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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Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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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AntiquarianAuctions.com: Rare Books - online 10/3
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books - online 10/3 | Total Sales (USD) | 21,057.65 |
| Auction Date | October 10, 2024 - October 10, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 17,165.00 |
| Sale Number | #118 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 20,180.00 |
| Total Lots | 340 | ||
| Sold Lots | 117 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 61,505.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 34.41% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 71,765.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 223 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 29.34% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Byrne (Oliver) | The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid |
1847 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,717.45 |
| 2 | Kolben (Peter) | CAPUT BONAE SPEI HODIERNUM |
1719 | USD 1,100.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,173.50 |
| 152 | Baker (Samuel White) | THE NILE TRIBUTARIES OF ABYSSINIA |
1867 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 906.20 |
| 6 | Honiball (T.O.) | SATIRICAL COMIC BOOK SERIES OF NINE TITLES 1977 - 1979 |
1977 - 1979 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 893.55 |
| 3 | Fitzpatrick (Sir Percy) | JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD |
1907 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 845.25 |
| 154 | Kerr (Walter Montagu) | THE FAR INTERIOR |
1886 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 632.50 |
| 19 | Herschel (Sir John F. W.) | RESULTS OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS |
1847 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 483.00 |
| 62 | Kessler (Leopold) | THE GOLD MINES OF THE WITWATERSRAND (1904) |
1904 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 402.50 |
| 65 | Hatch (F. H.) & Corstorphine (G. S.) | THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA (1905) |
1905 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 402.50 |
| 26 | Hilton Barber (Sydney) | TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH OF THE TRANSVAAL GOLD LAW (1899) |
1899 | USD 150.00 - 150.00 | USD 393.30 |
| 34 | Natal Society | NATALIA - Journal of the Natal Society 1971-2010 |
1971-2010 | USD 300.00 - 300.00 | USD 362.25 |
| 63 | Reinecke (Leopold) & Wagner (Percy Albert) | THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1936) |
1936 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 345.00 |
| 25 | Nathan (Manfred) | THE DIAMOND LAWS OF SOUTH AFRICA (1920) |
1920 | USD 70.00 - 70.00 | USD 313.95 |
| 28 | Nathan (Manfred) | TRANSVAAL GOLD AND BASE METALS LAW - 2nd (1909), 3rd (1919), and 5th (1934) editions |
1909, 1919, 1934 | USD 150.00 - 150.00 | USD 272.55 |
| 18 | Courtenay (Bryce) | THE POWER OF ONE (Signed by the author) |
1989 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 241.50 |
| 71 | Brooks (Joe McGregor) | SIATWINDA, Fifty Years of Hunting Problem Crocodile, Buffalo, and Elephant in the Zambezi Valley of Zambia |
2009 | USD 60.00 - 70.00 | USD 241.50 |
| 111 | Souvenir Album | OLD JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHS |
c 1880's | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 241.50 |
| 190 | Baines (Thomas) & Lord (W. B.) | SHIFTS AND EXPEDIENTS OF CAMP LIFE |
1871 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 230.00 |
| 260 | Beard (Peter Hill) [Signed] | THE END OF THE GAME; |
1965 | USD 250.00 - 250.00 | USD 230.00 |
| 267 | Findlay (Frederick Roderick Noble) | BIG GAME SHOOTING AND TRAVEL IN SOUTH-EAST AFRICA |
1903 | USD 100.00 - 120.00 | USD 211.60 |
| 309 | Churchill (Winston S.) | A History of the English-Speaking Peoples |
1956-1958 | USD 280.00 - 300.00 | USD 207.00 |
| 311 | Rowland Ward, F.Z.S. | The Sportsman's Handbook to Practical Collecting, Preserving, and Artistic Setting-Up of Trophies and Specimens |
1900 | USD 240.00 - 260.00 | USD 207.00 |
| 129 | Medley Wood (J.) | 6 x very scarce EARLY booklets on the NATAL BOTANIC GARDENS dating from 1897, 1900, 1904,1905 & 1915 |
1897, 1900, 1904, 1905, 1915 | USD 140.00 - 140.00 | USD 205.85 |
| 206 | Nortje, (Piet) | THE TERRIBLE ONES: |
2012 | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | USD 201.25 |
| 70 | Chilton (Johnny) | OUT OF BULLETS! |
2011 | USD 60.00 - 70.00 | USD 193.20 |
![<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.")
