I've been very lucky lately...

[pronk]

You like it? I can usually do 2-3 a month. I've got another one about ready. You got a real deal at $12! I sell them for $20.

I don't deal with Chinese. Sorry, i'm a man of principal.

[mmike032]

good luck with it,
but my common sense tells me its a replica.

it would had to be kept in some kind of special airtight case to hold up that well over time.
just look at how the constitution, and Dec of Independece are kept and the shape their in

[G's pks]

they go for $8 each on ebay!

[ericthegangster]

im guessing its worth about $5

[THE PROFIT]

I come from a family of antique dealers bro, that is a print. worth $12 and looks great framed, but thats about it!

[stealthyburrito]

wow, if thats real, you got yourself a nice chunk of change

still i honestly think i'd keep it, a cool piece of history

[THE PROFIT]

I love stuff like that. Im a HUGE history & geography buff. I pick up items like that anytime I see them

[pico]

hahaha. you must be dreaming

[Masu485]

i have Spider-Man comics from the 60s that look more faded than that. how can the colour be so friggin nice 300 years later?

[Masu485]

I love stuff like that. Im a HUGE history & geography buff. I pick up items like that anytime I see them

can you tell me how much a large golden medallion is worth? my father gave it to me, he's egyptian and a descendant of the Pharaohs (this is no joke), and he gave me a Roman golden medallion that he framed. but i have no idea where he got it from or if it's real or anything. i will take a pic later.

[wtf]

will give you 50k , currency circa 1700's

[pronk]

I come from a family of antique dealers bro, that is a print. worth $12 and looks great framed, but thats about it!

Being born in the garage doesn't automatically makes you a mechanic.

[pronk]

wow, if thats real, you got yourself a nice chunk of change

still i honestly think i'd keep it, a cool piece of history

Thank you Stealthyburrito. I've been to hundreds of auctions, antiques shows, antiques shops and to be honest, I've never seen anything that would even remotely resemble this item. And I'm planning to keep it.

[Boscoe]

[pronk]

Sotheby's response:

Dear Mr....,

I looked in auction records for your map and there have been several copies sold over the past 30 years, many of them hand-colored like yours. The top price fetched was at Pacific Book Auctions, one of several smaller auction houses. You might try offering it there, as we we could not handle it for you.
Here is the entry: Seutter, Matthaeus - Novus Orbis sive America meridionalis et septentrionalis. Augsburg, [c.1730, or later]. 499mm by 579mm, hand-colored, with 2 uncolored pictorial cartouches. Repaired at lower lower central crease. *Pacific, Nov 17, 2005, lot 152, $2,500

Dr. Joshua Lipton

Books & Manuscripts Department

Sotheby's

1334 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Tel: 212-606-7385
Fax: 212-894-1465


The map described by Joshua is much smaller than the map I've found.

[G's pks]

what did it cost for appraisal???

[pronk]

what did it cost for appraisal???

The appraisal is free, just go to Sotheby's webpage and follow the instructions on how to submit an item for sale.

[Boner_18]

See man. Like I said, a good find but well under 25k. If you decide to keep it, make sure you treat it well.

[pronk]

See man. Like I said, a good find but well under 25k. If you decide to keep it, make sure you treat it well.

Boner, the map described by Joshua is much smaller and with some major damage to it. My map is in excellent condition.

[BatemanPatrickl]

Good find. My uncle would go to garage sales and find things worth a decent amount of money. He also gave Army smoke bombs to me when I was 7.

[pronk]

This is the map Joshua describes. http://www.pbagalleries.com/search/item.php?anr=166939& If you look very closely, you will find a lot of small discrepancy's visible to the trained eye.

[G's pks]

found it! let me magnify it and pull it up...hold on.

[G's pks]

Made in China (copyright 2005)

[robmpink]

The appraisal is free, just go to Sotheby's webpage and follow the instructions on how to submit an item for sale.

I just submitted an appraisal to Sotheby's for Noah's Arc.

[in2thethickofit]

Whatever it's worth, it's a cool map. I love looking at maps. When I was a kid my entire bedroom was covered wall-to-wall in them...I would walk around with my eyes closed and point at one and see where my finger landed...then I'd look it up in an encyclopedia and read about the place. I just love geography and MAPS!

[fsugolf]

that's actually pretty interesting in2the

[pronk]

Whatever it's worth, it's a cool map. I love looking at maps. When I was a kid my entire bedroom was covered wall-to-wall in them...I would walk around with my eyes closed and point at one and see where my finger landed...then I'd look it up in an encyclopedia and read about the place. I just love geography and MAPS!

Bingo!!!
Nicely put In2thethickofit.

[pronk]

I just submitted an appraisal to Sotheby's for Noah's Arc.

Charlie, your item is a little bulky and Sotheby's may not be able to handle it properly.