• Ketterer Rare BooksAuction May 26th Ketterer Rare BooksAuction May 26th
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    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
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    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
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    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
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    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • GonnelliAuction 59Antique prints, paintings and mapsMay 20th 2025 GonnelliAuction 59Antique prints, paintings and mapsMay 20th 2025
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    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
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    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
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    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
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    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€

Bonhams: Fine Japanese and Korean Art, including the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection of Japanese Art, 30801, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 20, 2025 - March 20, 2025
Page Size: 128 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
527 KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726-1792) AND KATSUKAWA SHUNKO (1743-1812)

Comprising three hosoban prints and a chuban the first of the actor Nakajima Mihoemon II in the role of Kanpera Monbei

18th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
528 KATSUKAWA SHUNKO (1743-1812), KATSUKAWA SHUN'EI (1762-1819), AND KATSUKAWA SHUNJO (DIED 1787)

Comprising three hosoban prints, the first depicting the actor Ichikawa Danjuro V

18th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
529 KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (ACTIVE 1781-1800)

Comprising six oban yoko-e prints from the series Koshoku zue juniko (Erotic Prints for the 12 Months), unsigned

circa 1788 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
530 YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU (1787-1832)

Comprising a set of three shunpon (erotic woodblock printed books) containing text and images, in light blue covers with title slips (one missing)

circa 1830 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
531 NISHIKAWA SUKENOBU (1671-1751)

A woodblock-printed album titled Ehon Asakayama (Picture Book of Mount Asaka) comprising 30 portraits of beauties and one page of preface text

1739 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,920.00
532 KAMEDA BOSAI (1754-1826)

One volume of 38 pages of landscapes and text, in a blue cover with a paper label with the title Kyochuzan (Mountains of the Heart),

1816 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
533 AFTER KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Comprising four dai-oban studies, three of beauties, and one of Yamauba and Kintoki, each inscribed Utamaro hitsu

19th/20th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
534 ATTRIBUTED TO YOSHU CHIKANOBU (1838-1912)

Each of oban size brushed in ink on paper, with beauties in various activities, with notations

late 19th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
535 TSUKIOKA KOGYO (1869-1927)

56 sheets of drawings for the series Nogaku zue (Pictures of Noh Plays) depicting Noh actors in various roles, unsigned

19th/20th entury USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,200.00
536 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

An oban yoko-e print titled Kanbara, yoru no yuki (Kanbara, Night Snow), from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi (53 Stations of the Tokaido Road)

1833-1834 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,120.00
537 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1861)

A oban yoko-e print titled Hamamatsu, fuyugare no zu (Hamamatsu: Winter Scenes), from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi (53 Stations of the Tokaido)

1833-1834 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,536.00
538 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1861)

The first, an oban yoko-e print titled Hara, No.14 from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi (53 Stations of the Tokaido), also known as the Reisho Tokaido, published by Maruya Seijiro

circa 1847-1852 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,792.00
539 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

An oban tate-e print titled Kusatsu, Kusatsu kara Yabase michi no yumi to tsuru (No. 53, Kusatsu: From Kusatsu to Yabase, a Bow and Bowstring), from the series Gojusan tsugi meisho zue Famous Sights of the 53 Stations), also known as the Vertical Tokaido

1855 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,088.00
540 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1861)

Five oban tate-e prints from the series Gojusan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Sights of the 53 Stations), also known as the Vertical Tokaido, including Shinagawa, Gotenyama yori ekiju o miru (No. 2, Shinagawa: View of the Station from Gotenyama)

1855 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,200.00
541 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

An oban tate-e print titled Asakusa Kinryuzan (Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Famous Views of Edo)

1856 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,560.00
542 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1861)

Two oban tate-e prints, the first titled Yoshiwara Nihonzutsumi (Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Famous Views of Edo)

1857 and 1855 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,920.00
543 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1861) AND HIROSHIGE II (1826-1869)

Two oban tate-e prints, the first titled Minami-Shinagawa Samezu kaigan (Minami-Shinagawa and Samezu Coast), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Famous Views of Edo)

and 1859 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,176.00
544 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II (SHIGENOBU, 1826-1869)

An oban tate-e print titled Ise Miyakawa no watashiba (The Ford of the Miya River in Ise Province), from the series Shokoku meisho hyakkei (100 Famous Views in the Various Provinces)

1859 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,088.00
545 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II (SHIGENOBU, 1826-1869)

Two oban tate-e prints from the series Edo meisho zue (Views of Famous Places in Edo), the first titled Shoheibashi (Shohei Bridge)

1816-1864 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
546 SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)

Four Woodblock Prints

19th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
547 SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)

Three Woodblock Prints

19th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,536.00
548 TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)

Comprising three oban tate-e prints from the series Tsuki hyakushi (100 Aspects of the Moon), including Ugo no sangetsu, Tokimune (After the Mountain Rain, Tokimune), no. 9

1885 and 1890 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,176.00
549 UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI II (TOYOSHIGE, 1777-1835)

An oban tate-e print triptych entitled Tamaya no uchi depicting the courtesans Kiyokawa, Hanamachi

circa 1828 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,000.00
550 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

An oban yoko-e woodblock print titled Edo Suruga-cho Mitsui-mise ryakuzu (The Mitsui Shop at Suruga-cho in Edo) from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (36 Views of Mount Fuji)

circa 1830-1831 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,560.00
551 TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)

13 Chuban Tate-e Woodblock Prints From the Series Biyu Suikoden (Handsome and Brave Heroes of the Water Margin)

circa 1866/7 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,864.00
  • Dominic Winter AuctioneersMay 14Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration Dominic Winter AuctioneersMay 14Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
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    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
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    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
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    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000. Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
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