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Gonnelli:
Auction 55
Antique prints, paintings and maps
November 26st 2024Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€ -
Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000. -
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25thKetterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25thKetterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25thKetterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25thKetterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000 -
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Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
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Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 1,095,838.80 |
| Auction Date | November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 499,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #1158 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 713,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 394 | ||
| Sold Lots | 313 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 666,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 79.44% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 955,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 81 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 114.68% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | Middle East.- A private collection of 98 pieces of Islamic calligraphy |
17th-19th century | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 175,000.00 | |
| 272 | Trapaud (Elisha) | Twenty Views of India |
1788 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 60,000.00 |
| 24 | Amulet or Prayer Roll against Disease and Demons.- Incipient nomine sancta Jhesu Christi, manuscript |
?late 14th or early 15th century. | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 27,500.00 | |
| 163 | Roberts (David). | The Holy Land |
1842-49. | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 70 | Smith (Adam) | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., |
1776 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 17,640.00 |
| 28 | Prayerbook for the English Market.- Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript |
probably second quarter 15th century. | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 | |
| 306 | Darwin (Charles, editor) | The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle |
1839-42. | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 137 | Rowling (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
| 168 | Flinders (Matthew) | A Voyage to Terra Australis |
1814 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
| 6 | Pindar. [Odes]. | Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia. Kallimachou hymnoi, editio princeps |
1513 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 62 | Milton (John) | Paradise Lost. A Poem in Ten Books |
1669 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 152 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Hobbit |
1942 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 261 | Daniell (Thomas & William) | Five views of India |
circa 1795-1808 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 359 | Jewelled Binding.- Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) | Maud |
1855 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 159 | Pownall (Thomas) | A Topographical Description of Such Parts of North America as are |
1776 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 172 | Sloane (Sir Hans) | A Voyage to the Islands of Madera |
1707-25. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 278 | Campbell (Sir Alexander, Governor of Jamaica) | A Memoir Relative to the Island of Jamaica |
1782 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 265 | Himalayas.- Fraser (James Baillie) | Nine plates from 'Views in the Himala Mountains', |
1820 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 71 | Ricardo (David) | On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation |
1817 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 158 | Mante (Thomas) | The History of the Late War in North-America |
1772 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 165 | Rosellini (Ippolito) | I Monumenti dell'Egitto e della Nubia |
1832-44. | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 190 | China.- Yangtze Valley.- Chinese School (19th century) Three strip maps surveying the waterways and |
probably late 19th century or slightly later | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 | |
| 162 | Wilkins (Sir Charles, translator) | The Bhagvat-Geeta |
1785 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 9,450.00 |
| 303 | Beechey (Capt. Frederick William) and others. | The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage...to the |
1839 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 |
| 51 | Miller (Henry, writer, 1891-1980). | 38 Autograph Letters, all but one signed, to Zofia Slaboszowska |
1965-1979 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
![<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b719f220-50aa-4855-9a72-293cad312283.jpg "<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.")
