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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD -
Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000. -
ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000. -
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
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Catawiki B. V.: Exclusive Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Exclusive Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 40,764.91 |
| Auction Date | October 13, 2024 - October 13, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 54,850.00 |
| Sale Number | #101324b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 80,050.00 |
| Total Lots | 85 | ||
| Sold Lots | 36 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 151,550.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 42.35% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 215,550.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 49 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 18.91% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88907475 | [Ganto-Brugeois] | Livre d'heures |
1450 | EUR 8,800.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 8,720.00 |
| 88525155 | Enrique Florez | Espana Sagrada. Theatro Geographico-Historico... |
1754/1957 | EUR 5,400.00 - 6,500.00 | EUR 4,142.00 |
| 89107035 | Christoforo Landino (1425-1498) / C. Plinius Secundus | Historia naturale di Caio Plinio Secondo |
1516 | EUR 2,200.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 2,834.00 |
| 87165353 | Mattioli, Pietro Andrea Gregorio [Matthioli, Mattiolus] | Commentarij in sex libros Pedacij Dioscoridis Anazarbei de Medica materia |
1570 | EUR 3,200.00 - 3,900.00 | EUR 1,962.00 |
| 88344317 | EERSTE DRUK STATENBIJBEL (!) - Biblia, Dat is: De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de |
1636 | EUR 1,700.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,636.09 | |
| 88135381 | Salomon Schinz | Anleitung zu der Pflanzenkenntniss und derselben nutzlichen Anwendung, 102 kolorierte Tafeln |
1774 | EUR 2,000.00 - 6,600.00 | EUR 1,471.50 |
| 88185801 | Jean Le Clerc | Bibliotheque Choisie |
1728/1703 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 1,226.25 |
| 86472883 | Andrea Palladio | I quattro libri dell'architettura |
1791 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 1,144.50 |
| 89052303 | Erasme | Adagiorum opus Des. Erasmi Roterodami |
1541 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 1,035.50 |
| 86475985 | Biblia Sacrosancta Veteris & Novi Testamenti |
1551 | EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00 | EUR 981.00 | |
| 87340897 | Abraham Munting (1626-1683) | Waare oeffening der Planten |
1682 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 981.00 |
| 88909617 | Andrea Pietro Matthioli / Joachim Camerarius | Kreutterbuch Dess hochgelehrten unnd weitberuhmten [...] - Destillier & Brennofen |
1600 | EUR 1,100.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 981.00 |
| 88774161 | Lipsio | Poliorceticon, sive de machinis tormentis |
1596 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 926.50 |
| 89089673 | Francisco Suarez de Rivera | Clave botanica, o medicina botanica, nueva, y novissima |
1738 | EUR 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 926.50 |
| 86267383 | Herodote / Petrus Wesseling | Historiarum libri IX |
1763 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 86429185 | Platon / Marsile Ficin | Omnia divini Platonis opera |
1548 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 87889659 | Sylvain Marechal/David | Antiquites d'Herculanum gravees par David |
1780/1781 | EUR 1,700.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 89131921 | Jean Calvin | Instructio Christiane religionis |
1561 | Not Available | EUR 817.50 |
| 88373115 | . | Graduale Romanum De Tempore Sanct Ad Ritum Missalis Exdecreto Sancti Concilii Trident |
1618 | EUR 900.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 783.71 |
| 87072721 | Jean Chapelain | La Pucelle, ou la France delivree |
1656 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 763.00 |
| 88527021 | Alfonsus Virvesius | Alfonsi virvesii canarien. Episcopi philippicae disputationes vigenti adversus Lutherana dogmata... |
1545 | EUR 900.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 676.89 |
| 88043067 | A.-L. Castellan | Moeurs, usages, costumes des Othomans, et abrege de leur histoire |
1812 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 610.40 |
| 88386023 | Le Vicomte De Chateaubriand | OEuvres completes de M. Le Vicomte de Chateaubriand |
1838/1836 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 601.68 |
| 88382429 | Giovanni Giustino Ciampini | Vetera monimenta in quibus praecipue / De sacris aedificiis |
1699 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 89112611 | Jerome Lalande (1732-1807) | Astronomie |
1771 | EUR 900.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 545.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
