Arader Galleries Prices Realized for the Spring Auction, March 25th, 2017

Dear Friends,

We are delighted to announce that our Spring Auction was a resounding success. Held on the afternoon of Saturday March 25th, the auction featured 264 works by artists and cartographers from the 16th through the 20th centuries. The sale achieved an impressive total of $1,236,957. 

A lecture comparing and contrasting John James Audubon and Mark Catesby was given to an enthusiastic audience at Arader Galleries, at our 1016 Madison Avenue location in NYC on Friday evening before the auction. It presented a detailed analysis of the two artists and their trials and tribulations in creating their great works. There were three copies of Mark Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas available for the audience for have a first hand viewing of the differences between the coloring of each edition, including a rare first edition which sold the next day for $305,000.

The auction highlights included works from John James Audubon's Birds of America, with Lot 5 the Great Auk selling for $19,520, Lot 16 the Ruffed Grous selling for $30,500, and Lot 17 the Mocking Bird selling for $20,740. The stars of Audubon's Quadruped section were two Great American Cats, the Jaguar and the Ocelot, which sold for $9,760 and $11,250 respectively.

Next was a grouping of natural history works on paper which included two beautiful Redoute watercolors, Lot 98 the Doubtful Narcissus and Lot 100, the Roman Bellevalia, which sold for $9,150 each. Four stunning watercolors of birds by Louis Agassiz Fuertes sold, with prices varying from $3,355 to $5,795. 

The auction featured a collection of top notch ornithological color-plate books that garnered a spirited round of bidding both in the room, online, and on the phones. John Gould's Birds of Asia, Lot 128, sold for $112,500; Lot 129, the Bird's of Europe, sold for $79,300 and Lot 131, the Monograph of the Trogonidae, sold for $18,300 among many others. 

Other notable highlights include a superb example of Jefferson and Fry's first edition, first state map of Virginia, Lot 193, which sold for $250,100 and Charles P. Varle's first edition map of Philadelphia which sold for $12,200.

Arader Galleries' next auction will be on June 3rd and will include a vast selection of works on paper from the 16th to 19th centuries including natural history engravings & watercolors, maps, views and rare books. 

