December 2021: Auction Results
Dear Friends and Collectors,
This Saturday marked another successful auction at Arader Galleries. The 163 Lot sale totaled $1,875,420 including the buyer's premium. The auction featured a selection of outstanding material including wonderful examples of John James Audubon's Birds of America, as well as unique original natural history watercolors, an excellent selection of Globes, as well as rare maps and Americana.
Highlights from the auction were some of Audubon's most iconic compositions including the Great Horned Owl selling for $43,200 (Lot 6), the Blue Jay for $26,400 and the extinct Ivory-Billed Woodpecker selling for $84,000 (Lot 12).
A number of Natural History engravings and original watercolors sold at the action including a partial set of Daniell's African aquatints selling for $10,800 (Lot 50), an original watercolor by Bessa selling for $78,000 (Lot 58), and an early Quina watercolor of a Pelican for $36,000 (Lot 63).
The rare book section had some highlights including John Gould's only work devoted to American Birds, his Partridge's of America selling for $15,600 (Lot 86), a De Laet "Mother Atlas" of the New World selling for $14,400 (Lot 95) and a magnificently colored De Wit composite atlas selling for $144,000 (Lot 95).
Highlights of the rare map and globe section included a Blaeu Terrestrial Globe selling for $62,400 (Lot 99), a beautifully colored manuscript map of the Holy Land achieving $8,400 (Lot 112), an early state of Forlani / Lily's Map of Britain selling for $18,000 (Lot 129), and the Darby map of the State of Louisiana selling for $14,400 (Lot 140).
Our next auction is scheduled for January 29th, 2021 and will feature an amazing selection of material including supreme examples of rare maps, rare books, original natural history watercolors, and of course the iconic works of John James Audubon.
We will have a booth at the Winter Antiques Show from the 20th of January to the 30th, which will be in person at the Park Avenue Armory. We would love to see you there!
Below is a full list of results of the December 11, 2021 Auction.
Truly,
Graham Arader
| Lot | Title | Hammer | Premium |
| 1 | Audubon Aquatint, Purple Grackle | 12000 | 14400 |
| 2 | Audubon Aquatint, Purple Martin | 8500 | 10200 |
| 3 | Audubon Aquatint, Great-Footed Hawk | 8500 | 10200 |
| 4 | Audubon Aquatint, Red Headed Woodpecker | 9000 | 10800 |
| 5 | Audubon Aquatint, Ruby-Throated Humming Bird | PASS | PASS |
| 6 | Audubon Aquatint, Great Horned Owl | 36000 | 43200 |
| 7 | Audubon Aquatint, Mottled Owl (Little Screech Owl) | 9000 | 10800 |
| 8 | Audubon Aquatint, Blue Jay | 22000 | 26400 |
| 9 | Audubon Aquatint, Canada Jay | PASS | PASS |
| 10 | Audubon Aquatint, White-headed Eagle | 16000 | 19200 |
| 11 | Audubon Aquatint, Barred Owl | PASS | PASS |
| 12 | Audubon Aquatint, Ivory-billed Woodpecker | 70,000 | 84000 |
| 13 | Audubon Aquatint, Key West Dove or Pigeon | PASS | PASS |
| 14 | Audubon Aquatint, Yellow-Winged Sparrow | 1900 | 2280 |
| 15 | Audubon Aquatint, Little Owl | PASS | PASS |
| 16 | Audubon Aquatint, Red-Tailed Hawk | PASS | PASS |
| 17 | Audubon Aquatint, Whip-Poor-Will | 8000 | 9600 |
| 18 | Audubon Aquatint, Broad-winged Hawk | 10000 | 12000 |
| 19 | Audubon Aquatint, White-crowned Pigeon | 7500 | 9000 |
