Lot 179 · Valuable Books and Manuscripts
The Oldest Surviving Italian Globes
AFTER MERCATOR, Gerardus (1512-1594) and Caspar VOPEL (1511-1561)
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- Estimate
- £300,000–£500,000 hammer ≈ $357,955–$596,591
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Valuable Books and Manuscripts, London · 13 July 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3442831
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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AFTER MERCATOR, Gerardus (1512-1594) and Caspar VOPEL (1511-1561), THE OLDEST SURVIVING ITALIAN GLOBES. Christie's, 13 Jul 2022, lot 179. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3442831.
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AFTER MERCATOR, Gerardus (1512-1594) and Caspar VOPEL (1511-1561), THE OLDEST SURVIVING ITALIAN GLOBES. Christie's, 13 Jul 2022, lot 179. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3442831.
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From the same sale Valuable Books and Manuscripts · Jul 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Christopher, miniature from a Book of Hours, in Latin and French, … | Pseudo-Jacquemart de Hesdin (active 1380s-1411) | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| The Crucifixion, miniature on a leaf from an illuminated Missal on ve… | Circle of Jacopo di Paolo (c.1345-1430) | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| An unpublished series of letters to his sister Zina, 1908-1919. | MOLOTOV, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich (né Skryabin; 1890-1988) | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| The Power of Movement in Plants . London: John Murray, 1880. | DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882), assisted by Francis DARWIN (1848-1925) | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| [ Liber conformitatum :] Opus auree . Edited by Joannes Maria Mapellu… | BARTHOLOMAEUS PISANUS (d. 1401) | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| Edited by Jean de Rély (c.1430-1499). Paris: Antoine Vérard, [between… | BIBLE, in French: La bible historié e | £600,000–£900,000 |