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Venetiarum amplissima & maritima urbs cum multis circumiacentibus insulis.
Bird's-eye view of Venice. From a French text edition of S. Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2011
Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris.
The oval map is surrounded by a strapwork frame and the title, adorned with ribbons, is held aloft by two winged cherubs.Ortelius based this and several other maps of the...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1580
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2012
Corsica.
Early map of Corsica, oriented east to the top.
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1580
Selling price: $480
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Amstelredamum, nobile Inferioris Germaniae. . .
A bird's-eye town-plan of Amsterdam, surrounded by a stormy sea. With a strapwork title cartouche, and 2 figures below the extensive key.From the greatest publication in ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2013
Praga, Bohemiae Metropolis. . . / Egra.
A fine set of two town-views on one sheet, the upper view showing the Czech Capital of Prague. The Imperial Palace appears to the left with the old and new cities below e...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $675
Sold in 2013
Palatium Imperatorum Pragae Quod Vulgo Ratzin Appelatur / Praga Regni Bohemiae metropolis. . .
A fine set of two town-views on one sheet, the upper view depicts the Archiepiscopal Palace, Hradcany Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral. The lower panorama shows the city fr...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2013
Tornacum.
A town-plan Tournai. The town is seen from the south. The city, which is fortified with a Renaissance-style moat and wall with projecting bastions.From the greatest publi...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2013
Hungariae descriptio.
Famous map of Hungary, by Ortelius, centered on Budapest. Prepared by Wolfgang Lazius in 1556. Very decorative cartouche.
Place & Date: Antwerpen, 1580
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2013
Le Brixa [on sheet with] Settenil.
Two bird's-eye town-views on one sheet: Lebrija and Settenil de las Bodegas.The top view showing the Andalusia town of Lebrija nestling in a hilly countryside. The latera...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2016
Luxembourg - Lutzenburgum, Ducatus eiusdem Nominis, Vetus et Primaria Urbs...
Very decorative and detailed bird's-eye view of the town of Luxembourg. Includes the fortifications, numerous tiny buildings, streets, fields, trees, and the Alzette rive...
Place & Date: Cologne, c1580
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2014
Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris.
The oval map of the Low Countries is also known as the 'Egg' map, because of its oval strapwork borders. The title is adorned with ribbons, and is held aloft by two winge...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2021
Old antique map of Narbonne Marseille- GAL / LIAE / NARBO / NENSIS / ORA MA / RITTIMA / / Recenter / descriptio.
Abraham Ortelius(1527-98), Dutch cartographer and publisher of the first modern atlas, ' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' in 1570. Editions till 1612. Also an atlas of ancient ca...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2020
[Antiochus Soter].
On recto an early representation of Antiochus Soter and his army of elephants. The nickname Soter (savior) was given him after his victory over the Gauls which threatened...
Place & Date: Basle 1575 - 1580
Selling price: $9
Sold in 2017
Lisbona.
An attractive woodcut panoramic view of Lisbon based on Braun & Hogenberg's earlier example. The city is shown from the sea, with galleons, rowboats, and buildings. I...
Place & Date: Basle, Heinrich Petri, 1580
Selling price: $280
Sold in 2015
Waß gestaltt die Prinsigsche die Statt Amstelredam erwischen und innemen am 23. Nouemb. 1577.
Scarce view by Hogenberg with caption in German below the image. Shows the landing of the military forces in Haarlemmerpoort under the command of Hillside and Ruychaver t...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1580
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2015
Wie die Burger von Amstelredam der Staten Volck Wider auß der Statt treiben Anno D. 1577.
Scarce view by Hogenberg with caption in German below the image. Shows the battle of when the troops of the fallen Captain Hillich are driven out of the city.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1580
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2015
Caletensium et Bononiensium.. / Veromandorum. . .
Two maps on one sheet. Left map, entitled Caletensium, depicts the French and Belgian coastline from Estables to Calais. The right map, entitled Veromandorum, depicts the...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2016
Yorke/ Shrowesbury/ Lancester/ Richmont.
Four views bring city plans of York, Shrewsbury and Lancashire and a view of the castle of Richmond. On each side of the four views are four figures in historical dress: ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2016
Metz Antiqua et Precipue Belgra Urbs.
A rare early miniature view of Metz by an Italian engraver Francesco Valegio. From the'Nuova raccolta di le piu illustri et famose citta di tutto mondo' by Francesco Vale...
Place & Date: Venice, 1580
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2017
Lubecum una ex praeclarioribus. . .
Münster's panoramic view of Lübeck.
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1580
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2017
Roterodamum (Rotterdam).
