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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper | Total Sales (USD) | 64,574.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 16, 2026 - May 16, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 122,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #51626 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 234,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 152 | ||
| Sold Lots | 136.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 145,650.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.47% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 275,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 16 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 23.41% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240 | Robert John Thornton; Peter Charles Henderson; Philip Reinagle; Abraham Pether; Sydenham Edwards; Richard Earlom; James Caldwall; Thomas Sutherland; Joseph Constantine Stadler | The Blue Egyptian Water Lily |
1787-1812 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,210.00 |
| 252 | Mark Catesby | Parrot of Carolina (Carolina Parrot, extinct) with Cypress of America. 1-11 |
1771 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,103.00 |
| 172 | Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) | Yellow Kidney - Piegan |
1911 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,140.00 |
| 170 | Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) | Acoma Water Girls |
1926 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,086.50 |
| 242 | George Brookshaw | Melon. 71 |
1804-1812 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,086.50 |
| 147 | Sebastian Munster (1489-1552) | Map of the Ancient World (Africa, Europe, Asia) |
1598 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,872.50 |
| 118 | Parker Edwards (1911-1987) | Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Sandwich Islands) |
1937 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,765.50 |
| 237 | Pierre Joseph Redoute; Bessin; Chapuy; Langlois; Victor | Iris [Iris fimbriata] |
1827-1833 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,765.50 |
| 228 | Daniel Giraud Elliot; Joseph Wolf; J. Smit | Elliot's Bird of Paradise |
1873 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,391.00 |
| 168 | Karl Bodmer | Mexkemahuastan, Chief of the Gros-ventres des Prairies |
1839-1842 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,284.00 |
| 187 | Hortus Botanicus |
1810-1820 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,230.50 | |
| 148 | Sebastian Munster (1489-1552) | Map of the Americas |
1598 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,123.50 |
| 241 | Dr. Robert John Thornton | The Queen Flower (Bird of Paradise Flower) |
1787-1812 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,123.50 |
| 119 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) | View of the Piazza della Rotonda (with the Pantheon in the background) [Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda] |
c1778 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,070.00 |
| 178 | Joan Miro (1893-1983) | Justification Page (Illustration of the Childhood of Ubu) |
1975 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 1,070.00 |
| 246 | Albertus Seba | Squid. 4 |
1734-1765 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,070.00 |
| 112 | George Vancouver (1757-1798) | Mount Rainier, seen from the southern part of Admiralty Inlet [Le Mont Rainier, vu de la partie Sud de l'Entree de l'Amiraute] |
1799-1800 | USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 963.00 |
| 115 | Charles Wilkes | Map of the Hawaiian Group or Sandwich Islands |
1845 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 963.00 |
| 251 | Mark Catesby | Bastard Baltimore (Oriole) with Catalpa Tree. 1-49 |
1754 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 963.00 |
| 239 | Pierre Joseph Redoute; Bessin; Chapuy; Langlois; Victor | Rose [Rosier a cent-feulles, foliace] |
1827-1833 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 909.50 |
| 250 | Mark Catesby | Blue Grosbeak with Sweet Flowering Bay. 1-59 |
1754 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 909.50 |
| 110 | John Gould | Northern Cassowary [Casuarius Uniappendiculatus] |
1840-1869 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 150 | Hartley Burr Alexander; C. Szwedzicki | Sioux Indian Painting |
1938 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 171 | Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) | Camp in the Cottonwoods - Cheyenne |
1911 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 722.25 |
| 117 | John M. Donn | Map of Hawaii (Hawaii Territory Survey 1901) [Sandwich Islands] |
1906-1907 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 695.50 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
