MANY EXTRAORDINARY LOTS WILL BE OFFERED WITHOUT MINIMUM RESERVE
In conjunction with Guernsey's, on December 5th the prestigious Arader Galleries (New York City, Philadelphia, Houston, San Francisco) is please to present a stunning selection of maps, rare books, natural history engravings and watercolors, Audubon's Birds aQuadrupeds, and New York-centric views. We would like to make it clear that this is one of the most extraordinary offerings of this type material ever to cross the auction block. Exceptional works will be featured in each category. The auction event will be conducted at Arader's flagship gallery in New York City. Please note: Mr. Arader is generously offering to allow successful bidders the option of directing up to 25% of the actual hammer price of each purchase to any one of the fine universities and museums as listed in the auction catalogue.
The Auction:Wednesday, December 5th. Session 1: 1:00 pm; Session II: 6pm
Preview:Through Wednesday, December 5th. 9am - 1pm each day.
Location:The Arader Galleries, 1016 Madison Avenue at 78th Street, New York
Absentee Bidding:By telephone or written bid form in the catalogue
Catalogue
An extensive, 200 page book depicting and describing the many rarities being offered.
The catalogue is $30 postage paid in the U.S.; $60 postage paid internationally. Click here to order your copy.
Online Bidding
Those who are unable to attend the auction but would like to participate can view the full catalogue online, and leave advance absentee bids, as well as bid live as the sale is taking place at www.liveauctioneers.com
Links
Interested bidders should review the Terms & Conditions, as well as the Bidder Agreement form, and the Absentee Bid form.
Following is a small sampling of the significant items to be sold:
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Audubon:
Plate 431:
American Flamingo
Guidance: Sold at Christie's, June 25, 2004 for $197,900
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Audubon:
Plate 26:
The Carolina Parrot
Guidance: Sold at Christie's, June 25, 2004 for $119,500
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Audubon:
Plate 16:
Canada Lynx
Estimate:
Guidance: Sold at Guernsey’s 2011 for $26,840 |
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Globes:
Didier de Vaugondy
Globe celeste dressé par Ordre du Roi and
Globe terreste dressé par Ordre du Roi
Published in 1751 and 1772 respectively
Height in stand 451/2 in.; diameter 18 in.
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Map:
Henry Popple
The Earliest Large Scale Map of North America, the First Printed Map to Name the Thirteen Colonies,
and the Best English Representation of North America Prior to John Mitchell's Landmark Map of 1755
A Map of the British Empire in America...
London: William Toms, 1733
First Edition; Ten maps: twenty sheets; Each measuring: 24 1/4" x 43 1/4"; Hung as a whole: 125 1/4" x 87 1/2".
Reference: Page 152, Plate 90 in Schwartz's The Mapping of America
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Oil Painting
George Henry Durrie (1820-1863)
View of East Rock, New Haven
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 20 1/4" x 25 1/4"; Handsomely framed
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Natural History:
Joseph Wolf (1820-1899)
Bearded Vultures Attacking an Alpine Ibex
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 90 1/2" x 67"; Handsomely framed
Signed and dated l.r.: J. Wolf 1861
Literature: A.H. Palmer. The Life of Joseph Wolf, Animal Painter. London & New York: 1895 |
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Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996)
Arctic Glow - Snowy Owls
53 1/2 x 35 1/2inches; Handsomely framed
Acrylic and pencil on board
Signed and dated lower left: Roger Tory Peterson - ‘83’
Signed, dated and inscribed verso: ‘To My Ginny / With Love,/ Roger - / June ‘83’ |
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Books:
Redoute, Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) and Claude Antoine Thory (1759-1827).
Les Roses
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1817-1824.
Estimate: $350,000 - 400,000
3 volumes. Folio (21 x 14 inches). Half-titles, engraved portrait of Redouté by C. S. Pradier after Gerard, stippled engraved wreath and 169 stipple-engraved plates after Redouté by Bessa, Bessin, Chapuy, Langlois, Victor and others, printed in colors and finished by hand (tear repaired crossing the text on page 71 of volume one, the first plate of volume 3 lightly spotted, some occasional spotting). Contemporary French purple half morocco by Simier, top edges gilt, others uncut (extremities a bit scuffed). |
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Books:
John Gould (1804 - 1881)
A Monograph of the Pittidae, 1880-1881
A Century of Birds from The Himalaya Mountains, 1831-1832
The Birds of Europe, 1832-1837
The Birds of Australia (and Supplement), 1840-1848; 1851-1869
A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or Family of Kangaroos, 1841-1842
Handbook to the Birds of Australia, 1865
A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America, 1844-1850
A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds (and Supplement), 1849-1861; 1880-1887
The Birds of Asia, 1850-1883
A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans, 1852-1854
A Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, 1858-1875
The Birds of Great Britain, 1862-1873
The Birds of New Guinea, 1875-1888
Index to J. Gould’s Works |
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New York:
Original Utopian View of Long Island's "Gold Coast”
Morris Shriver
View of Long Island
57 1/2” x 20 1/2”
Handsomely framed
Gouache on paper
Inscribed lower right: Morris Shriver 1420 Chestnut St Phila. |
