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Auction Name Books, Autographs and Prints Total Sales (EUR) 300,815.00
Auction Date December 14, 2017 - December 14, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 155,890.00
Sale Number #148a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 202,340.00
Total Lots 435
Sold Lots 246 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 462,270.00
% of Lots Sold 56.55% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 587,930.00
Unsold Lots 189 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 51.17%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
170 Cartografia - Bardin, William e Thomas Marriott - Arrowsmith, Aaron

New British Terrestrial Globe / New British Celestial Globe British Terrestrial Globe: Dedicato "To the Honourable Sir Joseph Banks

1799 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 45,000.00
221 Atlante - Magini, Giovanni Antonio

Italia di Gio. Ant. Magini data in luce da Fabio suo figliuolo al serenissimo Ferdinando Gonzaga duca di Mantova Bologna

1620 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
176 Durer, Albrecht

Il porco mostruoso di Landseer Bulino

1496 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,500.00 EUR 6,875.00
220 Atlante - Magini, Giovanni Antonio

Italia [..] data in luce da Fabio figliuolo Bologna

1620 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,500.00 EUR 6,250.00
183 Goltzius, Hendrick

Ercole e Caco Silografia policroma a tre legni: nero

1588 EUR 3,200.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 5,250.00
246 Fontana, Carlo

Templum Vaticanum et ipsius origo Roma

1694 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 5,000.00
256 Legatura

Legatura à la fanfare [secolo XVII]. In 2°. Marocchino rosso impresso in oro

secolo XVII EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 4,500.00
19 Firenze - Medici

Privilegio del Priorato Grande privilegio del Priorato pergamenaceo di 500 x 790 mm. entro pregevole cornice dorata antica di 690 x 980 mm.

1589 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,250.00
24 Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

Lettera autografa firmata Una pagina in 8°

1826 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,000.00
126 Münster, Sebastian

Kalendarium Hebraicum ex Hebraeorum penetralibus iam recens in lucem aeditum Basilea

1527 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,900.00 EUR 3,750.00
166 Bruegel, Peter il Vecchio

Plaustrum Belgicum Acquaforte e bulino

1555-56 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,750.00
188 Leyden, Lucas van

Cristo Deriso Bulino

EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,750.00
189 Leyden, Lucas van

Ecce Homo Bulino

EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,750.00
222 Atlante - Muller, Johann Ulrich

Geographia totius Orbis compendiaria. Singulas ejus Partes

1692 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,750.00
53 Modestus - Pomponio Leto

De re militari - De magistratibus - De sacerdotiis - De legibus Manoscritto cartaceo

1488 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 3,500.00
118 Manoscritto - Cicerone, Marco Tullio

[Topica] Manoscritto membranaceo

180 x 110 mm EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,500.00
417 Legatura - Pignatelli, 1726

Synodus diocesana [...] Roma

1726 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 3,500.00
165 Brescia - Zucchi, Francesco

Brixia Veronae mater amata meae Acquaforte

1751 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,375.00
56 Rolewinck, Werner

Fasciculus temporum Venezia

1485 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,250.00
66 Aldina - Demostene

Orationum pars prima

1554 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,250.00
236 Dal Monte, Guidobaldo

Perspectivae Libri Sex Pesaro

1600 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,250.00
68 Architettura - Alberti, Leon Battista

L'Architettura di Leonbatista Alberti tradotta in lingua fiorentina da Cosimo Bartoli Firenze

1550 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,125.00
407 La Placa, Pietro

Relazione delle pompe festive seguite in Palermo capital della Sicilia nella celebrità delle regie nozze di Carlo Borbone re di Sicilia

1739 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,125.00
237 Descartes, René

Principia philosophiae - Specimina philosophiae: seu dissertatio de methodo [...] dioptrice

1644 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,000.00
54 Omero

Ilias Brescia

1497 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,625.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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