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Bubb Kuyper: Books, Prints

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Auction Name Books, Prints Total Sales (EUR) 1,549,774.71
Auction Date November 24, 2020 - November 27, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 757,150.00
Sale Number #73 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,106,420.00
Total Lots 5010
Sold Lots 3605 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,144,680.00
% of Lots Sold 71.96% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,656,600.00
Unsold Lots 1405 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 93.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3427 [Escher, M.C. (1898-1972)]. Drijfhout, A.E.

[Escher, M.C. (1898-1972)]. Drijfhout, A.E. XXIV emblemata, dat zijn zinne-beelden.

1932 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 37,620.00
2160

[Medieval manuscripts]. "Hier beghinnet die souter van onser liever vrouwen."

c.1475 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 34,485.00
2331 [Atlases]. Visscher, N.

[Atlases]. Visscher, N. Atlas Contractus Orbis Terrarum Praecipuas ac Novissimas Complectens Tabulas.

n.d. (c.1677) EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 27,588.00
2158

[Medieval manuscripts]. (Collection of 91 religious texts).

c.1475 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 25,080.00
4989 Hollar, W. (1607-1677).

Hollar, W. (1607-1677). Young negro in oval.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 16,302.00
2161

[Medieval manuscripts]. "Hier begynt dat ander deel der beduydinge op cantico canticorum".

c.1460, EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 15,048.00
2150 Huygens, C. (1596-1687).

Huygens, C. (1596-1687). "Die 't dagh-werck niet en kent van Veens geleerd gesmeer (...)".

1633 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 13,794.00
2663 [Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. (Biblia latina).

[Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. (Biblia latina).

1475 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 11,913.00
2749

[Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Van der mysehandelinge des hiligen Sacramentes. (Geschichte der Juden zu Sternberg mit dem Sakrament).

1492 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 11,286.00
2678

[Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. (Duytschen souter).

1480 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 10,659.00
2707 [Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Jacobus de Theramo.

[Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Jacobus de Theramo. Belial zu teutsch.

1508 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,032.00
3350 Cunningham, M. (1919-2009) a.o.

Cunningham, M. (1919-2009) a.o. Merce Cunningham Portfolio.

1975 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 10,032.00
3426 Escher, M.C. (1898-1972).

Escher, M.C. (1898-1972). Series of 4 TYPESCRIPT and 10 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, all to publisher “Uitgeverij van de Erven J.J. Tijl” (1x “Aan de Dir

1960-‘66 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 10,032.00
2745

[Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Een Suverlick boexken van onser liever vrouwen croen. Ende horen salter. Ende horen roosen crans. Ende oeck v

1492 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 9,405.00
2207

[Music]. "Processionarium secundum usum ecclesiae Divi Matthei oppidice Lucena. Corduben, Dioecesis".

16th cent. EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,778.00
2355

[Biblia neerlandica]. Den Bibel. Tgeheele Oude ende Nieuwe Testament met grooter naersticheyt naden Latijnschen text gecorrigeert. Ende opten cant des

fiden XIII. dach van Augustus EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 7,524.00
2360

[Biblia neerlandica]. Den Bibel, Inhoudende dat Oude ende Nieuwe Testament.

1563 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 7,524.00
3149 Sander, A. (1876-1964).

Sander, A. (1876-1964). (Brick layer).

EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 7,524.00
3428 [Escher, M.C. (1898-1972)]. Walch, J.

[Escher, M.C. (1898-1972)]. Walch, J. De vreeselijke avonturen van Scholastica.

1933 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 7,524.00
2075 [Paleontology and geology]. Knorr, G.W. and Walch, J.E.I.

[Paleontology and geology]. Knorr, G.W. and Walch, J.E.I. De natuurlyke historie der versteeningen of uitvoerige afbeelding en beschryving van de vers

1773 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,897.00
2156

[Medieval manuscripts]. Bifolium and fragment from an unidentified work,

late 14th cent., EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 6,897.00
1886 [Botany]. Dodonaeus, R.

[Botany]. Dodonaeus, R. Cruydt-Boeck, volgens sijne laetste verbeteringe: Met Biivoegsels achter elck Capittel, uut verscheyden Cruydtbeschrijvers: It

1608 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 6,270.00
1074 [Bindings]. Rilke, R.M.

[Bindings]. Rilke, R.M. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke.

1929 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,956.50
2008 [Huygens, C.]. Briggs, W.

[Huygens, C.]. Briggs, W. Ophthalmo-graphia, sive Oculi ejusque partium descriptio anatomica, nec non, ejusdem nova visionis theoria.

1686 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 5,956.50
243 Doesburg, Th. van (ed.).

Doesburg, Th. van (ed.). De Stijl. Maandblad voor nieuwe kunst, wetenschap en kultuur. Nos 87-89. Aubette-nummer.

1928 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,643.00
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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