A blog about antique map collecting.

Well-known antique map collector Jonathan Potter is retiring, and plans to sell off many of the antique maps in his catalog.

Antique maps for sale by Potter include:

• A 400-year-old map depicting Iceland entitled Islandia, published by Abraham Ortelius in the 16th Century for approx. $15,000 USD
• A globe by Mattaeus Greuter, produced in 1632 and priced at $180,000 USD (approx.)
• A double-hemisphere map of the world by John Speed
• An antique map of the moon, prepared in the 1720s by astronomer, geographer, mathematician and physicist, Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr for $3,000 USD (approx.)

Potter first became interested in antique maps 40 years ago, wandering the markets of London’s Portobello Road. Potter went on to establish his own gallery and amassed one of the largest collections of antique maps in the world, all of which are now for sale. The entire map collection is valued somewhere around $6 million USD.

Source: 400-year-old map collection for sale