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Galerie Bassenge

Auction Info

Sale Name
History, Geogr.and Decorative Prints
Auction Date
04/27/2006 - 04/27/2006
Year of Sale
2006
Sale Number
#87BC
Total Lots
639
Sold Lots
308
Lots Sold
48.2%
Unsold Lots
331
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
172,299.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
151,578.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
151,578.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
366,678.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
366,678.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
46.99%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
174,088.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
264 Hartknoch, Christoph Alt- und Neues Preussen

1684

 USD 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 8,630.40
55 Gazzettiere Americano Tradotto dall' inglese

(1763)

 USD 2,880.00 - 2,880.00 4,746.72
147 Struysz (Strauss), Joh. Janz. wiederwartige, und Denckwurdige Reysen

1678

 USD 4,320.00 - 4,320.00 4,315.20
12 Prevost D'Exiles, A. F. Histoire generale des voyages - Atlas

USD 3,600.00 - 3,600.00 4,315.20
54 Gage, Thomas Reise-Beschreibung nach Neu-Spanien + Chardin

1693

 USD 4,320.00 - 4,320.00 4,027.52
413 Atlas (Danckerts) Fragment

Um 1650

 USD 2,160.00 - 2,160.00 3,739.84
63 Venegas, Miguel Naturliche ... Geschichte von Californien

1769-1770

 USD 4,200.00 - 4,200.00 3,596.00
582 Moskau; St. Petersburg verchiedene Ansichten

Um 1850

 USD 540.00 - 540.00 3,452.16
93 Dibdin, Thomas Frognall Bibliographical Antiquarian and Pituresque Tour

1838

 USD 600.00 - 600.00 2,876.80
62 Temper, C. G. C. G. Klinckhardt's Reise nach Nord-Amerika

1833

 USD 360.00 - 360.00 2,876.80
169 Furstenberg, Ferdinand von Monumenta Paderbornensia

1714

 USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 2,589.12
429 Blaeu-Landkarten Deutschland

Um 1635

 USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 2,445.28
404 Amerika (de Wit) Nova totius Americae descriptio

1660

 USD 2,160.00 - 2,160.00 2,157.60
640 Wurzburg Verschiedene Schlossgartenansichten

Um 1770

 USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,157.60
76 Hanway, Jonas Zuverlassige Geschichte der Englischen Handlung

1769

 USD 1,440.00 - 1,440.00 2,013.76
210 Zeiller, Martin Reichs-Geographia und Genealogia

1696

 USD 1,440.00 - 1,440.00 2,013.76
153 Welsch, Hieronymus Warhafftige Reiss-Beschreibung

1658

 USD 2,160.00 - 2,160.00 2,013.76
25 Bry, J. T. u. J. I. Sechster Theil der Orientalischen Indien

1603

 USD 2,040.00 - 2,040.00 2,013.76
21 Weigel, Joh. Chr. Atlas portatilis

1745

 USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 1,869.92
167 Dresser, Matthaus Von den furnembsten Stadten

1607

 USD 1,020.00 - 1,020.00 1,798.00
6 Cluver, Ph. Introductio in universam geographiam

1641

 USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 1,782.92
518 Berlin vom Kreuzberg aus

Um 1840

 USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 1,726.08
623 Venedig Venetia

USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 1,726.08
274 Fischhausen - Kirchenbuch Handschrift auf Pergament

1700-1819

 USD 1,440.00 - 1,440.00 1,726.08
294 Schmidt, V. H. Wegweiser fur Fremde

1816

 USD 1,680.00 - 1,680.00 1,438.40
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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  • <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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.