Arader Galleries Auction Success and Prices Realized - January 28th, 2017 Winter Auction

Dear Friends,

We are delighted to announce that our first auction of 2017 was a resounding success. Held on the afternoon of Saturday January 28th, the auction featured 284 works by artists and cartographers from the 16th through the 20th centuries. The sale achieved $906,954.50 all in. 

Barney Lipscomb, the Leonhardt Chair of Texas Botany at the BRIT (Botanical Research Institute Texas), renowned for his award-winning and unusual approach to bringing the science of botanical taxonomy to the non-scientist 'performed' his lecture Art and Science: A Botanist's Eye: Redouté and the Art of Floral Illustration, to a full and enthusiastic house at Arader Galleries, at our 1016 Madison Avenue location in NYC on Friday evening. He presented a very lively look at the history and evolution of art and botanical science from the first century AD through the life of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, one of the greatest botanical illustrators and flower painters of all time.

Lipscomb's inspirational lecture was followed by a sumptuous dinner generously hosted by Mr. Arader at the famous Knickerbocker Club on 62nd Street, where he honored Professor Lipscomb for his pioneering efforts which bring the art of natural history into the classrooms of America: a cause very close to Mr. Arader's own heart. In attendance were a number of other generous donors and representatives from some of the esteemed universities we are happy to benefit. 

The auction highlights included works from John James Audubon's Birds of America, with Lot 8 the Long-billed Curlew selling for $73,200, Lot 11 the Summer or Wood Duck selling for $79,300 and Lot 12 the Fish Hawk or Osprey selling for $109,800. The star of Audubon's Quadruped section was the Nine-banded Armadillo which reached a price of $6,710. 

Next was a grouping of western lots which included a well rendered view of a small Nevada mining town by George H. Goddard which sold for $2,196, as well as a Thomas Moran Chromolithograph of the Grand Canyon seen from Arizona for $3,660, and finally a Aquatint Engraving by Karl Bodmer of Fort McKenzie selling for a total of $6,710.

Highlights of the map section included an early view of Yale by William Lyon which sold for $4,687, a Jeffery's Map of Lake Champlain which went for $1,830, A map of the Beaufort District, SC by Vignole and Ravenel, and finally an early world map based of Ptolemy by Petrus Apianus which achieved a price of $2,196.

Other notable highlights were a Thomas Rowlandson Watercolor of Yorkshire which after fervent bidding in the saleroom and on the phone sold for $5,490. To round out the sale was a grouping of literature books, with J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings selling for $2,375. 

Arader Galleries next auction will be on March 25th following Asia Week in New York and we hope you will be in attendance. Also if you are in the Miami, Florida area please stop by the Miami Map Fair from February 3rd through the 5th, Arader Galleries will be in attendance with a great selection of maps from around the world! 

