Zanzibar-related lots reigned at Doyle’s Rare Books, Autographs and Maps sale

A memory album compiled by the staff or family of British Consul-General Edward Clarke, 1910-1911 Zanzibar; $9,500 ($12,445 with buyer’s premium) at Doyle.

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NEW YORK — The Rare Books, Autographs & Maps sale at Doyle New York brought to market a fascinating collection of items from the estate of anti-ivory activist Esmond Bradley Martin. The lots, which largely focused on Zanzibar, the archipelago off the eastern coast of Africa, delighted bidders and were among the best performers of the sale. Complete results can be found at LiveAuctioneers.

Martin (1941-2018) was a geographic expert who settled in Nairobi, Kenya with his wife to research and write historical and anthropological subject matter. His life took a permanent turn when he was retained by the World Wildlife Fund and others to produce an estimate of the worldwide trade in ivory. His published findings in 1979 transformed him into an anti-ivory activist and culminated in a worldwide ban on ivory sales in 2017. He was killed in 2018 during what local police called a botched robbery, but many suspect the attack was related to his ongoing work documenting the illicit ivory and rhino horn trade.

Martin maintained a fascination with the history of Zanzibar, now part of Tanzania. His collection produced notable, estimate-exceeding results on the subject, including:

  • A personal memory album compiled by the staff or family of British Consul-General Edward Clarke during his 1910-1911 administration in Zanzibar; estimated at $600-$900, it sold for $9,500 ($12,445 with buyer’s premium).
  • An interesting and extremely rare group of letters and documents from Zanzibar, including correspondence from various sultans and kings of the period; estimated at $500-$800, it sold for $8,000 ($10,480 with buyer’s premium).
  • A photo album entitled Zanzibar: 1909 and 1910; estimated at $500-$800, it sold for $7,000 ($9,170 with buyer’s premium).
  • A photo album compiled by W. J. Frazer of HMS St George of the Anglo-Zanzibar War; estimated at $700-$1,000, it sold for $6,500 ($8,515 with buyer’s premium).

An unrelated item from the Martin collection topped the sale at $190,000 ($248,900 with buyer’s premium). The first Latin edition of the earliest collection of voyages, including Columbus and Vespucci, by Antonio Fracanzano da Montalboddo, dating to 1508. Montalboddo’s collection is significant for the early accounts of the exploration of the Americas, which include the first three voyages of Columbus between 1492 and 1500; the third voyage of Vespucci — to Brasil — which took place in 1501-1502; and Pedro Alvares Cabral’s discovery of the Brasilian, Guianaian and Venezuelan coasts in 1500-1501.
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A memory album compiled by the staff or family of British Consul-General Edward Clarke between 1910-1911 in Zanzibar, which sold for $9,500 ($12,445 with buyer’s premium) at Doyle.
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An interesting and extremely rare group of letters and documents from Zanzibar, which sold for $8,000 ($10,480 with buyer’s premium) at Doyle.
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A photo album entitled ‘Zanzibar: 1909 and 1910,’ which sold for $7,000 ($9,170 with buyer’s premium) at Doyle.
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A photo album compiled by W. J. Frazer of HMS St George of the Anglo-Zanzibar War, which sold for $6,500 ($8,515 with buyer’s premium) at Doyle.
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1508 Latin edition of the earliest collection of voyages, which sold for $190,000 ($248,900 with buyer’s premium) at Doyle.
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