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Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000. -
Sotheby’s
New York Book Week
12-26 JuneSotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
Galerie Bassenge: History, Geography, and Travel, 125WB, Berlin-Grunewald
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 08, 2025 - April 08, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | Hartwich, Abraham | Geographisch-historische Landes-Beschreibung derer dreyen Werdern |
Konigsberg | 1722 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 512.00 |
| 227 | Hirsch, J. B. | Erinnerung an Berlin |
Berlin | 1830 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 563.20 |
| 228 | Hirt, Alois Ludwig | Die Weihe des Eros Uranios |
Berlin | 1818 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 229 | Sammlung von 23 Karten Berlins auf Papier montiert |
Berlin | 1710-1901 | EUR 6,800.00 - 6,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 230 | Homann, Johann Baptist | Principatus Munsterbergensis |
Nurnberg | 1736 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 231 | Jaillot, Alexis Hubert und Sanson, Nicolas | Le duche de Pomeranie divise en ses principales parties |
Paris | 1676 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | EUR 460.80 |
| 232 | Kantzow, Thomas | Pomerania oder Ursprunck |
Greifswald | 1816-1817 | EUR 250.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 233 | Kopisch, August | Die Koniglichen Schlosser und Garten zu Potsdam |
Berlin | 1854 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 256.00 |
| 234 | Lotter, Tobias Conrad | Neuer geometrischer Plan |
Augsburg | nach 1772 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 512.00 |
| 235 | Lubke, Wilhelm | Der Todtentanz in der Marienkirche zu Berlin |
Berlin | 1861 | EUR 120.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 236 | Lutke, Ludwig Eduard | Ansichten von Berlin und Potsdam |
Berlin | ca. 1850 | EUR 650.00 - 650.00 | EUR 640.00 |
| 237 | Merian, Matthaus | Grundriss der Beyden Churf: Residentz Statte |
1652 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 238 | Merian, Matthaus | Vue genereal de la maison du plaisance |
1717 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 239 | Merker, Johann Friedrich Carl | Die Hauptquellen des Verbrechens gegen die Eigenthums-Sicherheit in Berlin, mit Hindeutung auf die Moglichkeit der Verminderung derselben |
Berlin | 1838 | EUR 120.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 240 | Mila, Wilhelm | Berlin oder Geschichte des Ursprungs |
Berlin und Stettin | 1829 | EUR 240.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold |
| 241 | Moreck, Curt | Fuhrer durch das "lasterhafte" Berlin |
Leipzig | 1931 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 588.80 |
| 242 | Muller, Johann Christoph und Kuster, Georg Gottfried | Altes und Neues Berlin |
Berlin | 1737-1769 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,280.00 |
| 243 | Nietner, Theodor | Die Koniglichen Garten in Potsdam |
Berlin | 1882 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 244 | Oesterreich, Matthias | Description de tout l'interieur des deux palais de Sans-Souci |
Potsdam | 1773 | EUR 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 245 | Ortelius, Abraham | Brandeburgensis Marchae Descriptio |
Amsterdam | 1610 | EUR 200.00 - 200.00 | EUR 217.60 |
| 246 | Otto. Die Verbrecherwelt von Berlin |
Berlin und Leipzig | 1886 | EUR 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 247 | Peterswaldau und Peters. val. ensilezie | Ansicht des Schlosses |
1850 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 248 | Pol, Nikolaus | Jahrbucher der Stadt Breslau |
Breslau | 1813-1815 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 249 | Raspe, Gabriel Nicolaus | Plan der Konigl |
1760 | EUR 120.00 - 120.00 | EUR 192.00 | |
| 250 | Rosenberg, Johann Georg | Recueil des prospects les plus beaux et les plus interessants de Berlin |
Berlin | 1773-1785 | EUR 19,000.00 - 19,000.00 | Not Sold |
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
