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Auction Reports

Auction Name Autographs and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 3,098.87
Auction Date March 16, 2025 - March 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 3,880.00
Sale Number #31625a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 5,400.00
Total Lots 46
Sold Lots 35 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 5,220.00
% of Lots Sold 76.09% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 7,415.00
Unsold Lots 11 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 41.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
94117732 Spain Colony Dr. Manuel Bernabe Pereda

Spain Colony Chinese Slavery Document Working Contract 1858 Chinese letters

1856 Not Available EUR 488.32
94050583 Manuscript

Illuminated Book of Hours page from Delft

1440 EUR 160.00 - 200.00 EUR 218.00
92513583 Anoniem

Original Manuscript from a Latin Bible - [France - ca. 13th century]

1250 Not Available EUR 214.73
94039453 King Umberto II Savoy

Decreto Firmato da Umberto II di Savoia -- Ultimo Re d'Italia (1946)

1946 Not Available EUR 174.40
94079466 Manuscript

Original leaf from a latin breviary ca. 14th century

1350 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 174.40
94091751

Patanjali [Einsiedler-Asket-Gelehrter]- Weltschlange Shesha, Tibetische Monche, sehr fruhes

1320/1300 EUR 150.00 - 400.00 EUR 130.80
94123115 Signiertes Notenmanuskript : Instrumentalkomponist

komponiertes Musikstuck, Cornu Secondo, Butten-Papier & Wasserzeichen

1813 Not Available EUR 122.08
89445617 Franciscus Beatinus Notaio Veneto

Atto di Compravendita, Famiglia Patrizia Cappello

1634 Not Available EUR 119.90
94109730 (French Atelier)

Liturgical Manuscript; "Amazing Illuminated Medieval Latin Leaf on Vellum" - XV century

1400 Not Available EUR 109.00
94167195 Professor Daniel Erhard Gunther (1752-1834) in Duisburg

Umfangreiche medizinische handschriftliche Aufzeichnungen aus dem Nachlass + wenige Drucke

1800 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 109.00
94095951

Parchment. Double sheet of religious hymn (4 pages). Written in Latin - Large size 54 x 72 cm

Not Available EUR 105.73
94068830 Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu & Kaiser Go-Komatsu

Astronomischer Kalender, 140 cm lang, Mondphasen, Sonnenstande, Kometen

1490/1450 EUR 150.00 - 450.00 EUR 103.55
94122976 Samurai-Familien der Minamoto & Taira, Kriegs-Adel-Signaturen-Siegel

Handschrift Taktik & Kriegsfuhrung Kublai Khan, Gempei-Krieg 1180-1185, 3 Schlacht-Plane

1680/1650 EUR 230.00 - 300.00 EUR 103.55
94060566

Gregorianisches Gesangsblatt

1400 Not Available EUR 92.65
93986626 Gouverneur / Directeur Financien Nederlandsch-Indie

Wisselbrief Batavia 500 gulden

1879 Not Available EUR 81.75
94109837 (French Atelier)

Liturgical Manuscript; "Illuminated Medieval Latin Leaf on Vellum" - XV century

1400 Not Available EUR 78.48
94068494 Abd ar-Rahman 'bd lrHmn ldkhil Emirate of Cordoba, Scholar

Quran Manuscript with beautiful golden medallions, Cordoba, al-Andalus Spain

1720/1750 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 75.21
93845995 Anonymous

Original Dutch Manuscript from religious musical Book - ca. 16th century

1550 Not Available EUR 59.95
94104729 Baljuw Merkem

Wommen (Woumen) landverkoop met 2 lakzegels

1621 Not Available EUR 58.86
94068647 Seldschuken sljwqyn , Khan Alp Arslan, Wesir Nezam al-Molk

Koran Handschrift, Oghusischer Stamm der Kinik, Kreuzzuge, Konya Sultanat, 13.Jhd

1280/1250 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 55.59
94122707 Caliph al-Walid I lwlyd bn 'bd lmlk

Almohaden lmwHdwn, Quran Manuscript Al-Ma'ida, Sevilla, al-Andalus Spain

1750/1780 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 54.50
94044350 Girolamo Fantuzzi

Repubblica di Venezia, Dispaccio Dogale con Supplica al Doge Pietro Grimani

1751 Not Available EUR 47.96
93900253 Ignoto

Atto notarile, Signum Tabellionis, Francia

1600/1724 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 33.79
93654189 [Friesland. Architectuur. Geschiedenis[ G.J. Veenstra

Manuscript collectie betreffende Friese geschiedenis en architectuur

1935/1925 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 32.70
93892005 Ignoto

Atto di Matrimonio vendita , Signum Tabellionis, Francia,

1699 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 32.70
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
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