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Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 124: Henri Courvoisier-Voisin, et alia, [Recueil de Vues de Paris et ses Environs], depicting precursors of the modern roller coaster, Paris, [1814-1819?]. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 148: Pablo Picasso & Fernando de Rojas, La Célestine, First Edition, Paris, 1971. $30,000 to $40,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 201: Omar Khayyam & Edward Fitzgerald, Rubaiyat, William Bell Scott's copy of the First Edition, London, 1859. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 223: Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, First Edition, extra-illustrated with hand-colored plates by Palinthorpe, London, 1861. $7,000 to $9,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 248: L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, First Edition, inscribed by the illustrator, Chicago & New York, 1900. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 305: Tycho Brahe & Pierre Gassendi, Tychonis Brahei Vita, Paris, 1654. From the Collection of Owen Gingerich. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 338: Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Almagestum Novum, two folio volumes, Bologna, 1651. From the Collection of Owen Gingerich. $8,000 to $10,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 350: Tobias Cohn, Ma'aseh Toviyyah, first edition, Venice, 1707-8. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 359: Alan Turing, Computing, Machinery, and Intelligence, first edition, Edinburgh, 1950. $3,000 to $5,000.
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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: BELLEFOREST (François de). La cosmographie universelle de tout le monde. €12,000 to €15,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DESNOS (Louis Charles). Mappe-monde, ou Carte Generale de la Terre. €5,000 to €6,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: BLAEU (Willem Janszoon & Joan). Theatrum Sabaudiae. €18,000 to €20,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: LINASSI. Ferdinando Ie Maria Anna Carolina nel Litorale in Settembre 1844. €4,000 to €5,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: AMBROSOLI (Francesco). Monumento a Francesco Primo in Vienna. €3,000 to €4,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: Plano de la plaza de Mesina y de su ciudadel y castiglios. €5,000 to €6,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: ROCKSTUHL (Alois Gustav), GILLE (Florent A.). 78 Lithographies du Musée de Tzarskoe-Selo. €1,000 to €1,500.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: Chtchedrovski, Ignatiy Stepanovitch. €2,000 to €3,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyage au Levant. €3,000 to €5,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: ABI ISHAQ AHMAD B. IBRAHIM AL-THAʿLABI (M. 1035) : TROISIÈME VOLUME DU KASHF WA-L-BAYAN ʻAN TAFSIRI AL-QURʼAN. €3,000 to €5,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DESNOS (Louis Charles). L’Afrique. €3,000 to €4,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes orientales. €1,500 to €2,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DESNOS. (Louis Charles). Amérique septentrionale et Méridionale. €4,000 to €5,000.Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: ÉLIOT (J.B.) ; MONDHARE (Louis Joseph). Carte du théatre de la guerre actuel entre les anglais et les treize Colonies Unies de l'Amérique Septentrionale. €5,000 to €6,000.
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Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 748. Second volume of Blaeu's atlas featuring 89 maps of the Americas and Asia (1642) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 12. A world map with popular cartographic myths and unique embellishments (1788) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 30. One of the most sought-after charts from Cellarius' work (1708) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 38. Anti-Vietnam War persuasive cartography on a velvet poster (1971) Est. $350 - $425Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 43. Ortelius' influential map of the New World - second plate (1584) Est. $4,750 - $6,000Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 95. Scarce German map illustrating the French & Indian War (1755) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 149. Bachmann's dramatic view of the Mid-Atlantic region (1864) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 373. De Jode's very rare map of Europe with costumed figures (1593) Est. $6,000 - $7,500Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 674. De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VII with all plates and map of Sri Lanka (1606) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 704. The first printed map devoted to the Pacific in full contemporary color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 734. Superb hand-colored image of the Tree of Jesse (1502) Est. $700 - $850
Clars Auction Gallery: The Warehouse Auction, 41925, Oakland
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 19, 2025 - April 19, 2025
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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2144 | by John James Audubon | Two volumes of The Original Water Color Paintings for The Birds of America |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | ||
2144A | Three sets of inlaid backgammon and cribbage boards |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |||
2145 | George Elliot | A collection of leather bound books sets, including Works of George Elliot Rosehill Limited Edition |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
2146 | Robert Louis Stevenson | A collection of leather bound books sets, including The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson, |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
2147 | Lord Byron | A collection of leather bound books sets, including The Works of Lord Byron circa 1900, Renaissance |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
2148 | O. Henry | Three Volumes of O. Henry: 'Sixes and Sevens' First edition; 'Cabbages and Kings, and 'The Four Million' |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
2148A | by Giovanni Boccaccio | Two boxed sets of 'The Decameron' |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
2149 | by Giovanni Boccaccio | Two boxed sets of 'The Decameron' |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
2150 | A group of books with various titles |
USD 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |||
2151 | A collection of books depicting Persian culture |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |||
2152 | A group of nine framed prints |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |||
2152A | A collection of leather bound books, including The Philatelic History of The United States Westport |
USD 50.00 - 70.00 | Unknown | |||
2484 | Darryl Trott | Bouquet of Casa Blanca |
USD 75.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | ||
2489 | European School (19th century) | Hunting Scenes |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
2490 | William Henry Sitelton | Along the Water's Edge |
USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | ||
2491 | British School (19th century) | Admiral Robert Blake Obituary |
USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | ||
2492 | Rory McEwen | Tulip and Tulipmania |
USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | ||
2493 | After Roelant Roghman | Warmond Castle |
USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | ||
2494 | Henry Thomas Alken | Various Scenes |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
2495 | After Albert Andre | Portrait of Renoir |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
2496 | Louis Icart | Hydrangeas |
1929 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | |
2497 | Louis Icart | Boudoir Ladies |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
2498 | French School (19th/20th century) | Apellation Controlle Loire |
USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | ||
2499 | Trude Hanscom | Early Spring |
USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | ||
2500 | William Henry Clapp | Sun Maids |
1920 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |