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Paulus Swaen Old Maps & Prints
Look at our BuyNow catalog, with 2200+ items available for immediate sale!
BuyNow GALLERY CATALOG
Our BuyNow catalog offers immediate sale items, and no commission is charged. The catalog includes old maps of the World - America - Asia - Europe - Africa - Medieval Manuscripts - Prints - Posters, atlases, globes, etc.
Look at some highlights of our current stock of items available for immediate sale, and we will provide a certificate of authenticity.
BUY-OR-BID
The next 'Buy-or-Bid' sale is June 13-20, 2023.In our Buy-or-Bid sale, you never pay more than the Buy price.
When you pay the Buy price, the sale for this item has closed.
If you do not wish to pay the Buy price, you may also Bid lower on any item. See the Buy-or-Bid agenda [+]
About Paulus Swaen
The firm was founded by Pierre Joppen (to the left) in 1978 in the Netherlands and in 1996 we moved to Florida, where the Internet auction was added that year. >>>>
You can buy items in our online Fix-sale catalog and see what is currently available.
The Map Bar
Every Tuesday 1PM EST or 19.00 Amsterdam, meet in The Map Bar at Meta4Maps.com, a metaverse meeting point with plenty of antique maps on the wall to have a chat with other map enthusiasts.
The Curated Collection
This is a collection of carefully selected old and rare maps which are all graded with 8-10 stars in the HiBCoR grading system
This carefully selected list of old and rare maps, atlas and books have all in common that they are extraordinary items that make a difference to any collection.
The Dutch overseas !
The Netherlands is a small country so it depended on overseas trade.
Dutch traders settled from Deshima (Japan) to New Amsterdam (nowadays New York).
This section follows the V.O.C .and W.I.C. and other Dutch overseas histories.
We offer not only interesting short articles but also offer authentic artifacts for sale.
Read our short articles
If you are interested in the backgrounds of antique maps, prints, mapmakers, etc. then you should read our short but informative articles >>>>
Or other subjects such as posters, old prints, Nuremberg Chronicle, optical prints, medieval manuscripts, trading companies, etc.