Truly,

Graham Arader

Lot #	Artist	Title	Price Realized
1	John James Audubon	Cock of the Plains, Plate 371	$     5,795
2	John James Audubon	Western Duck, Plate 429	$        488
3	John James Audubon	Large Billed Puffin, Plate 293	$     1,159
4	John James Audubon	Tufted Auk, Plate 249	$        915
5	John James Audubon	Great Auk, Plate 341	$   19,520
6	John James Audubon	Black-Billed Cuckoo, Plate 32	Pass
7	John James Audubon	Hooded Merganser, Plate 232	$     4,270
8	John James Audubon	Great Esquimaux Curlew, Plate 237	$    1,464
9	John James Audubon	Ruddy Plover, Plate 230	$    1,375
10	John James Audubon	Purple Grackle, Plate 7	$   3,965
11	John James Audubon	Boat-Tailed Grackle, Plate 187	$     2,440
12	John James Audubon	Chuck Will's Widow, Plate 52	Pass
13	John James Audubon	Red Headed Woodpecker, Plate 27	Pass
14	John James Audubon	Labrador Falcon, Plate 196	$   3,050
15	John James Audubon	Mountain Mockingbird, Plate 369	Pass
16	John James Audubon	Ruffed Grous, Plate 41	$    30,500
17	John James Audubon	Mockingbird, Plate 21	$   20,740
18	John James Audubon	Baltimore Oriole, Plate 12	Pass
20	John James Audubon	Loggerhead Shrike, Plate 57	$ 1,625
21	John James Audubon	Bay Winged Bunting, Plate 94	Pass
22	John James Audubon	Frigate Pelican, Plate 271	$  12,200
24	John James Audubon	Mink, Plate 33	Pass
25	John James Audubon	Black-Tailed Hare, Plate 65	Pass
26	John James Audubon	Jaguar, Plate 101	$   9,760
27	John James Audubon	Ocelot, Plate 86	$ 11,250
28	John James Audubon	Grizzly Bear, Plate 131	Pass
29	John James Audubon	Wolverine, Plate 26	$  4,270
30	John James Audubon	Say's Squirrel, Plate 89	$      875
31	John James Audubon	Black American Wolf, Plate 67	$   1,875
32	John James Audubon	Canada Pouched Rat, Plate 44	$    61
33	John James Audubon	White-Footed Mouse, Plate 40	$   188
34	John James Audubon	Wilson's Meadow Mouse, Plate 45	$ 63
35	John James Audubon	Missouri Mouse, Plate 100	$  73
36	John James Audubon	Carolina Shrew, Plate 75	Pass
37	John James Audubon	Annulated Marmot Squirrel, Plate 79	$     88
38	John James Audubon	Leconte's Pine Mouse, Plate 80	Pass
39	John James Audubon	Richardson's Spermophile, Plate 50	$    61
40	John James Audubon	Rocky Mountain Neotoma, Plate 29	$    94
41	John James Audubon	Townsend's Ground Squirrel, Plate 20	$    125
42	John James Audubon	Leopard Spermophile, Plate 39	$    125
43	John James Audubon	Musk-Rat, Musquash, Plate 13	$     156
44	John James Audubon	Columbia Pouched Rat, Plate 105	$    92
45	John James Audubon	Perry's Marmot Squirrel, Plate 9	$    92
46	John James Audubon	Common American Shrew Mole, Plate 10	$    63
47	John James Audubon	Douglasses Spermophile, Plate 49	$      94
48	John James Audubon	Orange-Colored Mouse, Plate 95	$     63
49	John James Audubon	Jumping Mouse, Plate 85	Pass
50	John James Audubon	Franklin's Marmot Squirrel, Plate 84	$   125
51	John James Audubon	Brewer's Shrew Mole, Plate 74	$     61
52	John James Audubon	Say's Least Shrew, Plate 70	$   63
53	John James Audubon	Common Star-Nosed Mole, Plate 69	$    61
54	John James Audubon	Townsend's Shrew Mole, Plate 145	$    92
55	John James Audubon	Townsend's Arvicola, Sharp-Nosed Arvicola, Bank Rat, Plate 144	$    61
56	John James Audubon	American Souslik, Oregon Meadow Mouse, Texan Meadow Mouse, Plate 147	$    63
57	John James Audubon	Northern Meadow Mouse, Plate 124	$   61
58	John James Audubon	Pouched Jerboa Mouse, Plate 130	Pass
59	John James Audubon	Richard's Meadow Mouse, Plate 135	$   63
60	John James Audubon	Long-Tailed Spermophile, Plate 139	$   125
