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Auction Name Shakespeare and Goethe: Masterpieces of European Literature from the Schøyen Collection Total Sales (GBP) 948,375.00
Auction Date December 11, 2019 - December 11, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 500,600.00
Sale Number #17705 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 746,500.00
Total Lots 79
Sold Lots 53 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 542,100.00
% of Lots Sold 67.09% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 809,800.00
Unsold Lots 26 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 117.11%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
104 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies.

1632 GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 GBP 150,000.00
112 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, never before Printed in Folio.

1685 GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 137,500.00
101 [SHAKESPEARE, William].

Manuscript part for a contemporary analogue to Henry IV, part I,

n.d. c.1580s-before c.1620. GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 118,750.00
110 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre.

1683 GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 GBP 75,000.00
105 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) & John FLETCHER (1579-1625)

The Two Noble Kinsmen: presented at the Blackfriers by the Kings Maiesties servants, with great applause.

1634 GBP 22,000.00 - 28,000.00 GBP 47,500.00
102 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

The Late, and much admired play, called Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

1619 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 43,750.00
126 [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)].

Die Leiden des jungen Werthers.

1774 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
136 [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)].

Das Römische Carneval.

1789 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
152 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Zur Farbenlehre.

1810 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
137 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Faust. Ein Fragment... Ächte Ausgabe.

1790 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
155 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Autographa. Weimar: privately printed by Carl Bertuch at the Landes-Industrie-Comptoir for the collector, December 1811.

1811 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
165 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Autograph manuscript signed ('Goethe'), a poem, 'Da sieht man wie die Menschen sind',

1818 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 21,250.00
103 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

The Comedie of Errors extracted from: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.

1623 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 20,000.00
163 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Zur Kenntniss der böhmischen Gebirge. In ‘Zur Naturwissenschaft überhaupt, besonders zur Morphologie’ 1. 1., Stuttgart and

1817 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 17,500.00
123 [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)].

Von Deutscher Baukunst.

1773 but 1772. GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
139 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Faust. Eine Tragödie. Zweyter Theil in fünf Acten.

1833 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
113 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at the Theatre Royal, by their Majesties Servants.

1695 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 13,750.00
120 [SHAKESPEARE, William] – William Henry IRELAND (1775-1835)

Autograph manuscripts, in his own hand and that of 'William Shakespeare',

1797 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 11,250.00
172 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Autograph manuscript signed ('J.W. v. Goethe'), the first stanza of the poem 'Zum Neuen Jahr',

1823 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 11,250.00
138 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Faust. Eine Tragödie.

1808 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
158 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Autograph manuscript signed ('Goethe') of a poetic riddle, 'Logogryph',

1814 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
124 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand. Ein Schauspiel.

1773 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,750.00
111 [SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)] – TATE, Nahum (1652-1715)

The History of King Lear. Acted at the Duke's Theatre. Reviv'd with alterations. By N. Tate.

1681 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,250.00
142 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Ein Roman.

1795-1796. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 5,250.00
115 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now acted by Her Majesties Servants.

1703 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,000.00
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