• 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
  • 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.

Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen: Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 2, 135b, 75172 Pforzheim

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 26, 2024 - September 26, 2024
Page Size: 1325 items in 53 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2393

Briefwechsel auf eine Erklarung (Abschrift) der Kammerfrau der Furstin Witwe Katharina von Hohenzollern Fanny Huber ..

Freiburg 1892 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 286.00
2394 Donitz, Karl,

Donitz, Karl, Grossadmiral, Gefolgsmann Adolf Hitlers u. ..letztes Staatsoberhaupt des Deutschen Reichs (1891-1980). Eh. Unterschrift ..

EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 468.00
2395 Lepsius, Carl Peter,

Lepsius, Carl Peter, Altertumswissenschaftler, Schriftsteller, Burgermeister und Landrat von Naumburg (1775-1853). 2 Eh. Briefe mit Unterschrift

Naumburg 1820 und 1843 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 65.00
2396

Sammlung von 14 Autographen (meist Unterschr., einige Widm.) von Arzten aus dem Fachbereich Radiologie,

2. H. 20. Jh EUR 90.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
2397

Wien. Sammlung von 44 Visitenkarten bzw. Mitteilungskarten zur bestandenen Promotionsprufung versch. Arzte, tls. verso mit hs. Gruss,

circa 1900-1950 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
2398 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847). Eh. Eintr. (Ausschnitt) in ein Londoner Melderegister ...

EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 650.00
2399

Sammlung von 6 Autographen in Buchern (jwls. EA). Sign., tls. mit Widm.

1977-87 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
2400 Stockhausen, Karlheinz

Stockhausen, Karlheinz (1928-2007). Eh. Widm. u. Unterschr., in: Kurtz,M. Stockhausen, eine Biografie.

Basel 1988 EUR 60.00 - 60.00 EUR 52.00
2401 Nielsen, Asta,

Nielsen, Asta, Filmschauspielerin (1881-1972). Eh. Brief mit Unterschrift, dat. (Koln), 5.12.(19)26. 4deg.

Nielsen 1881-1972 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
2402 Frobel, Julius,

Frobel, Julius, Geologe, Mineraloge, Politiker..., Mitglied der Frankfurter Nationalversammlung und Revolutionar (1805-1893). Eh. Brief mit U.

Stuttgart 1846 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
2403

Vier Briefe mit Bezug auf die Revolution von 1848/49.

1848/49 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 156.00
2404 Richter, Gerhard,

Richter, Gerhard, Maler und Photograph (1932 Dresden). 2 farb.Portraitphotographien mit eh. Unterschrift

EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 442.00
2405 Rinser, Luise.

Rinser, Luise. Daniela. Eh .Romanmanuskript, auf d. Blattrandern dat. zwischen Marz u. September (19)52 ..

1952 EUR 4,800.00 - 4,800.00 Not Sold
2406 Schneller, Maximilian,

Schneller, Maximilian, Finanzkommissar in der Raterepublik in Bayern. Eh. Postkarte mit Unterschrift

EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 65.00
2407 Schreiben des Auswartigen Amts

Schreiben des Auswartigen Amts im Namen des Reichskanzlers,

Berlin 1875 EUR 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
2408 Heppe, Heinrich Ludwig Julius,

Heppe, Heinrich Ludwig Julius, evang. Theologe,...Wegbereiter des Marburger theologischen Liberalismus (1820-1879). 4 eh. Briefe mit U.

Marburg 1866, 4 EUR 90.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
2409 Soldan, Wilhelm Gottlieb,

Soldan, Wilhelm Gottlieb, Gymnasiallehrer, Historiker, Abgeordneter und Schriftsteller (1803-1869). 3 eh. Briefe mit U.

Giessen 1854 u. 1855 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 156.00
2410 Thoma, Hans,

Thoma, Hans, Maler und Graphiker (1839-1924). Eh. Brief mit Unterschrift,

Oberursel a.T. 1892 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
2411 Thoma, Hans,

Thoma, Hans, Maler und Graphiker (1839-1924). Eh. Brief mit Unterschrift,

Frankfurt a.M. 1898 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
2412 Wilberg, Karl,

Wilberg, Karl, Verlagsbuchhandler und deutscher Konsul in Athen...3 Postkarten seiner Buchhandlung aus Athen

1885, 1890 und 1891 EUR 90.00 - 90.00 EUR 78.00
2413 Winterstein, Eduard von,

Winterstein, Eduard von, Schauspieler (1871-1961). 3 Eh. Briefe mit Unterschrift

Berlin 1940, 1943 u. 1944 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
2419

Goldschmied. Orfevre grossier. Taf. II-IXX (v. 19) u. 2 Textbl. aus "Encyclopedie methodique",

Paris um 1766 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
2453

Werbeschild Nil Zigaretten. Je ne fume que le Nil (Ich rauche nur Le Nil). Farblithographie auf Weissblech,

1920er EUR 540.00 - 540.00 Not Sold
2485

Militar. 7 Carte-de-visite Aufnahmen deutscher Militars...

EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
2573

Album mit 144 Aufnahmen.., davon 66 Aufnahmen Algerien und Nordafrika...

um 1900 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,170.00
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
  • 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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