Arader Galleries June 3rd Auction Prices Realized and Success Report


Dear Friends,

We are delighted to announce that our Summer Auction was a resounding success. Held on the afternoon of Saturday June 3rd, the auction featured 273 works by artists and cartographers from the 16th through the 20th centuries. The sale achieved an impressive total of $1,511,808

The auction started with a bang as works from John James Audubon's Birds of America drew spirited bidding both in the room and on the phones, Lot 9 the Great American Hen (Female Turkey) achieved a new auction record for this plate selling for $97,600, Lot 10 the Carolina Parrot selling for $170,800, Lot 11 the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker selling for $85,400, and Lot 12, The Pileated Woodpecker selling for 146,400. 

Next was a grouping of natural history works on paper which included two beautiful works by Basil Besler whose images focused on Succulents, Lots 54 & 55 went for $1,586 each. The Black Jamaican Pineapple by George Brookshaw had intense bidding in the saleroom, achieving a total of $2,318. Finally a beautiful English School watercolor of a Quagga sold for $6,100. 

The auction featured a collection of top notch rare books that garnered a spirited round of bidding both in the room, online, and on the phones. A Buller second edition of The History of the Birds of New Zealand achieved $5,080 and a Robert's & Jeffrey's Natural History of Florida came to $3,965, but the star of the show was a beautifully colored Otrelius Theatre De l'Univers which achieved a hefty $50,020. 

In the maps section there were a number of notable highlights including a very rare John Churchman map of the Chesapeake Bay, which after furious back and forth bidding over the phone achieved a premium price of $35,380. Other highlights were a Emory Lithographed map of Texas which sold for $9,760, a Lea and Overton map of America selling for $6,100 and a De Wit Portolan sea chart of Europe achieving $5,080.

Arader Galleries' next live auction will be on September 23rd 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. Also keep an eye out for some online only auctions this summer!

