September 29th, 2018 Arader Galleries Auction Prices Realized and Success

Hello,

This Saturday marked another successful auction at Arader Galleries!  We are delighted to announce our September sale totaled $4,248,818. The 187 lot sale featured a selection of outstanding material. The Audubon birds section had two spectacular highlights from the Saschsen-Meinigen set of Audubon, which was owned by King William IV of England. Lot 14, the Hooping Crane sold for $260,350 and Lot 15, the Canvas-Backed Duck sold for $158,600.

A number of beautiful Redoute watercolors, the finest flower watercolors ever drawn and painted for Empress Josephine of France sold in the auction. Lot 49, the Botany-Bay Lily sold for $97,600 and Lot 50, the Caribbean New World Pancratius Lily sold for $79,300. Other watercolor highlights were Lot 70, a Humbolt watercolor and engraving of a Vulture selling for $19,850 and a Samuel Colman watercolor selling for $6,985.

Finally the sale rounded out with an excellent offering of antique maps and books. Lot 113, Beyer's Album of Virginia sold for $28,750 and Lot 141, Oronce's Fine's World Map from 1541 sold for $53,750. 

Our Auction will be November 17th featuring an amazing selection of rare maps and atlases from the 16th-20th centuries including works by Ptolemy, Ortelius, Blaeu, Visscher, Montanus, D'Anville, Jefferys, Burr, Young, Johnson, Colton and many other famous cartographers. 

On the morning of the 17th at 11am we will have a syndication of Redoute Roses of 42 shares for $15000 each with a guaranteed fair market value of $48,000 in three years.

Following that will be an auction on December 8th. That auction be a large sale of choice works including Audubon aquatints of birds and lithographs of the quadrupeds natural history works on paper, 10 Redoute watercolors, 10 watercolors by Le Moyne,  antique maps and rare books including a beautiful atlas by Sartine done during the American Revolution. 

Hope you can make it.

Truly,

Graham Arader 


The results are listed below:

