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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… [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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1694 Homann Schlaraffia Map: Accurata Utopiae Tabula $1,000.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 2 watchers
"a.h.andrews" Tickler Map/file Cabinet-1880- Fabulous!!$510.00 Ends in 20 hours 4 bids 26 watchers
Australia~antarctic Explorer 2vol Maps~mawson Rare 1st$330.00 Ends Sunday 8 bids 7 watchers
History Ancient Civilizations 8 Vols Maps Leather Set $265.74 Ends Monday 1 bid 4 watchers
Antique Wooden Map Cabinet Ten Drawer 1 Missing Umc$251.28 Ends Monday 10 bids 33 watchers
C1611 Speed Map Of The Holy Land! Very Rare Bible Nr! $227.50 Ends Tuesday 10 bids 11 watchers
Hawaii - Sandwich Islands William Ellis 1833 Maps Views$178.50 Ends Wednesday 8 bids 12 watchers
1638 Very Rare Map Of The Holy Lands From Z??rich Bible$177.50 Ends in 18 hours 9 bids 13 watchers
Washington Dc Part Set Boxed Book Map By Underwood$169.16 Ends Sunday 5 bids 11 watchers
Battle Of Gettysburg Civil War Map Confederate Invasion$152.50 Ends in 2 hours 22 bids 36 watchers
1844 Morse Breese Map - Republic Of Texas$125.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 2 watchers
Antique 1932 Princeton University Campus Map J. Riegel$124.95 Ends Sunday 1 bid 6 watchers
1897 Muskoka 48 Pg Travel Book Map Illustrations Scarce$117.50 Ends Thursday 2 bids 9 watchers
Eagle Industries Map Pack Khaki Tan$102.50 Ends Friday 9 bids 6 watchers
1772 Fine, Attractive Kitchin Map Of North America$102.50 Ends in 19 hours 5 bids 11 watchers
50 United States Map(made With Real License Plates$100.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 7 watchers
Virginia Captain John Smith 1819 Folding Map Two Volume$99.99 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 13 watchers
1887 Map Of Oklahoma Indian Territory Great Colors$99.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid 4 watchers
Set Of Four 1930s Hawaiian Color Maps - Nr$90.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 1 watcher
Harry Potter Mm Marauder's Map / Lupin's Shirt Prop Pc2$79.99 Ends in 21 hours 1 bid 8 watchers
The Story Of Korea 1911 J. Longford / Maps$78.00 Ends Sunday 5 bids 9 watchers
London Birmingham Railway Roscoe 1839 Hc Map +18 Prints$76.40 Ends in 16 hours 9 bids 3 watchers
Rare 17th-century Jansson Map Of Pomerania$75.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 8 watchers
Original Colton's 1873 Beautiful Map Of Michigan$75.00 Ends Sunday 1 bid 1 watcher
Fine Miniature Mercator Map Of Chile, C1640.$71.00 Ends in 19 hours 3 bids 6 watchers
Genuine 1618 Map Of Cuba And Jamaica By Petrus Bertius$70.99 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 7 watchers
Original Ww2 German Map Case + Battle Map + Photos$70.00 Ends in 56 mins 1 bid 6 watchers
Poland. Plan Of Warsaw Circa1850. Sduk.$70.00 Ends in 13 hours 12 bids 8 watchers
Genuine 1605 Map Of Venice By Tomaso Porcacchi$69.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 6 watchers
Book With Map & Albumen Photos Mount Desert Maine 1885$68.02 Ends Monday 8 bids 14 watchers
1652 Cluver Map Of Europe - Mythical Isle Of Frisland$66.00 Ends Tuesday 5 bids 9 watchers
1855 Colton Atlas Map South Carolina $65.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid
Genuine 1618 Map Of Turkish Empire By Petrus Bertius$61.00 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 1 watcher
1975 Crown Lands Survey Map Of Hong Kong & Kowloon$61.00 Ends Monday 4 bids 4 watchers
Vietnam War Zippo Lighter Danang 1970-71 Vietnam Map$60.99 Ends in 1 hour 3 bids 6 watchers
Lot Of 26 All Usborne Books Science Puzzles Maps Hobby$60.26 Ends Sunday 13 bids 6 watchers
1943 Political School Map Asia Denoyer Geppert Vintage$60.00 Ends Monday 3 bids 7 watchers
Lovely Bertius Map Of The Canary Islands, 1616.$58.00 Ends in 19 hours 2 bids 9 watchers
Davenport's Geographic Gazetteer - Texas - Us Map 1833$57.66 Ends Sunday 2 bids 15 watchers
Vintage School Map Geographical Terms Denoyer Geppert$56.00 Ends Monday 12 bids 22 watchers
3 Ww2 Silk Escape Map France 9c Germany Swiss More$52.00 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 26 watchers
Rarest 1905 1st Ed Swedish So. Polar Expedition Maps $51.00 Ends Saturday 3 bids 6 watchers
Genuine 1618 Map Of Corsica By Petrus Bertius$51.00 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 4 watchers
George Anson-a Voyage Round The World-1769-folding Maps$51.00 Ends Saturday 4 bids 1 watcher
1950 Denoyer-geppert 35 School Maps 37x44 & Tripod Old$51.00 Ends in 17 hours 14 bids 22 watchers
1618 Map Ancient World According To Ptolemy By Bertius$50.99 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 6 watchers
Genuine 1605 Map Of Hebrides And Orkneys By Porcacchi$49.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 2 watchers
Antique 1706 Map India Gulf Of Bengal Siam Vander Aa $49.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 5 watchers
1899 Folio:cram's World Atlas 175+color Maps,100+photos$49.95 Ends in 20 hours 1 bid 7 watchers
Geology *1842* Higgins Colour Map & Plates Binding$49.84 Ends in 18 hours 5 bids 21 watchers
Antique Legionis, Biscaiae Et Guipiscoa Typus Map Spain$49.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 4 watchers
Vintage Disneyland Map Poster 1958 Original Rare $49.00 Ends Monday 1 bid 16 watchers
1640 History Of Holy War Hand-coloured Map 2nd Ed Nores$48.50 Ends Friday 5 bids 23 watchers
#zz Russia Poland Hungary Copper Map Schraembl 1788$48.00 Ends Friday 5 bids 9 watchers
Coxe Travels Poland Russia Sweden Denamrk Map Moscow $47.00 Ends in 16 hours 3 bids 6 watchers

