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Burgersdijk and Niermans: Books

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Auction Name Books Total Sales (EUR) 487,112.40
Auction Date November 12, 2019 - November 13, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 265,310.00
Sale Number #350 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 265,310.00
Total Lots 1120
Sold Lots 991 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 303,305.00
% of Lots Sold 88.48% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 303,305.00
Unsold Lots 129 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 160.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1035 ORTELIUS, A..

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.

1598 EUR 18,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 39,744.00
1063 WEINMANN, J.W.

Duidelyke vertoning, Eeniger Duizend in alle Vier Waerelds Deelen wassende Bomen, Stammen, Kruiden, Bloemen, Vrugten, en Uitwassen, &c.

1736-48 EUR 22,000.00 - 22,000.00 EUR 37,260.00
706

ANAMORPHOSIS -- COLLECTION of 17 - anonymous - hand-drawn and hand-coloured anamorphosis plates, 9 circular ø 310 mm and 8 rectangular 430 x 290 mm shaped drawings mounted on cardboard.

19th c. second half? EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 19,872.00
730 LUYKEN, Christina Margarethe Bernhardine 1797-1849.

Binder containing a series of 56 drawings "na de natuur" after nature in colour of flowers, the majority dated, annotated and signed on the v°-side. Landfort

±1809-1837 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 14,904.00
842 JUNGHUHN, F.W.

Java, zijne gedaante, zijn plantentooi en inwendige bouw. 2e verb. uitg.

c.W. Mieling EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 13,662.00
1103 BRUYN also BRUIN or BRUIJN, C.de .

Reizen door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia, De Eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, &c. Mitsgaders de voornaamste Steden van Ægypten, Syrien en Palestina.

1698 EUR 4,800.00 - 4,800.00 EUR 11,178.00
716

BUIJS, JACOBUS -- COLLECTION of over 400 finely washed miniature ink pen drawings,

1790-99 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 8,694.00
742 RUYTENSCHILDT, Abraham Johannes 1778-1841.

Collection of 16 figure studies and portraits.

N.d. 1810's. EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 6,831.00
750 VISSER, Leo 1880-1950.

Collection of coloured lithographed calendars and loose calendar leaves, including 8 complete calendars, and a small collection of 37 original drawings after nature from Visser's workshop.

c.1920-1941 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,831.00
1051

SACHSENSPIEGEL -- SPIEGHEL VAN SASSEN, Den. Dat welcke tracterende en[de] inhoudende is alle de keyserlike rechten, dyemen daghelicx meest ghebrukende is.

1512 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,831.00
565 PICARD, E.

Le juré. Monodrame en cinq actes.

1887 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,968.00
988

BIBLIA: Dat is de gantsche Heylighe Schrift, grondelick ende trouvvelick verduydtschet:

1567-68. EUR 1,400.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 4,222.80
963 SCHENKELIUS, L.

Tabula publicæ scholæ Mechliniensis, summam rei scholasticæ complectens, omnibus docentibus perutilis.

1576 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 3,974.40
321 PUSHKIN, A.

Der Berggefangene Kavkazski plennik. Aus dem Russischen übersetzt von Alexander Wulffert.

1823 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,726.00
760 ZWART, Willem de 1862-1931.

Koemarkt in Hilversum.

N.d., c.1900. EUR 700.00 - 700.00 EUR 3,726.00
987

BIBLIA, Dat is: De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervat. alle de Canonijcke Boecken des O. & des N.T. Met De Boecken genaemt Apocryphe.

1645 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,477.60
818 DOU, J.J. & S. v.

BROECKHUYSEN. 't Hoogheymraedschap van Rhynland. ... vernieut, geämplieert en gecorrigeert ....

1687 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 2,980.80
596 APULEIUS.

The most pleasant and delectable tale of the marriage of Cupid and Psyches from the Golden Asse. Transl. out of the Latin by W. Adlington, 1566.

1936 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,732.40
622 LEOPOLD, J.H.

Cheops.

1916 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,359.80
697

MEDITERRANEAN SEA -- "CARTE NOUVELLE de la Mer Mediterranée où sont Exactement Remarqués tous les Ports, Golfes, Rochers, Bancs de Sable &c. à l'usage des Armées du Roy de la Grande Bretagne. …

EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,359.80
597 RIMBAUD, A.

Deux poèmes.

1932 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,235.60
630

AMERICÆ nova tabula.

c.1645 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,235.60
802 HOOFT, P.C.

Werken.

1703-38 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,235.60
1067 RÖSEL v.

ROSENHOF, A.J. & C.F.C. KLEEMANN. De natuurlijke historie der insecten. Uit den echten Hoogduitschen druk ... vertaald. Vol. I-IV.

c.1765-82 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,235.60
817 KRUIKIUS, N. & J.

't Hooge Heemraedschap van Delfland met alle de Steden, Dorpen, Ambachten, Litmaten, Polders, etc..

1712-50 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 2,111.40
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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