61	John James Audubon	Little Nimble Weasel, Plate 140	$    344
62	John James Audubon	Camas Rat, Plate 142	$      61
63	John James Audubon	Southern Pouched Rat, Dekay's Shrew, Long-Nosed Shrew, Silvery Shrew Mole, Plate 150	$      61
64	John James Audubon	Californian Marmot Squirrel, Plate 109	$      63
65	John James Audubon	Mole-Shaped Pouched Rat, Plate 110	$     61
66	John James Audubon	Say's Marmot Squirrel, Plate 114	$    94
67	John James Audubon	Yellow-Cheeked Meadow Mouse, Plate 115	$     61
68	John James Audubon	Tawny Lemming, Back's Lemming, Plate 120	Pass
69	John James Audubon	Hudson's Bay Lemming, Plate 119	$    61
70	John James Audubon	The Sewellel, Plate 123	$   125
71	John James Audubon	American Marsh Shrew, Plate 125	$    61
72	John James Audubon	Mexican Marmot Squirrel, Plate 124 (129)	Pass
73	John James Audubon	Lewis' Marmot, Plate 107	$   61
74	John James Audubon	Cat Squirrel, Plate 17	$   183
75	John James Audubon	Collie's Squirrel, Plate 104	$    92
76	Company School (c.1820)	Botanical Study	$   3,660
77	Company School (c.1820)	Botanical Study	$   2,440
78	Company School (c.1820)	Botanical Study, Giant Indian Milkweed	$   2,440
79	Company School (c.1820)	Study of Insects	Pass
80	Attributed to Thomas Daniell	View from Lucknow and of sites along rivers near Faizabad	$  3,660
81	Attributed to Thomas Daniell	View from Lucknow and of sites along rivers near Faizabad	Pass
82	Attributed to Thomas Daniell	View from Lucknow and of sites along rivers near Faizabad	$  3,660
83	Attributed to Thomas Daniell	View from Lucknow and of sites along rivers near Faizabad	$  4,270
84	Indian and British Artists (c.1820)	Sketch Study of Palms	Pass
85	Indian and British Artists (c.1820)	Camel	Pass
86	Cantonese Artist, c.1805	Two Butterflies on Dahlia Flower	Pass
87	Cantonese Artist, c.1805	Two Butterflies on Stem of Lilac	$   1,342
88	Cantonese Artist, c.1805	Apricot Flower	$ 1,464
89	Cantonese Artist, c.1805	Passion Flower	$  1,220
90	Cantonese Artist, c.1805	Yellow Peony	$   1,464
91	Cantonese Artist, c.1805	White Jasmine	$   1,342
92	George Brookshaw	Group of 5 Apples, Plate 92	$    2,196
93	George Brookshaw	The Reply Pine, Plate 41	$    1,952
94	Pierre Joseph Redoute	Lilium Philadelphicum, Pl. 10	$    366
95	Pierre Joseph Redoute	Methonica Superba, Pl. 20	$    397
96	Pierre Joseph Redoute	Rosa, Multiflora Platyphylla	$     244
97	Pierre Joseph Redoute	Rosa Pomponia	$    244
98	Pierre Joseph Redoute	Doubtful Narcissus (Narcissus Dubious), Study for Plate 429	$    9,150
99	Pierre Joseph Redoute	Thrumwort, Star Fruit (Alisma Damasonium), Study for Plate 289	Pass
100	Pierre Joseph Redoute	Roman Bellevalia (Hyacinthus Romanus), Study for Plate 334	$   9,150
101	Pierre Joseph Redoute	Mountain Garlic (Allium Lisitanicum), Study for Plate 271	Pass
102	Pierre Joseph Redoute	Iris Pavonia (Vieusseuxia Glaucopis), Study for Plate 42	$   6,100
103	Basil Besler	Acorus cum suo iulo…	$  1,220
104	Basil Besler	Caryophyllus Maior Sylve Strisvarie Gatus…	$  1,220
105	Basil Besler	Matricaria flore simplici...	Pass
106	Basil Besler	Onobrychis Belgarum…	$  2,440
107	Basil Besler	Spatula Foctita…	$     793
108	Joseph Wolf	Felis Euptilura	$     344
109	Joseph Wolf	Felis Marmorata	$     750
110	Joseph Wolf	Felis Lynx	$     469
111	Jacques Barraband	La Ara Macavouanne, Pl. 7	$     188
112	Jacques Barraband	La Perruche Ara, a gorge veriee, Pl, 16	Pass
113	Jacques Barraband	La Perruche Ara, a bandeau rouge, Pl. 17	Pass
114	Jacques Barraband	Perruche a Chaperon Bleu, Pl. 54	$   188
