Arenberg Auctions: Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 1,646,537.50 |
| Auction Date | March 29, 2019 - March 30, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 863,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #32919 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 1,206,860.00 |
| Total Lots | 1221 | ||
| Sold Lots | 950 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 1,007,640.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.81% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 1,404,250.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 271 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 117.25% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 647 | CORONELLI, Vincenzo | A magnificent pair of globes, terrestrial and celestial. |
1696 | EUR 175,000.00 - 250,000.00 | EUR 212,500.00 |
| 585 | BLAEU, Joan | Le Grand Atlas, ou Cosmographie Blaviaene, en laquelle est exactement descritte la Terre, la Mer, et le Ciel. |
1663 -1662 | EUR 170,000.00 - 250,000.00 | EUR 206,250.00 |
| 590 | ORTELIUS, Abraham | Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. |
1570 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 110,000.00 |
| 758 | LEVAILLANT, François | Histoire naturelle des perroquets. |
1801-1805 | EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | EUR 62,500.00 |
| 1218 | TRESSAN, Louis-Élisabeth de | La Vergne de Oeuvres choisies. Avec figures. |
1787-1791 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 48,750.00 |
| 751 | AUDUBON, John James | The birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories. |
1840-1844 | EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 25,000.00 |
| 768 | BELL, Thomas | A monograph of the Testudinata. |
1836-1842 | EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 25,000.00 |
| 207 | BOULANGER, Gustave | [Phryné]. |
1850 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 20,000.00 |
| 260 | MELLISS, Mrs. John Charles | 135 compositions of which 66 used to illustrate John Melliss' work on Saint Helena. |
C.1866-1870 | EUR 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 17,500.00 |
| 710 | TREW, Christoph Jakob | Plantae selectae [...]. |
1750-1773 | EUR 12,500.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 17,500.00 |
| 754 | GOULD, John | A century of birds from the Himalaya mountains. |
1831-1832 | EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 16,250.00 |
| 131 | QUAST, Pieter Jansz. | [A Quack doctor on a market square]. |
1642 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 13,125.00 |
| 891 | Three very rare publications on the Ottoman Empire, Africa and Portugal, printed in Wien, Nürnberg and Hamburg. 8vo: (somewhat short, hole in blank bottom margin of Erasmus title, Vagetius toned). |
17th-c. | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 12,500.00 | |
| 1025 | [ HOOFT, Pieter Cornelisz] | Emblemata amatoria. Afbeeldinghen van Minne. Emblemes d’Amour. |
1611 | EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 12,500.00 |
| 1164 | [CLELAND, John] | La fille de joie, ou Mémoires de miss Fanny, écrits par elle-même. |
1786 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 11,875.00 |
| 1100 | PUTEANUS, Erycius | Pompa funebris optimi potentissimiq[ue] principis Albertii Pii. |
1623 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 11,250.00 |
| 814 | AUGUSTINUS | De trinitate. |
1474 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 10,375.00 |
| 769 | ROTHSCHILD, Maurice de | Voyage [...] en Éthiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905). Résultats scientifiques. Animaux articulés [...]. |
1922 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 10,250.00 |
| 843 | COSMICO, Niccolò | Lelio Canzoni. |
1481 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 9,500.00 |
| 721 | ENGRAMELLE, Jacques-Louis-Florentin, ERNST, Jean-Jacques | Papillons d'Europe, peints d'après nature. |
1779-1792 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 8,750.00 |
| 872 | La Saincte Bible en francoys [trsl. by Jacques Lefevre d'Étaples]. |
1530 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 8,750.00 | |
| 933 | VESALIUS, Andreas | De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. |
1568 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 8,750.00 |
| 166 | [REGNAULT, Jean-Baptiste] | Collection of 141 original drawings illustrating Ovid's Metamorphoses. |
[end 18th c. | EUR 1,800.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 8,500.00 |
| 1196 | [LONGUS] | Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé. |
1718 | EUR 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 8,125.00 |
| 935 | MONTAIGNE, Michel de | Livre des Essais [...] divisé en deux parties. Derniere edition augmentee de deux tables tres amples [...]. |
1593 | EUR 750.00 - 850.00 | EUR 8,000.00 |