A highly detailed 16th-century birds-eye perspective plan of Rotterdam, with numerous buildings, streets, places, churches, and squares, together with the city walls, the...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1580
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2017
Haec est Nobilis, & Florens Illa Neapolis...
A very nice, large early town-plan of the city of Naples. On bottom, a numbered key (1-71) indicates the most important places of the city."Naples is presented from ...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1580
Selling price: $480
Sold in 2018
Lutzenburgum. . .
Very decorative and detailed bird's-eye view of the town of Luxembourg.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Brau...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $450
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Beschreibung aller Laender so Etwann dem Koenigreich Poland...
An attractive, small wood cut map of Poland by Sebastian Münster, from his popular 'Cosmography' atlas. Text below and verso is German. With a small colored illustration...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1580
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2017
Schletstatt erwan ein Dorff des Heiligen Römischen Reichs.
Woodcut. A topographical map of the imperial city of SELESTAT or Schletstad in the province of Alsace, France. Published by Münster in the German edition of “Cosmogra...
Place & Date: Basel, 1580
Selling price: $19
Sold in 2016
De Germania Descriptio Prutentiae Seu, Prussiae, Quam Alii Uo.
A fine Münster woodcut map of Prussia. Features a large sailing ship in the sea and many little animals. One of the largest cities is Pomern.Sebastian Münster (1488–1...
Place & Date: Basel, 1580
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2016
La Sierra de Sant Adrian en Biscaia de Georgio Houfnaglio...
Decorative image with four parts of the province of Biscay. The central view shows the commercial and pilgrimage route (El Camino de Santiago or Way of St. James) through...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1580
Selling price: $260
Sold in 2017
Svedia Schueden Suede
Very rare map of Sweden, Lithuania, Finland, Russia, Denmark. In upper right corner Nova Zembla. Published in "Itinerarium Orbis Christiani".
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2017
Schoonhoven.
A detailed plan of Schoonhoven by Luigi Guicciardini in 1580. It provides an excellent view of the city's defences, bridges, walls and gates, and it features are several ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1580
Selling price: $33
Sold in 2018
Lewardum Occidentalis Frisiae / Franicher Nobiliu.
This sheet contains two very detailed bird’s-eye plans of moat surrounded cities. The left-hand view depicts Leeuwarden in 1580, with four costumed figures are shown in...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $28
Sold in 2018
Swol - Swolla Diu Celebris Meruit Virtutibus Armaquae Populum Fortem Nobilitare Solent...
A beautiful view of Zwolle, in the Netherlands, the capital city and municipality of the province of Overijssel. This view appeared in Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatus O...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca.1580
Selling price: $102
Sold in 2019
Stagnu meridionale. . . (Groningen)
Very early map of Groningen (195x165mm.). On verso wood cut prints of a coat of arms and a rat-trap. From his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledg...
Place & Date: Basle, 1580
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2017
Palatium Regium in Angliæ Regno Appelatum Nonciutz. . .
This engraving is a view of Nonsuch Palace, with carriages and deer hunting, a panel of female costume figures below. Latin text verso, dated in the plate 1582. The scene...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2019
Lovanium, Brabanticarum..
A very decorative town-plan from the famous university-city Leuven in Belgium. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by Geo...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $390
Sold in 2018
Tiena, Brabantiae. [Fr. Tirlemont]
Fine oblique aerial plan of the central Belgium city, famed for its cloth in the Renaissance.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The plates from Georg Braun and...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2018
Moscavw. Moscovia, Urbs regionis eiusde nominis metropolitica, duplo maior. . .
Showing Moscow within the walled city and figures in the foreground. Title cartouche in the lower right corner Moscovia, Urbs. Regionis ciusde nominis metropolitica, dup...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $2900
Sold in 2018
Rochella Munitissimum Galliae Opp.
A fine example of the plan of La Rochelle, with its defensive fortifications. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The plates from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenber...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $88
Sold in 2022
Calatia vulgo Caiazo.
Rare bird's-eye view of Caiazzo.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun ga...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $53
Sold in 2020
La Ville de Cambray.
Bird's eye view with citadel. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun ga...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2020
Gmunden.
Bird's eye view of Gmunden in Upper Austra, from the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedr...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2021
Iaverinum vulgo Rab. [Gyor]
Bird's-eye view of Györ inNorth West Hungary. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Ca...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2018
Nocerra In Appennino monte [together on one sheet with] Castel Novo.
Bird's-eye view of Nocera Umbra and Castelnuovo. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2020
Pictavia vulgo Poictiers / La pierre leuee demie lieue de Poictiers / Prospectus Montis Henrici vulgo Montherri.
