Prices Realized for the August 5th Auction
We are thrilled to announce that our August 5th sale was great success! Held in conjunction with Guernsey’s, the sale featured material focusing on privateering and the expansion of empires in the Caribbean and Gulf region during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
The auction achieved $886,656 in total. The highlights included John Disturnell's seminal map of the United States and Mexico (Lot 8), which went for a price of $85,400. Following a series of rapid bidding, Louis Fuertes' Flamingos (Lot 40) sold for $122,000. Another highlight was the Thomas Jeffreys West India Atlas (Lot 59) which achieved $30,500.
Our next auction is Saturday September, 19 at 1pm at the 1016 Madison Avenue Location of Arader Galleries and will feature works by John James Audubon, Karl Bodmer, Dr. Robert John Thornton, and a variety of rare maps, views and natural history works on paper.
| Lot | Artist/Mapmaker | Title/Subject | Premium |
| 1 | Pieter Schenk (1660 - 1711) | America Septentrionalis Novissima | $ 1,375 |
| 2 | Johannes Van Keulen (1654 - 1715) | Paskeart waer in de Graden Dur Breedde Over Weder Zyden Vande Middelhyn Wassende soo Vergrooten… | $ 671 |
| 3 | John Seller, John Coleson, William Fisher, James Atkinson, & John Thornton | A Chart of the Western Ocean | $ 1,342 |
| 4 | Hubert Jaillot (c. 1632 - 1712) | Amerique Septentrionale divisee en ses principales parties… | $ 1,375 |
| 5 | Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772) | Carte Reduite du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de L'Amerique | $ 1,159 |
| 6 | Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (c. 1533 - 1588) | Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens & exactissima descriptio | $ 12,200 |
| 7 | Nicholas Visscher (1649 - 1702) | Four Views: Portus Acapulco, Domingo, Pagus Hispanorum, Havana | $ 2,440 |
| 8 | John Disturnell (1801-1877) | Estados Unidos de Mijoco… | $ 85,400 |
| 9 | Nicolas De Fer (1646 - 1720) | Le Golfe de Mexique | $ 519 |
| 10 | Johannes de Laet (1581 - 1649) | Florida et Regiones Vincae | $ 5,490 |
| 11 | Pierre Marie Francois de Pages (1748 - 1793) | Carte de D'une Partie de L'Amerique Septentrionale, qui Contient Partie de la Nle. Espagne et de la Louisiane… | $ 732 |
| 12 | Aaron Arrowsmith (1750 - 1823) | Chart of the West Indies and Spanish Dominions in North America | $ 27,450 |
| 13 | Reiner (1698 - 1750) & Josua (1704 - 1765) Ottens. | Insule Americanae | $ 2,074 |
| 14 | Henry Popple (d. 1743) | Les Principales Forteresses Ports & de L'Amerique Septentrionale | $ 750 |
| 15 | Jan Jansson (1588 - 1664) | Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacentibus | $ 1,037 |
| 16 | Hendrick Doncker (1626 - 1699) | Boeckverkooper en Graadboogh maeker, Inde Nieumbrugh Steech In't Stuurmans Gereedtschap | $ 732 |
| 17 | Porto Rico | ||
| 18 | Nicholas Visscher (1649 - 1702) | Jamaica | $ 6,100 |
| 19 | Louis Renard (1678/9 - 1746) | Novae Hispaniae, Chili, Peruviae, et Guatimalae Littorae | $ 854 |
| 20 | Pieter Goos (1616 - 1675) | Caarte Voor een gedeelte der Canarise Eylanden als Canaria, Tenerifa, Forteventura, etc. | $ 671 |
| 21 | C. W. Furlonge (Lith by W. Gauci) | A View of Fort William Frederick and the new Lighthouse at the Entrance of the River Demerara | $ 366 |
| 22 | Vue de Mexico | $ 1,220 | |
| 23 | John James Barralet (c.1747 - 1815) | Explosion of the British Frigate, Guerriere, James R. Dacres Esq. Capt.and Rescue of the Prisoners… | $ 854 |
| 24 | James Edward Oglethorpe (1696 - 1785) | A Map of the County of Savannah | $ 8,540 |
| 25 | Henry Popple (d. 1743) | Carte d'une Partie de L'Amerique pour la Navigation des Isles et du Golfe de Mexique avec l'interieur des Terres… | $ 1,220 |
| 26 | Sir Robert Dudley (1574 - 1649) | Carta particolare del'India Occidentale che contiene il Golfo de Veragua, la Baia di Honduras nel' mare del'Noort e parte del' mare di Zur | $ 1,952 |
| 27 | Arnoldus Montanus (c. 1625-1683) | Arx Carolina | $ 1,220 |
| 28 | Arnoldus Montanus (c. 1625-1683) | Pagus Hispanorum | $ 1,220 |
| 29 | Arnoldus Montanus (c. 1625-1683) | Virginie partis australis et Floridae partis orientalis… | $ 1,098 |
| 30 | Carel Allard (1648-1709) | Havana Harbour with Moro Castle | $ 11,590 |
| 31 | Elias Durnford (Fl. 1770-1794) and Paul Sandby (1731 1809) | A view of the Harbour and City of the Havana, taken from Jesu del Monte | $ 1,220 |
| 32 | Elias Durnford (Fl. 1770-1794) and Paul Sandby (1731 1809) | A View of the City of the Havana, taken from the Road near Colonel Howe's Battery | $ 1,220 |
| 33 | Carl-Ludwig Bille (1815-1898) | Shipping off Charlotte Amalie in the Danish West Indies | $ 7,930 |
