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Auction Reports


Auction Name	Autographs and Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	7,358.59
Auction Date	September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	10,505.00
Sale Number	#91725a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	13,485.00
Total Lots	65
Sold Lots	50.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	19,075.00
% of Lots Sold	76.92%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	24,085.00
Unsold Lots	15	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	30.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
97663381	Federico Garcia Lorca	Hoja autografa firmada por Federico Garcia Lorca, Montevideo 1934 -- Documento historico de poesia	1934	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,308.00
97621071	Fidel Castro	Prasident Fidel Castro - Brief aus den Sierra Maestra 1958 -	1958	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 446.90
97642397	Fidel Castro	Zettel mit kampferischen Worten, signiert von Prasident Fidel Castro und Ernesto Che Guevara	1965	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 414.20
97645703	[Enluminures]	Feuillet de livre d'heures [Finement enlumine]	1450	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 370.60
97611420	Fidel Castro	Photographie signee en uniforme militaire		EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 357.52
97560573	Japon	Manuscrit bouddhiste	1557	EUR 350.00 - 400.00	EUR 327.00
97648989	Castaldo Antonio.	Storia del Regno di Napoli	1690	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 327.00
97698805	Samuel Beckett	Sur les repetitions de Comedie	1964	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 294.30
97009840	Manuscript	Manuscript from a French Book of Hours - ca. 15th century	1450	EUR 275.00 - 325.00	EUR 261.60
97552273	Gabriel Faure	Belle lettre autographe signee a une chanteuse, seduction et humour	1905	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 261.60
97567656	Tullio Pinelli	Lettera Fellini Film Roberto Rossellini Il miracolo Comencini	1948	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 239.80
97573509		Ancient palm leaf manuscript		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 174.40
97669861	Esecutori delle Acque Venezia	Collezione 5 AQ e AQE Veneziani con allegata nota manoscritta	1608	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 174.40
97698026	Andre Gide	Lettre autographe a Henry Poulaille	1935	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
97559940	Anonymous	15th Century Dutch Manuscript leaf on Vellum	1485	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 134.07
97675750	Anoniem	[Nederlands] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 14th century	1380	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 131.89
97572968	14 Briefe (13 x Parma/ 1 x Marseille) an Graf Alfred von Neipperg in Italien	Autograph	1829	Not Available	EUR 125.35
97667148	Abd ar-Rahman 'bd lrHmn ldkhil Emirate of Cordoba, Scholar	Quran Manuscript with beautiful golden medallions, Cordoba, al-Andalus Spain	1720/1750	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 109.00
97600297	Saint-Fargeau	Parchement manuscrit Francais XVI siecle vente... Signum Tabellionis NO RESERVE	1531	EUR 160.00 - 200.00	EUR 105.73
97674919	Signed, King Paul of Greece,	Royal Decree	1948	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 104.64
97698364	George Sand	Lettre a son amant	1870	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 103.55
97666999	Chidusche Torat Mosche khydvshy tvrt mshh	Mount Sinai & Victim laws, Torah & Antique Bible Manuscript with many crowns, Deer Parchment	1380/1350	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 98.10
97616153	Anonymous -- Southern Germany / Switzerland / Austria	Missal, "Orationes Diversae" -- ca. 1420	1420	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 92.65
97621462	onbekend	Handgeschreven document uit Gent, 17e eeuw, in oud Nederlands	1674	EUR 190.00 - 230.00	EUR 89.38
97571801	[Revolution francaise]	Carte revolutionnaire de surete Paris section de gravilliers ancetre de la carte d'identite	1795	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 88.29

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.