Source : Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers

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Description Keys Auctions was formed in 1953 by Geoffrey Key, and its history is different from most firms which sell books and art. Key started by opening a livestock market in the town of Aylsham, County of Norfolk, in the East Anglia region of the U.K. He quickly began selling from estates and soon found a large market for art. By 1960, a separate department had been formed for fine art.

Keys has become a major estate agency in its region, dealing in commercial and investment property and offering professional services such as surveying. Meanwhile, the art and estate auction business has continued to grow with books now becoming a large part of the items sold.
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Total Records in AED 101438
  • <b><center>Swann<br>Printed & Manuscript Americana<br>November 20, 2025</center></b> <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 9<br>George Catlin. O-Kee-Pa: A Religious Ceremony; and other Customs of the Mandans. London, 1867. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 17<br>Benjamin Beal, Unpublished diary of a lieutenant serving in the Invasion of Quebec, 1776. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 23<br>George Washington, Autograph Letter Signed anticipating the coming British campaign against Philadelphia, 1777. <b><center>Swann<br>Printed & Manuscript Americana<br>November 20, 2025</center></b> <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 35<br>Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784]. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 120<br>Portfolio of lithograph Civil War portraits by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. and others. Cincinnati, OH, circa 1863. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 130<br>Eleazar Huntington, engraver. Early broadside engraving of the Declaration of Independence, circa 1820-24. <b><center>Swann<br>Printed & Manuscript Americana<br>November 20, 2025</center></b> <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 175<br>Jeremiah B. Taylor, Letterbook of a frontier Baptist missionary in Kansas with tales of friendly Indians and unfriendly Confederate raiders, 1839-1887. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 188<br>Jonas Rishel, The Indian Physician, Containing a New System of Practice, Founded on Medical Plants, 1828. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 201<br>Brigham Young and the First Presidency of the LDS, Commission issued to two Church representatives, 1849. <b><center>Swann<br>Printed & Manuscript Americana<br>November 20, 2025</center></b> <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 293<br>Kuonraden's Vart (Kuonrad's Travels), an illustrated western travel memoir set to verse, circa 1914. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 311<br>Hermann Stieffel, Early watercolor view of the ruins of a Spanish mission in the Manzano Grant. Manzano, NM, circa 1860-67. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 343<br>Vida de San Felipe de Jesus, protomartir del Japon, y patron de su patria Mexico.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 9
    George Catlin. O-Kee-Pa: A Religious Ceremony; and other Customs of the Mandans. London, 1867.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 17
    Benjamin Beal, Unpublished diary of a lieutenant serving in the Invasion of Quebec, 1776.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 23
    George Washington, Autograph Letter Signed anticipating the coming British campaign against Philadelphia, 1777.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 35
    Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784].
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 120
    Portfolio of lithograph Civil War portraits by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. and others. Cincinnati, OH, circa 1863.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 130
    Eleazar Huntington, engraver. Early broadside engraving of the Declaration of Independence, circa 1820-24.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 175
    Jeremiah B. Taylor, Letterbook of a frontier Baptist missionary in Kansas with tales of friendly Indians and unfriendly Confederate raiders, 1839-1887.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 188
    Jonas Rishel, The Indian Physician, Containing a New System of Practice, Founded on Medical Plants, 1828.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 201
    Brigham Young and the First Presidency of the LDS, Commission issued to two Church representatives, 1849.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 293
    Kuonraden's Vart (Kuonrad's Travels), an illustrated western travel memoir set to verse, circa 1914.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 311
    Hermann Stieffel, Early watercolor view of the ruins of a Spanish mission in the Manzano Grant. Manzano, NM, circa 1860-67.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 343
    Vida de San Felipe de Jesus, protomartir del Japon, y patron de su patria Mexico.
