Joseph Hutchins Colton Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Joseph Hutchins Colton Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 21, 2024
COLTON'S MAP OF THE WORLD, 1853
Est: $500 - $800
COLTON, Joseph H. (1800-1893). Colton's New Illustrated Map of the World on Mercator's Projection. Engraved map with original hand color. New York: J. H. Colton, 1853. 33 3/4" x 44 3/8" sheet.
Arader Galleries
Aug. 20, 2024
MAP, Southern USA, Colton
Est: $2,500 - $3,250
Large-Scale Map of the South Issued During the Civil War. Southern United States, Civil War. Joseph Hutchins Colton, J.H. Colton's Map of the Southern States. Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas..., 1864 (dated). Hand Color. The title continues "Showing also Part of the Adjoining States & Territories Locating the Forts & Military Stations of the U. States & Showing all the Railroads, R.R. Stations & Other Internal Improvements." This is a large and highly detailed map of the southern states (Colton makes no mention of the Confederacy) that extends from the Atlantic coast to east Texas, south into Florida to below Sumter County, and north to above Bloomington, Illinois. It is filled with information locating towns, villages, post offices, railroads, stage roads, canals, trails, watershed and much more. The Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico are filled with ships, which depict the Union blockade of southern harbors. A large inset at right is the "Southern Part of Florida" which takes off from the main map on a slightly smaller scale. Another inset at lower right shows the United States with "Proposed Railroad Routes to the Pacific Ocean." This inset depicts large Dakota and Idaho territories and the southern tip of Nevada is part of Arizona. To the left of the inset maps is a population table based on the 1860 census with the categories Free States and Slave States. The cartography is taken from GLO maps and from the southern part of Calvin Smith's important large scale map (1843) of the U.S. and Canada. Embellished with a broad decorative border and fancy titling. This map has a copyright imprint of 1863 and is dated 1864. Other editions were printed in 1861 and 1862. Printed on two separate sheets and fold into brown cloth boards (5.2 x 8.2") with gilt title on the front cover. A scarce map issued near the end of the American Civil War. LITERATURE: Phillips (Maps) p. 909; Stephenson (CW) #37.6; Rumsey #4085.002.
Old World Auctions
Aug. 20, 2024
MAP, United States, Colton
Est: $200 - $230
United States. Joseph Hutchins Colton, The United States of America, from Atlas of the World, 1855 (dated). Hand Color. This great map features numerous early western territorial boundaries. Washington and Oregon Territories extend to the huge Nebraska Territory, meeting at the Continental Divide. Nebraska Territory in turn extends to the Missouri River where it borders a large Minnesota Territory. Utah Territory spans from California east to join Nebraska and Kanzas along the Rocky Mountains and Continental Divide. The very large New Mexico Territory comprises all of today's Arizona and part of Colorado. The map details the exploration routes of many expeditions including those of Marcy, Kearny, Fremont, etc., and locates the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail. It is filled with watershed information, scores of forts, Indian lands, and more. Surrounded by Colton's signature strap-work border. The map is hand colored in outline, which is very unusual for this issue.
Old World Auctions
Jul. 27, 2024
J.H Colton World Map c.1855
Est: $100 - $200
J.H Colton World Map c.1855 Map of the eastern and western hemispheres by New York publisher J. H. Colton. Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) moved to New York City from his birthplace of Longmeadow, Massachusetts to start the J.H. Colton Company in 1831. Though he did not come from a cartographic or engraving background, Colton licensed copyrights from other cartographers such as David H. Burr and Samuel Stiles, producing quality reprints with additional engraving and border detail. After ten years of operating with this business model, Colton branched out to produce original maps, and by the 1850s had grown his company into a booming cartographic firm. Though the Colton Company published a variety of cartographic materials such as guidebooks and atlases, it is perhaps best known for its railroad maps. Distinguished by their elaborate decorative borders, Colton maps were printed using engraved steel plates which, though more costly than wax engravings, produced higher-quality images. These maps were then hand-colored by watercolor artists, resulting in slight irregularities which reflect the documents' unique history and individualized production. Notable moments in Colton's career include winning a high-profile lawsuit against the government of Bolivia, by whom he had been hired to produce some 2,500 maps of the region in 1857. When he did not receive pay upon completing his contract, mostly due to Bolivian civil unrest, Colton took legal action and eventually received $100,000 in compensation. Colton's sons George Woolworth Colton (1827-1901) and Charles B. Colton (1832-1916) joined the company in the early 1850s; when the two eventually took over from their father, they renamed the firm to G.W. & C.B. Colton. A few years later in 1898, the brothers went into business with August R. Ohman, renaming the firm again to Colton, Ohman, & Co. This relationship lasted until 1901 when the Coltons left the company and Ohman took over in full, subsequently dropping the Colton name. Framed, not inspected out of frame creatively framed. Approximate Size: 15.25" H x 26.75" W Approximate Size Framed: 21.25" H x 32.5" W
La Belle Epoque Auction House
Apr. 16, 2024
[ÉTATS-UNIS]. COLTON (Joseph Hutchins).
Est: €500 - €600
Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico and the West Indies, showing the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. New York, J. H. Colton, 1851. 131 x 146 cm. Carte gravée et coloriée à l'époque, divisée en 24 sections et entoilée au verso. Superbe carte transcontinentale des États-Unis d'Amérique en 1851, de la Californie à l'ouest aux Grandes Antilles à l'est, comprenant aussi la province du Canada britannique au nord et l'intégralité du Mexique au sud et, en cartons, quatre cartes des Petites Antilles, de Terre-Neuve, de l'Amérique centrale et du continent américain. Une riche bordure gravée encadre l'ensemble. J. H. Colton publia en 1846 la première édition de cette carte célèbre, qui devint le fleuron de sa firme et fut maintes fois rééditée. Exemplaire abîmé et défraîchi : trou important (10 x 6 cm) au niveau du Canada, fortes taches d'encre noire, salissures, petites déchirures et manques.
Alde
Mar. 12, 2024
MAP, Kansas & Nebraska, Colton
Est: $110 - $140
Kansas & Nebraska. Joseph Hutchins Colton, Colton's Kansas and Nebraska, from Atlas of the World, 1857 (dated). Hand Color. Early map in a vertical configuration covering only the eastern quarter of these young territories. Only 34 counties are organized in Nebraska and 37 in Kansas. The river systems are well developed and the only road is the Santa Fe Road, originating in Kansas City. There is no sign of Wichita, Topeka is just a little town, and the capital is shown as Lecompton.
Old World Auctions
Apr. 22, 2023
Colton Wall Map of the Southern States, 1862
Est: $5,000 - $10,000
COLTON, Joseph Hutchins (1800 - 1893). Colton's Map of the Southern States including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas... Lithographed map with original hand color. New York: J. H. Colton, 1862. 39" x 59 1/4" sheet, 46 1/2" x 70 1/2" framed. Second edition of this highly detailed and annually published [from 1861-1864] Wall Map of the southern states during their succession. Rumsey lists the 1864 edition in which he states that this "large and detailed map of the Confederacy [was] taken from the southern portion of J. Calvin Smith's map of the United States. [...] Stephenson shows the 1862 edition by Bacon of London."
Arader Galleries
Feb. 10, 2023
**City and State Maps: Carolinas, Florida and Georgia (4pcs)
Est: $300 - $500
**City and State Maps: Carolinas, Florida and Georgia published New York 1855, by Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) "The City of Savannah Georgia [with] The City of Charleston South Carolina" H14 1/8" W17 1/2" published Philadelphia 1860 by Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1790-1868) "County Map of Florida [with inset of South Carolina and Charleston Harbor]" H12" W14 3/4" published 1862, by Mitchell "County Map of Florida [with insets of North & South Carolina and city of Charleston]" H15 1/2" W1 1/2" published London 1833 by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge "North America Sheet XI Parts of North and South Carolina" hand colored steel engravings (4pcs) Provenance: Elizabeth Dunlap, Sept 1973 (1st) Antiques Americana, 11 Sept 1979 (2nd & 3rd) W.P. Faupel, Dec 1986 (4th) Dr. & Mrs. C.G. Hopper, Jr. Collection
Charlton Hall
Mar. 15, 2022
(Maps in Book - Atlases) Colton's Condensed Octavo Atlas of the Union: Containing Maps of All the States and Territories of the United States of America
Est: $800 - $950
Atlases. Joseph Hutchins Colton, Colton's Condensed Octavo Atlas of the Union: Containing Maps of All the States and Territories of the United States of America, 1864 (published). Hand Color. This complete atlas contains a total of 25 maps covering the states and territories of the United States, including 24 double-page maps and 1 folding map of California. Issued during the Civil War, it contains several maps not seen in other Colton atlases including Maryland Delaware, and Eastern Virginia and East and West Virginia. This latter map shows the borders for the new state of West Virginia but is called Western Virginia. The atlas also includes a nice map of the entire United States, state maps of Texas and Florida, and several maps showing the evolving western territories. Octavo, hardbound in brown cloth with gilt title on the front cover. Inscribed to J.B. McIntosh, who served in the Union Army and rose from the rank of second lieutenant to brigadier general.
Old World Auctions
Mar. 15, 2022
(Map - Virginia, Civil War) Colton's Virginia
Est: $375 - $450
Virginia, Civil War. Joseph Hutchins Colton, Colton's Virginia, 1861 (dated). Hand Color. This pocket map of the state was issued only months before West Virginia began its secession from Virginia. County configurations are current to 1860, with the addition of Webster County in present-day central West Virginia. Highly detailed, the map presents towns, cities, railroads, canals, and wagon roads. Includes inset maps of Richmond and Norfolk at top. Folds into brown cloth boards (3.5 x 4.9") with gilt title on the front cover. Signed in the top margin by Dr. Heard of the 13th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, who was stationed at Camp Hamilton near Darnestown, Maryland (on the Virginia border) on September 20th, 1861. Manuscript lines on the map likely indicate his regiment's movement into Northern Virginia.
Old World Auctions
Oct. 14, 2021
(Maps in Book - Geography Books) J.H. Colton's American School Quarto Geography, Comprising the Several Departments of Mathematical, Physical, and Civil Geography...
Est: $200 - $230
Geography Books. Joseph Hutchins Colton, J.H. Colton's American School Quarto Geography, Comprising the Several Departments of Mathematical, Physical, and Civil Geography..., 1865 (published). Hand Color. Large quarto format school geography with numerous steel plate maps, profiles and plans on 42 large sheets. Includes a nice map of the United States and the West showing the newly formed Nevada and Arizona, with Dakota Territory occupying the region of present-day Wyoming. The maps are augmented by text and engravings depicting animals, vegetation, natives, important buildings, and major cities around the world. As a Civil War-period atlas it is fascinating to find not a single reference to the conflict. 118 pages with statistical tables at the end. Hardbound in pictorial paper covers over boards. Published by Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co. in New York.
Old World Auctions
Mar. 16, 2021
J.H. COLTON HAND COLORED MAP OF BOSTON, 1855
Est: $300 - $500
Joseph Hutchins Colton, American (1800-1893). Hand-colored engraving titled "Colton's Map of Boston and Adjacent Cities". Plate No. 13 from Colton's "Atlas of the World", published by Johnson & Browning, 1855. Dimensions: (Frame) H 22.5" x W 20" (Sight) H 16.5" x W 14" Condition: Small tear upper left, small crease lower left.
Westport Auction
Oct. 21, 2020
COLTON, JOSEPH B. 1800-1893. New Map of the State of Texas compiled from de Cordova's large map. New York: 1856.
Est: $1,800 - $2,500
COLTON, JOSEPH B. 1800-1893. New Map of the State of Texas compiled from de Cordova's large map. New York: 1856. Hand-colored lithographed atlas map of Texas. 430 x 660 mm. The counties colored in blue, with insets of Galveston, Sabine Lake, and Northern Texas at lower left, sheet numbered 52/53. Matted and framed. WITH: a second later example of the same sheet, this numbered 55/56. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 21, 2020
J. H. Colton for Warren Holt Virginia Maryland Map
Est: $200 - $300
California,1864 J. H. Colton topographical map of Seat of War in Virginia, Maryland, & c. depicting a general map of eastern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, southern Pennsylvania, and northern North Carolina.
Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers
Mar. 12, 2020
J. H. Colton Maps [South America]
Est: $40 - $80
Three (3) Joseph Hutchins Colton (American Cartographer 1800 - 1893) maps countries in South America, including Chili, Uruguay, Paraguay; New Granada, Ecuador; and Peru, Bolivia. (Text on back unrelated to map on front.) One measures 14.5-in. x 7.5-in. sheet size, two 18.5-in. x 15.75-in. sheet size. In VG/VG+ condition with minor foxing, browned edges. If lot is absent of a condition report a condition report may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as grading can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Provenance: C.D. Raymond & Son collection. We ship most items in this auction in house and gladly combine shipping if possible of multiple items. (3 @ K5 R45)
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Mar. 12, 2020
Colton/Johnston, Blackwood Maps [South America]
Est: $50 - $100
One Joseph Hutchins Colton (American Cartographer 1800 - 1893) map of southern South American and nearby Islands (including the Falkland Islands); and a Keith Johnston's General Atlas, published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, two-part map of South America, both circa mid-19th century. Second page of two-part map depicts area south of first page. Colton map measures 15.5-in. x 18.5-in. sheet size. Johnston's map measures 19.375-in. x 24.75-in. each sheet size. In VG/VG+ condition with minor foxing, browned edges; staple holes at top; fold crease across center (vertically). If lot is absent of a condition report a condition report may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as grading can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Provenance: C.D. Raymond & Son collection. We ship most items in this auction in house and gladly combine shipping if possible of multiple items. (1 @ K5 R15; set of 2 @ K7 R60)
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Mar. 12, 2020
J. H. Colton Maps [South America]
Est: $40 - $80
Four (4) Joseph Hutchins Colton (American Cartographer 1800 - 1893) maps of South America, and countries in South America, including Chili, Uruguay, Paraguay; New Granada, Ecuador; and Brazil, Guyana. (Text on back unrelated to map on front.) Three measure 17.5-in. x 14.5-in. sheet size, one 18.5-in. x 15.75-in. sheet size. In VG/VG+ condition with minor foxing, browned edges; fold crease across center (horizontally). If lot is absent of a condition report a condition report may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as grading can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Provenance: C.D. Raymond & Son collection. We ship most items in this auction in house and gladly combine shipping if possible of multiple items. (1 @ K7 R38)
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Jan. 17, 2020
(Maps in Book - Atlases) Colton's Atlas of America, Illustrating the Physical and Political Geography of North and South America and the West India Islands...
Est: $3,250 - $4,000
Atlases. Joseph Hutchins Colton, Colton's Atlas of America, Illustrating the Physical and Political Geography of North and South America and the West India Islands..., 1857 (published). Hand Color. This attractive folio atlas contains 61 of the 63 map sheets called for (missing only the double-page map of New York City). The atlas is similar to Volume I of Colton's Atlas of the World but is more robust (63 sheets versus 44). Included are double-page maps of the United States and Texas, and several maps of the western United States show early and unusual territorial configurations. The U.S. map features Kanzas and shows Dakotah territory bordering the Missouri River. The atlas also includes the most desirable Nebraska and Kanzas map that depicts Nebraska stretching from Kansas to the Canadian border and bounded on the west by Washington and Oregon at the Continental Divide and Dakota on the east. Includes the map of the territories of New Mexico and Utah, the California map with the large inset of San Francisco, and the territories of Washington and Oregon with their eastern boundaries on the Continental Divide and county development limited to the coastal areas. The map of Texas is "Compiled from De Cordova's Large Map" with early county configurations and the large unsettled areas of Presidio, El Paso, Bexar in the west. U.S. city plans include Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Savannah/ Charleston, Louisville/New Orleans, Pittsburgh/Cincinnati, and St. Louis/Chicago. The maps are complimented by additional illustrations including an attractive frontispiece showing Native American Indians overlooking a valley filled with frontier settlement and development. Interspersed within the text and maps are numerous full-page advertisements including a very unusual full-color ad for "Allsopp's East India Pale Ale" adjacent to the map of New Jersey. Hardbound in later brown cloth with the original gilt illustration pasted on top of the front cover.