| 20 | Audubon Aquatint, Pinnated Grous | 12000 | 14400 |
| 21 | Audubon Aquatint, Canada Goose | PASS | PASS |
| 22 | Audubon Aquatint, Velvet Duck | PASS | PASS |
| 23 | Audubon Aquatint, Reddish Egret / Purple Heron | PASS | PASS |
| 24 | Audubon Aquatint, White-Fronted Goose | PASS | PASS |
| 25 | Audubon Aquatint, Bemaculated Duck | 7500 | 9000 |
| 26 | Audubon Aquatint, Ruff necked Hummingbird | PASS | PASS |
| 27 | Audubon Aquatint, Louisiana Hawk | 6500 | 7800 |
| 28 | Audubon Aquatint, Maria's Woodpecker... | PASS | PASS |
| 29 | Audubon Aquatint, California Vulture | 12000 | 14400 |
| 30 | Audubon Aquatint, Towhee Bunting | 1700 | 2040 |
| 31 | Audubon Aquatint, Gadwall Duck | 6000 | 7200 |
| 32 | Audubon Aquatint, Double-crested Cormorant | 2500 | 3000 |
| 33 | Audubon Aquatint, White Pelican | 38000 | 45600 |
| 34 | Audubon Lithograph, Raccoon | 4000 | 4800 |
| 35 | Doret Watercolor of Flowers | PASS | PASS |
| 36 | Lefer Watercolor of Fritillaire Imperiale | PASS | PASS |
| 37 | Lefer Watercolor of Lys | PASS | PASS |
| 38 | Lefer Watercolor of a Tulipe | PASS | PASS |
| 39 | Elliot Lithograph, Felis Tigrina - The Margay | PASS | PASS |
| 40 | Elliot Lithograph, Felis Javanensis - the Little Red-Spotted Cat | PASS | PASS |
| 41 | Elliot Lithograph, Felis Jaquarondi - The Yaguarundi | PASS | PASS |
| 42 | Elliot Lithograph, Felis Caffra - The Caffer Cat | PASS | PASS |
| 43 | Elliot Lithograph, Felis Rubiginosa - Rubinginous Cat | 1200 | 1440 |
| 44 | Elliot Lithograph, Felis Caracal - The Caracal | 1200 | 1440 |
| 45 | Elliot Lithograph, Felis Viverrina - The Fishing Cat | 1200 | 1440 |
| 46 | Elliot Lithograph, Felis Catus - The European Wild Cat | 1200 | 1440 |
| 47 | Strutt Engraving of Pair of Forest Trees | 500 | 600 |
| 48 | Barraband Engravings of a Pair of Parrots | PASS | PASS |
| 49 | Barraband Engravings of a Pair of Parrots | PASS | PASS |
| 50 | Daniell Aquatints of the Finest Depictions of African Animals | 9000 | 10800 |
| 51 | Howit Original Watercolor of a Polar Bear | PASS | PASS |
| 52 | Schouman Original Watercolor of a Beaver | PASS | PASS |
| 53 | Vauthier Original Watercolor of a Seal | PASS | PASS |
| 54 | Lear Original Watercolor of a Pair of Shrews | 15000 | 18000 |
| 55 | Travies Original Watercolor of An Arab Stallion and a Carthorse | 3000 | 3600 |
| 56 | Grossenheider Original Watercolor of Two Squirrels | PASS | PASS |
| 57 | Waugh Oil Painting, 70 Degrees North; The Polar Bear | 300000 | 360000 |
| 58 | Bessa Original Watercolor of a Bouquet of Flowers | 65000 | 78000 |
| 59 | Henstenburgh Original Watercolor of a Bouquet | 30000 | 36000 |
| 60 | German School Original Watercolor of an Iris | 1500 | 1800 |
| 61 | Chierriat Original Watercolor of a Bouquet of Flowers | PASS | PASS |
| 62 | Jenny Phillips Original Watercolor of an Orchid | PASS | PASS |
| 63 | Quina Original Watercolor of a Pelican | 30000 | 36000 |
| 64 | Wolf Original Drawing of Ptarmigans | PASS | PASS |
| 65 | Howitt Original Watercolor of a Gyr Falcon | PASS | PASS |
| 66 | Selby Original Watercolor of a Raven | 9000 | 10800 |
| 67 | Selby Original Watercolor of a Sea Eagle | 5000 | 6000 |
| 68 | Broglio Study of a Bird | PASS | PASS |
| 69 | Frohawk Original Drawings of Owls | 3000 | 3600 |