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>November & December</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Audebert, Jean-Baptiste — Louis-Pierre Vieillot. <i>Oiseaux dorés ou à reflets métalliques,</i> Paris, 1801-1802. €40,000 to €60,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Hugo, Victor] — Charles Hugo, François-Victor Hugo ou Auguste Vacquerie. Portrait de Victor Hugo. Daguerréotype réalisé à Jersey vers 1852-1853. €20,000 to €30,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Orbigny, Alcide d'. <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale...</i> Paris, Pitois-Levrault et Cie et Strasbourg, Levrault, 1834-1847. €10,000 to €15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Chelidonius, Benedictus. <i>Passio Jesu Chriti.</i> [1526?]. Maroquin bleu de Niédrée. 37 bois inspirés par Dürer. €3,000 to €5,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Cassini de Thury, César-François. Carte générale de la France faite en 1744. Paris, 1756-1788. 178 cartes entoilées, réunies dans 28 emboîtages. €15,000 to €20,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    November & December
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Audebert, Jean-Baptiste — Louis-Pierre Vieillot. Oiseaux dorés ou à reflets métalliques, Paris, 1801-1802. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Hugo, Victor] — Charles Hugo, François-Victor Hugo ou Auguste Vacquerie. Portrait de Victor Hugo. Daguerréotype réalisé à Jersey vers 1852-1853. €20,000 to €30,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Orbigny, Alcide d'. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale... Paris, Pitois-Levrault et Cie et Strasbourg, Levrault, 1834-1847. €10,000 to €15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Chelidonius, Benedictus. Passio Jesu Chriti. [1526?]. Maroquin bleu de Niédrée. 37 bois inspirés par Dürer. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Cassini de Thury, César-François. Carte générale de la France faite en 1744. Paris, 1756-1788. 178 cartes entoilées, réunies dans 28 emboîtages. €15,000 to €20,000.
  • <b><center>Pandolfini Casa d’Aste<br>Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints<br>18 November 2025</center></b> <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> Dante. De la volgare eloquenzia. Vicenza, Janiculo, 1529. € 1.500 / 2.000 <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> San Tommaso d’Aquino. Scriptum secundum luculentissimum angelico. Legato con Problemata. Lione, Jacques Myt e Francesco Giunta, 1520. € 2.500 / €3.500 <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> Palladio, Andrea. I quattro libri dell'architettura. Venezia, de' Franceschi, 1570. € 13.000 / 15.000 <b><center>Pandolfini Casa d’Aste<br>Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints<br>18 November 2025</center></b> <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> De Saint Amant, Pierre Charles. Voyages en Californie et dans l'Orégon. Parigi, Maison, 1854. € 400 / 500 <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> Description de l’Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’armée française. Parigi, 1820-1829. € 35.000 / 40.000 <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> Allioni, Carlo. Flora Pedemontana sive enumeratio methodica stirpium indigenarum Pedemontii. Torino, Briolo, 1785. € 6.000 / 8.000 <b><center>Pandolfini Casa d’Aste<br>Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints<br>18 November 2025</center></b> <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> First edition of John Gould's first work with uncolored backgrounds. € 5.000 / 7.000 <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> Rossini, Luigi. Le Antichità dei contorni di Roma. Roma, presso l'autore e Scudellari, 1824-26. € 2.500 / 3.500 <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. New York, Appleton & Co., 1866. € 6.000 / 8.000 <b><center>Pandolfini Casa d’Aste<br>Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints<br>18 November 2025</center></b> <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf. Monaco, Franz Eher, 1925-27. € 15.000 / 20.000 <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> Interesting autograph from Proust to his dear little Daudet. € 3.000 / 4.000 <b>Pandolfini, Nov. 18:</b> Beautiful and rare poetic manuscript, first draft, of an airy lightness by De Saint-Exupéry. € 4.000 / 5.000
    Pandolfini Casa d’Aste
    Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints
    18 November 2025
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Dante. De la volgare eloquenzia. Vicenza, Janiculo, 1529. € 1.500 / 2.000
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: San Tommaso d’Aquino. Scriptum secundum luculentissimum angelico. Legato con Problemata. Lione, Jacques Myt e Francesco Giunta, 1520. € 2.500 / €3.500
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Palladio, Andrea. I quattro libri dell'architettura. Venezia, de' Franceschi, 1570. € 13.000 / 15.000
    Pandolfini Casa d’Aste
    Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints
    18 November 2025
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: De Saint Amant, Pierre Charles. Voyages en Californie et dans l'Orégon. Parigi, Maison, 1854. € 400 / 500