Truly,

Graham Arader



Lot Title Premium Price
1 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Long-tailed or Dusky Grous $2,318.00
2 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Cock of the Plains $4,880.00
3 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Bird of Washington $9,760.00
4 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Frigate Pelican $21,960.00
5 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Canvas-Backed Duck $48,800.00
6 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Great White Heron $33,550.00
7 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Virginia Partridge $48,800.00
8 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Long-Billed Curlew $73,200.00
9 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Black-Bellied Darter Pass
10 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Wild Turkey (Female) $39,650.00
11 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Summer, or Wood Duck $79,300.00
12 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Fish Hawk or Osprey $109,800.00
13 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Ferruginous Thrush $9,150.00
14 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, White-Headed Eagle $30,500.00
15 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Pintail Duck $7,320.00
16 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Goshawk & Stanley Hawk $3,355.00
17 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Shoveler Duck $0.00
18 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Great Cinereous Owl $24,400.00
19 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Great Horned Owl $51,850.00
20 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Uria Brunnichi or Thick-Billed Murre $1,830.00
21 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Black-Billed Cuckoo $9,150.00
22 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Key West Dove $5,185.00
23 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Orchard Oriole $3,660.00
24 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Downy Woodpecker $3,050.00
25 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Black-Winged Hawk $2,196.00
26 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Group of 5 Woodpeckers Pass
27 Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Little Owl Pass
28 Audubon Lithograph, Black Squirrel $427.00
29 Audubon Lithograph, Common Flying Squirrel $488.00
30 Audubon Lithograph, Black-Footed Ferret $406.25
31 Audubon Lithograph, Bachman's Hare $343.75
32 Audubon Lithograph, Marsh Hare $366.00
33 Audubon Lithograph, Nine-Banded Armadillo $6,710.00
34 Audubon Lithograph, Caribou or American Rein-deer $732.00
35 Audubon Lithograph, American Cross Fox $562.50
36 Audubon Lithograph, Severn River Flying Squirrel $437.50
37 Audubon Lithograph, Richardson's Columbian Squirrel $343.75
38 Audubon Lithograph, Soft-Haired Squirrel $335.50
39 Audubon Lithograph, Long-Haired Squirrel $427.00
40 Audubon Lithograph, Downy Squirrel $305.00
41 Audubon Lithograph, Dusky Squirrel $312.50
42 Audubon Lithograph, Douglass Squirrel Pass
43 Audubon Lithograph, Oregon Flying Squirrel $427.00
44 Audubon Lithograph, Harvest Mouse $549.00
45 Audubon Lithograph, Pine Marten $244.00
46 Audubon Lithograph, Nuttall's Hare $396.50
47 Audubon Lithograph, Prairie Dog $579.50
48 Audubon Lithograph, Hoary Marmot-The Whistler $375.00
49 Audubon Lithograph, Tawny Weasel $375.00
50 Audubon Lithograph, Yellow-Bellied Marmot $213.50
51 Audubon Lithograph, Little American Brown Weasel $156.25
52 Audubon Lithograph, Bridled Weasel $156.25
53 Audubon Lithograph, White Weasel Stout $244.00
54 Engaging Ornithological Watercolor by 18th Century Artist Ernst Friedrich Carl Lang Pass
55 Engaging Ornithological Watercolor by 18th Century Artist Ernst Friedrich Carl Lang Pass
56 Engaging Ornithological Watercolor by 18th Century Artist Ernst Friedrich Carl Lang Pass
57 Engaging Ornithological Watercolor by 18th Century Artist Ernst Friedrich Carl Lang Pass
58 Engaging Ornithological Watercolor by 18th Century Artist Ernst Friedrich Carl Lang Pass
59 William Hart Ornithological Watercolor for Sharpe's Birds of Paradise Pass
60 Aubrey Williams Oil Painting of Tyrant Flycatcher $428.75
61 Reichenbach Watercolor of a Oriole $610.00
62 Ornithological English Oil Painting $562.50
63 17th Centry Moth Study by Henstenburgh $3,965.00
64 17th Centry Moth Study by Henstenburgh $3,660.00
65 Beautiful Watercolor of Lizard and Insects by Henstenburgh $3,660.00
66 Extraordinary Original Work by Archibald Thornburn Pass
67 Hand Colored Gould Hummingbird Lithograph. Volume 5, Plate 329 Pass
