• Sotheby'sSell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts Sotheby'sSell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
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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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    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
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    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    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€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    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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    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    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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    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    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€
  • 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
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    May 14
    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
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
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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
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    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.

Bonhams: FOR ALL MANKIND THE ARTISTIC LEGACY OF EARLY SPACE EXPLORATION: Victor Martin-Malburet Collection, 30739, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 28, 2025 - April 28, 2025
Page Size: 449 items in 18 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Buzz Aldrin

[Apollo 11] THE FOOTPRINT ON THE MOON

1969 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 8,960.00
2 James McDivitt

[Gemini IV] FIRST U.S. SPACE WALK: Ed White floating in space over New Mexico

1965 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,376.00
3 William Anders

[Apollo 8] THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH (large format) OF THE WHOLE PLANET EARTH TAKEN BY HUMANS

1968 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 9,600.00
4 NASA

[Apollo 4] THE HISTORIC FIRST LIFTOFF OF THE SATURN V ROCKET: NASA's crucial milestone for the Moon landing

1967 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,072.00
5 Eugene Cernan

[Apollo 17] HARRISON SCHMITT, EARTH, AND THE U.S. FLAG: the first photograph of a human with his home planet

1972 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,280.00
6 John Glenn

[Mercury Atlas 6] FIRST SPACE SUNSET: captured by the first human to photograph from space

1962 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
7 Michael Collins

[Apollo 11] LM EAGLE AND EARTHRISE: the only photograph in history showing every human in the universe except the photographer

1969 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,328.00
8 David Scott

[Apollo 15] JAMES IRWIN'S SALUTE AT HADLEY BASE, BESIDE THE LM FALCON AND THE FIRST LUNAR ROVER

1971 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,152.00
9 Buzz Aldrin

[Apollo 11] THE ONLY PHOTOGRAPH OF NEIL ARMSTRONG ON THE MOON

1969 EUR 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
10 William Anders

[Apollo 8] FIRST EARTHRISE: the iconic first color photograph of Earthrise taken by humans

1968 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,320.00
11 Russell Schweickart

[Apollo 9] OUTER-SPACE VIEW OF DAVID SCOTT TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SPACECRAFT HATCH

1969 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 3,072.00
12 Thomas Stafford

[Gemini VI-A] FIRST RENDEZVOUS IN SPACE: Gemini VII spacecraft above the blue Earth

1965 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,408.00
13 William Anders

[Apollo 8] THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH (large format) OF THE WHOLE MOON TAKEN BY HUMANS FROM A PERSPECTIVE OTHER THAN EARTH

1968 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,584.00
14 NASA

[Gemini XII] BUZZ ALDRIN RIDING ABOVE EARTH: stand-up EVA through the open spacecraft hatch

1966 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,408.00
15 Ralph Morse

[Project Mercury] THE "RIGHT STUFF": NASA's first three astronauts poised for launch before the Redstone rocket

1961 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 640.00
16 William Anders [Apollo 8]

[Apollo 8] HUMANITY'S FIRST ORBIT OF THE MOON: stunning view of Goclenius Crater

1968 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 704.00
17 Neil Armstrong

[Apollo 11] A MAN ON THE MOON: portrait of Buzz Aldrin with the photographer, LM Eagle and Earth reflected in his gold-plated sun visor

1969 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 28,160.00
18 Neil Armstrong

[Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN POSING FOR A 'TOURIST' PHOTOGRAPH AT THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC SITE ON THE MOON

1969 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,088.00
19 Pete Conrad

[Apollo 12] ALAN BEAN STRIDES ACROSS THE SUNLIT SEA OF STORMS (large format)

1969 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,608.00
20 Charles Duke

[Apollo 16] LUNAR F1 GRAND PRIX: John Young puts the Rover through a speed workout

1972 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,408.00
21 James Irwin

[Apollo 15] LUNAR SURFACE PANORAMA: the majestic Hadley-Apennine valley, station 6a

1971 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,864.00
22 James McDivitt

[Gemini IV] FIRST U.S. SPACEWALK: Ed White Floating Above the Clouds Over Southern California

1965 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,920.00
23 Neil Armstrong

[Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN SALUTING THE FIRST U.S. FLAG ON THE MOON

1969 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,048.00
24 NASA

[Apollo 14] THE CSM KITTY HAWK TRIUMPHANTLY PARACHUTING BACK TO EARTH

1971 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,096.00
25 US Army

THE OPENING OF THE FINAL FRONTIER: First U.S. rocket, V2 No. 3, reaches outer space

1946 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 24,320.00
  • 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
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    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
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    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
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    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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