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Five Tips to Becoming a Winning Bidder
This May 2025 article offers five tips to help you determine what to bid on, how much to bid, and how to become a winning bidder.
Auction Trends in 2024
This December 2024 article reviews the trends in the auction market for maps in 2024. We share great insights about what's selling and what's not, as well as some interesting facts and figures about Old World Auctions.
Cataloging Maps at Old World Auctions
This October 2023 article offers a brief overview on our approach to cataloging maps for auction. The article is divided into three key areas including how we describe a map’s physical condition, develop a catalog description, and determine an auction estimate
Duncan MacRae Payne: A Father, a Collector and a Legacy
This May 2022 article tells the story of the life, accomplishments and legacy of Duncan MacRae Payne. Over his lifetime he curated an impressive collection of maps, atlases and historical documents. His passion for cartography was infectious, even convincing his daughter and son-in-law, Eliane & Jon Dotson, to get into the map business themselves with Old World Auctions.
Bringing Cartography Back into Schools & Behind the Scenes at OWA
This January 2020 newsletter features an article about "Bringing Cartography Back into Schools," as well as a photo essay about Jon & Eliane Dotson with behind-the-scenes photos at Old World Auctions.
Amazing Kid Cartographers & OWA Digital Repository
In honor of back-to-school time, this September 2018 newsletter features an article on the work of some amazing kid cartographers. See what kids, ages 8-12, know about maps and the incredible, imaginative maps they've created! Also find out about OWA's free online digital repository of maps and atlases.
History of OWA & Establishing Auction Estimates
This newsletter from October 2013 gives a brief history of Old World Auctions and also explains the steps OWA takes when establishing auction estimates.
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