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Auction Name Autographs and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 8,336.32
Auction Date September 24, 2025 - September 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 13,755.00
Sale Number #92425a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 18,010.00
Total Lots 96
Sold Lots 77.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 17,685.00
% of Lots Sold 80.21% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 22,810.00
Unsold Lots 19 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 36.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97714789 Schepenen Hoelbeek Belgie

Landverkoop Waltwilder

1595 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 400.03
97712385 Anonyme

Litanies de la Vierge et de Saint Joseph XVIIe/XVIIIe siecle Manuscrit enlumine sur velin et

1750/1690 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 327.00
97768055 Ernesto Che Guevara

Diplom Industrie Ministerium 1964 mit Original Signatur vom Minister Ernesto Che Guevara

1964 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 321.55
97796540 Onorari / Salari, e Ricompenze che si pagano ogni anno dall'Ill. me Compere di San Giorgio.

La prima banca italiana: Il Banco di San Giorgio

1750 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 EUR 316.10
97705746 Greven

Boek van Instructien

1737/1734 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 289.94
97827900 Cherubini

Formulario Chimico Farmaceutico Manoscritto

1800 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 279.04
97746221 Signe ; Willem Sandberg

Original graphic print with hand-written note in French and Sandberg's signature

1975 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 272.50
97818846 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Belle lettre autographe signee de 4 pages a un ami - A propos de poesie et de sa revue Poesia

1916 EUR 220.00 - 250.00 EUR 261.60
97749064 IBN MALIK Mohamed ibn Issa al-Andalousi

Partie Commentaires sur l'Alfiyya, d'Ibn Malik

1800 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 218.00
97760618 [Unknown]

Manzil d'un coran en provenance de Somalie

1850 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 209.28
97822859 Prosper Merimee - "j'eprouve le besoin de me marier a une jeunesse pour me rechauffer"

Belle lettre autographe signee a un ami de 2 pages - Paris

1855 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 207.10
97828906

Frans handgeschreven boekje, in perkament gebonden

1690 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 199.47
97820556 [England - Queen Elizabeth II era]

Signed Christmas Card

1999 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 196.20
97823808 Maurice Leblanc, Createur du celebre gentleman-cambrioleur Arsene Lupin

Carte lettre autographe signee a son ami Louis - "un petit valet de chambre a sa rentree a Paris"

1905 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 179.85
97718356 Unkown

Quran - India

1548 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 174.40
97802014 Esecutori delle Acque Venezia

Aq e AQE con nota Manoscritta

1680 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 174.40
97821892 Alphonse de Lamartine

Lettre autographe signee - << Je vous donne mes pleins pouvoirs >>, Romantisme -- 3 pages

1830 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 174.40
97714445 Schepenen Heerlijkheid Heemstede

Tuinverkoop Akersloot Haarlem Haarlemmerhout

1680 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 158.05
97815160 Robert Schuman

Lettre autographe signee

1953 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 154.78
97702245 Manuscript

Illuminated Book of Hours page from Delft

1440 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 152.60
97717377 Unknown

Quran - India (Bihar)

1425 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 146.06
97761067 Manzil d'un Coran

Copiste somalien

1850 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 141.70
97819303 Joris-Karl Huysmans

Carte lettre autographe signee - Remerciements pour un article

1899 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 141.70
97822690 Georges Clemenceau - << Remerciements cordiaux et bonnes amities >>

Carte de visite autographe signee de ses initiales avec son enveloppe

1919 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 141.70
97698926 Lettre a en-tete

[Revolution francaise, Terreur]

1795 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 137.34
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    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.
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    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.