Old World Auctions: Maps and Atlases
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Maps and Atlases | Total Sales (USD) | 289,396.20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 313,150.00 |
| Sale Number | #207 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 381,435.00 |
| Total Lots | 758 | ||
| Sold Lots | 577.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 408,710.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 76.12% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 498,705.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 181 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 58.03% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Plancius, Petrus | "Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus" |
1594 (dated) | USD 15,000.00 - 17,000.00 | USD 12,650.00 |
| 7 | Colom, Jacob Aertz | "Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula" |
1650 (circa) | USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,650.00 |
| 36 | Schedel, Hartmann | "Secunda Etas Mundi" |
1493 (published) | USD 14,000.00 - 17,000.00 | USD 11,500.00 |
| 37 | Ptolemy/Sylvanus | "[Untitled - Ancient World]" |
1511 (published) | USD 14,000.00 - 17,000.00 | USD 9,200.00 |
| 197 | Mitchell, Samuel Augustus | "A New Map of Texas Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the Most Recent Authorities" |
1846 (dated) | USD 9,500.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,050.00 |
| 10 | Pitt, Moses | "Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula" |
1680 (circa) | USD 9,500.00 - 11,000.00 | USD 6,900.00 |
| 285 | "The Territory of Nebraska Embracing the Public Surveys Up to the Summer of 1857..." |
1857 (dated) | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,900.00 | |
| 4 | Ortelius, Abraham | "Typus Orbis Terrarum" |
1579 (published) | USD 7,500.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,325.00 |
| 65 | Munster, Sebastian | "Tavola dell' Isole Nuove, le Quali son Nominate Occidentali; & Indiane per Diversi Rispetti" |
1558 (circa) | USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,700.00 |
| 1 | Wit, Frederick de | "[Lot of 4] Nova Totius Americae Descriptio [and] Nova Africa Descriptio [and] Asiae Nova Descriptio [and] Nova Europae Descriptio" |
1668 (circa) | USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,400.00 |
| 11 | Blaeu/Valck | "Novus Planiglobii Terrestris per Utrumque Polum Conspectus" |
1695 (circa) | USD 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 725 | Homann, Johann Baptist | "Kleiner Atlas Scholasticus von Sechs und Zwantzig Charten" |
1715 (circa) | USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 | USD 4,200.00 |
| 2 | Fries, Lorenz | "[Title on Verso] Tabula Moder. Gronlandiae et Russiae" |
1525 (published) | USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 67 | Speed, John | "America with Those Known Parts in That Unknowne Worlde Both People and Manner of Buildings Discribed and Inlarged..." |
1626 (dated) | USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 240 | Railroad Companies, (Various) | "Township Map of Peninsular Florida Issued by the Associated Railway Land Department of Florida" |
1890 (dated) | USD 400.00 - 475.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 114 | Gastaldi, Giacomo | "Tierra Nueva" |
1548 (published) | USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 233 | Russell, John C. | "Plan of the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, Ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by Them Established as the Seat of Their Government, After the Year 1800" |
1795 (circa) | USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 80 | Hondius/Jansson | "America Septentrionalis" |
1680 (circa) | USD 3,250.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
| 24 | Dunn, Samuel | "[On 4 Sheets] A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe; with All the New Discoveries and Marginal Delineations, Containing the Most Interesting Particulars in the Solar, Starry and Mundane System" |
1794 (dated) | USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,760.00 |
| 192 | Desilver, Charles | "A New Map of Kansas by W.H. Holmes" |
1859 (dated) | USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 726 | Finley, Anthony | "A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, Representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe..." |
1830 (dated) | USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 66 | Ortelius, Abraham | "Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio" |
1587 (dated) | USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 161 | Blaeu, (Family) | "Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova" |
1640 (circa) | USD 1,800.00 - 2,100.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 325 | Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von | "Plates to Alexander de Humboldt's Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain" |
1811 (published) | USD 800.00 - 950.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 707 | Anon | "[Illuminated Leaf]" |
1450 (circa) | USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
