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Van Loon was a regent of Amsterdam who, as H. de la Fontaine Verwey has shown, acted as guarantor for Albert Magnus when the latter ran into debt due to a customer's non-payment for binding work. 'It was for him that Magnus bound a magnificent collection of atlases, consisting of the Dutch Blaeu-atlas in nine volumes, Blaeu's descriptions of Netherlandish towns in two volumes, three volumes of Blaeu's descriptions of Italian towns, and two volumes with maps of France. The bindings were made of red morocco leather with double borders; in the middle were the quartered arms of Van Loon-Bas, with the device 'virtus sibi ipsa merces', and in the corners the elegant monogram F.W.V.L. As the inventory made after Van Loon's death shows, these sixteen volumes were kept in an olive-wood cabinet. These volumes have remained together ... and are now in the Dutch Historical Maritime Museum in Amsterdam ... In addition to the volumes kept in the cabinet, Van Loon possessed a number of geographical works, bound by Magnus in the same style. 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Over the last 24 months the median price was $8,044 including buyer’s premium (middle half $256–$22,289, n=8). The auction record is $98,596 for Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae, two volumes (2019, Christie's). Source: OpeningBid, an independent auction-results database.","title":"Johannes Blaeu value: auction records & prices (updated Nov 2026)"}}