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  • 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
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
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    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
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    November 25
    Doyle
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    November 25
    Doyle
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    November 25
    Doyle
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    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
  • Swann
    Rare & Important Travel Posters
    November 25, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 25: James Northfield. Australia / Koala. 1931. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Mitsuharu Horiuchi. The North China Railway Co. Circa 1939. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Cunard [Slavonia] / New York Mediterranean. Circa 1905. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Rare & Important Travel Posters
    November 25, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 25: White Star Line / Types of World Famous Liners. Circa 1927. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Visit the USSR. 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Stefan Norblin. Wilno. Circa 1930. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Rare & Important Travel Posters
    November 25, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 25: Samuel Henchoz. Villars Chesières Suisse. 1948. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Roger Broders. Marseille / Porte de l'Afrique du Nord. 1929. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Arthur Vivian Farrar. Time is Money / Underground. Gouache maquette. 1930. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann
    Rare & Important Travel Posters
    November 25, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 25: Hawaii / Paradise of the Pacific. 1908. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Nov. 25: David Klein. New York / Fly TWA. 1956. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Swann, Nov. 25: Leslie Ragan. The New 20th Century Limited / New York Central System. 1939. $15,000 to $20,000.

Rare Book Monthly

Articles - December - 2013 Issue

Auctions in December

A busy start leading to a well earned rest

A busy start leading to a well earned rest

The book, manuscript, map and ephemera auctions in December complete what has been a strong run through the fall season.  Weeks now see what used to be annual volumes.  Many dealers report their sales are also strong.  Whether this is a cyclical economic recovery or a more fundamental shift to auctions is now the subject of debate.  What is not subject to debate is the breath of material that will soon be sold. The opportunities are many.

 

Sunday December 1st

Piasa – Paris.  Tin Tin [22651].  288 lots

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Comics – internet bidding ending today.

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Posters – internet bidding ending today.

 

Monday December 2nd

Autographes Encheres.  Stars from Hollywood – internet bidding ending today.

 

Tuesday December 3rd

Christie’s – London – King Street.  Old Master Prints [1139].  103 lots

Sotheby’s – Paris.  Western Manuscripts and Miniatures [13241].  58 lots

 

Wednesday December 4th

Galerie Bassenge – Berlin – Grunewald.  Photographs [102L].  96 lots

Bonhams – London.  Travel and Exploration [21102].  116 lots

Christie’s – London – King Street.  Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints [9728].  410 lots

Rupert Toovey and Co. – West Sussex.  Prints [1173].

Artcurial – Paris.  Prints and Illustrated Books [24399].  274 lots

Binoche et Giguello – rue La Boetie, Paris.  Baroque Library of Jean Claude Carriere [17245].  272 lots

Dorotheum – Vienna.  Autographs [10345].  369 lots

Galerie Bassenge – Berlin – Grunewald.  Photobooks and Photo Literature [102M].  187 lots

Galerie Bassenge – Berlin – Grunewald.  Photography of the 19th – 21st Centuries [102N].  419 lots

 

Thursday December 5th

Bonhams – London.  Travel and Exploration [21102].  116 lots

Sotheby’s – New York.  Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Americana [N09057].  169 lots

Swann Galleries – New York.  Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Historical Prints and Ephemera [2334].  444 lots

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Rare Books – internet bidding ending today [201349].
PBA Galleries – San Francisco.  Fine Literature [521].  589 lots

Piasa – Paris.  H. M. Petiet [22703].  256 lots

Ader – Paris.  Modern and Contemporary Photographs [24389].  277 lots

 

Friday December 6th

Christie’s – New York.  Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts [2751].  199 lots

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Entertainment [7082].  320 lots

Pierre Berge and Associes – Paris.  Books, Autographs and Manuscripts [16866].  139 lots

Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers – Norwich.  Modern British Prints [1175].  141 lots

Beaussant Lefevre – Paris.  Prints [24369].  16 lots

Christie’s – New York.  Dylan Goes Electric [3482].  5 lots

 

Saturday December 7th

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Civil War [6107].

Koller Auctions – Zurich.  Modern Prints [Z35].  146 lots

Clars Auction Gallery – Oakland.  Prints [120713].

Ketterer Kunst Doerling – Hamburg.  Contemporary Prints [410].  111 lots

 

Sunday December 8th

Bonhams – San Francisco.  Prints [21040].  107 lots

Clars Auction Gallery – Oakland.  Prints [120713].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Comics [121349].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Posters [161349]

 

Monday December 9th

Bonhams – New York.  Judaica [21388].

