Appraisal: 1655 Ortelius Theatro Del Mondo Atlas
Clip: Season 28 Episode 20 | 3m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: 1655 Ortelius Theatro Del Mondo Atlas
In Vintage Madison 2024, Hour 1, Ken Gloss appraises a 1655 Ortelius Theatro Del Mondo atlas.
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Appraisal: 1655 Ortelius Theatro Del Mondo Atlas
Clip: Season 28 Episode 20 | 3m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
In Vintage Madison 2024, Hour 1, Ken Gloss appraises a 1655 Ortelius Theatro Del Mondo atlas.
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APPRAISER: Now, when you bought it at the farm sale, what made you buy this particular book?
GUEST: It was in a small box of a lot of old-looking papers.
Um, there was a deed that had an old date on it, and it was just a little book, and it was interesting because it had those little worm infestation marks, and it survived that.
A lot of books, the pages are missing or gone or stained.
This one didn't seem to be that way.
APPRAISER: Well, when you bought that box of papers and so on, what'd you pay?
GUEST: Seventeen dollars.
APPRAISER: First of all, this is the original vellum binding.
This is in really good condition, but let's get to what it is.
It's by a man named Ortelius.
He lived in the 1500s.
In around the 1570s, he was the first one to actually put out what we would recognize as an atlas.
He was appointed by the king of Spain, he went all through Europe.
But he was the first atlas maker.
In the book, it has what's called a half-title.
Many times, this page is missing.
Yeah, you do have a few worm holes, but those are really minor and s, insignificant.
The next thing that, I know that you had pointed out to me was what the date was.
It's right here, 1655.
Now, that does tell something about the book, because Ortelius died in the late 1500s.
So 1655 is a later edition.
The first edition was 1570s, but then they kept adding more maps.
And some of the editions are huge.
We'd have trouble fitting them on this table.
But this was sort of like the paperback edition.
And then, the last thing we have on the book is the index, and many times, that's missing.
The condition looks wonderful.
The ink stock, there's a little bit of browning.
There's only been two or three records of sale of this particular edition in the last 20 years.
The most recent record was about 15 years ago.
It was missing that half-title page, it was missing the index, it had some tears in it, and that sold at a little over $2,000.
I think this one would sell in the $4,000 to $6,000 range in a retail store.
It's a great book.
And then you could put, put it in your pocket and you can travel through Europe and you'll know exactly where you're going.
GUEST: (laughs) And right now, I just should be concerned with getting the little book back home.
(both laugh)
Appraisal: 1856 Jacquard Coverlet
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 30s | Appraisal: 1856 Jacquard Coverlet (30s)
Appraisal: 1870 Folk Art Watercolor Painting
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 25s | Appraisal: 1870 Folk Art Watercolor Painting (25s)
Appraisal: 1893 Tiffany & Co. World’s Fair Exhibition Vase
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 3m 4s | Appraisal: 1893 Tiffany & Co. World’s Fair Exhibition Vase (3m 4s)
Appraisal: 1910 Bertha Schrader Oil Painting
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 2m 47s | Appraisal: 1910 Bertha Schrader Oil Painting (2m 47s)
Appraisal: 1922 Serge Férat Gouache
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 38s | Appraisal: 1922 Serge Férat Gouache (38s)
Appraisal: 1938 Martin D-18 Guitar
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 2m 53s | Appraisal: 1938 Martin D-18 Guitar (2m 53s)
Appraisal: 1947 Albin Polasek Portrait Bust
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 1m 3s | Appraisal: 1947 Albin Polasek Portrait Bust (1m 3s)
Appraisal: 1957 Henry Varnum Poor Charger
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 2m 43s | Appraisal: 1957 Henry Varnum Poor Charger (2m 43s)
Appraisal: Alfred de Bréanski Jr. Oil, ca. 1930
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 1m 13s | Appraisal: Alfred de Bréanski Jr. Oil, ca. 1930 (1m 13s)
Appraisal: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington Bronze, ca. 1910
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 2m 39s | Appraisal: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington Bronze, ca. 1910 (2m 39s)
Appraisal: Art Deco Charm Bracelet, ca. 1935
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 1m 54s | Appraisal: Art Deco Charm Bracelet, ca. 1935 (1m 54s)
Appraisal: Ault & Wiborg Salesman’s Sample Case, ca. 1900
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 2m 11s | Appraisal: Ault & Wiborg Salesman’s Sample Case, ca. 1900 (2m 11s)
Appraisal: Big Bird Figure, ca. 1975
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 25s | Appraisal: Big Bird Figure, ca. 1975 (25s)
Appraisal: Buddy "L" Steam Shovel on Treads, ca. 1925
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 2m 55s | Appraisal: Buddy L Steam Shovel on Treads, ca. 1925 (2m 55s)
Appraisal: Chinese Bamboo Mountain Carving, ca. 1890
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 2m 17s | Appraisal: Chinese Bamboo Mountain Carving, ca. 1890 (2m 17s)
Appraisal: Handel Chipped Ice Lamp Shade, ca. 1920
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 36s | Appraisal: Handel Chipped Ice Lamp Shade, ca. 1920 (36s)
Appraisal: Hank Aaron-signed Game-used Bat, ca. 1965
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 1m 34s | Appraisal: Hank Aaron-signed Game-used Bat, ca. 1965 (1m 34s)
Appraisal: Keystone Watch Co. Pocket Watch, ca. 1890
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 29s | Appraisal: Keystone Watch Co. Pocket Watch, ca. 1890 (29s)
Appraisal: Lenticular Advertising Sign, ca. 1920
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 1m 48s | Appraisal: Lenticular Advertising Sign, ca. 1920 (1m 48s)
Appraisal: Rivir Studios China-painted Vase, ca. 1925
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 30s | Appraisal: Rivir Studios China-painted Vase, ca. 1925 (30s)
Appraisal: Simon Sparrow Mixed-media Art, ca. 1980
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 2m 50s | Appraisal: Simon Sparrow Mixed-media Art, ca. 1980 (2m 50s)
Appraisal: Stickpin Collection, ca. 1900
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 2m 9s | Appraisal: Stickpin Collection, ca. 1900 (2m 9s)
Appraisal: Tiffany Brown Diamond Ring, ca. 1920
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 35s | Appraisal: Tiffany Brown Diamond Ring, ca. 1920 (35s)
Appraisal: Tillman Parker Goodan Oil Painting, ca. 1925
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 54s | Appraisal: Tillman Parker Goodan Oil Painting, ca. 1925 (54s)
Appraisal: Walnut Reclining Chair, ca. 1876
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 3m 3s | Appraisal: Walnut Reclining Chair, ca. 1876 (3m 3s)
Appraisal: Weller Hudson Blue & Decorated Vase, ca. 1925
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 33s | Appraisal: Weller Hudson Blue & Decorated Vase, ca. 1925 (33s)
Appraisal: Zdeněk Burian Illustrations, ca. 1930
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 3m 41s | Appraisal: Zdeněk Burian Illustrations, ca. 1930 (3m 41s)
Appraisal: 1915 Ingersoll Military Wrist Watch & Box
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Clip: S28 Ep20 | 3m 11s | Appraisal: 1915 Ingersoll Military Wrist Watch & Box (3m 11s)
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