• 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.
  • 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.

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
2374

MANUSCRIPT will certificate for the possessions of Elisabeth Verhamme, formerly Looten, pen and black ink on vellum,

1773 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 78.24
2375

Poorter eed. Letterpress document w. manuscript entries, w. woodcut coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam...

1755 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
2376

Lot of 9 deeds and notarial acts, concerning a house on the northern corner of the Kalverstraat and the Taksteeg

1663-1807 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 117.36
2377 Anonymous (16th cent.).

Hier begint het Somer Stuck vande Passionael. Pen and ink on paper, ...a drawing showing Mary and the Apostles at Pentecost, verso w. 2 columns text

16th cent. EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 521.60
2378

Two manuscript initials, 18th cent.(?) ADDED: a 17th-cent.(?) printed leaf from an antiphonary.

18th cent.? EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 52.16
2379 Alma Tadema, L. (1836-1912).

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "L. Alma Tadema", to "My dear Cooke", ...

1879 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
2380 Alma Tadema, L. (1836-1912).

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "L. Alma Tadema", to "Dear Mr. Holzmann"

1885 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
2381 Berlage, Hendrik Petrus (1856-1934).

SIGNATURE "H.P. Berlage"

1926 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2382 Bewick, Thomas (1753-1828).

Three AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTERS to "John Tharpe Esq."

1817 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
2383 Breitner, Georg Hendrik (1857-1923).

AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED "G.H.Breitner", to "Zeer geachte Heer",

1923 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 169.52
2384 Kooning, Willem de (1904-1997).

SIGNATURE "Willem de Kooning"

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 130.40
2385 Looy, Jacobus van (1885-1930).

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Jac. van Looy" to "Waarde Bobeldijk",

1918 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 143.44
2386 Lucebert (1924-1994).

AUTOGRAPH CARD SIGNED, "voor Rene Vlug van Lucebert", dated

1989 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 456.40
2387 Mesdag, Hendrik Willem (1831-1915).

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Uw vriend H.W. Mesdag" to "Hooggeachte Vriend",

1907 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 358.60
2388 Rietveld, Gerrit (1888-1964).

AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED "Rietveld", to "P.J.A. Hosman",

1952 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 391.20
2389 Sluijters, Jan (1881-1957).

AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED "Jan Sluijters", to "WelEdele Heer"

1916 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 EUR 91.28
2390 Sluijters, Jan (1881-1957).

Two AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Jan Sluijters"), to "Geachte Mevrouw" [= Mevrouw de Hartogh]/ "Mr Hartogh",

1918 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 195.60
2391 Verwey, Kees (1900-1995).

SIGNATURE "Kees Verwey",

1989 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 143.44
2392 Willink, Albert Carel (1900-1983).

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "A.C. Willink", to "Zeer geachte heer Baart de la Faille",

1950 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 143.44
2393 (Rijs, Bart).

Extensive journal covering the years 1994-2002

1994-2002 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
2394 Albert II, King of the Belgians (b.1934) and Paola, Queen of the Belgians (b.1937).

AUTOGRAPH SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH "Albert" and "Paola",

2003 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 156.48
2395 Baudouin, King of the Belgians (1930-1993) and Fabiola, Queen of the Belgians (1928-2014).

AUTOGRAPH SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH "Baudouin" and "Fabiola",

1980 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 208.64
2396 Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1780-1865).

AUTOGRAPH FRONTCOVER of envelope SIGNED "Leopold I", adressed to "the Right Hble Earl of Clarendon, London"

n.d. EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
2397

Manuscript contract made up by the city council of Mechelen

1425 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 2,477.60
2398

Philippe, King of the Belgians (b.1960) and Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians (b.1973). AUTOGRAPH SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH "Philippe" and "Mathilde",

2017 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 130.40
  • 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.
  • 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.
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