Maps & Atlases

June 20, 2019

    “There was strong bidding across the board and it’s hard not to be pleased with the general outcome of the sale,” said Kiffer of our June 6 sale of Maps &…

May 23, 2019

Lewis Evans’ General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America was one of the most significant and influential maps published in Colonial America. On it, Evans described…

April 17, 2019

At Auction June 6 Complete Catalogue Exhibition Open June 1 – June 6 The exhibition is free to attend and open to the public. We welcome special and educational groups with…

December 17, 2018

Runaway Currier & Ives Print with Special Ties to Thomas W. Streeter Sets Record at Swann   We closed out our fall season with a marathon sale of Maps & Atlases,…

December 5, 2018

Among the many unique and impressive rarities in our December 13 Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books sale is Across the Continent, 1868, by Currier &…

June 12, 2018

Our auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books on June 7 brought to market landmarks from the history of cartography and ornithology. The nearly 400…

June 1, 2018

Tucked into the top left corner of an eighteenth-century map in our June 7 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books is a vignette that at first…

john james audubon, color plate
February 3, 2018

At Auction June 7 This auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books encompasses a broad range of American and European cartography. Complete Catalogue …

January 19, 2018

We asked specialist Caleb Kiffer to reminisce about some of the most interesting and important charts we’ve handled in the last few years. Why charts? We wanted to explore…

December 8, 2017

Maps were so plentiful at our December 5 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books that one could be forgiven for getting lost. Many buyers chose to…