Koller Auctions: Books and Autographs, A216b, Zurich
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 25, 2026 - March 25, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4201 | ANTIPHONAR - Prachtinitiale "D", illuminiert mit einem gerusteten und bewaffneten Soldaten in hugeliger Landschaft |
Norditalien | ca. 1350-1400 | CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4202 | HORAE B.M.V. | Himmelfahrt Mariens |
Italien | 15. Jahrhundert | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CHF 2,125.00 |
| 4203 | HORAE B.M.V. | Saint quentin |
Nordfrankreich | 2. Hälfte 15. Jahrhundert | CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | CHF 3,750.00 |
| 4204 | JUDAICA - Erbauungsbuchlein zur alttestamentlichen Geschichte, etwa "Das Buch vom Goldenen Zepter" |
Amsterdam (?) | 18. Jahrhundert | CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | CHF 38,750.00 | |
| 4205 | LIBER AMICORUM - Sammlung von 6 illuminierten Stammbuchblattern |
Augsburg (?) | 1586-90 | CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4206 | OCCULTA - Allegorie auf die Begrenztheit und Unsicherheit menschlichen Wissens |
Suddeutschland (?) | 17. Jahrhundert | CHF 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | CHF 10,625.00 | |
| 4207 | PRACHTINITIALE - Grosse Initiale "D" um eine neutestamentliche Szene in bergiger Landschaft: Christus segnet eine knieende Frau mit bittend erhobenen Handen, hinter ihr vier Junger. Feder, Gouache, Blatt- und Flussiggold auf Pergament |
Suddeutschland (?) | frühes 16. Jahrhundert | CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4208 | PUTTI-MEISTER - Zwei Initialen: N und P. Tuschezeichnungen in Braun, Grau und Blau laviert |
Venedig | 1472 | CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | CHF 4,375.00 | |
| 4209 | NAPOLEON BONAPARTE - Napoleon sitzt im Schnee auf einem Dreifuss und lasst aus einer Tabakspfeife (!) zwei Seifenblasen mit Inschriften "Le Grand Empire" und "Rome" aufsteigen, das Seifengefass unter ihm bereits umgefallen und auslaufend |
Wohl Frankreich | um 1813/14 | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CHF 7,500.00 | |
| 4210 | Orientalia - Sammelhandschrift auf blau eingefarbtem Papier |
Osmanisch | 1157h. (1744) | CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | CHF 4,750.00 | |
| 4211 | al-Jazuli | Orientalia - Dalail al-Khayrat |
Osmanisches Reich | spätes 18. oder frühes 19. Jahrhundert | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CHF 1,250.00 |
| 4212 | Orientalia - Sammelhandschrift mit verschiedenen Traktaten zu Prophetenuberlieferung und Ritus |
Eine Handschrift mit Kolophon | 1244 (1828-1829) | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4213 | Jaeggi, Caspar | REZEPTBUCH - Ein Wunder Schon Kunst Buchlein auss vielen schonen buchern zu sammen getragen durch Caspar Jaggi den Jung zu Rumlang Landtmann zu Asch |
Wohl Berner Oberland | 169[0] | CHF 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | CHF 1,500.00 |
| 4214 | Hortense de Beauharnais, Mutter von Napoleon III., in zweiter Ehe mit Louis Bonaparte verheiratet, Komponistin und Kunstlerin (1783-1837) |
[Paris] | [1813] | CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | CHF 3,500.00 | |
| 4215 | Hortense de Beauharnais, Mutter von Napoleon III., in zweiter Ehe mit Louis Bonaparte verheiratet, Komponistin und Kunstlerin (1783-1837) |
Datierungen | 1811 - 1824 | CHF 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | CHF 17,500.00 | |
| 4216 | Liber amicorum - "Album" [Ruckentitel] |
Deutschland | dat. ca. 1827-1857 | CHF 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4217 | Berlioz, Hector | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift |
Paris | 12. Januar 1856 | CHF 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 4218 | Bernoulli, Johann I, Mathematiker (1667-1748) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift an Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan |
Basel | 1. März 1724 | CHF 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | CHF 20,000.00 |
| 4219 | Brahms, Johannes, Komponist (1833-1897) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift "J.B." |
Ohne Ort (Empfangsvermerk) Wien | Ohne Datum (25. Oktober 1893) | CHF 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | CHF 2,875.00 |
| 4220 | Einstein, Albert, Physiker (1879-1955) | Eigenhandiger Brief an seinen Sohn Hans Albert Einstein, signiert "Vater" |
N/A | CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | CHF 6,250.00 | |
| 4221 | Einstein, Albert, Physiker (1879-1955) | Zwei eigenhandige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein" |
[Princeton] | 18.VIII.[19]45. und (von anderer Hand datiert:) 24.6.[1950] | CHF 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | CHF 36,250.00 |
| 4222 | Einstein, Albert, Physiker (1879-1955) | Gedruckte Dankeskarte mit eigenh |
Princeton | Poststempel 12. April 1950 | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CHF 2,750.00 |
| 4223 | Euler, Leonhard, Schweizer Mathematiker und Physiker (1707-1783) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift "L. Euler" |
Berlin | 19. Mai 1748 | CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | CHF 8,125.00 |
| 4224 | Fouche, Joseph, Herzog von Otranto, Revolutionar und Politiker (1759–1820) | Brief mit eigenh |
Paris | 12 brumaire an VIII (3. November 1799) | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 4225 | Freud, Sigmund, Begrunder der Psychoanalyse (1856-1939) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift an Stefan Zweig |
London | 10. Juni 1938 | CHF 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | CHF 22,500.00 |
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Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.