A stunning 1901 (dated) C. Adami tableglobe with an ebonized and baluster turned column and plinth base.

It offers a beautiful warm patina and is a highly desirable collector’s piece as it had been refined by Heinrich Kiepert. Kiepert, the “Wunderkind” of mapmakers in his time, was well known for his incredible refined cartographic skills and is to this day highly appreciated in collectors circles.

The most current sales of a similar model is recorded to be at Christie’s South Kensington, November 2001. The globe fetched a winning bid of 2100 British Pounds, plus buyers premium. Please note as of 1996 every Kiepert Globe offered at public auctions has sold at a minimum of 1100 British Pounds.

Paper gores over pasteboard sphere. Chrome Cast iron hardware mounted on a turned ebonized wooden base. Approx 23.5” tall, 13” Diameter

The globe is in good condition. There are scattered scuffs and abrasions and light surface cracking. Base with some abrasions and wormholes.

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