Maps

About Antique and Vintage Maps

Collectors value antique and vintage maps for their historical and visual appeal. Demand depends on subject (world and U.S. maps are popular), whether a map reflects historic changes, and of course appearance, condition and authenticity (beware of reproductions). Early road maps are also becoming popular, primarily for the graphics on their covers.


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American Engraved Powder Horns

The period of the French and Indian War was a map-making era. Since much of the country was not chartered, it is pe… [more]



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David Rumsey Map Collection

David Rumsey Map Collection

David Rumsey has put over 15,800 maps online, with a special focus on North and South American images from the 18th… [read review or visit site]

U. Texas Map Collection

U. Texas Map Collection

This comprehensive map archive includes maps of the world, individual continents, and the U.S., as well as speciali… [read review or visit site]

Maps: Finding Our Place in the World

Maps: Finding Our Place in the World

This attractively designed microsite from The Field Museum showcases highlights of their map collection, along with… [read review or visit site]

Harvard University Collections

Harvard University Collections

This portal site highlights Harvard's many web accessible collections, featuring everything from photographs to mus… [read review or visit site]

The American Memory Project

The American Memory Project

This amazing Library of Congress site includes about a hundred photo and document collections (see complete list) o… [read review or visit site]

New York Public Library

New York Public Library

The New York Public Library's impressive Digital Gallery offers free access to over 500,000 historical images inclu… [read review or visit site]

Petrol Maps

Petrol Maps

Ian Byrne's virtual glove compartment with almost 2,000 European petrol (gas) and oil company roadmaps. While Ameri… [read review or visit site]

Virtual Museum of Surveying

Virtual Museum of Surveying

This site really measures up: the extensive galleries of surveying-related artifacts include a compass manufacturer… [read review or visit site]


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History Of West Indies, Edwards 3vol 1801 Maps/plates$323.79 Ends Thursday 7 bids 14 watchers
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1853 7' X 5 1/2' Coltons Map Of The United States Texas$125.95 Ends Sunday 2 bids 17 watchers
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Lovely Miniature Ortelius Map Of The World, 1598.$99.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 26 watchers
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Cramer Ancient Greece 3 Vol Leather Bindings Map Greek $86.99 Ends Sunday 14 bids 17 watchers
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Wallachia Serbia Bulgaria Romania Map Mercator 1630 $66.00 Ends Sunday 2 bids 13 watchers
Vintage Map General Map Of North America Rufsell 1794$61.00 Ends Sunday 2 bids 6 watchers
World Map America Europe Australia Vaugondy 1778 *bt$61.00 Ends Wednesday 3 bids 14 watchers
Fine Laporte Map Of Pennsylvania/new England, 1786.$60.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 7 watchers
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Boston Mass. 1775 Revolutionary War Map Pub. 1841$59.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid 1 watcher
1954 Hong Kong Tramways Limited Route Map/timetable, $57.87 Ends Wednesday 6 bids 11 watchers
1901 Map Of Squam Lake Boston & Maine Railroad 14 X 20$56.55 Ends Thursday 4 bids 6 watchers
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1947 Retractable School Pull Down World Map$52.01 Ends Thursday 5 bids 9 watchers
St. Petersburg Russia 1787 Kitchin Original Engrav. Map$52.00 Ends Wednesday 3 bids 13 watchers
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Antique-book market in flux; value hard to pin down
Arizona Daily Star, February 6th

Swann Galleries in New York (www.swanngalleries.com) also sells books, prints and antique maps at auction. Q: Your column had a prediction that wealthy...Read more

Cozy inns to visit on your trip South
Plain Dealer, February 6th

Step inside and you come upon original art, hand-painted murals and vintage maps throughout the public rooms and suites. Fifteen suites furnished in...Read more

GVSU leaders say new library to fill campus void
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com, February 5th

The design has special rooms for the map collection and a roof-top open air reading terrace. Its furniture currently is being tested in Zumberge to see how...Read more

Important Maps to test the Market
Americana Exchange, January 31st

It will be the necessary next step for Frank Benevento, a map collector who entered the collecting field a decade ago, began to acquire important maps,...Read more

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Seattle Times, January 30th

Chesapeake Energy disclosing that it spent $12 million buying its CEO's antique map collection, and Freddie Mac giving its new CFO a $2 million signing...Read more

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Houston Chronicle, January 26th

Chesapeake Energy disclosing that it spent $12 million buying its CEO's antique map collection, and Freddie Mac giving its new CFO a $2 million signing...Read more

Outraged over CEO pay and bonuses? Here are the real culprits.
Christian Science Monitor, January 25th

In one egregious example, a board used $12.1 million of shareholder money to buy the CEO's antique map collection to display at headquarters!...Read more

Antique maps missing from Asiatic Society
Times of India, January 23rd

MUMBAI: India has lost a slice of its history, from an institution no less than Asiatic Society of Mumbai, founded in 1804 to preserve India's rich...Read more

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