Old World Auctions
Apr. 06, 2019
Colton Map of US 1849
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Colton, Joseph Hutchins (1800-1893). Map of the United States, the British Provinces, Mexico & c. Showing the Routes of the U.S. Mail Steam Packets to California and a Plan of the Gold Region. Lithographed map with original color. New York: J.H. Colton, 1849. 19 x 25 1/8" sheet, 30" x 36" framed. Rare first edition, and an important map of the U.S. Main Routes, the Oregon Trail, routes of various explorers, and a "direct" route via the Smoky Hill Fork, Bent's Fort, Salt Lake, and almost directly west to the gold region.
Arader Galleries
Dec. 08, 2018
Colton Map of the United States
Est: $4,000 - $8,000
Colton, Joseph Hutchins (1800-1893). Map of the United States of America... Engraved map in 32 parts on linen. New York: J. H. Colton, 1849. 34" x 42 1/2" sheet, 38 1/2" x 48 1/2" framed. An impressive and significant wall map of the United States at the time of the California Gold Rush, with "Gold Region" and "El Dorado Gold Region" printed twice in California.
Arader Galleries
Sep. 29, 2018
Colton Map of Wet
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
COLTON, Joseph Hutchins (1800-1893). Map of the United States, the British Provinces, Mexico & c. Showing the Routes of the U.S. Mail Steam Packets to California and a Plan of the Gold Region. New York: J.H. Colton, 1849. Folding lithographic map with original outline coloring, folding into covers. Original cloth covers, printed label on front cover. Modern quarter red morocco-backed cloth slipcase and chemise. Provenance: contemporary gift inscription to Seldon A. Smith from his teacher Mrs. Ameret Amelia Bartholomew (b.1821 of Wolcott, CT, dated Cheshire 1850 on the front paste-daown. Rare first edition, and an important map of the U.S. Main Routes, the Oregon Trail, routes of various explorers, and a "direct" route via the Smoky Hill Fork, Bent's Fort, Salt Lake, and almost directly west to the gold region.
Arader Galleries
Feb. 28, 2018
Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) American. "The Environs of London", Map, 13" x 15.75".
Est: £50 - £80
Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) American. "The Environs of London", Map, 13" x 15.75".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Aug. 26, 2017
JOSEPH HUTCHINS COLTON (AMERICAN, 1800-1893) UNITED STATES MAP
Est: $50 - $80
JOSEPH HUTCHINS COLTON (AMERICAN, 1800-1893) UNITED STATES MAP, hand-colored engraving on paper, depicting Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, with an inset of Cincinnati, published New York City, 1858. Modern frame and mat.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Mar. 25, 2017
Colton, Map of Eastern PA, 1880
Est: $400 - $600
Colton's New Township Map of the Eastern Counties of Pennsylvania. Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893). New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., 1880. Folding engraved map of Pennsylvania, printed on two sheets and joined (40 ½ x 28 inches), original hand coloring in full (some tears at folds, but an ATTRACTIVE COPY of a fragile map). Original blue cloth, embossed in blind, lettered in gilt on front (extremities a bit rubbed, inner hinge slightly cracked). An ATTRACTIVE COPY of this detailed map of Pennsylvania, first published in 1866.
Arader Galleries
May. 21, 2016
J. H. Colton 1851 Map of the United States of America, ss 26" x 39 1/2"
Est: $100 - $300
J. H. Colton 1851 Map of the United States of America, ss 26" x 39 1/2"
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Apr. 18, 2015
New Illustrated map of the world
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
J.H. Colton (1800 ? 1893). New York: J.H. Colton, 1853. 44 1/2 x 33 5/8 inches. Not a cartographer or engraver himself, Colton?s initial business practice mostly involved purchasing the copyrights of other cartographers, most notably David H. Burr, and reissuing them with updated engraving and border work.
Arader Galleries
Mar. 28, 2015
JOSEPH HUTCHINS COLTON, (American, 1800-1893), New Map of the State of Texas, 1859, Hand colored engraving, H 17½ x W 28 inches.
Est: $600 - $900
JOSEPH HUTCHINS COLTON (American, 1800-1893) New Map of the State of Texas, 1859 Hand colored engraving Compiled from J. De Cordova's large map. Counties in color. Red outline of state. Inset maps: Northern Texas-color, Galveston Bay- black and white, Sabine Lake-black and white. Published by J.H. Colton, 172 William St. New York. H 17 1/2 x W 28 inches.
Morton Auctioneers & Appraisers