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Christian Hesse Auktionen: Fine Art Prints, Books, Autographs

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Auction Name Fine Art Prints, Books, Autographs Total Sales (EUR) 784,692.00
Auction Date May 25, 2019 - May 25, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 543,650.00
Sale Number #19 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 543,650.00
Total Lots 953
Sold Lots 629 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 847,350.00
% of Lots Sold 66.00% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 847,350.00
Unsold Lots 324 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 92.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
820 Sigmund Freud.

Sigmund Freud. Die Traumdeutung. Leipzig und Wien, Franz Deuticke 1900. Halbleinenband der Zeit,

1900 EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 14,400.00
203 Fernand Léger.

Fernand Léger. Cirque. Lithographies originales. Paris, Tériade, Les Éditions Verve 1950. Mit 63

1950 EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 13,200.00
259

Programm des Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar. - Lyonel Feininger. Kathedrale. Holzschnitt. 1919.

1919 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 12,000.00
493 Officina Bodoni - Aesop.

Officina Bodoni - Aesop. The Fables. Printed from the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses

1973 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 10,800.00
186 Georges Braque - Saint-John Perse.

Georges Braque - Saint-John Perse. L'ordre des oiseaux. Paris, Au Vent d'Arles 1962. Mit zwölf

1962 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 10,200.00
183 Georges Braque - Hesiode.

Georges Braque - Hesiode. Theogonie. Eaux-fortes de Georges Braques. Paris, Maeght 1955. Mit 20

1955 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,600.00
491 Officina Bodoni - Aesop.

Officina Bodoni - Aesop. Le Favole. Stampate in latino con la versione italiana di Accio Zucco e

1973 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 9,600.00
766 Einbände - Roland Meuter, Ascona - Heinrich von Kleist.

Einbände - Roland Meuter, Ascona - Heinrich von Kleist. Penthesilea. Ein Trauerspiel. Mit zehn

1970 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 9,600.00
207 Joan Miró - Tristan Tzara.

Joan Miró - Tristan Tzara. Parler seul. Poème. Lithographies de Joan Miró. Paris, Maeght 1948-

1948-1950 EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 9,000.00
821 Wiener Buchkunst - Kabarett Fledermaus.

Wiener Buchkunst - Kabarett Fledermaus. [Erstes und] 2. Heft. Wien 1907. Mit vier Farblithographien,

1907 EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 9,000.00
479 Officina Bodoni - Guido Cavalcanti.

Officina Bodoni - Guido Cavalcanti. Le Rime. Verona 1966. Blauer Originalmaroquinband mit Fileten-

1966 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 8,400.00
44 Sonia Delaunay.

Sonia Delaunay. Six planches gravées à l'eau-forte avec un texte liminaire de l'Auteur. Sechs

1966 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,800.00
310 Hans Richter.

Hans Richter. Maschinengeschriebener Brief und eigenhändige Briefkarte, beide mit Unterschrift.

1924 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 7,800.00
417 Buchwesen - Konrad Haebler.

Buchwesen - Konrad Haebler. Der deutsche Wiegendruck in Original-Typenbeispielen. 115

1927 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 7,800.00
120 Pablo Picasso.

Pablo Picasso. Deux femmes nude et le peintre. Kaltnadelradierung mit Aquatinta. 1966. 32,5 : 22,5

1966 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 7,200.00
418 Buchwesen - Konrad Haebler.

Buchwesen - Konrad Haebler. Der italienische Wiegendruck in Original-Typenbeispielen. 120

1927 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 7,200.00
744 Einbände - Roland Meuter, Ascona - Marc Chagall.

Einbände - Roland Meuter, Ascona - Marc Chagall. Dessins pour la Bible. Paris, Verve 1960. Mit 96

1960 EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 7,200.00
306 Kurt Schwitters.

Kurt Schwitters. Eigenhändige Briefkarte mit Unterschrift. Hannover, 25.1.1924 (Poststempel). Eine

1924 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 6,600.00
410 Auguste Rodin - Octave Mirbeau.

Auguste Rodin - Octave Mirbeau. Le Jardin des Supplices Vingt compositions originales de Auguste

1902 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 6,600.00
644 Dante Alighieri - Ebba Holm.

Dante Alighieri - Ebba Holm. Dante Alighieri. La Divina Comedia. 107 Holz- und Linolschnitte. Um

Um 1923-1928 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,600.00
764 Einbände - Roland Meuter, Ascona - Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

Einbände - Roland Meuter, Ascona - Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Der Besuch der alten Dame. Eine tragische

1964 EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 6,600.00
765 Einbände - Roland Meuter, Ascona - Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

Einbände - Roland Meuter, Ascona - Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Die Physiker. Originalradierungen von

1970 EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 6,600.00
770 Einbände - Roland Meuter, Ascona - Die Bergpredigt nach Matthäus.

Einbände - Roland Meuter, Ascona - Die Bergpredigt nach Matthäus. Schrift und Buchmalerei von

1997 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,480.00
261 Oskar Schlemmer.

Oskar Schlemmer. Profile. Bauhaus-Ausstellung Juli-September 1923. Farblithographie. 1923. 14,8 :

1923 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
649 Doves Press - [Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe.

Doves Press - [Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe. Faust. Eine Tragoedie. Zweiter Theil. Doves Press,

1910 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 6,000.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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