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Auction Info

Auction Name
Valuable Books from 16th to 20th Century Children Books from the Collection Victor Günthert, Munich
Auction Date
05/21/2016 - 05/21/2016
Sale Number
#52116
Total Lots
840
Sold Lots
583
Lots Sold
69.40%
Unsold Lots
257
Total Sales (EUR)
464,493.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
261,634.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
324,630.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
389,690.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
482,350.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
96.30%

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  • <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Blake | <i>Songs of Innocence and of Experience.</i> Sold: 4,320,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.</i> Sold: 1,920,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Machiavelli | <i>Il Principe,</i> a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Leonardo da Vinci | <i>Trattato della pittura,</i> ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Henri Matisse | <i>Jazz,</i> Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> The First Issue of Robert Frost's <i>A Boy's Will,</i> In Extremely Scarce Binding. <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> Knight's <i>An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus.</i> <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> First Edition of Locke's Important Treatise <i>Some Thoughts Concerning Education.</i> <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> The Richly Illustrated First French Edition of <i>Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales.</i> <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> Scarce First Issue of <i>An Account of the Province of Carolina in America,</i> Finely Bound and With Celebrated John Speed Map. <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> Humphrey's <i>An Historical Account,</i> Complete with Scarce Folding Maps. <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> First Edition of Chamberlain's Scarce Civil War Memoir <i>The Passing of the Armies.</i> <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> A Rare Photograph of David Bruce Brown and #48 Fiat. <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> George Cruikshank (England, 1792-1878), Archive of Sketches, Notes, and Letters. <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> Extremely Scarce Copy of <i>Die Samländische Ode (The Samland Ode),</i> Signed by Max Pechstein. <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> Andy Warhol's <i>The Thirteen Most Wanted Men</i> Exhibition Catalogue. <b>Leland Little, Jan. 22:</b> Edward Ruscha (American, b. 1937), <i>Every Building on the Sunset Strip.</i>
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: The First Issue of Robert Frost's A Boy's Will, In Extremely Scarce Binding.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Knight's An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: First Edition of Locke's Important Treatise Some Thoughts Concerning Education.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: The Richly Illustrated First French Edition of Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Scarce First Issue of An Account of the Province of Carolina in America, Finely Bound and With Celebrated John Speed Map.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Humphrey's An Historical Account, Complete with Scarce Folding Maps.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: First Edition of Chamberlain's Scarce Civil War Memoir The Passing of the Armies.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: A Rare Photograph of David Bruce Brown and #48 Fiat.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: George Cruikshank (England, 1792-1878), Archive of Sketches, Notes, and Letters.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Extremely Scarce Copy of Die Samländische Ode (The Samland Ode), Signed by Max Pechstein.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Andy Warhol's The Thirteen Most Wanted Men Exhibition Catalogue.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Edward Ruscha (American, b. 1937), Every Building on the Sunset Strip.
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