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<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Autographs<br>December 11, 2019</b><b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Melville (Herman). <i>White Jacket; or, the World in a Man-of-War,</i> 1st edition, London, 1850. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Bracton (Henry de). <i>De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae,</i> 1st edition, 1569. Ex libris Sir Daniel Dun (c.1545-1617). £3,000 to £5,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Edgar (Thomas). <i>The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights,</i> 1st edition, 1632. £2,000 to £3,000.<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Autographs<br>December 11, 2019</b><b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Donne (John). <i>Poems,</i> 3rd edition, 1639. Ex libris Sir Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982). £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Mandeville (Bernard). <i>The Fable of the Bees,</i> 1st edition, 1714. Rare inspiration for the Wealth of Nations. £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Honter (Johannes, & others). <i>De Cosmographiae rudimentis,</i> Basel, 1561. Ex libris Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514-1574). £5,000 to £8,000.<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Autographs<br>December 11, 2019</b><b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Lincoln (Abraham). Military commission signed, Washington, 1864, and related documents. £3,000 to £5,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Faraday (Michael). Iron filings diagram on waxed blue paper, c.1850. £500 to £800.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Felixmüller (Conrad). <i>ABC,</i> 1st edition, Dresden, 1925. One of 10 hand-coloured copies. Ex libris Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979). £3,000 to £5,000.<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Autographs<br>December 11, 2019</b><b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Kelmscott Press. <i>The Order of Chivalry,</i> 1893. One of 225 copies; presentation copy from Sydney Cockerell. £800 to £1,200.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Anna Livia Plurabelle,</i> 1st edition, New York, 1928. One of 50 special copies on green paper. £1,000 to £1,500<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Orwell (George). <i>Homage to Catalonia,</i> 1st edition, 1938. £2,500 to £3,300
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<b>Sotheby’s: English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations.<br>Online now through December 10<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> Adam Smith. <i>The Wealth of Nations</i>. First edition, 1776. £50,000 to £70,000.<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> William Shakespeare. <i>Comedies, Histories, Tragedies</i>. 1632, the Second Folio. £70,000 to £100,000.<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> The Saint Albans Chronicle.] <i>Here begynneth a shorte & a breue table on these cronycles.</i> Westminster : Wynkyn de Worde, 1497. £50,000 to £70,000.<b>Sotheby’s: English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations.<br>Online now through December 10<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> E.H. Shepherd. “A Very Grand Thing – The Trouble at Owl’s House”. Original ink and watercolour. £40,000 to £60,000.<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> Charles Darwin. <i>On the Origin of Species</i>. First edition, 1859. £15,000 to £20,000.<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> William Blake. <i>Illustrations of the Book of Job.</i> 1825 [but 1826]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Rare Books & Literature Sale<br>December 10, 2019</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Archive of almost 500 Quaker letters written between leading members of the Society of Friends in Ireland between about 1770 and 1830. €10,000 to €15,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Heraldic Grants to the Delaval Family of Northumberland Manuscripts: 9 May 1761. Patent of Stephen Martin Leake. €2,000 to €3,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Unique Manuscript – Miniature Book by Seamus Heaney. Holograph manuscript copy by Heaney of his poem <i>Mad Sweeney’s Praise of Trees</i>. €2,000 to €3,000.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Rare Books & Literature Sale<br>December 10, 2019</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Yeats, Mangan and John McCall, with an ALS Yeats [W.B.]. <i>The Wanderings of Ossian and other Poems.</i> London, 1889. €2,000 to €3,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Toome</i>, illustrated by Jane Proctor. National College of Art and Design 1980. Extremely rare Heaney title limited to 15 copies. €1,500 to €2,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Young (Ella). <i>Celtic Wonder Tales,</i> illustrated by Maud Gonne (four colour plates and other decorations). 1910. Signed by Gonne with an original sketch. €1,000 to €1,500.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Rare Books & Literature Sale<br>December 10, 2019</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> The Yeats Brothers “Jack & William” Yeats (Jack B.) RHA (1839-1922). An attractive small pencil portrait of his son Jack Yeats, aged perhaps 10-12, drawing of a bearded man on rear [with] a second drawing. €1,000 to €1500.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> 18th c. Manuscript Volumes on French Peerage Manuscript: “Recueil de tous les actes concernant les Ducs & Pairs de France… Depuis l’an 900 jusqu’en 1660.” €1,500 to €2,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Churchill (Winston Spencer). <i>The River War, An Historical Account of The Reconquest of the Soudan.</i> 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1899. First Edn. €800 to €1200.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Rare Books & Literature Sale<br>December 10, 2019</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Important Scientific Association Presentation Copy - Tyndall (John). <i>Heat considered as A Mode of Motion…</i> 1863. €600 to €800.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Receipt Signed by Chippewa Chiefs Document dated 24 May 1845 signed by five “Chippewa chiefs on the River Thames.” €400 to €600.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Bury (Lady Charlotte). <i>The Three Great Sanctuaries of Tuscany, Valombrosa, Camaldoli, Laverna.</i> Lg. oblong folio L. (J. Murray) 1833. First Edn. €250 to €350.
