Auction Reports

Nosbüsch & Stucke

Auction Info

Sale Name
Books, Ephemera, and Artworks, including items from Stefan George and His Circle
Auction Date
02/24/2018 - 02/24/2018
Year of Sale
2018
Sale Number
#12b
Total Lots
793
Sold Lots
545
Lots Sold
68.7%
Unsold Lots
248
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (EUR)
475,348.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
302,060.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
302,060.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
445,470.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
445,470.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
106.71%
Currency
EUR
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
596,916.00

Top twenty five by sale price

View All Auction Lots.
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
560 Jedermann sein eigner Fussball.

1919

EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 20,320.00
1052 Schiele, Egon Zeichnungen.

1917

EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 16,510.00
606 Grosz, George Ecce Homo.

1923

EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 13,970.00
1328 Teil der Bibliothek von Karl Wolfskehl (und Margot Ruben).

Um 1898-1990

EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 12,700.00
1088 Wesselmann, Tom Claire sitting with robe half off (Vivienne).

1993

EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 10,795.00
1100 George, Stefan Sammlung von 12 Autographen (8 Briefe, 4 Briefkarten) an die Schriftstellerin Anna Schellenberg.

1902-1907

EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 9,525.00
692 Roth, Dieter Scheisse.

1966

EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 8,890.00
705 Lissitzky, El (Gestaltung) Internationale Hygiene-Ausstellung Dresden 1930.

1930

EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 6,985.00
713 Tschernichow, Jacob Arkhitekturnye fantazii. 101 kompozitsiia v kraskakh.

1933

EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 6,350.00
1039 Picasso, Pablo Hibou.

1954

EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 6,350.00
707 Lissitzky, El (Typographie) SSSR stroit socializm.

1933

EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 5,588.00
605 Sternheim, Carl Posinsky.

1917

EUR 900.00 - 900.00 4,953.00
954 Feininger, Lyonel Sonnenaufgang (Kleinstadt).

1911

EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 4,191.00
643 8 Stunden! Stellungnahme führender Künstler zum Achtstundentag.

1924

EUR 750.00 - 750.00 4,064.00
986 Huszar, Vilmos Ohne Titel (Geometrische Komposition).

EUR 600.00 - 600.00 3,937.00
985 Huszar, Vilmos Ohne Titel (geometrische Komposition).

EUR 600.00 - 600.00 3,937.00
1047 Rohlfs, Christian Glockenblume.

1936

EUR 3,600.00 - 3,600.00 3,810.00
1123 George, Stefan Maximin.

1907 vielmehr 1906

EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 3,302.00
656 Bachmann, Ingeborg Die gestundete Zeit.

2007/2008

EUR 3,700.00 - 3,700.00 3,175.00
774 Calm, Lotte und Reni Schaschl Jahreszeiten.

um 1919

EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 3,175.00
770 Nitsch, Hermann und Heinz Cibulka Sammlung von 5 großformatigen Original-Photographien auf Agfa-Royal-Papier zum "6 tages-spiel" von Hermann Nitsch.

1998

EUR 2,600.00 - 2,600.00 3,048.00
451 Das neue Berlin.

1929

EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 3,048.00
658 Nietzsche, Friedrich Das eherne Schweigen.

2010/2015

EUR 3,600.00 - 3,600.00 3,048.00
509 Haupt, Karl Hermann Ohne Titel.

1925

EUR 450.00 - 450.00 2,794.00
1098 George, Stefan Eigenhändige, zweiseitige Briefkarte an Saladin Schmitt.

1905

EUR 500.00 - 500.00 2,794.00

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    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.
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    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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    December 9-17, 2025
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    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.
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