• Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
  • ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD

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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024
Page Size: 442 items in 18 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Talbot (A. M. & W. J.)

ATLAS OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1960)

Pretoria 1960 USD 350.00 - 350.00 USD 172.50
52 Transvaal Chamber Of Mines

TRANSVAAL CHAMBER OF MINES. FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1904

Johannesburg 1905 USD 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
53 Transvaal Chamber Of Mines

TRANSVAAL CHAMBER OF MINES. TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1909. INCLUDING SUPPLEMENT VOLUME.

Johannesburg 1910 USD 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
54 Early Johannesburg

"WITH THE SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM JOHANNESBURG - THE GOLDEN CENTRE OF SOUTH AFRICA" - 12 PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS [1892-1894]

Johannesburg [1892-94] USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 138.00
55 Transvaal Chamber Of Mines

TRANSVAAL CHAMBER OF MINES - Eight Annual Reports for the Years 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937 & 1938

Johannesburg 1929-1938 USD 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
56 Transvaal Chamber Of Mines

Diagrams Attached To A Descriptive And Statistical Statement Of THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY OF THE WITWATERSRAND (1902)

Johannesburg 1902 USD 550.00 - 550.00 Not Sold
57 Nathan (Manfred)

TRANSVAAL GOLD AND BASE METALS LAW - 2nd edition (1909)

Johannesburg 1909 USD 60.00 - 60.00 USD 48.30
58 Perham (Trooper Frank)

THE KIMBERLEY FLYING COLUMN

Timaru 1957 USD 55.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
59 Allen (V. L.)

THE HISTORY OF BLACK MINEWORKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA - complete set of 3 vols. in original presentation box

1992, 2003 USD 350.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
60 S.A. Manganese Amcor Limited

KALAHARI WEALTH : THE STORY OF MANGANESE (1977) - inscribed by chairman Fred Bamford

Cape Town 1977 USD 90.00 - 90.00 USD 69.00
61 Jeppe (Carl)

THE KALEIDOSCOPIC TRANSVAAL (1906) - inscribed by the author

Cape Town 1906 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 138.00
62 Jeppe (Carl)

ARTICLE 137 (1916) - inscribed by the author to Jan Eloff, Mining Commissioner and Grandson of President Paul Kruger

Cape Town 1916 USD 250.00 - 250.00 USD 230.00
63 Ogilvie (Grania)

THE DICTIONARY OF SOUTH AFRICAN PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS INCLUDING NAMIBIA (1988)

Rosebank Johannesburg 1988 USD 90.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
64 Axelson (Eric) (Editor)

DIAS AND HIS SUCCESSORS (1988) - limited edition

Cape Town 1988 USD 70.00 - 70.00 USD 60.95
65 Cubitt (Gerald), Richter (Johann)

SOUTH WEST AFRICA - Land of Strange Enchantment (1977) - inscribed by Danie Hough, Administrator-General of SWA/Namibia

Cape Town 1977 USD 90.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
66 Skinner (J. D.) & Smithers (R. H. N.)

THE MAMMALS OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN SUBREGION (1990) - Special Presentation Edition

Pretoria 1990 USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
67 Pearse (G. E.)

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FURNITURE IN SOUTH AFRICA (1960)

Pretoria 1960 USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
68 Voltelen (Floris Jacobus ) (1753-1795)

ORATIO ADITIALIS DE CHEMIAE HODIERNAE "An Address on Modern Chemistry" (1784)

1784 USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
69 Smuts (Dr Johannes ) (1808-1869)

DISSERTATIO ZOOLOGICA, ENUMERATIONEM MAMMALIUM CAPENSIUM (1832)

Leiden 1832 USD 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
70 Summers (R. F. H.)

A HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM 1825-1975

Cape Town 1975 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
71 South African Museum

10 x UNUSED & UNCUT SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM SUBSCRIBER'S TICKETS DATING FROM THE PERIOD OF E. L. LAYARD'S CURATORSHIP (1855-1870)

Cape Town 1855-1870 USD 90.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
72 Van Breitenbach (F. & J.)

TREE ATLAS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (Cycads)

1992 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
73 Godee Molsbergen (Dr. E. C.)

REIZEN IN ZUID-AFRIKA in de Hollandse Tijd

S-Gravenhage 1916 USD 350.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
74 Staples (Chester O.)

MILLS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Pretoria 2006 USD 140.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
75 Finch-Davies (Claude Gibney)

THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Johannesburg 1982 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 138.00
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
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