Truly,

Graham Arader




Lot Title Price Realized
1 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, White-Legged Oyster Catcher, Plate 427 $1,651.00
2 Audubon Aquatint Engraving Uria Brunnichi, Plate 245 Pass
3 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Long-Tailed or Dusky Grous, Plate 361 $1,830.00
4 Audubon Aquatint Engraving Key West Dove, Plate 167 $5,612.00
5 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Shoveler Duck, Plate 327 $17,080.00
6 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Maria's Woodpecker, Three-Toed Woodpecker...Plate 417 $7,930.00
7 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Ferruginous Thrush, Plate 116 Pass
8 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Black-Bellied Darter, Plate 316 $24,400.00
9 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Great American Hen, Plate 6 $97,600.00
10 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26 $170,800.00
11 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, Plate 66 $85,400.00
12 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Pileated Woodpecker, Plate 111 $146,400.00
13 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Trumpeter Swan, Plate 376 $12,200.00
14 Audubon Aquatint Engraving Ruffer Grouse, Plate 41 $14,640.00
15 Audubon Aquatint Engraving Black-Billed Cuckoo, Plate 32 $5,185.00
16 Audubon Aquatint Engraving Slender-Billed Guillemet, Plate 430 $976.00
17 Audubon Aquatint Engraving Purple Martin Plate 22 $3,050.00
18 Audubon Aquatint Engraving Velvet Duck, Plate 247 Pass
19 Bien chromolithograph after Audubon Golden-Winged Woodpecker, Pl. 273 Pass
20 Bien chromolithograph after Audubon Rusty Grackle, Pl. 222 Pass
21 Audubon Lithograph Silver Fox Plate 116 $12,200.00
22 Audubon Lithograph Grey Fox Plate 21 $0.00
23 Audubon Lithograph Swift Fox, Plate 52 $10,980.00
24 Gould Hummingbird Citado Wood-Nymph, Pl. 28 $571.50
25 Gould Hummingbird Jelski's Wood-Nymph Pl. 29 Pass
26 Gould Birds of Australia Black-Rumped Finch $549.00
27 Gould Hummingbird Mexican Hermit, Pl. 19 Pass
28 Gould Hummingbird Hairy Hermit, Pl. 22 $571.50
29 Gould Toucan Cuvier's Toucan $854.00
30 Scupus Umbretto (Hammerkop) drawing $610.00
31 Bloch engraving of Prussian Carp Pass
32 Nozeman engraving Garganey Pass
33 Nozeman Engraving Common Pheasant $610.00
34 Nozeman Engraving Common Partridge Pass
35 Nozeman Engraving Curlew $671.00
36 Nozeman Engraving Grey Heron Pass
37 Nozeman Engraving Stork $539.75
38 Merian Phidias Firetop, Pl. 44 Pass
39 Merian Giant Sugar Cane Borer, Pl. 36 Pass
40 J.L. MacFarlane watercolor Orchid Study Pass
41 J.L. MacFarlane watercolor Orchid Study Pass
42 Priscilla Bury engraving Tiger Lily, Pl. 51 Pass
43 Priscilla Bury engraving Pancratium Lily, Pl. 40 $976.00
44 Priscilla Bury engraving Golden Spider Lily, Pl. 3 $976.00
45 Priscilla Bury engraving Spider Lily, Pl. 43 $976.00
46 Priscilla Bury engraving Pyrenean Lily, Pl. 49 $488.00
47 Priscilla Bury engraving Madonna Lily, Pl. 38 $732.00
48 Priscilla Bury engraving Pink Rain Lily and Rosy Rain Lily, Pl. 13 $732.00
49 Priscilla Bury engraving Rio Grande Copperlily and White Windflower, Pl. 25 $488.00
50 Priscilla Bury engraving Swamp Lily and Turk's Cap Lily, Pl. 36 Pass
51 Priscilla Bury engraving Caribbean Spider Lily, Pl. 28 $732.00
52 Basilius Besler Hyacynthus Serotinus Pass
53 Basilius Besler Heleborus Albus Flore Pass
54 Basilius Besler Squammatafeudentaria Maior... $1,586.00
55 Basilius Besler Melocactos... $1,586.00
56 Redoute Stipple Engraving Mexican Lily, Pl. 9 $2,440.00
57 Redoute Stipple Engraving Harlequin Flower, Pl. 129 Pass
58 Redoute Stipple Engraving Palm Lily, Pl. 91 Pass
59 Redoute Stipple Engraving Scarlet Banana, Pl. 308 $1,220.00
60 Redoute Stipple Engraving Elder Scented Iris, Pl. 365 $2,440.00
61 Redoute Stipple Engraving Madonna Lily, Pl. 199 Pass
62 Redoute Stipple Engraving Turk's Cap Lily $1,220.00
63 Redoute Stipple Engraving Autumn Crocus Pass
64 Redoute Stipple Engraving Philadelphia Lily, Pl. 104 Pass
65 Redoute Stipple Engraving Peruvian Lily, Pl. 16 $1,342.00
66 Redoute Stipple Engraving Damask Rose, Pl. 13 $915.00
67 Redoute Stipple Engraving Common Alpine Rose, Pl. 111 $1,220.00
68 Redoute Stipple Engraving Anjou Rose, Pl. 9 Pass
69 Redoute Stipple Engraving Japanese Rose, Pl. 47 Pass
70 Redoute Stipple Engraving Alpine Rose, Pl. 59 $915.00
71 Redoute Stipple Engraving Ventenat's Rose, Pl. 83 Pass
72 Brookshaw Pears, Pl. 79 $976.00
73 Brookshaw, Black Jamaica, Pl. 40 $2,318.00
74 Brookshaw Blue Muscadine, Pl. 49 $610.00
75 Brookshaw Raspberries $610.00
76 Brookshaw Frankinsale, Pl. 62 $610.00
77 Furber's Twelve Months of Flowers Pass
78 Henstenburgh painting Urn Garlanded with Flowers Pass
79 Bessa Still Life Watercolor of Oranges and Pomegranates Pass