Alde – Paris.  Letters and Manuscripts [22897].

 

Tuesday December 10th

Aguttes – Neuilly-sur-Seine.  Books, Posters and Ancient Paper [22439].

Alde – Paris.  Ancient Books from the XIXth Century [22899].

Bonhams – Los Angeles.  Entertainment Memorabilia [21024].

Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers – Kilkenny.  Important Rare Books [121013].

Minerva Auctions Roma.  Books, Autographs, Prints [98].  733 lots

Sotheby’s – London.  English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations [13408].

Sotheby’s – London.  Library of an English Bibliophile – Part III [13411].

 

Wednesday December 11th

RR Auction – Amherst.  Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph [420].  1,576 lots

Bonhams – New York.  Fine Books and Manuscripts [21029]

Dominic Winter Book Auctions – Gloustershire.  Printed Books, Maps and Documents [121113].

Minerva Auctions Roma.  Photographs [99].

Bloomsbury Auctions – London.  Pictures and Books [36099].  295 lots

Dorotheum – Vienna.  Prints before 1900 [121113].

 

Thursday December 12th

DeBaecque and Associes – Lyon.  Books, Antiquarian and Modern, Autographs and Documents [22801].

Gonnnelli Casa D’Aste – Firenze.  Prints [0014].

Swann Galleries – New York.  Classic Photographs and Photobooks [2335].

Bloomsbury Auctions – London.  Bibliophile [36106].

Dominic Winter Book Auctions – Gloucestershire.  Children’s and Illustrated Books [121213].

Dorotheum – Vienna.  Books and Decorative Prints [121213].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Rare Books – internet bidding ends today [201250].

 

Friday December 13th

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society.  Rare and Used Books [121313].

 

Saturday December 14th

Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH.  Rare Books, Prints and Photography [85].

Neret Minet and Tessier – Paris.  Comic Strips [18053].

 

Saturday December 15th

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Comics internet bidding ending today [121350].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Comics

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Posters [161350]

 

Sunday December 16th

Cowans Auctions.  American History online bidding ends today [372].

 

Monday December 17th

Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions.  Books [121713].

Tajan – Paris.  Ancient and Modern Prints [9855].

Artcurial – Paris.  Books and Manuscripts [2399].

Grays Auctioneers – Cleveland.  Vintage Comic Books [74].

 

Tuesday December 18th

Bonhams – London.  Entertainment Memorabilia [20772].

Sotheby’s – Paris.  Bibliotheque Raoul Simonson – Albert et Monique Kies – Seconde partie [pf1332].

Swann Galleries – New York.  Julius Paul Collection of Posters [2336].  378 lots

Bloomsbury Auctions – London.  Antiquarian Books [36108].

Profiles in History – Calabasas Hills.  Rock and Roll [59].  161 lots

 

Wednesday December 19th

RR Auction – Amherst.  Autographs [121913].

Neret Minet and Tessier – Paris.  Books [17093].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Rare Books – internet bidding ending today [201351]

PBA Galleries – San Francisco.  Fine Books in all Fields [522].

Profiles in History – Calabasas Hills.  The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector Part III [61].  216 lots

 

Thursday December 20th

Profiles in History – Calabasas.  Hollywood and Animation Day I [122013].

 

Friday December 21st

Profiles in History – Calabasas.  Hollywood and Animation Day II [122113].

Saturday December 22nd

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Comics – internet bidding ends today [121351]

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Posters – internet bidding ends today [161351].

 

Thursday December 26th

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Rare Books – internet bidding ends today [201352].

 

Sunday December 29th

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Comics - internet bidding ends today [1213352]

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Posters – internet bidding ends today [161352].

 

Tuesday December 31st.  Rupert Toovey and Co. – West Sussex.  Prints [1176].

 


Posted On: 2013-12-01 14:45
User Name: dlw181

Hi Bruce,

It would be a great help to me (and I suspect others) if you could provide guidance as to the composition of the upcoming auctions. As a collector of first edition science documents, I can report that while your auction list is very helpful, it would be even more so if lots were tagged by category so as to allow searches of "science" for example. I am not going to look through all the lots of every auction, so am left with the imperfect alternative of searching using keywords like atom, quantum and Einstein.


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  • 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.
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Soldier Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
  • 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
  • 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.

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