| 70 | Menaboni Original Watercolor of Mallard Ducks | 7500 | 9000 |
| 71 | Richmond Original Drawing of the Thames at Westminster | 800 | 960 |
| 72 | Funno Original Watercolor of a Levant Packet Ship | 3000 | 3600 |
| 73 | Smartley Oil Of a British Steamboat | 3000 | 3600 |
| 74 | Wyllie Panoramic Watercolor of the Thames | 3000 | 3600 |
| 75 | Morland Oil Landscape | 1200 | 1440 |
| 76 | Marlow Original Drawing of Paris | 1000 | 1200 |
| 77 | Marlow Original Drawing of the Pont Du Gard | 1000 | 1200 |
| 78 | Marlow Original Drawing of a Dutch Town | 1000 | 1200 |
| 79 | Richardson Original Drawing of Newcastle | 1200 | 1440 |
| 80 | Hammond Original Watercolor of Haystacks | 500 | 600 |
| 81 | Hind Original Watercolor of Malvern Hills | 1200 | 1440 |
| 82 | Ward Original Drawing of Loch Lomond, Scotland | 2500 | 3000 |
| 83 | Lozowick Lithograph of Stalinbad Airport, Tajikistan | PASS | PASS |
| 84 | Zucchi Original Drawing of a Roman Interior | PASS | PASS |
| 85 | Campagna Portraits of the Orsino Family | 3000 | 3600 |
| 86 | John Gould’s Only Work Devoted to American Birds | 13000 | 15600 |
| 87 | Bivort's Album de Pomologie, Exceptionally Rare in Any Condition | PASS | PASS |
| 88 | Piso's First Edition of Historia Naturalis Brasiliae from the Library of Georges Cuvier | 10000 | 12000 |
| 89 | Castro's Album Mexicano in Original Boards | PASS | PASS |
| 90 | Hall's Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Correa, and the Great Loo-Choo Island | PASS | PASS |
| 91 | Magnus' Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, The History of Northern People and Customs | PASS | PASS |
| 92 | Dahlberg's Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna | PASS | PASS |
| 93 | Pufendorf's First German Edition of Sieben Bucher von denen Thaten Carl Gustavus Konigs in Schweden | PASS | PASS |
| 94 | Merian's Topographia Italiae | PASS | PASS |
| 95 | De Laet's Mother Atlas of the New World | 12000 | 14400 |
| 96 | De Wit's Composite Atlas With Magnificent Full Original Color | 120000 | 144000 |
| 97 | Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War | 150000 | 180000 |
| 98 | Rossi / Hondius Terrestrial Globe, 1615 | PASS | PASS |
| 99 | Blaeu Terrestrial Table Globe, 1602 | 52000 | 62400 |
| 100 | Bonne Terrestrial Globe, 1774 | 32000 | 38400 |
| 101 | Delamarche Terrestrial Globe, 1791 | PASS | PASS |
| 102 | Cary's New Celestial Globe, 1816 | PASS | PASS |
| 103 | Newton Pair of Terrestrial & Celestial Globes, 1820 | 26000 | 31200 |
| 104 | Wilson & Son's 13" Terrestrial Globe, 1831 | 8000 | 9600 |
| 105 | Wyld & Malby Pair of Terrestrial & Celestial Globes, 1833 | 36000 | 43200 |
| 106 | Smith & Son Pair of Terrestrial & Celestial Globes, 1825 | 30000 | 36000 |
| 107 | Trippensee Planetarium Company Tellurium, 1830's | PASS | PASS |
| 108 | Leutze Map of the World Oil Painting | 42000 | 50400 |
| 109 | Fries & Waldseemuller World Map, 1541 | PASS | PASS |
| 110 | Scherer Globe Gore World Map, 1703 | PASS | PASS |
| 111 | Schenk Celestial Map of Northern and Southern Sky | PASS | PASS |
| 112 | Manuscript Map of the Holy Land, early 18th Century | 7000 | 8400 |
| 113 | Duchetti View of Jerusalem, 1570 | 2500 | 3000 |
| 114 | De Wit Holy Land Map, 1670 | 750 | 900 |
| 115 | Dudley Sea Chart of the Indian Ocean | 6000 | 7200 |