80 Vincenzo Campi Plate of Figs with fruit and a Pomegranate Pass
81 Jan Brandes Elk with Elk-Handler Pass
82 English School watercolor of Zebra $6,100.00
83 Watercolor Ducks with Chinese Characters Pass
84 Watercolor Illustration Ornithological Field Guide $1,464.00
85 Peter Paillou Gull $1,952.00
86 Gregory Messier Hunting Dog $1,586.00
87 Portrait of an American Gentleman Pass
88 Cozzens watercolor Steamship Leaving Harbour $1,037.00
89 W. R. Miller watercolor On A Hillside Pass
90 Garneray painting of The Battle of Santo Domingo Pass
91 Van Herwerden Painting of Java Pass
92 Edward Lear painted View of Rome Pass
93 Edward Lear painted View of Rome Pass
95 Thomas Whitcomb painting of Squardron off the Coast Pass
96 George Harvey Road Scene Near Harper's Ferrry VA Pass
97 W.E. Baum Gray Day, South Side, East, PA Pass
98 George Harvey Ruffed Grouse and Young Pass
99 G. H. Smillie Mountain Lake, 1873 Pass
100 W.F. Corne Dawn at Nahant, 1882 $2,135.00
101 Granville Perkins Moonlight over New York Harbor Pass
102 Lester G. Hornby Weekend on the Stage Pass
103 Carl Link Racehorse Gilka $1,281.00
104 Gould Second Edition Family of Toucans $48,800.00
105 Gould First Edition Birds of Great Britain $47,580.00
106 Gould First Edition Birds of Himalaya Mountains Pass
107 Gould First Edition Family of Kangaroos Pass
108 Buller Second Ed. History of the Birds of New Zealand $5,080.00
109 Wilkes English Moths and Butterflies Pass
110 Audubon Final Octavo Ed. of the Birds of America Pass
111 Roberts and Jefferys Natural History of Florida $3,965.00
112 Ogilby First Edition Africa Pass
113 Turgots Magnificent Plan of Paris, 1739 Pass
114 Mercator Atlas Minor First German Edition, 1609 $14,640.00
115 De Laet History of the New World First French Edition Pass
116 Ortelius Theatre de l'Univers,1587 Third French Edition $50,020.00
117 Braun and Hogenberg View of Gibraltar and Malaga $610.00
118 Braun and Hogenberg View of towns in Spain Pass
119 Braun and Hogenberg View of towns in Spain Pass
120 Braun and Hogenberg View of Cairo $793.00
121 Braun and Hogenberg View Zwolle Pass
122 Braun and Hogenberg View of Marseille Pass
123 Braun and Hogenberg View of Augsburg Pass
124 Braun and Hogenberg View of Lorraine Pass
125 Braun and Hogenberg View of Seville Pass
126 First Edition Engravings from De Bry's Little Voyages Pass
127 First Edition Engravings from De Bry's Little Voyages Pass
128 First Edition Engravings from De Bry's Little Voyages Pass
129 First Edition Engravings from De Bry's Little Voyages Pass
130 First Edition Engravings from De Bry's Little Voyages Pass
131 First Edition Engravings from De Bry's Little Voyages Pass
132 First Edition Engravings from De Bry's Little Voyages Pass
133 First Edition Engravings from De Bry's Little Voyages Pass
134 First Edition Engravings from De Bry's Little Voyages Pass
135 First Edition Engravings from De Bry's Little Voyages Pass
136 Views from Webber's Views in South Seas Pass
137 Views from Webber's Views in South Seas Pass
138 Views from Webber's Views in South Seas Pass
139 Views from Webber's Views in South Seas Pass
140 Views from Webber's Views in South Seas Pass
141 Views from Webber's Views in South Seas Pass
142 Death of Capt. Cook Engraving $7,320.00
143 Coroneli Map of the Western Hemisphere $1,220.00
144 Sanson Map of the World $2,440.00
145 Ortelius Map of the World $5,185.00
146 Van der Aa Scientific Polar Map of the World Pass
147 Munster Map of the World Pass
148 Fries Woodcut Map of the World Pass
149 Merian Map of the World Pass
150 Forlani Seperately Issued Map of Germania after Gastaldi Pass
151 De Wit Portolan Sea Chart of Europe $5,080.00
152 De Wit's Map of Norway Pass
153 Sanson Map of Scandinavia $195.20
154 J. B. de Bouge Engraved Map of Belgium $1,708.00
155 Le Bruyn Views of Russia and Persia Pass
156 Le Bruyn Views of Russia and Persia $889.00
157 Le Bruyn Views of Russia and Persia Pass
158 Le Bruyn Views of Russia and Persia Pass
159 Le Bruyn Views of Russia and Persia Pass
160 Le Bruyn Views of Russia and Persia Pass
161 Le Bruyn Views of Russia and Persia Pass
162 Le Bruyn Views of Russia and Persia Pass
163 Le Bruyn Views of Russia and Persia Pass
164 Le Bruyn Views of Russia and Persia Pass
165 Le Bruyn Views of Russia and Persia $254.00
166 Mortier Map of Valletta, Malta $762.00
167 Lafreri Map of Roman Harbor of Ostia $1,220.00
168 Waldseemuller's First Modern Map of Italy Pass
169 View of Franco-Ottoman Siege of Nice in 1543 $1,586.00
170 Munster Woodcut of Arabian Peninsula Pass
171 Ortelius Map of the Holy Land $1,098.00
172 Rare Gastaldi Map of the Middle East $30,500.00
173 Drury View of Giant's Causeway, Ireland $732.00
174 Moll Map of Ireland Pass
175 Nolin Map of North America Pass
176 Hondius Map of America $635.00