| 34 | Giuseppe Fedi (Italian, fl. 1792-1819) |
Telemachus of Boston going to Leghorn | $ 6,250 |
| 35 | Carl William Broemel (1891-1984) | Study of a Pineapple | $ 1,159 |
| 36 | jacques le moyne de morgues (Dieppe, c. 1533-1588, London) | Poppy, f. 19 | $ 109,800 |
| 37 | jacques le moyne de morgues (Dieppe, c. 1533-1588, London) | White Iris, f.9 | $ 97,600 |
| 38 | jacques le moyne de morgues (Dieppe, c. 1533-1588, London) | Peach, f. 66 | $ 85,400 |
| 39 | jacques le moyne de morgues (Dieppe, c. 1533-1588, London) | Pomegranate, f. 59 | $ 134,200 |
| 40 | Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 - 1927) | Flamingos | $ 122,000 |
| 41 | Jacques Barraband (1767 - 1809) | La femelle du Perroquet a face rouge (Pl. 108) | $ 2,745 |
| 42 | Jacques Barraband (1767 - 1809) | La Perruche aux Ailes Chamarees (Pl. 60) | $ 2,440 |
| 43 | Jacques Barraband (1767 - 1809) | La Perruche fringillaire (Pl. 72) (t-2) | $ 1,342 |
| 44 | Jacques Barraband (1767 - 1809) | La Perruche a nuque et joues rouges (Pl. 72 (t.2)) | $ 2,440 |
| 45 | Jacques Barraband (1767 - 1809) | La Perruche a joue grise (Pl. 67) | $ 2,196 |
| 46 | Jacques Barraband (1767 - 1809) | La Perruche Ara pavouane (Pl. 14) | $ 1,342 |
| 47 | Jacques Barraband (1767 - 1809) | La Perruche a tache souci, male (Pl. 15) | $ 2,745 |
| 48 | Jacques Barraband (1767 - 1809) | La Perruche a tache souci, male (Pl. 58) | $ 2,318 |
| 49 | Jacques Barraband (1767 - 1809) | La Perruche a bandeau Rouge (Pl. 48) | $ 2,318 |
| 50 | Jacques Barraband (1767 - 1809) | La Perruche agorge rouge (Pl. 46) | $ 2,318 |
| 51 | CAMPBELL, John A. (1708-1775). | A Concise History of the Spanish America; Containing a Succinct Relation of the Discovery and Settlement of Its Several Colonies.... | $ 854 |
| 52 | SIEVEKING, Frederick Seal, Midshipman (1856-1902) - MADDEN, Captain Edward.Commencing Jan. 1st 1873 Ending March 5th 1873. | The Log of H.M.S. Endymion. Capt.n E. Madden… | $ 4,880 |
| 53 | VERA, Don Juan De. Cadiz: Escuela de Navegación, 1784. | El Guarico alais el cavo frances; Es una delas Colonias, y Puerto que posehen los Franceses en la parte Occidental de la Isla Espanola, una delas Caribes, ide barlovento enla America. | $ 854 |
| 54 | FUNNELL, William. London: W. Botham for James Knapton, 1707. | A Voyage Round the World, containing an account of Captain Dampier's expedition into the South Seas ... in the years 1703 and 1704 . . . Together with the author's voyage from Amapalla on the west coast of Mexico to East-India… | $ 1,952 |
| 55 | RALEIGH, Sir Walter (1554-1618). London: Walter Burre, 1614. | The History of the World… | $ 1,342 |
| 56 | BROWNELL, Charles de Wolf (1822-1909). December 1885 and October-November 1888. | An Album of Fine Pencil Sketches of a Cruise of the Caribbean Sea.. | $ 11,590 |
| 57 | RALEIGH, Sir Walter (1554-1618). London: Robert Robinson, 1596. | The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana, with a relation of the great and Golden Citie of Manoa (which the Spanyards Call El Dorado) And of the Provinces of Emeria, Arromaia, Amapaia, and other Countries, .... | $ 9,150 |
| 58 | St. LO, George (1658–1718). London: Will. Miller, 1693. | England's Safety: Or a Bridle to the French King. | $ 793 |
| 59 | JEFFERYS, Thomas (1719-1771). London: Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 1775. | The West-India Atlas: or, A Compendious Description of the West-Indies... | $ 30,500 |
| 60 | [HONDURAS]. [Cadiz: Escuela de Navegación, ca 1793]. | Plano del puerto de la Ysla de Roatán cituado en la parte del S. y E. de ella. | $ 854 |
| 61 | RALEIGH, Sir Walter (1554-1618). London: Printed for Benjamin Barker, 1702. | Three discourses of Sir Walter Ralegh. I. Of a war with Spain, and our protecting the Netherlands. II. Of the Original, and fundamental cause of natural, arbitrary, and civil war. III. Of Ecclesiastical power. Published by Philip Ralegh, Esq., his only Grandson. | $ 2,745 |
| 62 | HUGHES, Griffith (1708?-after 1750). London: for the author, 1750. | The Natural History of Barbados. | $ 10,980 |
| 63 | SLOANE, Sir Hans (1600-1753). London: Nourse, 1751. | Histoire de la Jamaique, Traduite de l'Anglois. Par M. *** [Joseph Raulin], ancient Officer de Dragons.. | $ 1,098 |
| 64 | SLOANE, Sir Hans (1600-1753). London: Printed by B. M[otte], for the author, 1707-1725. | A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica. | $ 27,450 |
| 65 | EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier (1645-1707) – RINGROSE, Basil (died 1686). London: William Crooke, at the Green Dragon, 1684 – 1685. | Bucaniers of America… | $ 10,980 |
| TOTAL | $ 886,656 |
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