68 Hand Colored Gould Hummingbird Lithograph. Supplement, Plate 40 $427.00
69 Hand Colored Gould Hummingbird Lithograph. Volume 4, Plate 232 Pass
70 Hand Colored Gould Hummingbird Lithograph. Volume 1, Plate 24 Pass
71 Hand Colored Gould Hummingbird Lithograph. Volume 4, Plate 282 $366.00
72 Hand Colored Gould Hummingbird Lithograph. Volume 3, Plate 125. Pass
73 Hand Colored Gould Hummingbird Lithograph. Volume 5, Plate 331. $427.00
74 Hand Colored Gould Hummingbird Lithograph, Volume 2, Plate 75. $366.00
75 Hand Colored Gould Hummingbird Lithograph, Volume 2, Plate 77. $396.50
76 Aquatint Engraving from The Temple of Flora by Robert Thornton. Title Page $375.00
77 Aquatint Engraving from The Temple of Flora by Robert Thornton. White Lily $854.00
78 Aquatint Engraving from The Temple of Flora by Robert Thornton. Carnations $375.00
79 Aquatint Engraving from The Temple of Flora by Robert Thornton. Egyptian Water Lily $3,355.00
80 Aquatint Engraving from The Temple of Flora by Robert Thornton. Pitcher Plant $1,342.00
81 Aquatint Engraving from The Temple of Flora by Robert Thornton. Pontic Phododendron Pass
82 Hand-colored copperplate engraving by Basil Besler. Piper Indicum $1,220.00
83 Hand-colored copperplate engraving by Basil Besler. Poma Amoris $1,952.00
84 Hand-colored copperplate engraving by Basil Besler. Solanum Pomiferum $1,952.00
85 Hand-colored copperplate engraving by Basil Besler. Melanzana Fructu $2,196.00
86 19th Century Hand-colored engraving of an Ostrich (Male) $579.50
87 19th Century Hand-colored engraving of an Ostrich (Female). $549.00
88 18th Century Original Watercolor of a Polar Bear Pass
89 Cuvier Lithograph of a Buffalo $183.00
90 Beautiful watercolor of Sheep by Joseph Wolf Pass
91 Beautiful watercolor of Sheep by Joseph Wolf Pass
92 Excellent Watercolor by Samuel Howitt $579.50
93 Robert Havell Oil of a Rural Landscape $1,220.00
94 Frank W. Benson, The Thoroughfare Watercolor Pass
95 Thomas H. Hinckley, Rabbit Hunting Oil Painting Pass
96 John G. Brown, Don't You Like Butter? Oil Painting Pass
97 Burr H. Nicholls, Favorite Pastime Oil Painting Pass
98 George Forster, Still Life with Fruit, Oil Painting Pass
99 William McEwan, Balling Yarn in the Kitchen Oil Painting Pass
100 William M. Davis, Young Girl Reading by a Tree Oil Painting Pass
101 Walter Brightwell, Looking Down 6th Avenue Toward the Jefferson Market Building Oil Painting $5,795.00
102 Emile Gruppe, Mending the Nets Oil Painting Pass
103 George W. Waters, Boating on Lake George, Oil Painting $8,540.00
104 J. E. Stuart, Morning Glow Oil Painting Pass
105 John Webber, Winter Scene in Kamchatka Oil Painting $36,600.00
106 Cornelius D. Krieghoff, Winter River Scene Oil Painting $8,750.00
107 Henry A. Elkins, Western Landscape Oil Painting $1,875.00
108 C. T. Mitchell, View of Northern California Oil Painting $625.00
109 Robert Havell Jr. Oil Painting of Cattle $2,440.00
110 American School Naval Oil Painting $0.00
111 Charles Pettitt Sunset Oil Painting $610.00
112 19th Century Oil Painting $218.75
113 French School Portrait of a Man in Profile Chalk Drawing Pass
114 John Harberle Oil on Panel of his Artist's Palette $11,590.00
115 Bernard Evans, Cannes Golf Club Watercolor Pass
116 James Ward Chalk Drawing of Loch Lamond, Scotland Pass
117 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America $1,342.00
118 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America Pass
119 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America $1,830.00
120 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America $1,830.00
121 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America $396.50
122 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America Pass
123 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America $366.00
124 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America Pass
125 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America $375.00
126 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America $549.00
127 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America Pass
128 Franz Holzlhuber watercolors of early America $1,830.00
129 Well-rendered view of the small mining town in Nevada $2,250.00
130 James D. Smillie Pencil Drawing of Little Yosemite $1,830.00
131 Moran Etching of Tower Falls, Yellowstone, 1880 Pass
132 Moran Chromo of Grand Canyon $3,660.00
133 19th Century Manifest Destiny Ephemera Pass
134 Albumen Print of Colt's Fire Arms Warehouse $732.00
135 Bierstadt Chromolithograph of Sunset in California $1,250.00
136 Soldier's Sketch of a Montana Indian Reservation in 1865 Pass
137 Landscape Photograph of the Early American West $305.00
