• 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€
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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.
  • 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

Bubb Kuyper: Natural history, medicine, transport etc. - Manuscripts and autographs - Old and rare books (A-L), 81d, 2011 KM Haarlem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2024 - November 20, 2024
Page Size: 973 items in 39 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2349 Valmont de Bomare, J.C.

Dictionnaire raisonne universel d'histoire naturelle, contenant l'histoire des Animaux, des Vegetaux et des Mineraux, et celle des Corps Celestes, des Meteores...

Lausanne 1776 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 130.40
2350

Verhandelingen uitgegeven door het Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen te Vlissingen. Vol. 1-6, 8-15.

Middelb./ Leyden 1769-1792 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 782.40
2351 Vries, H. de.

Die Mutationstheorie. Versuche und Beobachtungen uber die Entstehung von Arten im Pflanzenreich.

Leipsic 1901/ 1903 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 221.68
2352 Naess, E.D.

Antarctic Journey (1934-1935).

London 1936 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 260.80
2353

Album of Abyssinian Birds and Mammals.

Chicago 1930 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 65.20
2354 Bewick, T.

A Natural History of Water Birds./ Foreign Birds./ British Quadrupeds./ Foreign Quadrupeds./ Reptiles, Serpents, and Insects./ Fishes./ British Birds.

Alnwick n.d. +-1815 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
2355

Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Eerste-zesde aflevering.

Amst. 1848-1854 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 299.92
2356 Buffon, G.L.L. de.

Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere. Ed. C.S. Sonnini.

Paris 1798-1808 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,238.80
2357 Burgersdijk, L.A.J.

De dieren, afgebeeld, beschreven en in hunne levenswijze geschetst.

Leyden 1864-1875 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 326.00
2358 d'Orbigny, C.

Museum van natuurlijke historie. Beschrijving der zoogdieren, volgens Buffon, in de volgorde van Cuvier.

The Hague 1843 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
2359 Durigen, B.

Deutschlands Amphibien und Reptilien ...

Magdeburg 1897 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 117.36
2360 Franz, W.

Animalium Historia Sacra, in qua plerorumque Animalium praecipuae proprietates (...) breviter accommodantur.

Amst. 1643 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 117.36
2361

Geslacht-lyst, van de vermenigvuldiging van een Koe in tien Jaren tyd. Broadside, 50,5x38 cm.,

Hoorn 1749 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 247.76
2362 (Jonston, J.).

(Naeukeurige Beschryving Van de Natuur der Vier-voetige Dieren, Vissen En Bloedlooze Water-Dieren, Vogelen, Kronkel-Dieren, Slangen en Draken.

(Amst. 1660 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 652.00
2363 Lydekker, R.

Wild Life of the World. A Descriptive Survey of the Geographical Distribution of Animals.

London/ New York 1916 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 169.52
2364 Lydekker, R. (ed.).

The Royal Natural History.

London/ New York 1893-1896 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 169.52
2365 Pallas, P.S.

Dierkundige beschouwingen.

Rott. n.d. +-1795 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 195.60
2366 Poeppig, E.

Illustrirte Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs.

Leipsic 1847-1848 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2367 Reichenbach, A.B.

Praktische Naturgeschichte des Menschen und Saugethiere fur Gebildete aller Stande.

Leipsic 1847 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
2368 Schlegel, H.

De dieren van Nederland. Gewervelde dieren. Kruipende dieren.

Haarlem 1862 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 117.36
2369 Schubert, G.H. von.

Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs fur Schule und Haus.

Esslingen/ Munich n.d. EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 156.48
2370 Sonnini, C.S. and Latreille, P.A.

Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles.

Paris 1801/ 1802 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 130.40
2371

Album amicorum for W.L. TYDEMAN, containing 49 contributions

Leyden 1824 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 326.00
2372

Album amicorum for an unknown recipient, (perhaps "Santje Bonnet (or Tollius)"),

n.pl. 1838-1840 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 78.24
2373

Cash book of an unidentified notable merchants family,

Amsterdam 1767-1790 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
  • 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
  • High Bids Win
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    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.
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    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
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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.
  • 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.
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