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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4226 | Freud, Sigmund, Begrunder der Psychoanalyse (1856-1939) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift |
Wien | 21. November 1930 | CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | CHF 3,875.00 |
| 4227 | Gastebuch - Dichter-Album (Ruckentitel) einer Zurcher Buchhandlerfamilie mit zahlr |
Zurich u.a. | zumeist 1917-1919 sowie ca. 1950-1976 | CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | CHF 7,500.00 | |
| 4228 | Hesse, Hermann, Schriftsteller (1877-1962) | Eigenh. Aquarell und Gedichtmanuskript "Heisser Mittag" |
[Montagnola] | undatiert, wohl um 1930 | CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | CHF 3,000.00 |
| 4229 | Hugo, Victor, Schriftsteller (1802-1885) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift |
22. Oktober 1853 | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4230 | Humboldt, Alexander von, Naturforscher und Geograph (1769-1859) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift „Al Humboldt“ |
[Paris] | [um 1830] | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CHF 1,062.50 |
| 4231 | Humboldt, Alexander von, Naturforscher und Geograph (1769-1859) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift „Humboldt“ |
[Paris] | [1815] | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CHF 1,062.50 |
| 4232 | Jung, Carl Gustav, Psychiater und Begrunder der analytischen Psychologie (1875–1961) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift |
Kusnacht-Zurich | 29. April 1958 | CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 4233 | Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift |
Prag | 20. Oktober [19]15 | CHF 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | CHF 67,500.00 |
| 4234 | Katharina II., Kaiserin von Russland (1729-1796) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift |
[St. Petersburg] | 14. Mai 1796 | CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | CHF 3,500.00 |
| 4235 | Katharina II., Kaiserin von Russland (1729-1796) | Schriftstuck in kyrillischer Sprache mit eigenhandiger Unterschrift „Ekaterina“ sowie adressiertem und gesiegeltem Umschlag |
Sankt Petersburg | 12. April 1786 | CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 4236 | Kokoschka, Oskar, Maler und Schriftsteller (1886-1980) | Eigenh. Widmungsblatt mit Unterschrift |
Basel | 22. März 1947 | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CHF 5,625.00 |
| 4237 | Liszt, Franz, Komponist (1811-1886) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift |
Weimar | 27. Juli 1876 | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CHF 1,875.00 |
| 4238 | Matisse, Henri, Maler (1869-1954) | Eigenh. Brief mit 3 kleinen Federskizzen, unterzeichnet „HM“ |
Ohne Ort | „Dimanche“ 24. Juni 1934 | CHF 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 | CHF 1,875.00 |
| 4239 | Mondrian, Piet, Maler (1872-1944) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift an Alfred Roth |
[Paris] | 16. Juni [1932] | CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | CHF 4,750.00 |
| 4240 | NASA - Private NASA-Sammlung |
1967-1975 | CHF 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | CHF 6,250.00 | ||
| 4241 | NASA - Private NASA-Sammlung |
ca. 1971-1996 | CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | CHF 3,750.00 | ||
| 4242 | Pasteur, Louis, Chemiker und Mikrobiologe (1822-1895) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift |
O.O. | 19. Juni 1879 | CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | CHF 1,500.00 |
| 4243 | Paul I., Zar von Russland (1754-1801) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift |
Pavlovsk | 4. Juni 1785 | CHF 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 | Not Sold |
| 4244 | Proust, Marcel, Schriftsteller (1871-1922) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift "Marcel" |
[Paris] | [um 1915] | CHF 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | CHF 4,125.00 |
| 4245 | Ravel, Maurice, Komponist (1875-1937) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift „Maurice Ravel“ |
Ohne Ort | „Lundi“ [Paris, um 1905] | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CHF 3,000.00 |
| 4246 | Remisow, Alexei Michailowitsch, russischer Schriftsteller (1877-1957) | Konvolut von 9 Autographen |
Berlin und Paris | 1921-1925 | CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | CHF 3,500.00 |
| 4247 | Rilke, Rainer Maria, Dichter (1875-1926) | Eigenh. Widmung und Unterschrift auf weissem Vorsatzblatt, in: Ders |
Leipzig | [1917] | CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CHF 1,000.00 |
| 4248 | Rilke, Rainer Maria, Dichter (1875-1926) | Der Panther (Im Jardin des Plantes in Paris) |
Paris | 1907 | CHF 14,000.00 - 20,000.00 | CHF 30,000.00 |
| 4249 | Sand, George, Pseudonym fur Aurore Dupin, Baronin Dudevant, Schriftstellerin (1804-1876) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift "G. Sand" |
Nohant | 4. Juni 1867 | CHF 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 4250 | Saussure, Horace-Benedicte de, Schweizer Geologe, Physiker und Begrunder der Alpinistik (1740-1799) | Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift |
Genf | 7. November 1788 | CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | CHF 3,500.00 |
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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. -
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works. -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000 -
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. -
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