Champlain Map Auctioned for £130,000

A 1612 map of New France drawn by Samuel de Champlain — briefly the subject of an investigation by Harvard curators who thought it might be a copy that went missing a few years ago — has fetched £130,000 at a Sotheby’s auction on Thursday. That’s three times what was expected. The map went to a private collector. GeoCarta, CBC News, Vancouver Sun.

Previously: It’s Not Harvard’s Map; Harvard’s Missing Map?

Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 6:48 PM
Categories: Collecting

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