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    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.
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    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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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
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Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen: Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 1

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 1 Total Sales (EUR) 379,330.90
Auction Date December 15, 2022 - December 15, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 294,205.00
Sale Number #126a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 294,205.00
Total Lots 1516
Sold Lots 902 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 579,625.00
% of Lots Sold 59.50% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 579,625.00
Unsold Lots 614 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 65.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
176 Hooke,R.

Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.

1665 EUR 36,000.00 - 36,000.00 EUR 49,400.00
268 Newton,I.

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Editio tertia aucta & emendata.

1726 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 10,400.00
557 Gheyn,J.de

Maniement d'armes d'arquebuses, mousquetz, et piques. En conformité de l'ordre de Monseigneur le Prince Maurice, Prince d'Orange, Comte de Nassau &c.

1608 EUR 6,500.00 - 6,500.00 EUR 5,634.20
54 Boyle,R.

Memoirs for the Natural History of Humane Blood, Especially the Spirit of that Liquor.

1683/84 EUR 2,700.00 - 2,700.00 EUR 4,940.00
185 Savonarola,G.M.

De febribus etc.

EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,160.00
53 Boyle,R.

Experiments and considerations touching colours.

1664 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 3,120.00
156 Helmholtz,H.

Ueber die Wärmeentwickelung bei der Muskelaction. Vorgetragen in der Sitzung der physikalischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin am 12. Nov. 1847

1848 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 3,120.00
93 Descartes,R.

De homine figuris et latinitate donatus a Florentio Schuyl.

1662 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,860.00
94 Descartes,R.

Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verité dans les sciences. Plus la Dioptrique. Et les Meteores.

1658 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 2,860.00
217 Libavius,A.

Praxis alchymiae, hoc est, doctrina de artificiosa praeparatione praecipuorum medicamentorum chymicorum: duobus lib. expl.

1604 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,600.00
778 Giannettasio,N.P.

Naumachica, seu de bello navali libri V.

1715 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,600.00
959 Steingruber,J.D.

Architectonisches Alphabet bestehend aus dreyssig Rissen.

1773 1774. EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,600.00
432 Callot,J.

Il Callotto resuscitato. Oder Neu eingerichtes Zwerchen-Cabinet. Gest. Titel und 49 Kupfertafeln von je zwei Platten.

um 1715 EUR 2,800.00 - 2,800.00 EUR 2,470.00
697 Martius,J.N.

Unterricht in der natürlichen Magie, oder zu allerhand belustigenden und nützlichen Kunststücken. Völlig umgearb. v. J.C.Wiegleb. 20 Bde.

1786-1708 EUR 2,800.00 - 2,800.00 EUR 2,470.00
605 Rüxner,G.

Thurnierbuch. Von Anfang, Ursachen, Ursprung und Herkommen, der Thurnier im heyl. Röm. Reich Teutscher Nation.

1578 EUR 2,800.00 - 2,800.00 EUR 2,427.10
18 Barchusen,J.C.

Pyrosophia, succincte atque breviter iatro-chemiam, rein metallicam et chrysopoeiam pervestigans. Opus medicis, physicis, chemicis, pharmacopoeis, metallicis &c. non inutile.

1698 EUR 2,700.00 - 2,700.00 EUR 2,340.00
270 Paracelsus (d.i. T.B.v.Hohenheim).

Opera. Bücher u. Schrifften, so viel deren zur Hand gebracht... (Hrsg. v. J.

1603, 1616 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,080.00
334 Thurneisser zum Thurn,L.

Pison, Das erst Theil. Von Kalten, Warmen, Minerischen und Metallischen Wassern, sampt der vergleichunge der Plantarum und Erdgewechsen 10. Bücher.

1572 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,080.00
56 Boyle,R.

Short memoirs for the natural experimental history of mineral waters. Addressed by way of letter to a friend.

1684/85 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,820.00
64 Camerarius,L.

(?) Ars sanctorii sanctorii Iustinopolitani... De statica medicina aphorismorum.

1614 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 1,820.00
142 Hahnemann,S.

Ueber die Arsenikvergiftung, ihre Hilfe und gerichtliche Ausmittelung,

1786 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,820.00
271 Paracelsus,Th.B.v.

Chirurgische Bücher und Schrifften. Jetzt auffs New auß den Originalen, und Theophrasti eygenen Handschrifften, wider an tag geben: Durch J. Huserum. 4 Tle. u. Appendix in 1 Bd.

1618 EUR 2,100.00 - 2,100.00 EUR 1,820.00
343 Ulstad,Ph.

Coelum philosophorum. Von heimlichkeit der Natur,

1551 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,820.00
112 Fourcroy,A.F.

Analyse de la terre du perou appelee Guano, et rapportee par monsieur Humboldt. Eh. Manuskript des frz. Chemikers (1755-1809),

1806 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,690.00
133 Göttling,J.F.A.

Vollständiges chemisches Probir-Cabinet zum Handgebrauche. Erster Theil (= alles): Untersuchungen auf dem nassen Wege.

1790 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,690.00
  • 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
  • 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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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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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    Part IX
    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
    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.
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