Old Maps Internet Auctions

Specialists in rare, original old maps, charts, globes, atlases and vintage graphics

Each auction sale features antique maps and charts, plus vintage graphics, medieval manuscripts and cartographic references books. We have built an unparalleled reputation in the map collecting community through our expertise and scholarship. Since 1977 Old World Auctions is the place to buy or sell fine, rare, antique and old maps with confidence.

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See details of antique map "Iaponia Regnum" by Willem Blaeu from circa 1655

Lot 810 - Iaponia Regnum, Willem Blaeu, 1655

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Thanks to everyone for your participation in Auction 131 - we hope you enjoyed the auction and found something to add to your collection!

What did I win? Click here to view your Bidding Status or Invoice page. Immediately following the auction we coordinate with our consignors to identify items with bids near their reserve. Any items accepted at the current under-reserve bid will be changed to sold. Please note that any items not making reserve are immediately available for purchase by any bidder at the reserve price.

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Our Next Auction: Auction 132 is scheduled to close on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. The catalog will be on the website about two weeks before this date. Consignments are due 2-1/2 months earlier.
Old World Auctions is a mail/internet auction only - we do not have a floor auction. Our customers and bidders include dealers, collectors, museums, libraries, designers, decorators, and genealogists as well as people simply looking for an antique map of their state, country or the world. We hope you will join us.