Ketterer Kunst Doerling: Valuable Books, 604, Hamburg

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 18, 2026 - May 18, 2026
Page Size: 403 items in 17 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
252 Sigmund Freud

Eigh. Brief m. U. an seinen Sohn Ernst

1938 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,096.00
253 Carl Friedrich Gauss

Eigh. Brief. m. U. an Wilhelm Weber

1850 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,540.00
254 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Eigh. Brief. m. U. an einen Geheimrat

1831 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,715.00
255 Alexander von Humboldt

2 eigh. Briefe

1838 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
256 Robert Koch

2 Vertrage (Farbwerke Meister Lucius & Bruning)

1892;1910 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,048.00
257 Robert Koch

Eigh. Brief m. U. an einen Regierungsbeamten

1896 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,778.00
258 Robert Koch

Eigh. Brief m. U. an Georg Gaffky, Bakteriologe

1906 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,826.00
259 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Eigh. Zahlungsaufforderung

1695 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,842.00
261 Louis Pasteur

Eigh. Brief m. U. an unbekannten Empfanger

1880 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
263 Heinrich Schliemann

Eigh. Karte m. U. an Dr. Schuchardt

1889 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 508.00
264 Christian Wolff

Eigh. Brief m. U.

1743 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 889.00
265 Hans Christian Andersen

Eigh. Gedicht m. U.

1844 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,286.00
266 Bertolt Brecht

Eigh. Brief m. U. an Peter Huchel

1949 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,794.00
267 Egon Friedell

Eigh. Manuskript "Geschichte der Fledermaus"

1928 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,032.00
268 Willem Grimm

Eigh. Gedicht m. U.

1821 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,048.00
269 Jacob Grimm

Eigh. Manuskript "Uber den Namen Westphalen"

1826 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,572.00
270 Jacob Grimm

Eigh. Brief an Konrad Hofmann

1858 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,556.00
271 Hermann Hesse

Eigh. Karte mit kl. Aquarell und eigh. Gedicht "Der Klang"

1927 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,778.00
272 Ernst Junger

3 eigh Briefe u, 2 eigh. Karten sowie 1 Karte an Julien Gracq

1952-1975 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
273 Thomas Mann

Eigh Brief m. U an Franz Masereel

1949 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,032.00
274 Thomas Mann

Eigh. Brief m. U. an Ria Drevermann

1952 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,540.00
275 Robert Musil

Eigh. Karte m. U.

1930 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,286.00
276 Rainer Maria Rilke

6 eigh. Briefe an Max Frischauer - 2 Beigaben

1922-1926 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
277 Joseph Roth

Eigh. Brief m. U. an Erich Lichtenstein

1925 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
278 Pierre Ambrogiani

3 eigh. Briefe mit Zeichnungen

1950-1960 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000