Bird's-eye view of Nocera Umbra and Castelnuovo. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2019
Prospectus amoeniss. vallis Oeniponticae una cum antro in altissima et praeruptissima rupe Imp. Maximiliani primi . . .
Three decorative views on one double page. At the top a view of the Innvalley, with mountains of the Alps in the background. With many details of villages along the river...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2018
Tvrones vulgo Yours le jardon de France / Andegavvm vulgo Angiers.
Two decorative views on one double page. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedra...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2018
Saintes.
Decorative bird's-eye view on one double page. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Ca...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2020
Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis.
A very desirable and early plan of London, shown from the Tower to Westminster, with the City already built-up and a ribbon development westwards along the Strand. On the...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $5000
Sold in 2021
Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis.
Important, early bird's-eye view of London, which appeared in the first Volume of Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Braun & Hogenberg.The view is based on a previous 15-she...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1580
Selling price: $4190
Sold in 2019
[Lot with 12 maps of the Mediterraneans and Egypt.] Aegypti Recenttior Carthageni / General Karte des Roemischen Reichs
A map of the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Taken from 'Algemeine Welthistorie (der Neuern Zeiten)', edited by S.J. Baumgarten, J.S.Semler a.o. Abraham Ortelius...
Place & Date: Antwerp, c. 1580
Selling price: $198
Sold in 2022
Daniae regni typus.
A very decorative, and nicely colored example of Ortelius' map of Denmark, extending from Schleswig Holstein and Mechlenberg, Pomerania and Prussian coasts to the Norwegi...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca 1580
Selling price: $310
Sold in 2020
Sevilla / Cadiz / Malaga.
Very decorative set of views of Seville, Cadiz and Malaga, from the greatest publication in this genre!. On verso another print of Seville engraved by Meusnier in 1668: &...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2020
Amstelredamum, nobile Inferioris Germaniae. . .
A bird's-eye town-plan of Amsterdam, surrounded by a stormy sea. With a strapwork title cartouche, and 2 figures below the extensive key.From the greatest publication in ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2021
[Lot of 5 maps of the Balkan] Moravia Moraviae.
Abraham Ortelius' important map of Moravia. Wiiem Blaeu's maps of Croatia, Bosnia and Dalmatia and of Bulgaria ,and Romania.[Lot of 5 maps of the Balkan]
Place & Date: Antwerp, c. 1580
Selling price: $355
Sold in 2022
Praga, Bohemiae Metropolis Accuratissime Expressa” & “Egra urbs a fluvio…
One of the earliest and most beautiful panoramic views of Prague and Cheb, Czech Republic.Views come from Latin edition atlas “Civitates orbis terrarum…” published ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2022
Evropa prima pars terrae in forma virginis.
This map, from Heinrich Bünting's Itinerarum Sacrae Scripturae, is based upon the map of Europa by Sebastian Munster Cosmographia. But even before, in 1537 the Tirolese ...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1581
Selling price: $1750
Sold in 2012
Europa prima pars terrae in forma virginis.
Europe is depicted in the form of a Queen. One of the earliest allegorical maps, appeared in the theologian Heinrich Bünting Itinerartum Sacrae Scripturae, a book mainly...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, after 1581
Selling price: $950
Sold in 2013
Angliae Regni flo: rentissimi nova descriptio, auctore Humfredo Lhuyd.
From the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum - French Text - this is Humphrey Lloyd's depiction of England and Wales published in the first Additamentum to the Ortelius atlas. The m...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1581
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2013
Regionis Biturigum Exactiss: Descriptio per D. Ioannem Calamaeum / Limaniae Topographia Gabriele Symeoneo Auct.
A pair of fine maps on a full folio sheet. The map of Biturigum is centered on Chateau Neuf and Bourges, with the Loire River flowing at the top right of the map to Never...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1581
Selling price: $45
Sold in 2016
Europa Prima Pars Terrae in Forma Virginis.
In this fascinating map, Europe is depicted in form of a Queen, following the example of Munster's 'Cosmographia'. It is one of the earliest allegorical maps, it appeared...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, after 1581
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2017
TIGVRVM [Zürich]
One of the finest and most sought-after views of Zürich. From volume one of the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Bra...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $590
Sold in 2018
Moscauw - Moscovia, Urbs regionis eiusde nominis metropolitica, duplo maior...
A decorative full color example of Braun & Hogenberg's first view of Moscow, from a slightly elevated viewpoint from across the frozen Moskva River, first published i...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $1800
Sold in 2017
Deventer.
