More auction results for October 10, 2020. Over $18,000,000 in sales!

Prints | Maps | Audubon | Rare Books | Painting and Drawings View Auction Results Arader Galleries is thrilled to announce that last weekend’s auction was our most successful to date: the sale brought in an impressive $18,570,968 including a 25% buyer's premium. The 192-lot sale featured many of Mr. Arader’s favorite treasures, including profoundly important icons of natural history and cartography, beautiful examples of Audubon's Birds of America, and stunning oil paintings of American cities and European royalty. The sale comprised the finest works from Mr. Arader’s personal collection built over the course of his forty-year career. The sale’s expansive offering covered five centuries and included many of the most seminal, iconic, and unique works of art that Arader Galleries has to offer. The auction produced many notable highlights: Audubon's Great Horned Owl (Lot 24, $48,000), The Great Blue Heron (Lot 27, $287,500), The Common American Swan (Lot 31, $250,000). There were a number of masterful natural history watercolors that sold including works by Susan F. Bury (Lots 44 & 45), Fuertes (Lots 55 & 56), and Redoute (Lots 75-95). Many notable historical oil paintings also sold including works by George Beck (Lots 104-106) and Thomas Birch (Lots 113-115). Next in the sale was an impressive offering of rare maps. Highlights included: works by Apianus, Cimerlinus, Forlani, Blaeu, Ortelius and more. An exceedingly rare Nicholas Scull map of Philadelphia with the state house printed on Silk sold for $487,500 (Lot 147). To close the sale, Mr. Arader offered a number of historical portraits featuring the only known painting of Abraham Ortelius created during his lifetime (Lot 180), which sold for $406,250. For a full list of prices realized on this sale, please see below. Our next auction is an online-only sale culminating on November 7th. The sale will feature one of the largest selections of Currier & Ives to ever come to market. Our next full, LIVE auction will take place on December 5th, 2020, in which we will offer a fine selection Audubons, Natural History prints and watercolors, rare books, rare maps, and Americana. We look forward to seeing you there! Lot Num Title Premium Price 1 Audubon Aquatint, Brown Titlark 531.25 2 Audubon Aquatint, Prairie Warbler 1375 3 Audubon Aquatint, Bewick's Wren 1375 4 Audubon Aquatint, Roscoes Yellow Throat 1187.5 5 Audubon Aquatint, Solitary Flycatcher 1187.5 6 Audubon Aquatint, Kentucky Warbler 1500 7 Audubon Aquatint, Trail's Flycatcher 1187.5 8 Audubon Aquatint, Hermit Thrush 1187.5 9 Audubon Aquatint, White-eyed Flycatcher 1187.5 10 Audubon Aquatint, Republican Cliff Swallow 1125 11 Audubon Aquatint, Henslow's Bunting 1187.5 12 Audubon Aquatint, Wood Thrush 4062.5 13 Audubon Aquatint, Blue-Grey Flycatcher 1250 14 Audubon Aquatint, Yellow Throated Warbler 1250 15 Audubon Aquatint, Autumnal Warbler 1187.5 16 Audubon Aquatint, Nashville Warbler 1250 17 Audubon Aquatint, Black and White Creeper 1625 18 Audubon Aquatint, Blue Eyed Yellow Warbler or Yellow-poll Warbler 1375 19 Audubon Aquatint, Golden winged Woodpecker 16250 20 Audubon Aquatint, Loggerhead Shrike 2812.5 21 Audubon Aquatint, Carolina Pigeon or Turtle Dove 12500 22 Audubon Aquatint, Carolina Parrot pass 23 Audubon Aquatint, Red-shouldered Hawk 11875 24 Audubon Aquatint, Great Horned Owl 50000 25 Audubon Aquatint, Ivory-billed Woodpecker pass 26 Audubon Aquatint, Summer or Wood Duck pass 27 Audubon Aquatint, Great Blue Heron 287500 28 Audubon Aquatint, Willow Grous or Large Ptarmigan pass 29 Audubon Aquatint, Key West Dove or Pigeon 6875 30 Audubon Aquatint, California Vulture pass 31 Audubon Aquatint, Common American Swan 250000 32 Audubon Aquatint, Florida Cormorant pass 33 Audubon Lithograph, American Bison Female 7500 34 Peterson Snowy Egret 11250 35 Bierstadt Chromolithograph, Storm in the Rocky Mountains 9062.5 36 Bierstadt Chromolithograph, Domes of Yosemite 30000 37 LA PEROUSE, Voyage pass 38 Cook Voyages, Beautiful Set pass 39 Vancouver Voyage to the North Pacific pass 40 Bauer Watercolor of Blackberries pass 41 Bessa Still Life watercolor on vellum pass 42 Bronckhorst Watercolor of a Flamingo pass 43 Bronckhorst Watercolor of an Elephant and Lion pass 44 Bury Watercolor of Amaryllis Crocata 200000 45 Bury Watercolor of Crinum Pedunculatum New Hollan 225000 46 Company School Watercolor from the Wolff Collection pass 47 Company School Watercolor from the Wolff Collection pass 48 Dietzsch watercolor of Anemones and a large Blue Butterfly. 