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Bruun Rasmussen: Prints

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Auction Name Prints Total Sales (DKK) 972,862.50
Auction Date June 22, 2020 - June 23, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (DKK) 741,300.00
Sale Number #2026 High Estimate of Lots Sold (DKK) 900,400.00
Total Lots 301
Sold Lots 253 Low Estimate of All Lots (DKK) 914,300.00
% of Lots Sold 84.05% High Estimate of All Lots (DKK) 1,113,900.00
Unsold Lots 48 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 87.34%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6045

Hær begynnes then Zelands low paa ræt dansk [...]. Cph: Wingaard 1505. 1st ed.

 1505 DKK 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 DKK 36,250.00
6040 Jim Dine, Walasse Ting, Roy Lichtenstein, Asger Jorn

Jim Dine, Walasse Ting, Roy Lichtenstein, Asger Jorn: Walasse Ting: 1 Cent Life. (One Cent Life). Bern: E.W. Kornfeld 1964. Limited ed.

 1964 DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 28,750.00
6047 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan: Impressive collection of more than 850 vols. (books, booklets, magazines, programmes, songbooks and fanzines) on Bob Dylan. 1960s-2010s.

 1960s-2010s DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 DKK 21,250.00
6257

Collection of 19 vols. on Danish topography. 19th to 20th century. Various bindings. (19)

 19th-20th c DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 19,375.00
6068 Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht: Svendborger Gedichte. 1939. Inscribed to Karin Michaëlis.

 1939 DKK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 DKK 17,500.00
6076

Collection of 40 vols. on Scandinavian literature, mostly in Danish. 20th century. (40)

 DKK 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 DKK 16,875.00
6066 Emil Nolde

Emil Nolde: Das eigene Leben. Berlin: Julius Bard Verlag 1931. Inscribed. Enclosed letter.

 1931 DKK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 DKK 15,000.00
6169 N.F.S. Grundtvig, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, B.S. Ingemann, Christian Winther

N.F.S. Grundtvig, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, B.S. Ingemann, Christian Winther: Collection of more than 50 vols. of Danish literature. 19th century. (76)

 19th c DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 14,375.00
6082

Zuverlässige Nachricht von den Festivitäten bey der Ankunft der königinn von Dännemark Caroline Mathilde Majestät. Zelle 1772.

 1772 DKK 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 DKK 13,750.00
6088 [Reimert Haagensen]

[Reimert Haagensen]: Beskrivelse over Eylandet St. Croix i America i Vest-Indien. Cph: Lillies Enke 1758.

 1758 DKK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 DKK 13,750.00
6174 August Bournonville

August Bournonville: Mit Teaterliv. 1848. + Mit Theaterliv. 3 vols. 1848-77. Both inscribed. (4)

 1848-1877 DKK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 DKK 13,750.00
515 Banksy, after (b. 1975)

“The Walled off hotel box set”, 2017.

2017 DKK 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 DKK 13,125.00
679 Michael Kvium (b. Horsens 1955)

“Naiv Opstilling”.

1995 DKK 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 DKK 12,500.00
6051 Asger Jorn

Asger Jorn: Mémoires. Structures portant d'Asger Jorn. Cph.: L'internationale Situationniste 1959. Illust. by Asger Jorn.

 1959 DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 12,500.00
6057 Johan Ludvig Heiberg, P.A. Heiberg

Johan Ludvig Heiberg, P.A. Heiberg: Collection of 37 vols. 18th to 19th century. (37)

 18th -19th c DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 11,875.00
6042 Bertolt Brecht, Martin Andersen Nexø

Bertolt Brecht, Martin Andersen Nexø: Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar. Dezember 1937. Inscribed to Andersen Nexø.

 1937 DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 10,625.00
6049 Emil Nolde

Emil Nolde: Autograph letter signed. + Nolde: Briefe aus den Jahren 1894-1926. Berlin: Furche (1928). (2)

 1894-1926 DKK 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 DKK 10,625.00
6147 Joan Miró

Joan Miró: Derrière le Miroir. Paris: Maeght Editeur 1956-1971. With more than 20 lithographs. Orig. wrappers. (10)

 1956 DKK 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 DKK 10,625.00
6055 Carsten Niebuhr

Carsten Niebuhr: Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und anderen umliegenden Ländern. 2 vols. Cph 1774-1778. (2)

 1774-1778 DKK 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 DKK 10,000.00
6084 Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht: Lieder-Gedichte-Chöre. Paris 1934. Inscribed by the author.

 1934 DKK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 DKK 10,000.00
602 Poul Anker Bech (b. Taars 1942, d. 2009)

“Serritslev kirke”.

DKK 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 DKK 9,375.00
6059 Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht: Svendborger Gedichte. Malik-Verlag London 1939. Inscribed to Otto Gelsted.

 1939 DKK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 DKK 8,750.00
6127 Alberto Giacometti, Valerio Adami, Eduardo Chillida, Antoni Tapies

Alberto Giacometti, Valerio Adami, Eduardo Chillida, Antoni Tapies: Collection of 20 issues of Derrière le Miroir. Paris: Maeght editeur 1960-1972. (20)

 1960-1972 DKK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 DKK 8,750.00
6146 R. Manley

R. Manley: The History of The Late Warres in Denmark. London: Thomas Basset 1670.

 1670 DKK 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 DKK 8,750.00
6156 M.T. Brünnich

M.T. Brünnich: Ichthyologia Massiliensis [...]. + One vol. by same. (2)

 DKK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 DKK 8,750.00
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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