Desa Unicum: Old Maps and City Views
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old Maps and City Views | Total Sales (PLN) | 117,840.00 |
| Auction Date | July 15, 2025 - July 15, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) | 108,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #71525 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) | 158,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 98 | ||
| Sold Lots | 42 | Low Estimate of All Lots (PLN) | 242,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 42.86% | High Estimate of All Lots (PLN) | 361,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 56 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 32.56% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Waclaw Grodecki, Abraham Ortelius | Map of Poland, 1598 |
1598 | PLN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | PLN 8,400.00 |
| 16 | Johann Baptist Homann | Map of the lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ("Hanc Regni Poloniarum Magnique Ducatus Lithuaniae..."), circa 1705 |
circa 1705 | PLN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | PLN 7,200.00 |
| 51 | Abraham Ortelius | Map of Europe ("Europae"), 1589 |
1589 | PLN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | PLN 7,200.00 |
| 95 | Hendrik II Hondius | The northern hemispheres of the sky and earth, depicting the figures of the Zodiac |
PLN 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | PLN 7,200.00 | |
| 63 | Hartmann Schedel | View of Wroclaw ("Bressla"), 1493 |
1493 | PLN 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 | PLN 6,600.00 |
| 96 | Hendrik II Hondius | The southern hemispheres of heaven and earth, with the representation of the Zodiac figures |
PLN 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | PLN 6,600.00 | |
| 97 | Georg, Franz Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg | Roma, 1574 |
1574 | PLN 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | PLN 6,600.00 |
| 7 | Joan Bleau | Map of Poland and Silesia ("Polonia regnum et silesia ducus"), circa 1658 |
circa 1658 | PLN 4,200.00 - 6,000.00 | PLN 4,560.00 |
| 11 | Johannes Covens | Map of the Republic of Poland ("Estats de la Couronne de Pologne subdivise's..."), 1696 |
1696 | PLN 4,200.00 - 6,000.00 | PLN 4,560.00 |
| 18 | Johann Baptist Homann | Map of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Prussia ("Regni Poloniae Magnique Ducati Lithuaniae. Nova et exacta tabula"), 1739 |
1739 | PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | PLN 4,200.00 |
| 6 | Nicolas Sanson | Map of Poland ("Estats de la Couronne de Pologne..."), 1655 |
1655 | PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | PLN 3,840.00 |
| 80 | Balthasar Friedrich Leizel | Dlugi Targ (mirror image), view from the west, circa 1780 |
circa 1780 | PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | PLN 3,840.00 |
| 52 | Abraham Ortelius | Map of Tuscany ("Thusciae Descriptio"), 1570 |
1570 | PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | PLN 3,360.00 |
| 14 | Johann Baptist Homann | Map of Silesia ("Superioris et Inferioris Ducatus Silesia..."), after 1712 |
after 1712 | PLN 2,800.00 - 4,000.00 | PLN 2,880.00 |
| 67 | Gabriel Bodenehr | Warsaw under August II ("Warschau. Die gewohnliche Residenz der Konige in Polen"), 1720 |
1720 | PLN 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | PLN 2,880.00 |
| 76 | Henri Abraham Chatelain | View of Krakow, Warsaw and Vilnius (Carte des trois ordres qui composent l'Etat de la Republique de Pologne), 1718 |
1718 | PLN 2,800.00 - 4,000.00 | PLN 2,880.00 |
| 5 | Joan Bleau | Map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1648 |
1648 | PLN 1,800.00 - 2,800.00 | PLN 2,640.00 |
| 4 | Matthaus Merian | Map of the Kingdom of Poland and the Duchy of Silesia ("Polonia regnum et silesia ducatus"), circa 1638 |
circa 1638 | PLN 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 | PLN 2,400.00 |
| 20 | Peter Schenk | Map of Western Pomerania ("Ducatus Pomeraniae Tabula Generalis in qua sunt Ducatus Pomeraniae..."), 1715 |
1715 | PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | PLN 2,040.00 |
| 58 | Alexis-Hubert Jaillot Nicolas Sanson | Map of France, 1710 |
1710 | PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | PLN 2,040.00 |
| 77 | Gabriel Bodenehr | Poznan. City map, 1740 |
1740 | PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | PLN 2,040.00 |
| 85 | Gabriel Bodenehr | Plan of Vilnius ("Wilna oder Wilda die Haupt-Stadt in Litthauen") |
PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | PLN 2,040.00 | |
| 1 | Hartmann Schedel | Poland ("Von polnischem Land..."), 1493 |
1493 | PLN 1,800.00 - 2,800.00 | PLN 1,920.00 |
| 36 | Antonio Zatta | Map of Red Ruthenia, Volhynia and Podolia, 1781 |
1781 | PLN 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 | PLN 1,680.00 |
| 73 | Mann C.A. | Warsaw. Wilanow Palace, 1855 |
1855 | PLN 1,000.00 - 1,800.00 | PLN 1,560.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://pjupgrade-qadev.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
