Venator and Hanstein: Modern and Contemporary Graphics and Art, Modern Books, 182, Köln

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025

Page Size: 443 items in 18 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
734	CHRISTO	Valley Curtain Grand Hogbacks 1972	1972	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 453.60
736	LOVIS CORINTH	Weite Landschaft 1916	1916	EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
737	LOVIS CORINTH	Bauernhof 1916	1916	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
738	LOVIS CORINTH	Blatt III aus: Der Venuswagen 1919	1919	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
739	LOVIS CORINTH	Auf einem Tische kauernder weiblicher Akt 1913 / Kronung Heinrichs V. 1919 / Baum am Walchensee 1923 / Drei Personen am Tisch bei Lampenschein 1924	1913 /1919 / 1923 /1924	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
740	CORNEILLE	Aus: huit chats 1995 / Ohne Titel 2003	1995 / 2003	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
742	SALVADOR DALI	Christ 1964	1964	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,008.00
743	SALVADOR DALI	Portrait de Marguerite 1968/69	1968/69	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,638.00
744	SALVADOR DALI	Coeur de Fraises 1970	1970	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
745	HANNE DARBOVEN	Bilddokumentation >>78<< (Die Sonnenuhr, das Mondlicht) 1978	1978	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
746	WALTER DEXEL	Figuration in Weiss mit blauem Haken (Schweizer Fassung) 1972	1972	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 491.40
747	JIM DINE	Eight Hearts 1970	1970	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
749	OTTO DIX	Lachendes Madchen 1964	1964	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,386.00
750	DESIREE DOLRON	Morwenna (stilte van het oog) 1995	1995	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 504.00
751	KEES VAN DONGEN	Fernande Olivier 1953	1953	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,260.00
760	FELIX DROESE	Schlafstatte 1983-84/ Lampe 1986-88	1983-84/ 1986-88	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
767	MAX ERNST	Danseuses 1950	1950	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 504.00
768	MAX ERNST	Aus: Decervelages 1971	1971	EUR 700.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
769	MAX ERNST	Apres moi le XXe siecle (aus: Hommage a Max Ernst) 1971	1971	EUR 700.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
770	MAX ERNST	La belle jardiniere (zu: Werner Spies, Max Ernst 1950-1970. Die Ruckkehr der Schonen Gartnerin) 1971	1971	EUR 800.00 - 800.00	EUR 756.00
771	MAX ERNST	Foret et soleil - Der Bretterwald 1956	1956	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 756.00
772	MAX ERNST	Vue de ma fenetre 1960	1960	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,008.00
773	MAX ERNST	Zu: Histoire Naturelle II 1964	1964	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
774	MAX ERNST	Affiche pour Petit 1969	1969	EUR 800.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
775	MAX ERNST	Enseigne pour une ecole de harengs 1970	1970	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	Not Sold

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

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December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.