| 116 | Ptolemy, First Map of Modern India, 1513 | 7500 | 9000 |
| 117 | Manuscript Bird's Eye View of Rhodes, Greece, Late 17th Century | 7500 | 9000 |
| 118 | Fries & Waldseemuller Tabula IX Europe | PASS | PASS |
| 119 | Fries & Waldseemuller Map of Modern Greece | PASS | PASS |
| 120 | Ptolemy & Fries Map of Europe Tabula X | PASS | PASS |
| 121 | Waldseemuller Map of Crete | Withdrawn | Withdrawn |
| 122 | Waldseemuller Map of Italy | 6000 | 7200 |
| 123 | Bellin's Manuscript Map of the Drau River | 18000 | 21600 |
| 124 | Caula, The Finest 18th Century Drawing of Lison | 20000 | 24000 |
| 125 | Waghenaer Sea Chart of Brittany, France | 1800 | 2160 |
| 126 | Waldseemuller Map of Germania | PASS | PASS |
| 127 | Manuscript Map of Kotlin Island near St. Petersburg, Russia | PASS | PASS |
| 128 | Speed Map of Monmouth County, Birthplace of Henry V | PASS | PASS |
| 129 | Forlani / Lily Map of Britain, 1562 | 15000 | 18000 |
| 130 | Scolari / Blaeu Map of Germania, 1650 | 12000 | 14400 |
| 131 | Linschoten Map of South America with beautiful original color | 8500 | 10200 |
| 132 | Le Moyne / De Bry Map of North America | 9500 | 11400 |
| 133 | De L'Isle Map of Canada, First Issue | 15000 | 18000 |
| 134 | Mortier / Jaillot Map of the Chesapeake Bay | 6000 | 7200 |
| 135 | Bernard / Miller Manuscript Map of the Great Eastern Road, New England | 50000 | 60000 |
| 136 | Ruggles Map of New England, 1824 | 7000 | 8400 |
| 137 | Mather Map of Long Island, 1842 | 3000 | 3600 |
| 138 | Caamano Manuscript Map of Alaska | PASS | PASS |
| 139 | Coronelli Map of Louisiana, 1696 | 2500 | 3000 |
| 140 | Darby Map of the State of Louisiana, 1816 | 12000 | 14400 |
| 141 | Nicollet / Fremont Map of the Upper Mississippi River, 1842 | PASS | PASS |
| 142 | Lloyd's New Map of the United States, 1864 | PASS | PASS |
| 143 | Colton's Map of Mexico, 1862 | PASS | PASS |
| 144 | US Coast Survey, No. 105. Galveston Bay to Oyster Bay Texas | PASS | PASS |
| 145 | US Coast Survey from San Diego Bay to Conception Point | PASS | PASS |
| 146 | US Coast Survey of the Bay of Fundy | PASS | PASS |
| 147 | US Coast Survey from Redding Rock to Cape Blanco | PASS | PASS |
| 148 | US Coast Survey from the Yaquina River to Cape Disappointment | PASS | PASS |
| 149 | US Coast Survey from Cape Mendocino to Vancouver Island | PASS | PASS |
| 150 | Rothstein Gelatin Silver Print of a Skull in the Badlands of South Dakota | PASS | PASS |
| 151 | Haynes Albumen Photograph of Minerva Terrace, Yellowstone, Wyoming | PASS | PASS |
| 152 | Jackson Albumen Photograph of Eroded Sandstone Monument Park, Colorado | PASS | PASS |
| 153 | Jackson Albumen Photograph of the West End of the Toletc Tunnel | PASS | PASS |
| 154 | Curtis Sepia Photogravure, Apache - Mohave Home | PASS | PASS |
| 155 | Curtis Sepia Photogravure, Qahatika Home | PASS | PASS |
| 156 | Curtis Sepia Photogravure, Marioopa House | PASS | PASS |
| 157 | Curtis Sepia Photogravure, Chemehuevi House | PASS | PASS |
| 158 | Curtis Sepia Photogravure, Southern Diegueno House | PASS | PASS |
| 159 | Curtis Sepia Photogravure, Modern Cupeno House | PASS | PASS |
| 160 | Curtis Sepia Photogravure, Diegueno house at Santa Ysabel | PASS | PASS |
| 161 | Curtis Sepia Photogravure, A Diegueno Woman of Campo | PASS | PASS |