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Morton Subastas

Auction Info

Sale Name
Antiquarian Books and Documents
Auction Date
04/05/2016 - 04/05/2016
Year of Sale
2016
Sale Number
#781
Total Lots
323
Sold Lots
133
Lots Sold
41.2%
Unsold Lots
190
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (MXN)
1,995,360.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN)
1,443,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN)
1,792,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN)
2,884,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (MXN)
3,606,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
55.33%
Currency
MXN
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
128,114.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
158 CO - Rosny, León de (Introducción). Codex Peresianus.

1888

 MXN 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 96,000.00
42 DI - Canalizo, Valentín. Bando sobre las Bases de Organización Política de la República Mexicana (Bases Orgánicas de 1843).

MXN 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 72,000.00
40 DI - Berdeja, Justo Sebastián de. Bando sobre Nombramiento como Emperador a Agustín de Iturbide.

MXN 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 66,000.00
43 DI - Castillo, M. de. / Villar y Bocanegra, José del. Decreto sobre el Escudo de Armas del Imperio / Leyes del Imperio.

MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 64,800.00
60 DI - Mier y Villar, Juan de - Bergosa y Jordan, Antonio. Edicto sobre la Posesión de Libros Prohibidos por la Inquisición.

1783

 MXN 55,000.00 - 65,000.00 60,000.00
7 Briquet, Abel - Jackson, W. H. Album Fotográfico.

Circa 1890.

MXN 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 60,000.00
313 R - Sprengeri, Iacobi - Institoris, Heinrich - Nideri, Ioannis - Basin, Bernhardin - Molitoris, Irici - Gerson, Ioannis - Murnet, Thomae - Spina, Bartholomaei. Mallevs Maleficarvm.

1620

 MXN 55,000.00 - 65,000.00 60,000.00
221 HM - García, Genaro - Pereyra, Carlos. Documentos Inéditos o Muy Raros Para la Historia de México.

1905 - 1911.

MXN 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 57,600.00
183 EX - Albo, Francisco - Calero, Francisco - Lucena Giraldo, Manuel - Pigafetta, Antonio. Primer Viaje Alrededor del Mundo (1519 - 1522) de Magallanes - Elcano.

2007

 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 48,000.00
193 G - Fernández, Leandro. Album de Ferrocarriles.

1910

 MXN 22,000.00 - 26,000.00 45,600.00
199 GA - Carta de Juan de la Cosa.

1982

 MXN 20,000.00 - 22,000.00 43,200.00
285 MM - Esteva Bruell, José Ignacio. Memorias de Hacienda de México 1825- 1827.

MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 42,000.00
279 ME - Hipócrates. Magni Hippocratis Coaca Praesagia, Opus Plane Divinum, et Verae Medicinae Tanquam Thesaurus.

1576

 MXN 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 40,800.00
12 Fusilamiento de Maximiliano / Capilla del Cerro de las Campanas.

MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 40,800.00
106 X - Nuevo Fondo Mexicano de 5% Consolidado para la Construcción del Camino de Fierro de Veracruz a México. Bono.

MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 36,000.00
154 CD - Echaniz, Guillermo M. (Editor). Códice Mariano Fernández Echeverria y Veytia.

[1937].

MXN 30,000.00 - 35,000.00 33,600.00
208 HM - Blanchard, P. - Dauzats, A. San Juan de Ulùa ou Relation de l'Expédition Fracaise au Mexique.

1839

 MXN 30,000.00 - 35,000.00 33,600.00
188 EX - Humboldt, Alejandro de. Vues des Cordillères, et Monumens des Peuples Indigènes de L'Amérique.

1816

 MXN 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 31,200.00
265 L - Autores Varios. Colección Universal.

1919 - 1929.

MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 31,200.00
57 DI - Iturbide, Agustín de. Indicación del Origen de los Extravíos del Congreso Mexicano, que han Motivado su Disolución.

1822

 MXN 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 28,800.00
267 L - Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha.

1827

 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 26,400.00
290 MM - Vázquez, Emilio / Gayol, Roberto / Peñafiel, Antonio / Rincón Gallardo, Pedro. Las Aguas de la República / Estudio de las Perturbaciones que en el Fondo del Valle de México / Memoria sobre las Aguas Potables de la Capital de México / Memoria sobre las Obras del Desagüe del Valle.

MXN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 26,400.00
152 CD - Burland, C. A. (Introducción). Codex Egerton 2895.

1965

 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 24,000.00
163 CN - Jüncken, Helfrico Johanne. Chymia Expermentalis Curiosa.

1681

 MXN 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 24,000.00
14 Goupil - Collin - Fratelli - Bulla Fréres - Neurdien - Carolo Ponti - Laurent - Gustav Schauer. Grandes Pintores y sus Obras.

principios del Siglo XX.

MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 22,800.00
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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