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Description de l’Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’armée française. Parigi, 1820-1829. € 35.000 / 40.000
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Allioni, Carlo. Flora Pedemontana sive enumeratio methodica stirpium indigenarum Pedemontii. Torino, Briolo, 1785. € 6.000 / 8.000
    Pandolfini Casa d’Aste
    Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints
    18 November 2025
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: First edition of John Gould's first work with uncolored backgrounds. € 5.000 / 7.000
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Rossini, Luigi. Le Antichità dei contorni di Roma. Roma, presso l'autore e Scudellari, 1824-26. € 2.500 / 3.500
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. New York, Appleton & Co., 1866. € 6.000 / 8.000
    Pandolfini Casa d’Aste
    Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints
    18 November 2025
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf. Monaco, Franz Eher, 1925-27. € 15.000 / 20.000
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Interesting autograph from Proust to his dear little Daudet. € 3.000 / 4.000
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Beautiful and rare poetic manuscript, first draft, of an airy lightness by De Saint-Exupéry. € 4.000 / 5.000
  • <b><center>Doyle<br>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>November 25</center></b> <b><center>Doyle<br>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>November 25</center></b> <b><center>Doyle<br>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>November 25</center></b> <b><center>Doyle<br>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>November 25</center></b> <b><center>Doyle<br>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>November 25</center></b> <b><center>Doyle<br>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>November 25</center></b> <b><center>Doyle<br>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>November 25</center></b> <b><center>Doyle<br>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>November 25</center></b>
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  • <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 24th</center></b> <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> M. Waldseemüller, <i>Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus,</i> 1520. Est: € 250,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> I. Newton, <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica,</i> 1687. Est: € 100,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> L. Feininger, Collection of 33 comic strips, 1906-1907. Est: € 8,000 <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 24th</center></b> <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b>H. Schedel, <i>Liber chronicarum,</i> 1493. Est: € 30,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> K. Bodmer, Personal Sketchbook with ca. 80 pencil drawings. Est: € 25,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> Collection of 18 postcards <i>“Bauhaus-Ausstellung Weimar 1923.“</i> Est: € 40,000 <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 24th</center></b> <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> Latin Book of hours on vellum, 1505. Est: € 12,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> G. Shaw & F. P. Nodder, <i>Vivarium naturae,</i> 1789-1813. Est: € 10,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, <i>The Little Prince,</i> 1943. First American edition. Est: € 6,000 <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 24th</center></b> <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> Ibn Butlan, <i>Tacuini sanitatis,</i> 1531. Est: € 8,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> Hermann Hesse, <i>Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola,</i> 1927. Est: € 12,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> Pop Art portfolio <i>Reality & Paradoxes,</i> 1973. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: M. Waldseemüller, Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus, 1520. Est: € 250,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: I. Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, 1687. Est: € 100,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: L. Feininger, Collection of 33 comic strips, 1906-1907. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24:H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 30,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: K. Bodmer, Personal Sketchbook with ca. 80 pencil drawings. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Collection of 18 postcards “Bauhaus-Ausstellung Weimar 1923.“ Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Latin Book of hours on vellum, 1505. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: G. Shaw & F. P. Nodder, Vivarium naturae, 1789-1813. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943. First American edition. Est: € 6,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Ibn Butlan, Tacuini sanitatis, 1531. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Hermann Hesse, Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola, 1927. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Pop Art portfolio Reality & Paradoxes, 1973. Est: € 12,000