Lot	Title	Premium
1	Audubon Aquatint, Long-Tailed Duck	$6,250
2	Audubon Aquatint, Gadwall Duck	$8,750
4	Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Pied Oyster Catcher	$2,500
5	Audubon Aquatint, Children's Warbler	$423
6	Audubon Aquatint, Blue-winged Yellow Warbler	$406
7	Audubon Aquatint, Golden-crested Wren	$1,063
8	Audubon Aquatint, Baltimore Oriole	$9,375
9	Audubon Aquatint, Wood Ibis	$55,000
10	Audubon Aquatint, Black-Billed Cuckoo	$8,125
11	Audubon Aquatint, Glossy Ibis	$18,750
12	Audubon Aquatint, Female Turkey	$56,250
13	Audubon Aquatint, Ruffed Grous	$56,250
14	Audubon Aquatint, Hooping Crane	$266,500
15	Audubon Aquatint, Canvas Backed Duck	$162,500
16	Audubon Aquatint, Yellow Crowned Heron	$31,250
17	Audubon Lithograph, American Bison (Male)	$26,250
18	Audubon Lithograph, American Bison (Female)	$15,000
19	Audubon Lithograph, Cross Fox	$2,750
20	Audubon Lithograph, Collared Peccary	$4,688
21	Audubon Lithograph, Columbia Black-Tailed Deer	$1,000
22	Audubon Lithograph, Four-striped Ground Squirrel	$500
23	Audubon Lithograph, Pine Marten	$594
24	Audubon Lithograph, Rocky Mountain Goat	$1,560
25	Audubon Lithograph, White Weasel Stout	$563
26	Audubon Lithograph, Swamp Hare	$563
27	Audubon Lithograph, Cat Squirrel	$500
28	Audubon Lithograph, Hudson Bay Squirrel	$500
29	Audubon Lithograph, Migratory Squirrel	$469
30	Thornton Aquatint, Carnations	$1,875
31	Thornton Aquatint, China Limodoron	$2,875
32	Thornton Aquatint, Tulips	$7,188
33	Thornton Aquatint, American Cowslip	$2,875
34	Thornton Aquatint, Queen Flower	$2,500
35	Thornton Aquatint, Blue Passion Flower	$2,625
36	Thornton Aquatint, Blue Egyptian Water-Lily	$1,750
37	Thornton Aquatint, Persian Cyclamen	$1,750
38	Thornton Aquatint, Cupid Inspiring Plants	$1,375
39	Curtis, Pinks (Proof)	$4,688
40	Curtis, Carnations (Proof)	$5,000
41	Redoute Watercolor, Sea Lily	$87,500
42	Redoute Watercolor, Three-Flowered Iris	$84,375
43	Redoute Watercolor, Parrot Flower	$93,750
44	Redoute Watercolor, Flabby-Leaved Canna	$162,500
45	Redoute Watercolor, Blush-Colored Crinum	$262,500
46	Redoute Watercolor, Tiger Lily	$225,000
47	Redoute Watercolor, Golden Hurricane	$225,000
48	Redoute Watercolor, Banana	$362,500
49	Redoute Watercolor, Botany-Bay	$100,000
50	Redoute Watercolor, Caribbean New World Pancratius Lily	$87,500
51	Redoute Watercolor, Common Naked Ladies	$78,125
52	Redoute Watercolor, Bird Of Paradise	$112,500
53	Empson Watercolor, Datura	$2,625
54	Empson Watercolor, Plains of Garapata	$3,000
55	Empson Watercolor, Grapefruit	$2,625
56	Empson Watercolor, Scarlet Star	$3,000
57	Empson Watercolor, Sapote de Manquita	$2,750
58	Empson Watercolor, Colvolvu	$3,125
59	Schouman Watercolor, Snipes	$3,750
60	Travies Osprey Watercolor	$7,188
61	Fuertes Watercolor, Birds and Butterfly	$5,000
62	2 Indian School Botanical Watercolors	$625
63	Jensen Still Life of Roses	$25,000
64	Colman Watercolor New Mexico	$7,150
65	Dale Watercolor Sugar Loaf Mountain	$12,188
66	Dighton Watercolor, Luxor, Egypt	$8,750
67	Choris, Denmark Views	$3,625
68	Demarcay, Narciss Watercolor	$5,313
69	Fuertes Watercolor, Auks	$12,500
70	Humbolt Watercolor Vulture	$19,500
71	Ede Watercolor Swan	$3,875
72	Benson Watercolor Bird in Flight	$3,375
73	Gronvold Watercolor Roseate Pelican	$8,750
74	Jaques, Flock of Geese	$10,000
75	Bull, Red Fox Watercolor	$2,375
76	Howitt, Panther Watercolor	$3,438
77	Schiedel, Ocelot Watercolor	$3,750
78	Company School Watercolor, Elephant	$3,750
79	Alken Hunting Dog Wantercolor	Pass
80	Cayley Kookaburra Watercolor	Pass
81	Japanese Whale Watercolor	$3,875
82	Four Elliot Bird Lithographs	$520
83	Chinese School Butterfly Watercolor	$1,300
84	Cheinese School Moth Watercolor	$1,375
85	Descourtilz, Brazilian Bird Chromolithograph	$650
