Christies: Japanese and Korean Art, 23495, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 16, 2025 - September 16, 2025
Page Size: 171 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
139 SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)

Kagurazuki (Eleventh month)

 circa 1768-69 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,400.00
140 IPPITSUSAI BUNCHO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1765-1792)

Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Snow Woman (Yuki onna), actually Tatsu-hime

 1770 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 16,510.00
141 IPPITSUSAI BUNCHO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1765-1792)

Actor Ichikawa Raizo

 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,556.00
142 TORII KIYONAGA (1752-1815)

Gyoku-kashi Eimo preparing calligraphy offerings

 1783 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,160.00
143 KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726-1792)

Actor Nakamura Tomijuro

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,048.00
144 KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726-1792)

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: Kurateyama Yadayu and Izumigawa Rin'emon

 circa 1780 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,715.00
145 KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726-1792)

Sumo Wrestlers of the Western Group: Sekinoto Hachijiro and Dewano Umikinzo

 circa 1780 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,556.00
146 TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (ACT. 1794-95)

Osagawa Tsuneyo (Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Ippei's older sister Osan)

 1794 USD 180,000.00 - 220,000.00 Not Sold
147 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Three beauties holding posters of famous sweets

 circa 1789-1801 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,620.00
148 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Takeshiba nifuku-tsui (Takeshiba diptych)

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,096.00
150 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Sanga no tsu bijin fuzoku kurabe (Fashion competition of beauties of the three cities)

 circa 1797-98 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,525.00
151 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Kyodai no yu suzumi (Brother and sister enjoying the evening cool)

 circa 1800 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
152 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Yayoi no Enoshima mode (Pilgrimage to Enoshima in March)

 circa 1801-04 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,810.00
153 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861)

Ichikawa Ebizo V as the Priest Kumagai Rensei

 circa 1850 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,905.00
154 YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786-1868)

Sage and tiger

 early1800s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,540.00
155 TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)

Ferryboat with passagers

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,270.00
156 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Pilgrimage the Terajima Hosenji Temple

 circa 1829-30 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 17,780.00
157 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

An artisan's shop

 1798 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 10,160.00
158 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Travelers at beach

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,430.00
159 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Fujieda: two ri and nine cho to Shimada

 circa 1804 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
160 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Kameido Tenjin taikobashi (The Drum Bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine)

 circa 1834 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 17,780.00
161 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Tokaido Ejiri Tago no ura ryakuzu (Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido)

 circa 1830-31 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,525.00
162 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Kisokaido Ono no bakufu (The waterfall at Ono on the Kisokaido Road)

 circa 1832 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 38,100.00
163 KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848)

Kegon no taki, santaki no sono ikkei (The Kegon Falls, one of the three waterfalls)

 1843-47 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,080.00
164 KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848)

No. 15: Itabana

 circa 1835-38 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,620.00
  • <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.