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<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> ALBUM AMICORUM OF SCHELOMITH FLAUM. Autograph album containing drawings, autograph quotations and signatures from over 47 contributors, India, Europe, America, Israel and elsewhere, 1923–50. £40,000 to £60,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> FLEMING, Ian (1908–1964). <i>Live and Let Die.</i> London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. £15,000 to £20,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> HISTORY OF CINEMA. Animal Farm (1954), an animation archive from the Halas and Batchelor studios, [c.1954]. £20,000 to £30,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> LE HAY, Jacques – [Charles de FERRIOL]. <i>Recueil de Cent Estampes representant differentes Nations du Levant...</i> Paris, 1714. [With:] <i>Explication des cents Estampes.</i> Paris, 1715. £25,000 to £35,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> THE LAST JUDGEMENT, historiated initial 'A' on a leaf from an Antiphonal on vellum illuminated by Nikolaus Bertschi [Augsburg, first quarter 16th century]. £7,000 to £10,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> VALTURIUS, Robertus (1413–1484). <i>De re militari.</i> [Verona:] Johannes Nicolai de Verona, 1472. £170,000 to £250,000.
Auction Reports
Artoria S.A.
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Autographs, Manuscripts and Books
- Auction Date
- 10/15/2019 - 10/15/2019
- Sale Number
- #101519
- Total Lots
- 368
- Sold Lots
- 240
- Lots Sold
- 65.22%
- Unsold Lots
- 128
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 307,744.50
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 181,600.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 244,640.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 276,400.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 368,870.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 83.43%
Top twenty by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
333 | Napoléon BONAPARTE (1769-1821), Empereur des Français | Lettre entièrement autographe écrite et signée au nom de sa mère Letizia Bonaparte |
1785 ou 1786 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 36,750.00 |
237 | CHARLES le Téméraire (1433-1477), dernier des ducs de Bourgogne, cousin du roi | Lettre signée Charles adressée à Galeazzo Maria Sforza [son cousin, duc de Milan]. |
1469 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 15,925.00 |
334 | [NAPOLÉON 1er] | Pierre-Joseph D'ORLÉANS (1641-1698) |
1729 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 12,250.00 |
236 | CHARLES VII (1403-1461), Roi de France | Pièce signée Charles. |
1434 ou 1435. | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 12,250.00 |
59 | Clara et Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) | Double citation musicale autographe signée. |
1846 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 11,637.50 |
305 | LOUIS XIII (1601-1643), Roi de France | Lettre signée Louis adressée à Monsieur |
1610 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 11,025.00 |
349 | Saint VINCENT DE PAUL | Lettre autographe signée adressée à Louise de Marillac. |
1649 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 10,412.50 |
345 | [Famille impériale de RUSSIE] | Rare ensemble de 55 télégrammes émanant de la |
1875/1879. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 7,105.00 |
131 | Maxime GORKI 1868-1936) | Lettre autographe signée |
1925 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 6,737.50 |
273 | Charles de GAULLE (1890-1970), militaire, homme politique | Lettre autographe signée |
1934 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,615.00 |
320 | Catherine de MÉDICIS (1519-1589), Reine France, mère des rois François II, Charles | Lettre autographe signée Caterine adressée à Mon nepveu, Monsieur de Joyeulse. |
1587 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,125.00 |
348 | Saint VINCENT DE PAUL (1581-1660) | Lettre autographe signée adressée à Antoine |
1646 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,125.00 |
254 | Albert EINSTEIN (1879-1955) | Carte postale autographe signée Papa adressée à ses |
1922 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,900.00 |
1 | Jean BESANCENOT | Costumes et types du Maroc. |
1942 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 4,900.00 |
284 | ISABELLE Ière (1451-1504) et FERDINAND V (1452-1516), « Les Rois Catholiques » | Pièce signée Yo el Rey et Yo la Reyna. |
1479 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,655.00 |
303 | LOUIS XI (1423-1483), Roi de France | Lettre signée Loys adressée à son ami et |
1482 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,655.00 |
193 | VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet, dit. 1694-1778) | Lettre autographe signée V. |
1762 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,655.00 |
304 | LOUIS XII (1462-1515), Roi de France | Pièce signée Loys adressée à notre amé |
1507 ou 1509. | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,430.00 |
346 | Saint FRANÇOIS DE SALES (1567-1622) | Lettre autographe signée, comme évêque de |
EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,430.00 | |
350 | Saint VINCENT DE PAUL | Lettre signée adressée au Supérieur des prêtres de la |
1658 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,430.00 |