115	Louis Agassiz Fuertes	Study of a Bird: Bobolink	Pass
116	Louis Agassiz Fuertes	Study of a Bird: Song Sparrow	$  5,185
117	Louis Agassiz Fuertes	Study of a Bird: Roufus-Sided Towhee	$  3,355
118	Louis Agassiz Fuertes	Study of a Bird: Yellow-Shafted Flicker	Pass
119	Louis Agassiz Fuertes	Study of a Bird: Starling in Winter Plumage	$   3,965
120	Louis Agassiz Fuertes	Study of a Bird: Chipping Sparrow	$   5,795
121	Rosemary Low & Elizabeth Butterworth	Amazon Parrots	$    519
122	Gregory M. Mathews	The Birds of Norfolk and the Lord Howe Islands	$  3,050
123	H. Schlegel (1804-1884) & G.F Westermann	De Toerako’s afgebeeld en beschreven	$   5,185
124	Walter Rothschild	Extinct Birds	$   8,125
125	Henry Seebohm & R. B. Sharpe	A Monograph of the Turdidae, or Family of Thrushes	$   4,392
126	Philip L. Sclater  & Osbert Salvin	Exotic Ornithology containing Figures and Descriptions of New or Rare Species of American Birds	$  9,150
127	Henry E. Dresser & J. G Keulemans	A History of the Birds of Europe	$ 12,200
128	John Gould	Birds of Asia	$ 112,500
129	John Gould	Birds of Europe	$  79,300
130	John Gould	A Monograph of the Odontophorinae or Partridges of America	$   8,906
131	John Gould	A Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons	$  18,300
133	Mark Catesby	The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands	$  305,000
134	Robert Dudley	Dell'arcano del mare [Books 1-4]	$   67,100
135	Claudius Ptolemaeus	Geografia cioe Descrittione Universale della terra	Pass
136	Athanasius Kircher	China monumentis	$   4,375
137	Nicholas Sanson D'Abbeville	Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde	$  20,740
138	Joseph Hutchins Colton	Colton's New Township Map of the Eastern Counties of Pennsylvania	Pass
139	Rand, McNally, & Co.	Rand, McNally & Co.'s Indexed Map of the Province of Quebec	Pass
140	Charles Walker Morse	Morse's Map of Illinois	$  732
141	Samuel Augustus Mitchell	A New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, with the Regions Adjoining	Pass
142	Joseph Hutchins Colton	Map of the United States the British Provinces Mexico…	$ 6,405
143	Johann Elert Bode	Vorstellung der Gestirne auf XXXIV Kupfertafeln nach der Pariser Ausgabe des Flamsteadschen Himmelsatlas	Pass
144	Johann Bayer	Sirius	$     625
145	Andreas Cellarius	Coelistelli christiani misphae reiumerius, Pl. 22	$  1,830
146	Martin Waldseemuller	Tabula Moderna Gallie	$  1,250
147	After Christopher Saxton	Dorcestriae Comitatis Vulgo Dorsett…	Pass
148	Christopher Saxton	Eboracensis Comitatus (Cuius Incolae Olim Brigantes Appellabantur)	$  6,250
149	Frederick De Wit	Nova Orbis Tabula in Lucem Edita…	$  2,440
150	Nicholas Visscher	Moscoviae Pars Australis	Pass
151	Abraham Ortelius	Europae	Pass
152	Guillaume Sanson	Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique…	Pass
153	Tobias Conrad Lotter	Carte Geographique representant la Mer Mediterranee...	Pass
154	Petrus Bertius	Delineatio Spitsbergiae	$  188
155	Pierre Duval	Les XVII Provinces	Pass
156	Pierre Duval	Le Cours du Rhine…	$  94
157	Hermann Julius Meyer	Die Russischen Ost-See-Provinzen Livland Ehstland und Kurland	$  63
158	Giacomo Gastaldi	Tavola Nuova della marca Trivigiana	Pass
159	Guillaume De L'Isle	Retraite de dix mille	Pass
160	Pierre Duval	Rei romanae tabula geographica ex C.I. Caesaris commentarijs de bello civili	Pass
161	Nicolas Sanson	Jesu Christi Salvatoris Nostri	Pass
162	Heinrich Bunting	Taffel der Lander Darin der Apostel Paulus Geprediget	$  375
