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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€ -
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
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New England Auctions: The Marc J. Matz Collection: Early Colonial India and China Trade
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Marc J. Matz Collection: Early Colonial India and China Trade | Total Sales (USD) | 20,446.50 |
| Auction Date | March 05, 2025 - March 05, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 21,450.00 |
| Sale Number | #17277 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 40,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 35 | ||
| Sold Lots | 35 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 21,450.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 40,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 50.86% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376 | Raja Lala Deen Dayal- | Portfolio of Albumen Prints of Anglo-Indian Society |
ca. 20th century | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,322.00 |
| 78 | George Henry Mason- | The Costume of China |
1804 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,548.00 |
| 76 | Three Hand-Colored Aquatints |
ca. 1799 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,419.00 | |
| 381 | Photograph of a Historic Tree |
19th century-early 20th century, | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 967.50 | |
| 389 | D. S. Howard - | Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. II |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 903.00 | |
| 189 | Overhead Birds-Eye View Kawaraban of the Treaty Port of Yokohama |
ca. 1859 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 838.50 | |
| 214 | Sir Charles D'Oyly-- | Statue of the Marquis of Hastings in Tank Square |
ca. 1848 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 838.50 |
| 216 | The Peacock Pheasant |
USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 838.50 | ||
| 369 | Two Large Format Post-Revolution Photographs |
China, ca. probably 1950's | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 709.50 | |
| 373 | Photograph of an Indian Prince and His Circle |
India, ca. 1870-90. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 709.50 | |
| 370 | Two Large Format Post-Revolution Photographs |
China, ca. probably 1950's | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 645.00 | |
| 371 | Two Large Format Post-Revolution Photographs |
China, ca. probably 1950's | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 645.00 | |
| 374 | Album Collection of Carte de Visite Photographs |
India, ca. 1865-1890. | USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 645.00 | |
| 319 | Thai Buddhist Manuscript Painting of Indra |
ca. 19th century | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 580.50 | |
| 388 | David Howard & John Ayers. | China for the West, Volumes I and II (Howard and Ayers) |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 580.50 | |
| 317 | Pair of Thai Buddhist Manuscript Paintings |
circa 1850 | USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 516.00 | |
| 378 | Two Photographs of Elephants in a Landscape |
USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 451.50 | ||
| 385 | Kusakabe Kimbei- | Portrait of a Samurai |
late 19th Century, | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 451.50 |
| 390 | Dr. J. Kroes - | Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 451.50 | |
| 375 | Raja Lala Deen Dayal- | Photograph Portrait of a Nobleman |
ca. 1880 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 387.00 |
| 383 | J. Jackson- | Albumen Print Photograph of a Burmese Official |
ca. 1880 | USD 350.00 - 700.00 | USD 387.00 |
| 392 | The Marc J. Matz China Trade Reference Library |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 387.00 | ||
| 265 | Rare Copy of The Ceylon Government Gazette |
ca. 1803 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 354.75 | |
| 386 | Kusakabe Kimbei - | Portrait of a Samurai |
late 19th Century, | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 354.75 |
| 316 | Thai Buddhist Manuscript Painting |
circa late 19th-early 20th century | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 322.50 |
