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Auction Info

Sale Name
Antiquarian Books, Documents and Prints
Auction Date
08/26/2021 - 08/26/2021
Year of Sale
2021
Sale Number
#2141
Total Lots
321
Sold Lots
295
Lots Sold
91.9%
Unsold Lots
26
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (COP)
153,312,000.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (COP)
55,940,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (COP)
55,940,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (COP)
70,530,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (COP)
70,530,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
217.37%
Currency
COP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
36,865.30

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
601 Eslava, Sebastián; de Mur, Pedro Diario de todo lo ocurrido en la expugnación de los fuertes de Bocachica y sitio de la ciudad de Cartagena de las Indias.

1741

 COP 4,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 13,800,000.00
605 Constitución del Estado de Cartagena de Indias sancionada en 14 de junio del año 1812, segundo de su independencia

1812

 COP 4,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 8,400,000.00
533 Márquez, Gabriel García La mala hora [Edición numerada]

1962

 COP 600,000.00 - 600,000.00 6,000,000.00
583 [Francis Drake] Die stadt Cartagena von Francisco Drafen gewonnen

ca. 1590

 COP 1,200,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 5,040,000.00
539 Medicina Doméstica ó Casera y Tratado completo sobre los medios de conservar la salud,

1785

 COP 950,000.00 - 950,000.00 4,800,000.00
589 Pointis An Authentic and Particular Account of the Taking of Carthagena by the French in the year 1697

1740

 COP 3,800,000.00 - 3,800,000.00 4,560,000.00
514 La Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada. Tomos IV-1, IV-2, V-1, VII.

1985, 1985, 1963

 COP 550,000.00 - 550,000.00 3,360,000.00
634 Senex, John South America : corrected from the observation communicated to the Royal Societys of London & Paris

1710

 COP 950,000.00 - 950,000.00 3,360,000.00
515 La Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada V 1, IX, XXVII, XXXIX, XLV-2

1985, 1955, 1987, 1985.

 COP 650,000.00 - 650,000.00 3,360,000.00
572 Miscelánea de almanaques

COP 700,000.00 - 700,000.00 3,360,000.00
670 El Coleccionista. Periódico Filatélico y Cartafilo. Año I-II-III. Número 1 al 28

1904-1906

 COP 380,000.00 - 380,000.00 3,120,000.00
588 Pointis Relation de l'expédition de Carthagène fait Par les François M. DC. XCVII.

1698

 COP 2,600,000.00 - 2,600,000.00 3,120,000.00
598 The Pride of Spain Humbled by Admiral Vernon and Sr. Chai Ocie / Don Blass (de Lezo) //They took Carthagena abril. Ref: Betts # 307

1741

 COP 1,500,000.00 - 1,500,000.00 3,000,000.00
543 Vida de la V. M. Francisca Josefa de la Concepción: religiosa del Convento de Sta. Clara de la ciudad de Tunja en el nuebo reyno de Granada

1817

 COP 540,000.00 - 540,000.00 3,000,000.00
636 Bache, Richard Plan of the City of Bogotá the Capital of the Republic of Colombia

[1827]

 COP 1,400,000.00 - 1,400,000.00 2,640,000.00
553 El gobierno General de las Provincias Unidas de la Nueva Granada anuncia que, tras la caída de Napoleón

1815

 COP 420,000.00 - 420,000.00 2,400,000.00
635 Puerto de Sta Martha

[1787]

 COP 1,200,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 2,160,000.00
622 Torres Méndez, Ramón Traje I Modo de viajar de los campesinos de las tierras altas

ca. 1860

 COP 600,000.00 - 600,000.00 2,160,000.00
555 Caldas, Francisco José de (dir.) Semanario de la Nueva Granada

1849

 COP 550,000.00 - 550,000.00 2,040,000.00
597 Admiral Vernon The Preserver of His Country / Took Carthagena. Ref: Betts # 33

1741

 COP 1,200,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 1,920,000.00
511 Alquila, Pedro Verae Effigies Summorum Pontificum Ex Antiquis Numismatibus et picturis Delineatae - Chronologia Summorum Romanorum Pontificum

1675 - ca. 1850

 COP 220,000.00 - 220,000.00 1,920,000.00
512 Boerschmann, Ernst Chinesische Pagoden (Primera parte)

1931

 COP 1,600,000.00 - 1,600,000.00 1,920,000.00
513 La Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada. Tomos I, II, III-1, III-2

1954, 1985, 1985, 1985

 COP 500,000.00 - 500,000.00 1,560,000.00
599 Urrabieta / Martinez Defensa de Cartagena de Indias en 1741

ca.1860

 COP 550,000.00 - 550,000.00 1,560,000.00
667 Acosta de Samper, Soledad La Mujer. Revista quincenal exclusivamente redactada por Señores y Señoritas. Tomos I y II. (Vol. 1 al 24)

1879

 COP 280,000.00 - 280,000.00 1,560,000.00
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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.