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Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
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Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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Swann, June 12: Lot 3: Thomas McKenney and James Hall, History of the Indian Tribes of North America, 1848-1854. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 8: Invoice to the Town of Boston for advertising pre-revolutionary content in the Boston Post Boy, manuscript document, Boston, July 1768. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500.Swann, June 12: Lot 13: Clairac and Nicola, L'Ingenieur de Campagne; or, FieldSwann, June 12: Lot 81: Journals of Major Robert Rogers . . . of the Several Excursions he Made . . . upon the Continent of North America, London, 1765. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 99: Photograph albums and papers from the family of W.G. Fargo, photo albums containing 442 photographs, 1865-88. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 112: Isaac Leeser, Discourses on the Jewish Religion, 10 volumes, Philadelphia: Sherman & Co., 1866-1868. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 176: Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston, 1845. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 190: Thomas Hariot, Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae, 1590. Estimate $25,000 to $35,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 200: Correspondence of a regimental cavalry commander in Wyoming and Utah, July 1865 to February 1866. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 226: Maturino Gilberti, Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan / Aqui comienca el vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mechuacana, 1559. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
Bubb Kuyper: Books and Manuscripts - session 3
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Books and Manuscripts - session 3 | Total Sales (EUR) | 167,511.64 |
Auction Date | May 20, 2025 - May 20, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 87,310.00 |
Sale Number | #82c | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 127,450.00 |
Total Lots | 717 | ||
Sold Lots | 504 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 139,180.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 70.29% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 199,280.00 |
Unsold Lots | 213 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 84.06% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1798 | Morris, W. | News from Nowhere: Or, an Epoch of Rest, being some Chapters from a Utopian Romance |
1893 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 9,922.50 |
2045 | [Werkman, H.N.] | Turkenkalender 1942 |
1941 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 6,615.00 |
1657 | Cunard, N. and Banting, J. (ed.) | Salvo for Russia |
1942 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,953.50 |
2160 | "Garderobbe [sic] pour la Poupee anglaise avec des habillemens differens a la Mode la plus nouvelle |
EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 5,292.00 | ||
1671 | Shakespeare, W. | The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke |
1909 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,969.00 |
1670 | Shakespeare, W. | Sonnets |
1909 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,042.90 |
2082 | Leopold, J.H. | Cheops |
1916 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 2,910.60 |
1512 | Claus, H. | De Blijde en Onvoorziene Week |
1950 [=1951] | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,646.00 |
1609 | Apuleius, L. | The most pleasant and delectable tale of the marriage of Cupid and Psyche, from The golden asse of Lucius Apuleius translated out of the Latin by William Adlington 1566 |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,513.70 | |
1666 | Margueritte, V. | La garconne |
1925 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 2,381.40 |
1774 | Hasemann, A. | Der Zirkus |
1920 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,381.40 |
1799 | The Romance of Sir Degrevant |
1896 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,984.50 | |
1846 | Vergilius Maro, P. | Les Georgiques |
1937-1943 [= 1950] | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 1,719.90 |
1531 | Ainslie, P. and Ritscher, P. | Endgrain. Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America |
1994 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,587.60 |
1669 | Goethe, J.W. von | Die Leiden des jungen Werther |
1911 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,587.60 |
1851 | Matrix. A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles |
1985-2016 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,455.30 | |
1924 | Steel, F.A. | English Fairy Tales |
1918 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,455.30 |
1820 | Leopold, J.H. | Oostersch |
1922 [= 1924] | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,323.00 |
1938 | Reve, G. | Drie Woorden |
1981 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,323.00 |
2175 | Game of tarot, 77 (of 78) col. lithogr. cards |
n.d. | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 1,256.85 | |
1755 | Rogerson, I. | Agnes Miller Parker |
1996/ 1997 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,190.70 |
2171 | Der reisende Vetter. Le cousin voyageur |
n.d. | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 1,190.70 | |
1603 | Mallarme, S. | L'apres-midi d'un faune |
1985 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,058.40 |
1604 | Opitz, M. | Das hohe Lied Salomos |
1990 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,058.40 |
1628 | [Chagall, M.] | Shtrom. No.1 |
1922 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,058.40 |