HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A Seventeenth Century state 9 edition of John Smith’s Virginia map left its $1/3,000 estimate in the dust when it crossed the block in Leland Little’s spring quarterly auction March 4 to attain $29,500, including an 18 percent buyer’s premium. The map, “Virginia. Discovered and Discribed by Captayn John Smith. as inserted in Purchas His Pilgrims, book 9, volume 4 …” measures 18½ by 22 inches framed. A complete report on the auction will follow in a future edition.

Detail shown of John Smith’s Virginia map.