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Auction Name Music and Continent Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (GBP) 623,350.00
Auction Date June 09, 2010 - June 09, 2010 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 534,500.00
Sale Number #L10402 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 724,500.00
Total Lots 195
Sold Lots 109 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 757,200.00
% of Lots Sold 55.90% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,034,600.00
Unsold Lots 86 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 60.25%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

IMPORTANT EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN MANUSCRIPT OF THE FRENCH SUITES FOR KEYBOARD BWV 812-815 & 817, THE

 1788 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 58,000.00
78 SCHUBERT, FRANZ.

THE LONG-LOST AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE SONG BLONDEL ZU MARIEN D.626, SIGNED ("FRANZ SCHUBERT[PARAPH]IA")

 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 44,000.00
80 SCHUMANN, ROBERT.

FINE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED OF "BUNTE BLATTER" OP.99, NO.8, THE ORIGINAL VERSION COMPOSED FOR PAULINE VIARDOT...

 1838 GBP 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 28,000.00
7 BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN.

AUTOGRAPH DRAFT OF A LETTER, ABOUT HIS NEPHEW KARL

 1821 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 27,000.00
205 KUTEPOV, NIKOLAI.

TSARSKAYA (IMPERATORSKAYA) OKHOTA NA RUSI [THE ROYAL (IMPERIAL) HUNT IN RUSSIA].

1896 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 26,000.00
10 BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN.

IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY SCRIBAL COPY OF THE STRING QUARTET IN E FLAT, OP.127, THE PRINTER'S COPY USED FOR THE FIRST EDITION OF THE SCORE

 GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 18,000.00
192 LISSITZKY, EL--INTERNATIONAL HYGIENE EXHIBITION.

ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SOVIET PAVILLION OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL HYGIENE EXHIBITION, DRESDEN, 1930.

 1930 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 18,000.00
8 BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN.

IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY GERMAN MANUSCRIPT OF THE VIOLIN SONATA IN A MAJOR, OP.47 (THE

1805 GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 16,000.00
99 WAGNER, RICHARD.

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF SIEGFRIED

 1862 GBP 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
9 BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN.

AUTOGRAPH RECEIPT SIGNED ("LUDWIG VAN BEETHOWEN"), FOR HIS ALLOWANCE FROM PRINCE KINSKY IN 1817

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 14,000.00
55 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX.

IMPORTANT ELEVEN-PAGE AUTOGRAPH DRAFT OF A PETITION TO KING FRIEDRICH AUGUST II OF SAXONY

 1840 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 14,000.00
51 LULLY, JEAN-BAPTISTE.

CONTEMPORARY MANUSCRIPT SCORE OF "ARMIDE, TRAGEDIE"

1686 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 13,000.00
125 FRANCE

TABLEAU DES FINANCES DE LA FRANCE A L'EPOQUE DE LA TENUE DES ETATS GENERAUX, ENSEMBLE LE RESUME DE L'ETENDUE DE LA POPULATION ET DES CONTRIBUTIONS DE CHAQUE GENERALITE DE LA ROYAUME.

 1789 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 13,000.00
34 GLUCK, CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD.

IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GLUCK[PARAPH]")

 1781 GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,000.00
110 EURIPIDES.

TRAGWDIAI EPTAKAIDEKA... TRAGOEDIAE SEPTENDECIM, EX QUIB. QUAEDAM HABENT COMMENTARIA. (VENICE: ALDUS, FEBRUARY 1503)

 1503 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 12,000.00
117 VASARI, GIORGIO.

VITE DE' PIÙ ECCELLENTI ARCHITETTI, PITTORI, ET SCULTORI ITALIANI, DA CIMABUE INSINO A' TEMPI NOSTRI.

 1550 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 12,000.00
207 PUTILOV, NIKOLAI IVANOVICH.

SBORNIK IZVESTIYA, OTNOSYASHCHIKHSYA DO NASTOYASHCHEI VOINY [COLLECTION OF NEWS CONCERNING THE PRESENT WAR].

 1854 GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 11,000.00
98 WAGNER, RICHARD.

IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RW"), TO THE CHORUS-MASTER WILHELM FISCHER IN DRESDEN, WITH TWO PAGES OF AUTOGRAPH LIBRETTO FOR THE END OF TANNHÄUSER

GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 11,000.00
74 RHAU, GEORG.

FINE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY VOLUME OF GERMAN TRACTS ON MUSIC BY RHAU AND GALLICULUS, WITH EDITIONS OF CICERO AND VERGIL...

 GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
128 VASI, GIUSEPPE.

DELLE MAGNIFICENZE DI ROMA ANTICA E MODERNA.

 1747 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 8,500.00
2 BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN MANUSCRIPT OF THE FRENCH SUITE NO.5, BWV 816

 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,000.00
47 JOACHIM, JOSEPH.

CORRECTED MANUSCRIPT OF HIS "HAMLET" OVERTURE, OP.4, SIGNED TWICE ("JOSEPH JOACHIM")

 1853 GBP 10,000.00 - 11,000.00 GBP 8,000.00
53 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY [HENSEL], FANNY.

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE DUETS "MEIN LIEBCHEN, WIR SASSEN BEISAMMEN" AND "DIE SENNIN"

 1841 GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 8,000.00
35 HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC.

CONTEMPORARY MANUSCRIPT OF OPERA ARIAS AND KEYBOARD PIECES

 1737 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 7,500.00
119 PASCAL, BLAISE.

PENSÉES... SUR LA RELIGION ET SUR QUELQUES AUTRES SUJETS, QUI ONT ESTÉ TROUVÉES APRÉS SA MORT PARMY SES PAPIERS.

 1670 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 7,500.00
  • 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.
  • Sotheby’s
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    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
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    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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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