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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.

Marc van de Wiele Auctions: October Auction, 101824, Brugge

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 18, 2024 - October 19, 2024
Page Size: 1107 items in 45 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 CENNINI, Cennino

Di Cennino Cennini trattato della Pittura messo in luce la prima volta con annotazioni dal cavaliere Giuseppe Tambroni

Roma 1821 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 182.00
27 [CHAPERON, P.R.]

Traite de la peinture au pastel, du secret d'en composer les crayons, & des moyens de le fixer; avec l'indication d'un grand nombre de nouvelles substances propres a la peinture a l'huile, & les moyens de prevenir l'alteration des couleurs

Paris 1788 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 234.00
28 COCK, Hieronymus; LAMPSONIUS, Dominicus; WIERIX, Hieronymus

Pictorum aliquot celebrium Germaniae inferioris effigies... Una cum Doctiss. Dom. Lampsonii huius artis peritissimi Elogiis

Antverpiae 1572 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,420.00
29 COUCHE, Jacques

Galerie du Palais Royal, gravee d'apres les tableaux des differentes ecoles qui la composent, avec un abrege de la vie des peintres et une description historique de chaque tableau

Paris 1786 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 715.00
30 COUSIN, Jean (1522-1594)

L'art du dessin demontre d'une maniere claire et precise .. revue corrige et augmente ... par P.T. Le Clerc

Paris ca. 1802 EUR 120.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
31 CROKER, Johann Melchior

Der wohl anfuhrende Mahler welcher curiose Liebhaber lehret, wie man sich zur Mahlerei zubereiten, mit Oel - Farben umgehen... Diesem ist noch beygefuget ein Kunst - Cabinet rarer und geheim gehaltener Erfindungen.

Jena 1729 EUR 140.00 - 180.00 EUR 182.00
32 CROWE, J.A. - CAVALCASELLE, G.B.

The early Flemish Painters: notices of their lives and works

London 1857 EUR 180.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
33 DA VINCI, Leonardo (1452-1519)

Traitte de la peinture. Donne au public et traduit d'italien en francois par R[oland] F[reart] S[ieur] D[e] C[hambray]

Paris 1651 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,940.00
34 DE BAST, L.

Notice historique sur Antonello de Messine

Gand 1825 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
35 DE BIE, Cornelis

Het Gulden Cabinet vande edel vry schilder const inhoudende den lof vande vermarste schilders, architecten, beeldhouwers van dese eeuw

Antwerpen 1661 (=1662) EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,690.00
36 DESCAMPS, J.B.

La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois avec des portraits

Paris 1753/64 EUR 180.00 - 260.00 EUR 286.00
37 DESCAMPS, J.B.

Methode curieuse et facile pour la connoissance des tableaux et sculptures ... & la Vie des plusieurs Peintres Flamands, Rubens, Van Dyck, de Crayer & plusieurs autres

Amsterdam, se vend a Bruxelles 1772 EUR 120.00 - 160.00 EUR 156.00
38 de SYLVA, Jo

Konst-Boeck ofte schat der wetenschap, uytg. door den vermaerden schilder in het marber Jo. de Sylva, behelsende alle syne wetenschappen, in schilderen en conterfaiten van het marber, het Indiaens-werk met alle de schoonste vernissen, vergulden

Cortryck 1735 EUR 360.00 - 500.00 EUR 494.00
39 [DU BREUIL, Jean]

La perspective practique, necessaire a tous peintres, graveurs, sculpteurs, architectes, orfevres, brodeurs, tapissiers et autres se servans du dessein, par un Parisien, religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus

Paris 1642 EUR 140.00 - 200.00 EUR 260.00
40 DUFRESNOY, Alphonse

De schilderkonst ... met aantekeningen verrykt door den Heer De Piles. Nevens een Zaamenspraak over het Koloriet, nu in 't Nederduits vertaalt door J. Verhoek

Amsterdam 1722 EUR 180.00 - 260.00 Not Sold
41 DUFRESNOY, Alphonse et abbe de MARSY

L'ecole d'Uranie, ou l'art de la peinture, traduit du latin ... Edition revue & corrigee par le Sieur M.D.Q. (De Querlon)

Paris 1780 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
42 DURER, Albrecht

Beschryvinghe van de Menschelijcke Proportion. Begrepen in vier onderscheyden Boecken/ zeer nut ende profijtelijck voor alle Lief-hebbers deser konste. In 't Latijn ende Hooghduytsch, tot Nurenbergh ghedruct, tot koste van syne nae-ghelaten Weduvve, In't

Arnhem 1622 EUR 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 2,340.00
43 EBERT, Bernd

Simon und Isaack Luttichuys

Berlin 2009 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 EUR 130.00
44 EIJNDEN, Roeland van - WILLIGEN, Adriaan van der

Geschiedenis der vaderlandsche schilderkunst, sedert de helft der XVIII eeuw

Haarlem 1816/40 EUR 120.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
45 FACIUS, Barth.

De viris illustribus liber. Nunc primum ex Ms. Cod. in lucem erutus. Rec. L. Mehus

Florentiae 1745 EUR 140.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
46 FELIBIEN, Andre (1619-1695)]

L'idee du peintre parfait, pour servir de regle aux jugemens que l'on doit porter sur les ouvrages des peintres

Amsterdam 1736 EUR 120.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
47 FELIBIEN, Andre

Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes

Londres 1705 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
48 FERRE, Jean

Watteau

Madrid 1972 EUR 160.00 - 240.00 EUR 234.00
49 FIELD, George

Chromotography; or, a treatise on colours and pigments, and of their powers in paintings, &c.

London 1835 EUR 180.00 - 240.00 EUR 1,105.00
50 FIELDING, Theodore Henry Adolphus

On Painting in oil and water colours, for landscape and portraits; ... and on the best methods of cleaning and repairing old paintings, &c.

London 1839 EUR 180.00 - 240.00 EUR 260.00
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    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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