163	Jean Covens & Cornelis Mortier	Romani Imperii Qua Occidens Est. Descriptio Geographica…	$  125
164	Abraham Ortelius	Aegypti Re Centior De Scriptio...	$  214
165	Joan Blaeu	Illyricum Hodiernum Quod Scriptores…	$  610
166	John Speed	Asia	Pass
167	Nicholas Visscher	Four Views: Isfahan, Osacco, Kuching, Untitled.	Pass
168	Robert Dudley	Asia Carta di Ciasete Piu Moderna	$ 4,880
169	Pieter Van der Aa	Iedo, Capitale du Japan	Pass
170	Abraham Ortelius	Asiae Nova Descriptio (Latin)	Pass
171	Abraham Ortelius	Asiae Nova Descriptio (Spanish)	Pass
172	Martin Waldseemuller	Tabula Prima Asie	Pass
173	Sebastian Munster	Tabula orientalis regionis…	$ 1,830
174	QIANLONG, Emperor of China & Isidore Stanislas Helman	Suite des seize estampes representant les Conquetes de l’empereur de la Chine, avec leur explication	Pass
175	Isaac Tirion	Nieuwe Kaart van de Filippynsche, Ladrones, Moluccos of Specery Eilanden…	Pass
176	Unknown	Group Lot of Chinese Compasses	$ 580
177	Abraham Ortelius	Persici sive Sophorum Regni Typus	Pass
178	Guillaume De L'Isle	Carte du la Turquie de l'Arabie et du la Perse…	$ 375
179	J. Nicolas Bellin	Carte de la Coste D'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse	Pass
180	Guillaume De L'Isle	Theatrum historicum ad annum Christi quadringentesimi in quo tu Imperii Romani tu Barbarorum…	Pass
181	Willem Blaeu	Tabula Islandiae Auctore Georgio Carolo Flandro	$ 1,037
182	Nicholas Visscher	Insulae Americanin Oceano Septentrionali	$  3,355
183	Robert Dudley	Carta Particularae Dello Istreto E Mare Iscoperto Da Hen Hudson Ingilese Nell 1611	$ 4,270
184	Calvin J. Smith	New Map for Travellers through the United States of Ameirca	$ 3,660
185	Matteus Seutter	Plan Von Neu Ebenezer...[with] Part of Carolina	Pass
187	Charles P. Varle	To the Citizens of Philadelphia this Plan of the City and its Environs...	$ 12,200
188	H.S. Tanner	A Map of the United States of America	$ 6,100
189	William James Bennett	Mobile, taken from the marsh opposite the city near Pinto's Residence	Pass
190	Robert Dodd	A View of his Majesty's Brigg Observer, commanded by Lieut. John Crymes...engaging the American privateer ship Jack, John Ropes Commander...	Pass
191	William Pierie & James Newton	View of Boston taken on the road to Dorchester	Pass
192	After William Birch	The City of New York, in the State of New York, North America	Pass
193	Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson	A Map of the Inhabited Part of Virginia	$ 250,100
194	Pierre Mortier	Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, La Nouvelle Jarsey, Orient et Occidentale	$  6,100
195	Carl Allard	Recentissuma Novi Orbis Sive Americae Septentrionale et Meridionalis	Pass
196	Cornelius Wytfliet	Florida et Apalche	Pass
197	Justinus Danckerts	Novi Orbis	Pass
198	Henricus Hondius	Fretimagel Lanici ac novi Freti vulgo Le Maire exactissima delinaetio	Pass
199	Willem Janszoon Blaeu	Chili	Pass
200	American Sea Captain of the Early 19th Century	Manuscript chart of "Isla de los Estados" or "Staten Island" (Tierra del Fuego)	Pass
201	Joan Blaeu	Maritima Brasiliae Universa	$ 2,125
202	Mitchell	South America	Pass
203	Janvier Sr.	L'Amerique divisée en ses principaux Etats…	$  500
204	Frederick De Wit	Terra Nova…	Pass
205	Guillaume De L'Isle	Tabula Geographica Mexicae et Floridae	Pass
206	Herman Moll	The Island of Bermudos…	$ 750
207	U.S. General Land Office	State of Alabama	$ 183
208	Julius Bien & Co.	Southern Cattle Fever	Pass
209	Thomas Cowperthwait & Co.	Map of Texas from the most recent authorities	$ 1,037
210	George F. Cram	Railroad and Country Map of Texas	Pass
