Chicago collector wins $200,000 bidding battle for 1857 map of the “Windy City” at Leslie Hindman auction
One of only four known copies of a ‘pre-fire’ Chicago map by cartographer J.T. Palmatary drew intense competition at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ latest sale, selling at over six-times estimate.
The birds-eye view of the “Windy City” dates from 1857, 14 years before the Great Chicago Fire which…