Theodor de Bry Prints: Auction Prices

German · 1528–1598

ArtSell has recorded 20 auction results for Theodor de Bry prints between 2006 and 2025, of which 6 sold (30% sell-through). Prices realised range from $100 to $1,536, with a median of $593 across 6 priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). A further 5 lots offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed but not counted. The highest recorded price is $1,536 for “Pride and Folly (Orgueille et Follie) (Hollstein 178)” at Bonhams in 2025.

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1. 
   Pride and Folly (Orgueille et Follie) (Hollstein 178), 1558

   Engraving · Paper

   diameter 4 3/4in (12.1cm)

   Bonhams · Jan 17, 2025 · Lot 522
   $1,536≈ £1,260≈ €1,492Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–1,200View at Bonhams ↗
2. 
   Commander of Madness (Duke of Alva) | Commander of Wisdom (William I of Orange)

   Engraving

   Bertolami Fine Art · Feb 20, 2024 · Lot 21
   Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €500–1,000View at Bertolami Fine Art ↗
3. 
   Occidentalis Americae partis' (Map of Florida and the West Indies)

   Engraving · Paper

   34.5cm x 45cm

   Toovey's · Aug 9, 2023 · Lot 10
   £900≈ $1,145≈ €1,044HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
4. 
   The Chief Applied to by Women Whose Husbands Have Died in the War or by Disease,?from A Brief Narration of Europeans in Florida, 1591

   Engraving

   page 7-3/4 x 9-3/4 in.

   Brunk Auctions · May 15, 2020 · Lot 99
   $250≈ £205≈ €232HammerSign up free to seeEst. $300–500View at Brunk Auctions ↗
5. 
   Americae Pars Magis Cognita' (Map of America)

   Engraving

   36.5cm x 44cm

   Toovey's · Apr 20, 2016 · Lot 170
   £650≈ $935≈ €822HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
6. 
   VAL PARAISO

   Etching

   30 x 22 cm

   James Lisboa · Jun 3, 2014 · Lot 124
   Result not publishedView at James Lisboa ↗
7. 
   CAP HORN

   Etching

   30 x 22 cm

   James Lisboa · Jun 3, 2014 · Lot 123
   Result not publishedView at James Lisboa ↗
8. 
   CIDADE DE SALVADOR COM A ILHA DE ITAMARACA

   Etching

   30 x 22 cm

   James Lisboa · Jun 3, 2014 · Lot 122
   Result not publishedView at James Lisboa ↗
9. 
   REGIÃO DE SÃO VICENTE COM A ILHA DE SÃO VICENTE E SANTO AMARO, OFORTE DE BERTIOGA E A LOCALIDADE DE ITANHAEM

   Etching

   30 x 22 cm

   James Lisboa · Jun 3, 2014 · Lot 121
   Result not publishedView at James Lisboa ↗
10. 
    REGIÃO DE SÃO VICENTE COM O FORTE DE BERTIOGA

    Etching

    30 x 22 cm

    James Lisboa · Jun 3, 2014 · Lot 120
    Result not publishedView at James Lisboa ↗
11. 
    Benzo cum comitibus, premente fame, Wohl 1594

    Engraving · Other support

    Bl. 34 x 24 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Sep 20, 2008 · Lot 169
    €120≈ $171≈ £94HammerSign up free to seeEst. €60–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
12. 
    Ankunft der Spanier in Amerika, 1590

    Engraving · Other support

    Pl. 15,6 x 19 cm, Bl. 34,5 x 24 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Sep 20, 2008 · Lot 168
    €70≈ $100≈ £55HammerSign up free to seeEst. €60–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
13. 
    Historia Nauigationis, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    16,1 x 20 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 103
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €135–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
14. 
    De ys que acciderunt in reditu post comestum illud mancipium, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    15,7 x 19,5 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 102
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €75–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
15. 
    Americae, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    16,7 x 20 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 101
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €75–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
16. 
    Jeppipo Wasu Regulus ager cum suis domum reuertitur, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    16,5 x 19,8 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 099
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €75–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
17. 
    Quomodo captiuos in reditu suo tractarint, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    16,2 x 19,7 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 098
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €85–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
18. 
    Americae, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    16 x 20 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 096
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €85–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
19. 
    De armis & telis Barbarorum, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    15,8 x 19,2 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 095
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €95–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
20. 
    Alia denuo nauis à Lufitanis ad flatum meum explorandum mittitur, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    16,2 x 19,7 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 094
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €90–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
21. 
    De expeditione à Barbaris fulcepta, cui me focium faciunt, & de us que in itinere acciderunt, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    15,7 x 19,4 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 093
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €90–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
22. 
    Historia Nauigationis, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    16,7 x 20 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 092
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €110–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
23. 
    Historia Nauigationis, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    16,7 x 20,2 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 091
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €140–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
24. 
    In di Hispanis aurum fitientibus, aurum lique factum infundunt, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    16,5 x 20,2 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 090
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €95–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
25. 
    Colloquvivum benzonis cvm cacico quodam in Nicaragua, de Christianorum moribus, Um 1590

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    15,8 x 18,7 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006 · Lot 089
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €135–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗

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