138 Early Advertisement during the Mexican American War $610.00
139 Bodmer Aquatint of Western Exploration $6,710.00
140 Bodmer Aquatint of Western Exploration $1,062.50
141 19th Century Watercolor Sketch of a Sioux Indian Pass
142 Native American Portraits from the French and Indian War by a British Officer $625.00
143 Native American Portraits from the French and Indian War by a British Officer $915.00
144 Native American Portraits from the French and Indian War by a British Officer $1,342.00
145 Native American Portraits from the French and Indian War by a British Officer $625.00
146 Fine pocket map by Mitchell showing the United States west to the Mississippi River Pass
147 Attractive early map of the American interior by Homann $732.00
148 Important map by Burr showing Mexico three years before Texas Indepencance $610.00
149 Popular Civil War Era Map of the Capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, VA $671.00
150 Pre-Revolutionary War era map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Pass
151 Early Map of the Coastal North East by Van Keulen Pass
152 The first map of Maine that had any claim to completeness and accuracy $1,037.00
153 First printed plan of New Haven, showing Yale College $4,687.50
154 Early View of Baltimore after John Moale $854.00
155 Fine example of Lotter's edition of Scull & Heap's seminal Philadelphia map $2,375.00
156 Henri Soules' Revolutionary War Map retracing Rochambeau's route between Boston to Yorktown $915.00
157 Scare Engraving of Dutch and Spanish fleets in Patanca Bay, Cuba by Merian $1,159.00
158 Fort Edward from Hudson River Portfolio Pass
159 Hadley Falls from Hudson River Portfolio Pass
160 Jessup's Landing from Hudson River Portfolio Pass
161 J. Hill engraving of New York from Weehawk Pass
162 Jefferys' 18th Century Map of the Banks of Newfoundland $125.00
163 Jefferys' 18th Century Map of the Island of Newfoundland $156.25
164 Jefferys' 18th Century Map of Nova Scotia $218.75
165 Jefferys' 18th Century Map of The Province of Quebec $281.25
166 Jefferys' 18th Century Map of The Bay of Honduras $244.00
167 First state of this handsome sailing chart of The Gulf of St. Laurence by Jefferys $125.00
168 Important early map of St. Johns Island by T. Jefferys $281.25
169 Jefferys' 18th Century Map of Lake Champlain $1,830.00
170 First English edition of Muller's map of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia $183.00
171 Jefferys' 18th Century Map of the Straight of Magellan $396.50
172 Theodore de Bry’s fascinating map of the West Indies $12,200.00
173 A highly detailed chart of South Carolina’s Port Royal Sound and Hilton Head area Pass
174 Nice example of Des Barres Plan of Port Royal and environs $1,464.00
175 Detailed Map of the Beaufort District of South Carolina $7,930.00
176 Sanson Map of the Americas $2,074.00
177 Bleau Map of the American North East $2,318.00
178 Valk Map of the Americas $1,708.00
179 Lovely 17th century map of North and South America with California as an island $1,875.00
180 Detailed Map of The Americas by Seutter $1,125.00
181 Large-scale world map in two hemispheres prepared by N. Sanson $1,625.00
182 Detailed Map of The World by Seutter $1,250.00
183 Detailed Map of Europe by Seutter $593.75
184 Striking example of Homann's map of Poland, Lithuania, Lativa, Estonia… $1,250.00
185 Beautiful coloured map of southern Sweden showing Götaland by Blaeu Pass
186 French Map of the America's by Jaillot Pass
187 Striking Map of Africa by Mortier of Jaillot's 1674 verson Pass
188 Decorative Map of Africa by Blaeu Pass
189 Decorative Map of Africa by Blaeu Pass
190 Decorative Map of Africa by Blaeu Pass
191 Decorative Map of Africa by Blaeu Pass
192 Decorative Map of Africa by Blaeu Pass
193 Gorgeous example of Seutter's map of Africa $500.00
194 Handsome old color French Map of Africa by Valk Pass
195 Early 19th Century Map of Egypt Pass
196 Italian Map of the World by Torniello $1,875.00
197 Important early map of the New World, engraved by Nicolas de Nicolai, the French Royal Geographer Pass
198 One of the Earliest Obtainable World Maps Not Based on Ptolemy $2,196.00
199 Scarce map of the world engraved by Jodocus Hondius $396.50
200 Watercolor of Palatine Gardens in Hiedelberg $793.00
201 One of the most accurate 16th Century plans of Paris Pass
202 An extremely attractive map of France and Belgium from THE THIRD PRINTED ATLAS AND FIRST IN THE ITALIAN VERNACULAR $2,500.00
203 Striking Detailed View Jerusalam by Probst Pass
204 View of Westminster, London Pass
205 View of Grosvenor Square, London Pass
206 View of Quebec by Popple $250.00