A highly detailed 16th century plan of Deventer, with numerous buildings, streets, places, churches and squares. Further with the city walls and bridges across the river,...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1581
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2017
Middelburgum Selandiae Opp.[Middelburg,Zeeland]
Original colored birds's-eye view of the city of Middelburg. Coats of arms of the province of Zeeland. With ships in the city port. Churches and city walls with gates are...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2020
[KLEVE] CLIVIAM, Ducatus Clivensis elegans opp:. . .[on sheet with] DUSIBURGUM, Oppidum Antiquissimum Vetus Francoru Regia. . . [on sheet with] EMBRICA, Clivensis ditionis oppidum Ecclesia collegiata.. . [on sheet with] GENNAPIUM, Ducatus Clivensis. . .
TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Kleve, an elegant town in the Duchy of Cleves, renowned and remarkable for the famous ducal castle and the collegiate foundation. COMMENTAR...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $330
Sold in 2020
LANDSHUT.
A decorative map with bird's-eye view of Landshut by Braun and Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: "To Albert, Count Palatine of the Rhine by the grace of God ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2020
Francenbergum, vel ut alij Francoburgum Hassiae Opp.
A decorative map with bird's-eye view of Frankenberg by Braun and Hogenberg. CAPTION: Frankenberg or, according to others, Francoburgum, a town in Hesse. COMMENTARY BY BR...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2020
MOGUNTIA, Germaniae Metropolis,. . .[on sheet with] HERBIPOLIS, comuniter Wirtzburg,. . .[and] SEDUNUM, primaria & Metropolitica.[MAINZ WUERZBURG SION]
A decorative map with three bird's-eye views on one sheet: Mainz, Würzburg and Sion (Sitten), by Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg. MAINZ. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT:...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
Passau.
A decorative map with bird's-eye view of Passau, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: "Patavia, Passavia or Patavium, formerly Boedurum...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2020
Campidonia vulgo Kemptten, Peruetus Sacri Romani Imperij Oppid. (Kempten)
A decorative map, bird's-eye view plan of Kempten in Allgäu by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations. Engraved after a woodcut broadsheet by Hans Abelin and Hans Ro...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2020
WINMARIA, FFERTILISS. THUTINGIAE Urbs Praestantissima vulgo Weinmar. (Weimar)
A decorative, antique map shows the bird's-eye plan of Weimar by Braun and Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Winmaria, pre-eminent city in fertile Thuringia, in G...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
Eschwege [on sheet with] Fritzlar. (Eschwege / Fritzlar)
A decorative map with two striking bird's-eye views by Braun and Hogenberg: Eschwege and Fritzlar. ESCHWEGE. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Eschwege is a town in Hesse, which...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1581
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2020
Basilea. (Basel)
A decorative map with a striking bird's-eye plan of Basel by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations. Together a sheet with the description in Latin text. COMMENTARY B...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1581
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2020
CONSTANTIA, vulgo Costnitz Memorabile Sueuie Opp. [on sheet with:] S. GALLI Opp. et Monasterium Helvetiorum. . . (Constance (Konstanz) / Sankt Gallen).
This sheet contains two lovely bird's-eye views of towns bordering Lake Constance, which lies between Germany and Switzerland. At top is Konstanz in southwest Germany and...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1581
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2020
Saltzburgk, Recens et Accuratissima Urbis Salisburgensis Delineation. (Salzburg)
A decorative map showing a striking bird's-eye view of Salzburg by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations. CARTOUCHE RIGHT: A new and faithful view of the city of Sal...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2020
[DEN BRIEL/BRILLE]Brilium, Holandiae opp. ob Intestinum Batavicum Bellum . .
An old, antique map, and a bird's-eye view of Den Briel by Braun and Hogenberg, with a key to locations. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Brielle, a town in Holland, well k...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2020
Die Stadt Enchuysen.[ENKHUIZEN]
A bird's-eye view of Enkhuizen, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, with a key to locations. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: The city of Enkhuizen, in the County of Hollan...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2020
DORDRECHT.
A bird's-eye view plan of Dordrecht by Braun and Hogenberg. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The cathedral, consecrated to Our Lady, is renowned for its beauty. All the Rhine w...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2020
CAMPEN.[Kampen, Overijssel]
A bird's-eye view/plan of Campen by Braun and Hogenberg. CARTOUCHE: View of the city of Kampen in the IJssel. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The churches of St Nicolai a...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2022
[Sluis], Slusa, Teutonicae Flandriae opp. . .[Sluis]
A bird's eye view of the town of Sluis. The lion crest on the left is emphasised by a golden filling. From the greatest publication in this genre! The 'Civitates' was com...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2022
HARLEMUM, Sive ut Ha: Barlan Herlemum, Urbs Hollandiae famosa . . .[HAARLEM]
A bird's-eye view plan of Haarlem, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Harlemum, or, as Hadrianus Barlandus writes, Herlemum, a renowned Du...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2020