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Ex-Manila resident offers London haven
Philippine Star, November 7th

(like pages from musical sheets and reproductions of vintage maps) in depicting abstract interpretations or more figurative forms of different cultures...Read more

Library Legacy Goes to Former Chancellor Orbach
UC Riverside, November 4th

The library has more than 100 publicly accessible computer workstations, 25 group study rooms, map collection with state of the art cartographic and GIS...Read more

Map collectors find their way to annual Hammond expo
Gary Post Tribune, November 3rd

Many map enthusiasts came to Northwest Indiana recently for the Road Map Collectors Association's annual Map Expo at the Jean Shepherd Community Center in...Read more

Moore To Life: Around the World
KING5.com, October 31st

To start, I used grey silk dupioni to cover the table as well as a runner created out of vintage maps. I photocopied images of vintage maps from a book and...Read more

Around the region
Gary Post Tribune, October 23rd

Map collectors meet: The Road Map Collectors Association will meet at the Jean Shepherd Community Center, 3031 Mahoney Drive, from 9 am to noon Saturday...Read more

Geographicus Announces Rare Lunar Map Acquisitions
PR-USA.net (press release), October 21st

Geographicus (www.geographicus.com), a dealer in rare and vintage maps, proudly announces the acquisition of a select group of rare lunar maps created to...Read more

Vintage maps at the Library of Congress
Los Angeles Times, October 16th

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CD Map Collection
PRMinds (press release), October 14th

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