Auction House Details

Zisska and Lacher

Auction House Name Zisska and Lacher
Site URL http://en.zisska.de/
About Us The Munich auction house F. Zisska & R. Kistner – international specialists in rare antiquarian books and prints – was founded in 1983. In 2006, the company’s founding directors Friedrich Zisska and Rolf Kistner retired and the company changed hands. Wolfgang Lacher, Herbert Schauer and Friedrich Zisska rebuilt the company in January 2007 under a new name, Zisska, Schauer & Co. KG. On August 6th 2014 Herbert Schauer left the Company, which was on the same date reopened by Friedrich Zisska and Wolfgang Lacher as Zisska & Lacher Buch- und Kunstauktionshaus GmbH & Co. KG. The company will continue to hold specialist auction sales of antiquarian books and prints on a biannual basis in May and November. As antiquarian book experts, the Zisska & Lacher fields of specialization cover all the core areas – manuscripts; autograph letters and documents; incunabula; early woodcut books; medieval illuminated manuscripts; theology; natural history; bibliography; art history; history; literature; antique maps and atlases; travel; and topographical and decorative prints. The company also specializes in rare bibliophile items and modern first editions and has handled sales of important private collections and libraries. Special catalogues are usually prepared for important single auctions. The company places major emphasis on scholarly attention to detail and high standards of expertise in cataloguing rare antiquarian items. Each auction is accompanied by a comprehensive, fully illustrated catalogue containing detailed descriptions of the items offered for sale. These catalogues are characterized by their in-depth knowledge and bibliographic accuracy. They are compiled and researched by a team of experts who are able to draw on the resources of the company’s extensive reference library and when necessary, the expertise of independent specialists.
Who do I contact if I have questions? auctions@zisska.de
City Munich
Country Germany
Zipcode D-80331
Contact Number +49 (0)89 263855
Buyer's Fee A buyer’s premium of 28 % including statutory VAT is levied on the hammer price (margin scheme),
Consigner's Fee

AUCTION LIST

June 04, 2025 - June 04, 2025, Manuscripts, Autographs, Rare Books and Posters, #85a
June 05, 2025 - June 05, 2025, Rare Books, Sheet Music, Atlases, Maps and Decorative Prints, #85b
June 06, 2025 - June 06, 2025, Fine Art, Old Masters, Art Prints, Modern and Contemporary Art, #85c
June 29, 2025 - June 29, 2025, Auction 85 After Sale, #85AS

  • <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper <br> 17th July 2025</center></b> <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Lucianus Samosatensis. <i>Dialogoi, editio princeps,</i> second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Boccaccio (Giovanni). <i>Il Decamerone,</i> Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Bible, English. <i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New,</i> Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Bond (Michael). <i>A Bear Called Paddington,</i> first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper <br> 17th July 2025</center></b> <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Yeats (William Butler). <i>The Secret Rose,</i> first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). <i>Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,</i> bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). <i>Fraternity,</i> one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. <i>De gli Elementi,</i> Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Geek Week<br>2-17 July | New York</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Album Containing Four Signed Photographs of Albert Einstein, With Eleven Additional Einstein Photographs, From His Journey to Japan Aboard the S.S. Kitano Maru, 1922. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Fred Freeman. Illustration of the Channel Tunnel’s British Portal (Presumably at Folkestone), ca. 1958. $5,000 to $7,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky Group of Awards. Pief Panofsky's 1961 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, National Medal of Science, Enrico Fermi Award, and Others. $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Seymour Cray; Cray-3. Manuscript Cray-3 Logbook, 1989-90. — The Only Significant Cray Manuscript to Come to Auction. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Geek Week
    2-17 July | New York
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Album Containing Four Signed Photographs of Albert Einstein, With Eleven Additional Einstein Photographs, From His Journey to Japan Aboard the S.S. Kitano Maru, 1922. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Fred Freeman. Illustration of the Channel Tunnel’s British Portal (Presumably at Folkestone), ca. 1958. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky Group of Awards. Pief Panofsky's 1961 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, National Medal of Science, Enrico Fermi Award, and Others. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Seymour Cray; Cray-3. Manuscript Cray-3 Logbook, 1989-90. — The Only Significant Cray Manuscript to Come to Auction. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977. $5,000 to $8,000.
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