207 View of Vienna by Laurie and Whittle Pass
208 18th Century City View $73.20
209 Stunning 19th Century Print of Northeast Whaling $2,074.00
210 19th Century French Nautical Painting Pass
211 A Splendid Original Oil Painting of the Steamship “Philadelphia” by a Foremost Marine Artist of the Early 20th Century $4,575.00
212 Unique Late 18th-century Manuscript Map of the Island of Menorca Pass
213 Napoleonic Print by Amos Doolittle $1,500.00
214 Napoleonic Print by Francois Georgin Pass
215 An Allegorical Representation of Early America $579.50
216 William R. Miller Pencil Sketch of 9th Avenue New York $274.50
217 after W.S. Mount Lithograph The Power of Music $3,660.00
218 Thomas Rowlandson Watercolor of The Yorkshire Arms $5,490.00
219 Henry Alken Watercolor Finishing of a Coursing Match $1,000.00
220 William Bennett Aquatint Engraving of South Street from Maiden Lane Pass
221 Good Luck Chromolithograph by A.B. Frost $9,150.00
222 Bad Luck Chromolithograph by A.B. Frost $9,150.00
223 Smoking Them Out Chromolithograph by A.B. Frost $8,540.00
224 Currier & Ives Western Farmers Home Lithograph $61.00
225 Currier & Ives Prairie on Fire Lithograph $793.00
226 Currier & Ives Summer Evening Lithograph $125.00
227 Currier & Ives Great Salt Lake, Utah Lithograph $250.00
228 Currier & Ives A Home on the Mississippi Lithograph $366.00
229 Currier & Ives Through the Pacific Lithograph $1,220.00
230 Currier View of State Street in Boston Hand-colored Lithograph $187.50
231 1915 Lithographed view of Oakland Pass
232 Lithograph of Detroit in 1820 $366.00
233 Currier & Ives Great Mississippi Steamboat Race Lithograph $549.00
234 Currier & Ives View on the Harlem River, NY Lithograph $976.00
235 after Albert Downs Lithograph of Moundsville, West Virginia $488.00
236 Louis Maurer Life of a Fireman Lithograph $500.00
237 Currier & Ives Laura Lithograph $61.00
238 Currier & Ives Sarah Lithograph Pass
239 Currier & Ives Little Brothers and Sisters Lithograph $48.80
240 First Edition 1850 Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne $1,952.00
241 First Edition 1935 Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck with original pictorial paper wrappers $1,625.00
242 First American Edition 1885 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by 'Mark Twain' Pass
243 Limited Edition 1933 Arthur Rackham Fairy Book with illustrations $687.50
244 First American Editions of Lord of the Rings Triology by J.R.R. Tolkien $2,375.00
245 Steffen Watercolor of Brown Thrashers $468.75
246 Steffen Watercolor of Northern Curlew $468.75
247 Steffen Watercolor of Gray Kingbird $468.75
248 Steffen Watercolor of Clark's Nutcracker $468.75
249 Steffen Watercolor of Lincoln's Sparrow $468.75
250 Steffen Watercolor of Slate-Colored Junco $468.75
251 Steffen Watercolor of Migrant Loggerhead Shrike $468.75
252 Steffen Watercolor of Mountain Bluebird $468.75
253 Steffen Watercolor of Yellow-Shafted Flicker $468.75
254 Steffen Watercolor of Yellow-Billed Cuckoo $468.75
255 Steffen Watercolor of Least Sandpiper $468.75
256 Steffen Watercolor of Killdeer $468.75
257 Astronomy Planetary Muggletonian Charts Pass
258 Bockler 17th C. Baroque Fountains $305.00
259 Portrait of Stonewall Jackson $274.50
260 Civil War Era Map of the United States $122.00
261 Civil War View of Andersonville Pass
262 Civil War Chromolithograph of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia $97.60
263 Rare book on American Civil War and Gettysburg $213.50
264 Pair of Civil War Prints $62.50
265 Civil War Era Map of the United States $187.50
266 Civil War Era Map of the United States $93.75
267 16th Century Engraving showing the Siege of Paris $396.50
268 Engraved View of Cambridgeshire, England $0.00
269 Two Miniature Engraved Island Maps $125.00
270 Two 18th century engraved maps with hand coloring $218.75
271 Three Antique Colored City Views, Deventer, Venlo and Maison de Ville, Lyon Pass
272 Four 19th century views of early New York & Brooklyn $62.50
273 Group of Three Views of Brooklyn Bridge from Harper's Weekly $93.75
274 Collection of Four Botanical Lithographs by Nees Von Esenbeck Pass
275 Albertus Seba Snake Engraving $183.00
276 Three Lithographs of Apples $85.40
277 18th Century Marine Engraving $62.50
278 6 Anatomical Works $244.00
279 3 Religious Engravings from The history of the Old Testament Pass
280 Four Engravings of Fountains $31.25
281 2 Francesco Piranesi Engravings of Statues Pass
282 Three Engravings of Torture $31.25
283 6 Engravings of Roman Sculpture $125.00
284 9 Engravings of Greek and Roman Statuary $156.25
Total $906,954.50


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