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Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000. -
Sotheby’s
New York Book Week
12-26 JuneSotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
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Galerie Bassenge: Valuable Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Valuable Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 386,543.55 |
| Auction Date | April 18, 2023 - April 18, 2023 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 241,740.00 |
| Sale Number | #121WB | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 241,740.00 |
| Total Lots | 776 | ||
| Sold Lots | 325 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 562,450.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 41.88% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 562,450.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 451 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 68.73% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 245 | Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm | Sammelband mit 4 Frühschriften und 4 Gelegenheitsdrucken |
1666-1667. | EUR 18,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 63,500.00 |
| 1027 | Bembo, Pietro und Tasso, Torquato | Prose di M. Pietro Bembo nelle quali si ragiona della volgar lingua scritte al cardinale de Medici |
09.1525. | EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 58,420.00 |
| 1043 | Falkener, Michael | lntroductorium astronomie Cracoviense elucidans Almanach |
1507 | EUR 18,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 20,320.00 |
| 58 | Nolli, Giovanni Battista | Nuova pianta di Roma. Kupferstichplan der Stadt Rom |
1748 | EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 15,240.00 |
| 1046 | Fuchs, Leonhart | New Kreüterbuch |
EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 11,430.00 | |
| 1028 | Die gantze Bibel, | das ist alle bücher allts unnd neüws Testaments |
1545 | EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 10,160.00 |
| 1020 | Antoninus Florentinus | Secunda pars historialis venerabilis domini Antonini |
1502 | EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 6,350.00 |
| 1025 | Augustinus, Aurelius | De civitate Dei |
EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 6,096.00 | |
| 8 | Santini, Paolo | Atlas universel dressé sur les meilleures cartes modernes |
1784 | EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 5,842.00 |
| 5 | Ptolemaeus, Claudius | Geografia cioè descrittione universale della terra |
EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,588.00 | |
| 374 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Missa Kyrie und Gloria aus h-Moll-Messe |
EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,572.00 | |
| 1218 | Liber Scivias | Rüdesheimer Codex der Hildegard von Bingen |
2012; 1998 | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,572.00 |
| 1233 | Rothschild Miscellany, The | 51 des Israel Museums in Jerusalem |
1989 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,810.00 |
| 1139 | Magnan, Dominique | La ville de Rome ou déscription abregée de cette superbe ville, |
1778 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,683.00 |
| 1221 | libro d'ore Durazzo, Il | M.r. Cf. Arm.I der Bibliteca Civica Berio |
2008 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,302.00 |
| 123 | Riedl, Adrian von | Reise Atlas von Baiern |
1796-1806. | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,048.00 |
| 455 | Boissel, F | Le catéchisme du genre humain |
1789 | EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 2,794.00 |
| 1072 | Biblia germanica und | Biblia, Das ist, die gantze H. Schrifft |
1649 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,540.00 |
| 1001 | Targum Jonathan | 2. Buch Samuel, 22 Kapitel. Einzelblatt aus einer Bibelhandschrift. |
14. Jahrhundert. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,413.00 |
| 6 | Ptolemaeus, Claudius | Tabulae geographicae orbis terrarum |
1695 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,286.00 |
| 258 | Haeckel, Ernst | Kunstformen der Natur |
1899-1904. | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,286.00 |
| 272 | Tabernaemontanus, Jakob Theodor | Neuw vollkommentlich Kräuter-Buch |
EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,032.00 | |
| 1034 | Calvin, Johannes | Der Heylig Brotkorb + Beiband |
1584 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | EUR 2,032.00 |
| 1065 | Ryff, Walther Hermann | Kurtz handt- büchlein und experiment viler artzneyen |
1546 | EUR 800.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,032.00 |
| 1219 | Libro d´ore di Bonaparte Ghislieri | Ms. Yates Thompson 29 |
2008 | EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 2,032.00 |
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
