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Burgersdijk and Niermans: Rare Books - Day 1

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Auction Name Rare Books - Day 1 Total Sales (EUR) 126,336.24
Auction Date May 08, 2018 - May 08, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 65,695.00
Sale Number #347a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 65,695.00
Total Lots 568
Sold Lots 529 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 69,745.00
% of Lots Sold 93.13% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 69,745.00
Unsold Lots 39 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 181.14%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
459 ESCHER, M.C.

Regelmatige vlakverdeling.

1958 EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 12,420.00
348 ELSSCHOT, W.

Villa des Roses.

1913 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 9,936.00
198 PERS, A. v.

Nederlandsch Oost-Indische Typen. Types indiens neerlandais. Verzameling v. groote gelithografieerde platen in kleurdruk (…) met een verklarenden tekst in 't Hollandsch en Fransch.

1853-62 EUR 3,200.00 - 3,200.00 EUR 9,315.00
565 RILKE, R.M.

Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke.

1929 EUR 3,200.00 - 3,200.00 EUR 3,974.40
261

WENZELSBIBEL, DIE. Vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe und Dokumentation der Wenzelsbibel (Codices Vindobonensis 2759-2764).

1981-96 EUR 2,800.00 - 2,800.00 EUR 3,477.60
530 PRÉVERT, J.

Les chiens ont soif.

1964 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 2,980.80
254

GUTENBERG-BIBEL. Johannes Gutenbergs zweiundvierzigzeilige Bibel. Nach dem Pergamentexemplar Inc. 1511 der Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin.

1977-79 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 1,738.80
11 EVANS, A.

The Palace of Minos. A comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos.

1921-36 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,614.60
255

INGEBORG PSALTER, DER. Le Psautier d'Ingeburg de Danemark. Vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat der Handschrift MS 9 olim 1695 aus dem Besitz des Musée Condé-Chantilly.

1985 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,614.60
257

MAINZER EVANGELIAR, Das. Faksimile der Handschrift Ms. 13 der Hofbibliothek Aschaffenburg (&) Kommentar v. H. Wolter-von dem Knesebeck.

2007 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,490.40
334

COLLECTION of - primarily - Dutch poetry, from Bertus Aafjes to Theun de Winter.

Mostly 2nd h. 20th c. EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,117.80
85

SUPPLEMENTUM EPIGRAPHICUM GRAECUM.

1979-2017 EUR 650.00 - 650.00 EUR 993.60
541 APULEIUS.

Amor und Psyche. Ein Märchen. Aus d. latein. v. R. Jachmann.

n.d. (=1881). EUR 650.00 - 650.00 EUR 993.60
540 KLINGER, M.

Eva und die Zukunft, Folge v. sechs Blättern. Rad.-Opus III. 5Aufl. Selbstverlag.

1893 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 931.50
253

GEBETBUCH Karls des Kühnen, Das.

2007 EUR 650.00 - 650.00 EUR 807.30
1

JOURNAL OF ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY (JRA). Vol. 1-30. (Ed. J.H. Humphrey).

1988-2017 EUR 220.00 - 220.00 EUR 745.20
299 ACHTERBERG, G. & A.J. DEKKER.

De zangen van twee twintigers. Voorwoord v. Ds. A. Dekker.

(1924). EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 745.20
345 ELSSCHOT, W.

Pensioen.

1937 EUR 65.00 - 65.00 EUR 745.20
521 BUYSSE, C.

Contes des Pays-Bas.

1910 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 621.00
178

PAPYRUS ANI BM 10.470. Vollständige Fas.-Ausg. im Originalformat des Totenbuches. Komm. E. Dondelinger

1978 EUR 320.00 - 320.00 EUR 496.80
204

CATALOGUS v.e. fraaije Verzameling meest Nederduitsche Boeken, in allerley Wetenschappen en Konsten, (…).

1780) EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 447.12
118

DICTIONARIES - REFERENCE WORKS

EUR 90.00 - 90.00 EUR 422.28
161 SAVIGNY, F.C. v.

Geschichte des römischen Rechts im MA.

1826-34 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 422.28
323 BROUWERS, J.

Et in Arcadia ego. Zang voor mijn haan die dood is.

1981 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 422.28
350 ELSSCHOT, W.

Villa des Roses. 4e dr. (=6e).

1945 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 422.28
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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