86	Descourtilz, Brazilian Bird Chromolithograph	$650
87	Japanese Falcon Watercolor	Pass
88	Japanese Falcon Watercolor	Pass
89	Japanese Falcon Watercolor	$1,040
90	Japanese Falcon Watercolor	Pass
91	Japanese Falcon Watercolor	Pass
92	Japanese Falcon Watercolor	Pass
93	Digby, Falcon Watercolor	Pass
94	Riding Icelandic Falcon Copperplate	Pass
95	Gauguin Noa Noa 1st Ed.	$1,250
96	Kotzebue Voyage of Discovery	$6,563
97	Lahontan North American Travels	Pass
98	Moore Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland	Pass
99	Culpeper English Physitian	Pass
100	Albin Natural History of Birds	$12,500
101	Mivart / Keulemans Lories	Pass
102	Martyn English Entomologist	Pass
103	Albin Natural History of Insects	Pass
104	Thevet Cosmographie 1575	Pass
105	Pulgar Siege of Granada	$1,300
106	Chasteuil-Gallaup Louis XIII Entry to Aix	$3,125
107	Vieillot Natural History of Birds	Pass
108	Vallet, Florilegium 1623	Pass
109	Lescarbot New France 1609	Pass
110	Ramusio New World Voyages	Pass
111	Collot New France 1826	$168,750
112	Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia	$31,250
113	Beyer Album of Virginia	$28,750
114	Gould Birds of Asia	$225,000
115	Gould Birds of Australia	$250,000
116	Gould Birds of Europe	$93,750
117	Gould Birds of Great Britain	$118,750
118	Gould Family of Trogons	$43,750
119	Gould Hummingbirds	$187,500
120	Gould Birds of Himalaya	$25,000
121	Catlin North American Indian Portfolio	Pass
122	Bodmer Aquatint, Pehriska-Ruhpa	$4,688
123	Bodmer Aquatint, Yellow Stone River Junction	$5,000
124	Catlin Lithograph, Buffalo Hunt, Chase	$3,375
125	Bodmer Aquatint, Rocky Mountains	$4,375
126	Catlin Lithograph, Buffalo Hunt, Chase	Pass
127	Catlin Lithograph, Wounded Buffalo	$1,000
128	Hondius Map of Southeast, USA	Pass
129	Visscher, Novi Belgii	$4,750
130	De Bry Map of Americas	Pass
131	Jeffreys Map of Gulf Coast	Pass
132	North American Boundry Maps	Pass
133	Colton Map of Wet	Pass
134	Lotter Plan of Philadelphia	$3,625
135	Mortier Map of Chesapeake Bay	$6,250
136	Ensign Map of America	Pass
137	Toby Texas Land Grant	Pass
138	Maps of Gulf of Mexico	$938
139	Colton Map of Nebraska and Kansas	$4,550
140	Forlani Map of South America	$62,500
141	Fine World Map	$53,750
142	Doolittle Colonial Print	Pass
144	Manuscript Map of Gibraltar	Pass
145	Coronelli World Map	$1,690
146	Murer Map of Zurich	$18,750
147	Scolari / Blaeu Map of Germany	Pass
148	Kahler Print of Buenos Aires	Pass
149	Blaeu Africa	$2,250
150	Visscher, Four Asian Cities	Pass
151	Ritter World Map	Pass
152	De Bry Map of Goa	Pass
153	Blaeu Map of Southeast US	$2,250
154	Blaeu Map of Virginia	Pass
155	Janssonius Map of East coast	$1,040
156	Simmons Map of Baltimore	$875
157	Magnus Battle of Bull Run	$375
158	Zatta Map of East Coast	$500
159	Cram Map of Texas	$780
160	Johnson Map of Texas	$390
161	Kidder Lithograph of Andover Seminary	Pass
162	Dudley Map of Lisbon	Pass
163	Dudley Map of La Rochelle	Pass
164	Dudley Map of Gibraltar	$2,375
165	Ortelius Map of France	Pass
166	De Jode Map of Turkey	Pass
167	Probst View of Constantinople	$1,250
168	Saxton Map of York	$6,250
169	Coronelli Globe Gore	Pass
170	Coronelli Globe Gore	Pass
171	Coronelli Globe Gore	Pass
172	Coronelli Globe Gore	Pass
173	Coronelli Globe Gore	$2,500
174	Coronelli Globe Gore	$2,375
175	Coronelli Globe Gore	Pass
176	Coronelli Globe Gore	$1,500
177	Coronelli Globe Gore	$1,500
178	Smith View of New Haven	$9,375
179	Sauthier Map of New York	$3,750
180	Hill Aquatint of New York	Pass
181	Cole South Boston	$438
182	Pellegrin Navel Watercolor	Pass
183	Mooy Naval Scene	Pass
184	Hampton Roads Naval Lithograph	$406
185	Durand Capture of Major Andre	Pass
186	Currier and Ives Trotting Mares	$650
187	Currier and Ives American Forest Scene	$5,000
		$4,248,818