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    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
  • 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.
  • ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.

Venator and Hanstein: Modern and Contemporary Prints - Drawings - Multiples - Modern Books, 178, Köln

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 21, 2024 - September 21, 2024
Page Size: 606 items in 25 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1585 JOHANNES GRUTZKE

HENNING BOETIUS: Tod in Weimar,

Gifkendorf 1999 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1586 JOHANNES GRUTZKE

Hauke Trinks forscht im Eis nach dem Leben.

Berlin 2002 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1587 JOHANNES GRUTZKE

Aus dem Leben des Marquis de Sade.

Hamburg 1990 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1590 ANTON HEYBOER

Geh durch den Spiegel. Folge 22/1960.

1960 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1591 GUSTAV RENE HOCKE (Hrsg.)

Manierismus in der Kunst II und III. 2 Bde.

Munchen 1975-76 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1592 DAVID HOCKNEY

Fourteen poems by C. P. Cavafy, chosen and illustrated with twelve etchings by David Hockney, translated by Nikos Stangos and Stephen Spender.

London 1966 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,670.00
1593 GERHARD HOEHME

ERNST BLOCH: Das Merke und andere Texte aus "Spuren".

Heidelberg 1985 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1594 FRIEDRICH HOLDERLIN

ERNST BUSCHOR Ubers.: Euripides. Die Troerinnen.

Neu-Isenburg 1985 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
1595 ALFRED HRDLICKA

Skulptur und grosse Zeichnungen u. Werkkatalog von Manfred Chobot.

Wien u. Munchen 1973 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1596 AXEL HUTTE

CEES NOOTEBOOM: Kontinente. Texte von Nooteboom aus dem Niederlandischen ubersetzt von Helga van Beuningen.

Munchen 2000 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 415.80
1597 ROLF ISELI

HARALD SZEEMANN: Stockhorn.

Bern 1969 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1598 ASGER JORN

CLAUS CAPARI: Friedhof der Maulwurfe talpa europaea oder gelandegange in tageslaufen. Ein Roman. Erster Teil.

Munchen 1959 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 819.00
1599 ALEX KATZ

Six female portraits.

Koln 2004 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
1600 ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER

ANNEMARIE UND WOLF-DIETER DUBE: E. L. Kirchner. Das graphische Werk. Muncher Forschungen zur Kunstgeschichte. Herausgegeben von den Bayerischen Staatsgemaldesammlungen. Dritte Auflage. 2 Bde.

Munchen 1991 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1601 PER KIRKEBY

2 Digte / 2 Gedichte. 4 Trasnit / 4 Holzschnitte. 23,7 x 17,2 cm. Mit monogrammierter und datierter Bleistiftzeichnung auf dem Titel von P. Kirkeby sowie 4 OrHolzschnitten. 157 SS.,1 nn S.,1 Bl. OrUmschlag in Schuber.

EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
1602 KONRAD KLAPHECK

Zwei Kataloge mit Widmungszeichnung: 1 Jose Pierre: Klapheck.

Koln 1970 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1603 OSKAR KOKOSCHKA

HANS M. WINGLER / FRIEDRICH WELZ: Oskar Kokoschka. Das druckgraphische Werk.

Salzburg 1975 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
1604 DIE KUNST DER SECHZIGER JAHRE

Sammlung Ludwig im Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Hrsg. von Gert von der Osten und Horst Keller. 1. und 4. verb. Aufl. 2 Bde.

Koln 1969-1970 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
1605 HENRI LAURENS

LUKIAN VON SAMOSATA: Dialogues. Trad. par E. Chambry.

Paris 1951 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 529.20
1606 HENRI LAURENS

LUKIAN VON SAMOSATA: Loukios ou l'Ane.

Paris 1947 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 327.60
1607 LE CORBUSIER

Entre-deux ou propos toujours relies, ecrit et grave de la main de l'auteur.

Paris 1964 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,276.00
1608 LE CORBUSIER

ROBERT DOISNEAU / JEAN PETIT: Bonjour Monsieur Le Corbusier.

Zurich 1988 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 453.60
1609 THOMAS LENK / HEINZ MACK / GEORG KARL PFAHLER / GUNTHER UECKER

Lenk - Mack - Pfahler - Uecker. XXXV Biennale di Venezia. Padiglione tedesco. Leitung: Dieter Honisch.

Stuttgart 1970 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,260.00
1610 THOMAS LENK / HEINZ MACK / GEORG KARL PFAHLER / GUNTHER UECKER

Lenk - Mack - Pfahler - Uecker. XXXV Biennale di Venezia. Padiglione tedesco. Leitung: Dieter Honisch.

Stuttgart 1970 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 630.00
1611 THOMAS LENK / HEINZ MACK / GEORG KARL PFAHLER / GUNTHER UECKER

Lenk - Mack - Pfahler - Uecker. XXXV Biennale di Venezia. Padiglione tedesco. Leitung: Dieter Honisch.

Stuttgart 1970 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 491.40
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  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500.
  • 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.
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