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Christies: Shakespeare - The Four Folios

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Auction Name Shakespeare - The Four Folios Total Sales (GBP) 2,479,000.00
Auction Date May 25, 2016 - May 25, 2016 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,295,000.00
Sale Number #13519 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,870,000.00
Total Lots 4
Sold Lots 4 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,295,000.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,870,000.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 132.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616).

COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES, EDITED BY JOHN HEMINGE (D. 1630) AND HENRY CONDELL (D. 1627).

 1623 GBP 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 GBP 1,874,500.00
103 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616).

COMEDIES, HISTORIES AND TRAGEDIES. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINAL COPIES. THE THIRD IMPRESSION. AND UNTO THIS IMPRESSION IS ADDED SEVEN PLAYES, NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN FOLIO. EDITED BY JOHN HEMINGE (D. 1630) AND HENRY CONDELL (D. 1627), EXCEPT F

 1664 GBP 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 GBP 362,500.00
102 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616).

COMEDIES, HISTORIES AND TRAGEDIES. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINALL COPIES. THE SECOND IMPRESSION. EDITED BY JOHN HEMINGE (D. 1630) AND HENRY CONDELL (D. 1627).

 1632 [C. 1641]. GBP 180,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 194,500.00
104 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616).

COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINAL COPIES. UNTO WHICH IS ADDED, SEVEN PLAYS, NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN FOLIO. THE FOURTH EDITION. EDITED BY JOHN HEMINGE (D. 1630) AND HENRY CONDELL (D. 1627), EXCEPT FOR PERICLES AN

 1685 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 47,500.00
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
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    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
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