12500 49 Dietzsch Tulip Study pass 50 Ehret Bromelia Watercolor 50000 51 Ehret Cactus Watercolor pass 52 Ehret Narcissus Lily Watercolor pass 53 Ehret Magnolia Watercolor 312500 54 Ehret Peony Watercolor pass 55 Fuertes watercolor of a Gryfalcon 300000 56 Fuertes watercolor of Snowy Egret 12500 57 Harvey watercolor of the Hudson River 8125 58 Henstenburgh watercolor of Exotic Birds pass 59 Herolt Iris Watercolor pass 60 Prevost watercolor of Two Irises pass 61 Prevost watercolor of a Bouquet of Flowers pass 62 Howitt Aesops Fables Watercolor of Bears and Bees 6250 63 Howitt Watercolor of a Klip-springer pass 64 Huet Oil of Ruffs in a Landscape pass 65 Huet watercolor of an African Lioness pass 66 Le Moyne Watercolor of an Opium Poppy pass 67 Le Moyne Watercolor of a Pomegranate. 187500 68 Le Moyne Watercolor of an Apple pass 69 Le Moyne Watercolor of a German Iris pass 70 Le Moyne Watercolor of a Quince pass 71 Lear Nonsense drawing of an Aligator pass 72 Lear drawing of an Eagle Owl 27500 73 Lear Nonsense drawing of a Owly Pussycat pass 74 Merian Watercolor of a Northern Lapwing 112500 75 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 8: "Sea Lily" Pancratium maritimum. 62500 76 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 27: Blush-colored Crinum Crinum erubescens 200000 77 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 32: Barbados Lily, Amaryllis equestis 312500 78 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 61: Amaryllis Autea (Golden Hurricane Lily). 375000 79 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 78: Strelizia reginae (Bird of Paradise) 93750 80 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, 107: Flabby-leaved Canna, Canna flaccida 137500 81 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 151: Heliconia psittacorum (Parrot Flower) 50000 82 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 235: “Yellow Flag Iris” Iris Pseudocorus 325000 83 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 236: “Lemmonier’s Iris” Iris Monnieri 325000 84 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 237: “Siberian Iris” Iris pratensis 175000 85 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, Plate 309. Tall Bearded Iris. Iris Germanica 500000 86 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 336: Iris Amoena 375000 87 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 338: Iris sambucina (Bearded Iris) 325000 88 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 356: "Pleated Iris" Iris plicata 337500 89 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 365: Iris squalens 362500 90 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 444: Musa paradisiaca (Banana) 531250 91 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 456: Bromella ananas (Cultivated Pineapple) 531250 92 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 475: Tiger lily / Devil Lily 312500 93 Redoute Watercolor for Les Liliacees, plate 481: Three-flowered Iris Iris triflora 62500 94 Redoute Watercolor of a Bouquet Rose of Sharon 231250 95 Redoute Watercolor of Auriculas 106250 96 Robert Watercolor of a Macaw pass 97 Robert Watercolor of a Fictitious Parrot pass 98 Wolf Oil of a Gyrflacon pass 99 Wolf Watercolor of a Gyrfalcon pass 100 Allard View of Havana Harbour 11250 101 Blake Engraving of Cumea 31250 102 Dale Watercolor of Sugar Load Mountain Rio De Janeiro, Brazil pass 103 Beck Watercolor of Washington DC / Georgetown 387500 104 Beck Watercolor of Washington DC 225000 105 Beck Watercolor of Washington DC / Falls of the Potomac 156250 106 Brooke Watercolor of Augusta, GA pass 107 Brooke Watercolor of River Chatahoochee Between GA & AL 9375 108 Brooke Watercolor of Slaves loading Cotton 25000 109 Hill Watercolor of Boston pass 110 Hill Watercolor of New York from Weehawken pass 111 Hill View of New York pass 112 East River Looking SW 118750 113 Birch Oil of Philadelphia 281250 114 Birch Oil of Castle William 68750 115 Birch Oil of Boston 156250 116 Dodd Maritime Watercolors pass 117 Bodmer Abdih Hiddisch Aquatint 5625 118 Bodmer Dog Dancer Aquatint 50000 119 Apianus World Map and Mela Book 125000 120 Cimerlinus Heart Shaped World Map 312500 121 Florianus World Map in Globe Gores 118750 122 Forlani Map of North America 175000 123 Forlani Map of the Atlantic Ocean 33750 124 Forlani Map of South America 68750 125 Forlani Map of Africa 40000 126 Forlani map of the Mediterranean 58750 127 Forlani World Map 156250 128 Ruysch World Map 250000 129 Scolari World Map, 1662 93750 130 Blaeu World Map 20000 131 Camocio Map of Europe 27500 132 Boisseau Map of Canada / New France 45000 133 Couagne Manuscript Map of New France / Canada 656250 134 Fairfax Lands Potomac River Source Manuscript Maps 625000 135 Jansson Map of North America 8125 136 Jansson Map of New England and Virginia pass 137 Johnston View of Quebec (First State) 137500 138 Johnston View of Quebec (Second State) 100000 139 Heap & Scull View of Philadelphia, Bowels 41250 140 Heap & Scull View of Philadelphia, Jefferys 75000 141 Heap & Scull View of Philadelphia, 1754 Large Copy 968750 142 Hills Map of Philadelphia 10 Miles Around 118750 143 Heap & Scull View of Philadelphia, London Magazine 4687.5 144 Holme Map of Pennsylvania 81250 145 Scull Map of Philadelphia, 1752 3750 146 Scull Map of Pennsylvania, 1770 125000 147 Scull Map of Philadelphia with Statehouse, 1752 on Silk 487500 148 Scull Map of Pennsylvania, 1759 137500 149 The Most Important German-American Documents of the Founding of Germantown pass 150 Evans Map of the Middle British Colonies, 1755 281250 151 Mitchell Map of America, 1755 First Edition 531250 152 Des Barres View of Boston pass 153 Des Barres Map of the East Coast 30000 154 Des Barres Map of the Mississippi River pass 155 Pownall Map of the Middle British Colonies 7500 156 Nieuwenhof map of New York 42500 157 Ortelius Map of the Americas pass 158 Nicolai Woodblock map of the New World 6250 159 Ortelius Map of Asia 3125 160 Ramusio Woodcut map of the Americas pass 161 Roggeveen Map of New Jersey 50000 162 Sanson Map of New Spain and Florida 6250 163 Saxton Map of Dorcester pass 164 Speed map of Dorsetshire pass 165 Texas Land Documents 1838 2500 166 Thornton Map of the World 32500 167 Vingboons Manucript View of Mexico City 687500 168 Ogilby View of Mexico City 3125 169 Robinson Map of Mexico 750000 170 La Harpe Manuscript Map of Louisiana 875000 171 Beham engraving of Emporer Ferdinand I pass 172 Rubens Portrait of Anne of Austra, Queen of France 16250 173 Coornhert Engraving of Charles V 35000 174 Coornhert Engraving of Charles V 35000 175 Mor Portrait of Elizabeth of Valios 35000 176 Clouet Oil of Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain. 35000 177 Clouet Oil of Catherine de Medici, Queen of France. 47500 178 Clouet, Portrait of King Charles IX 31250 179 Clouet Oil of Henri de France 32500 180 Key Oil on Abraham Ortelius with engraving 406250 181 Vanni Map of Siena Study pass 182 Duchatel Oil of Charles V 35000 183 Durer engraving of Emperor Maximilian pass 184 Flemish School Emperor Charles V Drawing pass 185 Courteys Calvary Painting of the Passion 13750 186 French School Oil of Francis I following Ceasar's Path pass 187 Kline Oil At The Circus pass 188 Lewis Watercolor of New York Harbor and the Manhattan Bridge pass 189 Palmer watercolor of a Poet pass 190 Bromley engraving of a Tennis Player 11875 191 Laneuville Oil of a Tennis Player pass 192 The earliest book on Tennis (Scaino) 40000 Contact Us