Christies: Shakespeare and Goethe: Masterpieces of European Literature from the Schøyen Collection
Auction Reports
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 |
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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 |