Arader Galleries: May 2026 Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | May 2026 Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 1,716,498.75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 02, 2026 - May 02, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,721,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #50226 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,433,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 184 | ||
| Sold Lots | 84.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 4,469,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 45.65% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 6,236,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 100 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 27.53% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | EVANS, Lewis (ca. 1700-1756). | Geographical, Historical, Political, Philosophical and Mechanical Essays...[With Framed Map:] A general Map of the Middle British Colonies, in America. |
1755 | USD 200,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 204,000.00 |
| 36 | ROBERT, Nicolas (French, 1614-1685). | Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). |
ca. 1675. | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 156,000.00 |
| 17 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Brown Pelican [Standing], Plate 251. |
1827-1838. | USD 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 132,000.00 |
| 35 | ROBERT, Nicolas (French, 1614-1685). | Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) [The American Flamingo]. |
ca1675 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 132,000.00 |
| 26 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Common American Swan, Plate 411. |
1827-1838. | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 120,000.00 |
| 75 | COLLOT, Georges Henri Victor (1751-1805). | Voyage dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, ou descriptions des pays arroses par le Mississipi, l'Ohio, le Missouri et autres rivieres affluentes. |
1826 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 96,000.00 |
| 15 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Summer or Wood Duck, Plate 206. |
1827-1838. | USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 90,000.00 |
| 16 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Long-billed Curlew, Plate 231. |
1827-1838. | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 72,000.00 |
| 50 | Indo-Chinese or "Straits School" (19th Century). | Chempedak or Cempedak (Artocarpus integer). |
N/A | USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | USD 60,000.00 |
| 52 | Indo-Chinese or "Straits School" (19th Century). | Durian (Durio zibethinus). |
N/A | USD 125,000.00 - 175,000.00 | USD 60,000.00 |
| 44 | EHRET, Georg Dionysius (German, 1708-1770). | [Pink azalea or Pinxter flower, Virginia Rockrose, Rhododendron periclymenoides]. Cistus; Virginiana, flore & odore Peridymeni. D. Banist. “Virginia Rockrose, with the flower and scent of a Honeysuckle”. |
N/A | USD 35,000.00 - 55,000.00 | USD 50,400.00 |
| 23 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Canvas backed Duck, Plate 301 [With View of Baltimore, Maryland in the background]. |
1827-1838. | USD 45,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 48,000.00 |
| 45 | EHRET, Georg Dionysius (German, 1708-1770). | [Probably Wax Mallow (Malvaviscus arboreus)] . Hibiscus folus cordatis oronatis angulis lateralibus extimis parvis caule arboreo Linn. Supl Nat. |
1760 | USD 22,000.00 - 32,000.00 | USD 36,000.00 |
| 24 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Trumpeter Swan [Young], Plate 376. |
1827-1838. | USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 33,600.00 |
| 77 | DES BARRES, Joseph Frederick Wallet (1721-1824). | A chart of the coast of New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina... |
March 1780 | USD 45,000.00 - 65,000.00 | USD 33,600.00 |
| 107 | PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery (1779-1813). | An account of expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and through the western parts of Louisiana, to the sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Juan, Rivers; performed by order of the Government of the United States during the years 1 |
1810 | USD 32,000.00 - 42,000.00 | USD 33,600.00 |
| 10 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | American Robin, Plate 131. |
1827-1838. | USD 28,000.00 - 38,000.00 | USD 26,400.00 |
| 47 | CATTRANI, Baldassare (Italian, fl. 1776-1810). | 24. “Tradescantia Virginia” (Dayflower, Spiderwort). Titled in ink ‘Tradescantia Virginia’. |
c. 1809. | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 26,400.00 |
| 48 | CATTRANI, Baldassare (Italian, fl. 1776-1810). | 65. (Untitled) (Primula, Auricula, Primrose). |
c. 1809. | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 26,400.00 |
| 67 | PETERSON, Roger Tory (1908-1996). | Glossy and White-faced Glossy Ibis. |
N/A | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 22,800.00 |
| 128 | HUMBOLDT, Alexander von (1779-1859). | Carte Generale Du Royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne. |
1811 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 21,600.00 |
| 32 | Taxidermied Carrier (Passenger) Pigeon. | Provenance: Collection of Samuel Hallock duPont; hence by descent. |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 80 | SAUTHIER, Claude Joseph (1736-1802). | A Chorographic Map of the Province of New York in North America. |
1779 | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 12 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | American Crow, Plate 156. |
1827-1838. | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 73 | ROCQUE, John (c. 1704-1762). | A General Map of North America: In which is Espress'd, The several New Roads, Forts, Engagements &c... made in the Army employ'd there. From the Years 1754 to 1761. |
c.1763. | USD 18,000.00 - 28,000.00 | USD 16,800.00 |
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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 -
