# Abraham Ortelius - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T17:56:33.427Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 406
- Lots with prices: 325
- First auction date: 2005-07-15
- Latest auction date: 2026-05-07
- Median realised price: $325
- Price range: $20 to $584,000

## Market Takeaway
Abraham Ortelius shows deep auction liquidity with 338 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $325. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 49 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-13.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($325\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $180 and $650.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 80.9% (216 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16.9% (45 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.2% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 49
- Previous 12 months sales: 29
- Recent 12 months median: $280
- Previous 12 months median: $250
- Median shift: 12%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-13
- Days since latest sale: 67
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Adam's: 46 lots
- Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes: 33 lots
- Gonnelli Casa d'Aste: 29 lots
- Goudwisselkantoor Veilingen: 23 lots
- Potomack Company: 17 lots
- Arenberg Auctions: 14 lots
- Cypria Auctions: 11 lots
- Vendu Rotterdam: 9 lots
- Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH: 8 lots
- Nye & Company: 8 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-03-20 | Abraham Ortelius, Antique Colored Engraving Parergon Map | Lion and Unicorn | $80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abraham-ortelius-antique-colored-engraving-parergon-map-183-c-67b42099b3
2. 2025-02-27 | Abraham Ortelius, Antique Handcolored Engraved Map Thracia | Lion and Unicorn | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abraham-ortelius-antique-handcolored-engraved-map-thracia-33-c-1c7481e9bb
3. 2025-01-30 | Abraham Ortelius, Antique Colored Engraving Parergon Map | Lion and Unicorn | $160 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abraham-ortelius-antique-colored-engraving-parergon-map-98-c-32947449db
4. 2026-05-07 | Abraham Ortelius \- Map Engraving of Egypt | New England Auctions | $125 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abraham-ortelius-map-engraving-of-egypt-481-c-4d3c2d313d
5. 2026-04-19 | Abraham Ortelius \(Belgium, 1527\-1598\), Four Maps | Locati LLC | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abraham-ortelius-belgium-1527-1598-four-maps-118-c-c55bea2fab
6. 2026-04-09 | ABRAHAM ORTELIUS \(1527 / 1598\) "Theatro d'el orbe de la tierra de Abraham Ortello. El qual antes el estremo dia de su vida por la postrera vez ha emendadi, y con nueuas Tablas y Commentarios augmentado y esclarescido" Antwerp, 1612 | Ansorena | €34,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abraham-ortelius-1527-1598-theatro-d-el-orbe-de-la-tierra-de-abraham-ortello-el-qual-antes-el-estremo-dia-de-su-vida-por-la-postrera-vez-ha-emendadi-y-con-nueuas-tablas-y-commentarios-augmentado-y-esclarescido-antwerp-1612-779-c-08de2c2cc7
7. 2025-12-13 | Thraciae veteris typus. | Arenberg Auctions | €120
8. 2025-12-13 | Europae. | Arenberg Auctions | €650
9. 2025-12-13 | Europae. | Arenberg Auctions | €650
10. 2025-12-13 | Geographia sacra. | Arenberg Auctions | €220
11. 2025-12-03 | Abraham ORTELIUS \(1527 – 1598\) Cyprus Insula / Candia, Olim Creta | Psatharis Auctions | €1,000
12. 2025-12-03 | Abraham ORTELIUS \(1527 – 1598\) CYPRI INSULAE NOVA DESCRIPT, 1573 | Psatharis Auctions | €1,000
13. 2025-11-25 | Abraham Ortelius, Ducatus Mediolanensis, Finitimarumq\[ue\] regionu\[m\] Descriptio, Auctore Ioanne Georgio Septala Mediolanense. Antwerp: Joannes Moretus, Officina Plantina, 1601. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €200
14. 2025-11-25 | Abraham Ortelius, Aegyptus Antiqua. Antwerp: Christofle Plantin, 1592. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €650
15. 2025-11-25 | Abraham Ortelius, Barbariae et Biledulgerid. Nova Descrptio. Antwerp: Christofle Plantin, 1592. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €160
16. 2025-11-25 | Abraham Ortelius, Insular. Aliquor Aegaei Maris Antiqua Descrip. Antwerp: Christofle Plantin, 1592. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €280
17. 2025-11-25 | Abraham Ortelius, Sicilia. À Anvers: De l'imprimerie de Christofle Plantin, 1588. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €140
18. 2025-11-25 | Abraham Ortelius, Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus. Antwerp : Christofle Plantin, 1587. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €800
19. 2025-11-22 | Abraham Ortelius \(Belgian, 1522\-1598\), "Romani Imperii Imago" Map, engraving on laid paper | South Bay Auctions Inc | $550
20. 2025-11-22 | Abraham Ortelius, Karte Russland | Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH | €420
21. 2025-11-22 | Abraham Ortelius, Karte Ungarn | Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH | €470
22. 2025-11-12 | Abraham Ortelius,  Flemish 1527\-1598\-  Two maps of Greece: Graeciae Universae Secund | Roseberys | £550
23. 2025-10-17 | Belgii veteris typus \[...\]. | Arenberg Auctions | €100
24. 2025-10-09 | ABRAHAM ORTELIUS \(1527 ANTWERPEN \- 1598 EBDA.\), KOLORIERTER KUPFERSTICH, LANDKARTE ÖSTERREICH\-UNGARN, "HUNGARIAE DESCRIPTIO WOLFGANGO LAZIO AVCT." / ABRAHAM ORTELIUS \(1527 ANTWERP \- 1598 IBID.\), COLORED COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING, MAP OF AUSTRIA\-HUNGARY | Kunstauktionhaus Georg Rehm | €120 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abraham-ortelius-1527-antwerpen-1598-ebda-kolorierter-kupferstich-landkarte-osterreich-ungarn-hungariae-descriptio-wolfgango-lazio-avct-abraham-ortelius-1527-antwerp-1598-ibid-colored-copperplate-engraving-map-of-austria-hungary-5019-c-97046cb855

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