Bruun Rasmussen: Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (EUR) | 187,375.00 |
| Auction Date | December 12, 2017 - December 12, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 120,822.00 |
| Sale Number | #1750b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 156,483.00 |
| Total Lots | 233 | ||
| Sold Lots | 198 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 150,742.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.98% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 192,396.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 35 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 97.39% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6003 | Georges Rouault | Impressive work. "Miserere", 1922–1927. Portfolio with 58 gravures aquatint, photogravure, drypoint, roulette, etching. |
1922–1927. | EUR 10,800.00 - 13,500.00 | EUR 10,062.50 |
| 6082 | Famous "Wunderkammer" book | Ole Worm: Museum Wormianum seu Historia Rerum Rariorum [...] |
1655 | EUR 2,700.00 - 4,050.00 | EUR 8,375.00 |
| 6095 | Ludvig Holberg | Jødiske Historie [...] I-II. 2 vols. |
1742 | EUR 1,350.00 - 2,020.00 | EUR 5,687.50 |
| 6077 | Christian IV's bible | Biblia Det er Den gantske Hellige Scrifft, 1633 paa Danske [...]. |
1633 | EUR 2,700.00 - 4,050.00 | EUR 4,875.00 |
| 6092 | Brodum | A medical essay on [...] coughs. |
1814 | EUR 2,020.00 - 2,700.00 | EUR 4,187.50 |
| 6098 | Juan Valverde di Hamusco | Anatomia del corpo humano composta. |
1560 | EUR 2,020.00 - 2,700.00 | EUR 3,875.00 |
| 6114 | Collection of 18 vols. on Danish/European history, law and religion. Danish, German and Latin language. Mostly 16th -18th century. (18) |
Mostly 16th -18th century. | EUR 1,350.00 - 2,020.00 | EUR 3,687.50 | |
| 6119 | Anton van Leeuwenhoek | Epistolae ad Societem Regiam Anglicam [...]. |
1719 | EUR 800.00 - 1,080.00 | EUR 3,375.00 |
| 6131 | Walt Disney | Artwork created to illustrate Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" (Tornerose). |
1959 | EUR 2,700.00 - 4,050.00 | EUR 3,250.00 |
| 6213 | Ib Gertsen | Album dedicated to Knud Rasmussen, with more than 40 early drawings. Enclosed books and photographs. |
EUR 540.00 - 800.00 | EUR 3,250.00 | |
| 6008 | Danish design | Large collection of more than 400 issues. of Nyt Tidsskrift for Kunstindustri /Dansk Kunsthaandværk. |
1928 to 1972. | EUR 540.00 - 800.00 | EUR 3,187.50 |
| 6096 | Henrik Smid | Henrik Smids Lægebog. |
1577 | EUR 1,350.00 - 2,020.00 | EUR 2,937.50 |
| 6059 | Hans Bellmer | Oracles et Spectacles. 18 etchings by Hans Bellmer and Unica Zürn. All signed. Ëdition Georges Visat |
1967 | EUR 270.00 - 270.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 6075 | John Ross | Kapitain der Königl. Marine. Entdeckungsreise [...]. With 27 plates. (2) |
EUR 540.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,750.00 | |
| 6130 | Philippus Melanchthon | Loci communes seu hypotyposes theologicae. |
1523 | EUR 800.00 - 1,080.00 | EUR 2,625.00 |
| 6152 | Knud Rasmussen | Nice collection on Arctic literature, one vol. bound by Jakob Baden, one vol. inscribed by Knud Rasmussen. (9) |
EUR 800.00 - 1,080.00 | EUR 2,625.00 | |
| 6123 | Pensées de M. Pascal sur la Religion et sur quelques autres sujets [...]. |
1670 | EUR 405.00 - 680.00 | EUR 2,375.00 | |
| 6079 | Johs. V. Jensen | Kongens Fald in 3 parts. |
1900–1901 | EUR 1,350.00 - 2,020.00 | EUR 2,187.50 |
| 6170 | Winston Churchill | Two typewritten letters, both signed by Winston Churchill. One, dated November 19, 1949. |
1949 | EUR 540.00 - 540.00 | EUR 2,187.50 |
| 6012 | Sauret a.o. (eds.) | Chagall Lithographe. 6 vols. |
1960–86 | EUR 2,020.00 - 2,700.00 | EUR 2,125.00 |
| 6122 | Thomas Bartholin | Ungewohnliche anatomische Geschichten [...]. |
1657 | EUR 1,080.00 - 1,350.00 | EUR 2,125.00 |
| 6175 | Francis Scott Fitzgerald | Francis Scott Fitzgerald |
1925 | EUR 1,080.00 - 1,350.00 | EUR 2,125.00 |
| 6009 | Inscribed by Jorn to Schade. | Genia Katz Rajhmann and Asger Oluf Jørgensen (Asger Jorn) Pigen i Ilden. |
[1938]. | EUR 2,020.00 - 2,700.00 | EUR 1,937.50 |
| 6086 | Bayle (ed.) | Dictionnaire historique et critique [...]. 8 vols. |
1740–1756 | EUR 800.00 - 1,080.00 | EUR 1,750.00 |
| 6088 | Dan Turèll | Extensive Dan Turèll collection: Collection of 75 works by or with contributions from Turèll. |
EUR 2,020.00 - 2,700.00 | EUR 1,750.00 |
