor
Sold for: $1,700
Closed on 11/16/2022
Auction 190, Lot 5
Subject: World
Ritter, Franz
[Untitled - World and Horological Diagrams], 1607
Size: 13.6 x 11.2 inches (34.5 x 28.4 cm)
Estimate: $3,250 - $4,000
Ritter's Unusual Sun-Dial World Map - First State
Sold for: $2,400
Closed on 11/16/2022
Auction 190, Lot 6
Subject: World
Blaeu, Willem
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1640
Size: 21.6 x 16.2 inches (54.9 x 41.1 cm)
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000
Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map with Rare Blank Verso
Sold for: $9,000
Closed on 11/16/2022
Auction 190, Lot 9
Subject: World
Blaeu/Valck
Novus Planiglobii Terrestris per Utrumque Polum Conspectus, 1695
Size: 21.5 x 16.2 inches (54.6 x 41.1 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750
Superb World Map on a Polar Projection
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 11/16/2022
Auction 190, Lot 32
Subject: North Pole
Pitt, Moses
A Map of the North-Pole and the Parts Adioining, 1680
Size: 23.1 x 18.1 inches (58.7 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
Beautiful English Map of the North Pole
Sold for: $2,300
Closed on 11/16/2022
Auction 190, Lot 42
Subject: Moon
U.S. Air Force
Orthographic Atlas of the Moon - Supplement Number One to the Photographic Lunar Atlas, 1960
Size: 22.8 x 18.5 inches (57.9 x 47 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Important Milestone in Preparation for 1969 Moon Landing
Unsold
Closed on 11/16/2022
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