Christies: Japanese and Korean Art, 23495, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 16, 2025 - September 16, 2025
Page Size: 171 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
165 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

Sashu Tsukahara setchu (Nichiren in the snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island)

circa 1830-35 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,080.00
167 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Shono, hakuu (Shono: driving rain)

circa 1833-34 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,255.00
168 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Miyanokoshi

circa 1835-38 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
169 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

No. 7 Fujisawa

1847-52 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,905.00
170 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

No. 15 Yoshiwara

1847-52 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,540.00
171 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

No. 17 Yui

1847-52 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,794.00
172 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

A group of four prints from Tokaido gojusan tsugi

1847-52 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
173 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

A group of four prints from Tokaido gojusan tsugi

1847-52 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,810.00
174 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

A group of four prints from Tokaido gojusan tsugi

1847-52 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,810.00
175 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

A group of four prints from Tokaido gojusan tsugi

1847-52 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,810.00
176 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

The Fuji River in snow

circa 1842-44 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,890.00
177 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Gojusan-tsugi meisho zu-e (Famous sights of the fifty-three stations) ["Vertical Tokaido"]

circa 1855 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,970.00
178 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Shimosa, Choshi no hama, Toura (Choshi Beach, Toura in Shimosa Province)

1853 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,286.00
179 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Kazusa Kurodo no ura (Kurodo Bay in Kazusa Province)

1858 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,032.00
180 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Azuma no mori Renri no azusa (Azuma Shrine and the entwined camphor)

1856 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,525.00
181 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Kameido ume yashiki (Plum estate, Kameido)

1857 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 40,640.00
182 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Tsunohazu Kumano Junisha zokusho Juniso (Kumano Junisha Shrine at Tsunohazu, popular known as 'Juniso')

1856 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,032.00
183 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Yoroi no watashi koami-cho (Yoroi ferry, Koami-cho)

1857 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,778.00
184 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Ryogoku hanabi (Fireworks, Ryogoku)

1858 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,255.00
185 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Kameido Tenjin keidai (Inside of Kameido Tenjin Shrine)

1856 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,620.00
186 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Sumidagawa Suijin no mori Massaki (Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River)

1856 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,810.00
187 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Minowa Kanasugi Mikawashima

1857 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,302.00
188 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Oji shozoku enoki omisoka no kitsunebi (New Year's Eve foxfires at nettle tree, Oji)

1857 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,540.00
189 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II (1829-1869)

Bikuni bashi secchu (Bikuni Bridge in snow)

1858 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,048.00
190 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

Hito katamatte hito ni naru (Men come together to make a man)

1847 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 13,970.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.