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As a map dealer myself, I don't think much expertise was shown by the man who
said real old maps are the rarest. Not necessarily the most expensive.
Excellent advice from long ago - if you want a really old map and have little
money, go for an unpopular island.
Maps are very much like books - supply and demand drive the prices.
Also, remember, like very old books, they were very, very expensive at the time
so sold to the rich, who took care of them.
An idea of comparative values - George Vancouver's charts of the late
18th Century were copper engravings. The cost of each copper plate, elephant
folio, at that period was £1,200. By comparison, the pay for the AB seaman on
Capt. Cook's Third Voyage, finally paid in 1784, for the entire voyage, three
years, was £36.00. (The Vancouver plates were stolen, thus making the first
English edition very expensive.)
Dee,
who adores old maps and charts
Dee Longenbaugh
The Observatory, ABAA
299 North Franklin Street
Juneau, Alaska, 99801
www.observatorybooks.com
deel...@alaska.com
Since 1977
Alaska specialists
> Lichen on the rock ignores a nearby lightning strike, and so it is
> with cartographers.
B.E.W. Allen
On Dec 21, 2011, at 6:59 AM, Ed Dahl wrote:
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> On Dec 21, 2011, at 10:36 AM, J. B. Post wrote:
> [sigh]
> http://www.cnbc.com/id/45734591
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> *****
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> I'd say this is an article not to be taken seriously.
>
> ... In the world of cartography, prices for some of the
> rarest and most sought-after maps—like those of famous
> cartographer William Blough—can reach into the
> millions.
>
> But, I have to admit, I have not been tracking the sales of
> Bill Blough's maps in recent years....
>
> Ed Dahl
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