177 Jefferys Map of Florida (Colored) $2,318.00
178 Jefferys Map of Florida (Uncolored) Pass
179 Le Moyne Map of Florida $4,575.00
180 Bellin Map of the Coast of Louisiana and Florida $1,537.00
181 Sanson Map of New Spain and Florida Pass
182 Sartine Map of Florida $2,413.00
183 Bellin Map of the Gulf of Mexico $1,220.00
184 Van Keulen Map of the West Indies Pass
185 French Florida Engraved Map $488.00
186 French Florida Engraved Map $254.00
187 Florida Lithograph Map $31.75
188 Florida Engraved Map $30.50
189 Florida Lithograph Map $244.00
190 Florida Engraved Map $274.50
191 Two Florida Lithograph Maps $122.00
192 Florida Engraved Map by Tardieu $457.50
193 Florida Lithograph Map Pass
194 Florida Lithograph Map $158.75
195 Blaeu Map of North America Pass
196 Lea & Overton Map of America $6,100.00
197 Van Kuelen Sea Chart of the Lesser Antilles $1,464.00
198 De Laet Map of Venezuela Pass
199 Jefferys Map of North Coast of South America Pass
200 Blaeu Map of Venezuela Pass
201 Tanner Map of United States of Mexico, 1846 $13,420.00
202 Tardieu Map of Western American $381.00
203 Stephen F. Austin Land Grant to Luke Lesassier $7,320.00
204 Lithograph Map of the Territory of New Mexico $610.00
205 Texas Document Certifying Mississippi Governor $4,270.00
206 Cram's Railroad and County Map of Texas Pass
207 Rare Map of Sabine River, Texas Pass
208 Emory's Lithograph Map of Texas $9,760.00
209 Texas Public Debt Certificate Pass
210 Lithograph Map of California and Nevada Pass
211 Civil War Era Map of the Mississippi Valley Pass
212 Civil War Map of the United States Pass
213 Ornamental Map of the United States and Mexico by Phelps Pass
214 Wall Map of North American by Braddock Meade Pass
215 Jaillot Map of Canada and Hudson Bay Pass
216 Van Keulen Map of Northwest Passage Pass
217 Wytfliet Map of Canada Pass
218 Weiland Lithograph Map of North Ameirca Pass
219 Vischer Novi Belgi Map of East Coast Pass
220 De Wit Map of New Spain Pass
221 Scarce Churchman Map of the Chesapeake Bay $35,380.00
222 Early Map of North America Pre-American Revolution Pass
223 First Edition, First Issue of the Mitchell Map, 1755 $488,000.00
224 Pre-Central Park Map of New York City $6,100.00
225 Landmark Map of Long Island Pass
226 View of Brooklyn from Mid 19th Century $3,660.00
227 Aquatint View of Broadway New York Pass
228 Lithograph View of New York from Brooklyn Pass
229 Early sketch of Penn College, Gettysburg $2,318.00
231 Louis Le Breton Civil War Naval Lithograph Pass
232 Currier Naval Lithograph $488.00
233 Thomas Jefferson Mezzotint $396.50
234 Catherwood Ancient Central America Scene $952.50
235 Hamilton Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities $366.00
236 Hamilton Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities Pass
237 Hamilton Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities $366.00
238 Hamilton Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities Pass
239 Hamilton Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities $366.00
240 Hamilton Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities $366.00
241 Currier and Ives Fireman Scene $610.00
242 Currier and Ives Fireman Scene $854.00
243 Currier and Ives Fireman Scene $610.00
244 Currier and Ives Fireman Scene $610.00
245 Rudolph Cronau Western Indian Lithograph $183.00
246 Rudolph Cronau Western Indian Lithograph $190.50
247 Rudolph Cronau Western Indian Lithograph Pass
248 Rudolph Cronau Western Indian Lithograph Pass
249 George Catlin Western Indian Lithograph $1,079.50
250 George Catlin Western Indian Lithograph Pass
251 George Catlin Western Indian Lithograph $2,196.00
252 George Catlin Western Indian Lithograph $1,143.00
253 George Catlin Western Indian Lithograph $952.50
254 George Catlin Western Indian Lithograph $698.50
255 George Catlin Western Indian Lithograph $671.00
256 George Catlin Western Indian Lithograph Pass
257 George Catlin Western Indian Lithograph $889.00
258 George Catlin Western Indian Lithograph $698.50
259 Karl Bodmer Western Indian Print $571.50
260 Karl Bodmer Western Indian Print $1,830.00
261 Two Engravings after Boucher $30.50
262 Three Prints from the American. Edition of Maynard’s “Josephus” $31.75
263 Thomas Moule Map of Cambridgeshire Pass
264 Amory Simons Bronze Horse Sculpture $1,098.00
265 Steffen Watercolor of House Sparrow $476.25
266 Steffen Watercolor of Hepburn's Rosy Finch $476.25
267 Steffen Watercolor of McCown's Longspur $476.25
268 Steffen Watercolor of Brewer's Blackbird $476.25
269 Steffen Watercolor of Sierra Creeper $457.50
270 Steffen Watercolor of House Finch $476.25
271 Steffen Watercolor of Gray Jay $476.25
272 Steffen Watercolor of Western Kingbird $476.25
273 Steffen Watercolor of Montana Junco $476.25
Total $1,511,808.70

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