211	Alexander Emile Lapie	Carte de Etas-Unis de Mexique	$ 458
212	Ensign & Bridgman	Map of the United States, Canada, Mexico and the West Indies with Central America…	Pass
213	Pierre Duval	Mexico sive N. Hispania	$ 375
214	John Hancock	Document Signed ("John Hancock")	$ 2,125
215	Sam Houston	State of Tennessee…	$ 1,830
216		Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company, October 16, 1830	$ 2,196
217	G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.	Richardson's New Map of the State of Texas prepared for the Texas Almanac	$ 3,355
218	Karl Bodmer	Voyage dans l'Interieur de l'Amerique du Nord execute pendant les annees 1832, 1833 et 1834	Pass
219	Karl Bodmer	Landscape showing Deer	Pass
220	Karl Bodmer	Pehriska-Ruhpa, Tab. XVII	Pass
221	J & D Major, c	Falls at Rio Grande at El Paso, Flouring Mills of Simeon Hart Esq.	Pass
222	William Merle Allison	The Rustler	$ 427
223	McKenney & Hall	Wa-Na-Ta, Chief of the Sioux	$ 250
224	McKenney & Hall	Okee-Makee-Quid, a Chippewa Chief	$ 250
225	H & S Publishers	Tony/ "'Another very much alive heroine' by the author of Yellow Soap"	Pass
226	H & S Publishers	The Cactus Kids Into the Saddle with Horton	Pass
227	Giovanni Piranesi	Title Page from Vedute di Roma	Pass
228	S & J Fuller	Having with great persuasion gained the consent of your favorite lass to take an afternoon ride...'	$ 244
229	F. Sala & Co.	Match at the Mississippi	Pass
230	Currier & Ives	American Field Sports / A chance for both barrels	Pass
231	F.J. Weiss	Life in the Woods, Hunter Camp	Pass
232	Currier & Ives	Pigeon Shooting / "Playing the Decoy"	Pass
233	N. Currier	American Country Life, Pleasures of Winter	Pass
234	Currier & Ives	Frozen Up	Pass
235	Nathaniel Currier	American Forest Scene, Maple Sugaring	Pass
236	Currier & Ives, After F. F. Palmer	Staten Island and the Narrows, from Fort Hamilton	Pass
237	After Paul Leon Jazet	La Vie D'un Gentilhomme En Toutes Saisons / Hiver	Pass
238	Francis Smith Belton	Panorama of St. Augustine Harbor	$ 8,540
239	Francis Swaine	Attack on Fort Martinique…	Pass
240	Richard Brydges Beechey	View of Quebec	Pass
241	Richard Brydges Beechey	View of San Blas (Mexico)	Pass
242	The French School (previously attributed to Horace Vernet)	Bonaparte A L'Orangerie de Sant-Cloud	Pass
243	Ottavio Mario Leoni	Portrait of Frederico Colonna	Pass
244	Jacques Etienne Victor Arago	Un des officiers du roi de Guebe	$ 5,490
245	English School, early 19th century	Siccra Gully on the Ganges with the bungalow of the Collector of Bhagalpur	Pass
246	Stanley Llewellyn Wood	The Shadow of Green/No Trust Here	Pass
247	Charles Huard	An American Locomotive	Pass
248	James E. McBurney	The Summit Gothic, Colorado 1926	$ 488
249	Thomas Anshutz	Study of the Sea and Sunset over the Coast	Pass
250	James Edward Buttersworth	A View of lower New York harbor with vessels approaching Castle William	Pass
251	Oswald Wijnen	An Elaborate Still Life of Fruit and Flowers	$ 3,125
252	Abraham Rademaker	View Of Nijmegen, With Boatmen Loading Barges In The Foreground	Pass
253	Rodolfo Ramos	Hey Hey Hey	Pass
254	Mario Grandi	De Charle	Pass
255	Axel Amuchastegui	Untitled Still Life	Pass
256	Axel Amuchastegui	Study, Hawk	$ 2,745
257	Axel Amuchastegui	Patos Carolina	$ 1,098
258	Juan Caros Castagnino	Paisano	Pass
259	Reinaldo Giudici	Playa du Mar del Plata	Pass
260	Rodger McPhail	Salmon	Pass
261	Rodger McPhail	Untitled	Pass
262	Oscar Campos	Grito del Aguila	Pass
263	Marcos Borio	Calle de Arribenos, BS.AS	Pass
264	David Shepherd	Elm and Ivy	$ 1,098
		Auction Total	$ 1,236,957