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Burgersdijk and Niermans: Books - Day 1: Classical Antiquity, Judaism, Egyptology, etc.

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books - Day 1: Classical Antiquity, Judaism, Egyptology, etc. Total Sales (EUR) 143,457.60
Auction Date June 16, 2020 - June 16, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 51,805.00
Sale Number #351a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 64,765.00
Total Lots 627
Sold Lots 604 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 55,870.00
% of Lots Sold 96.33% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 69,730.00
Unsold Lots 23 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 205.73%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
390 *BOOK OF DEAD -- LEPSIUS, R.

Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem hieroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin.

1842 EUR 320.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,758.80
395 BUDGE, E.A.W.

Facsimiles of Egyptian hieratic papyri in the British Museum w. descriptions, transl., etc. First & Second series.

1910-23 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 2,006.40
391 BORCHARDT, L.

Statuen und Statuetten von Königen und Privatleuten im Museum von Kairo.

1911-36 EUR 650.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,504.80
494 *KITCHEN, K.A.

Ramesside inscriptions.

1975-90 EUR 320.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,504.80
404 *CHASSINAT, É. (& Fr. DAUMAS).

Le Temple de Dendara.

1934-78 EUR 600.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,379.40
422 DUELL, P.

The Mastaba of Mereruka. Pt. I: Chambers A 1-10, plates 1-103; Pt. 2: Chambers A 11-13, Doorjambs and inscriptions of chambers A 1-21, tomb chamber, exterior, plates 104-209. By the Sakkarah Expedition.

1938 EUR 320.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,379.40
445 GARDINER, A.H., A.M. CALVERLEY & M.F. BROOME.

The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos. Vol. 1-2.

1933-35 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,379.40
488 JÉQUIER, G.

Le Papyrus Prisse et ses variantes. Papyrus de la Bibl. Nat. (Nos. 183 à 194). Papyrus 10371 et 10435 du British Museum. Tablette Carnarvon au Musé du Caire. Publ. en fac-similé.

1911 EUR 90.00 - 120.00 EUR 1,379.40
513 NAVILLE, E.

The Temple of Deir el Bahari.

1894-1908 EUR 320.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,379.40
554 *SPIEGELBERG, W.

Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. Die demotischen Denkmäler 30601-31166: I. Die demotischen Inschriften. W. 26 plates. 30601-31270, 50001-50022: II. Die demotische Papyrus. 1 text- & 1 plate-vol. w. 146 plates. 50023-50165: I

1904-32 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,379.40
522 PEET, E.

The Mayer Papyri A & B. Nos. M. 11162 and M. 11186 of the free public museums, Liverpool.

1920 EUR 90.00 - 120.00 EUR 1,254.00
443 GARDINER, A.H., ed.

Hieratic Papyri in the Brit. Museum. 3rd Series: Chester Beatty Gift. Vol. II: Plates.

1935 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 1,128.60
449 GARIS DAVIES, N. de.

Paintings from the Tomb of Rekh-Mi-Rê' at Thebes.

1935 EUR 240.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,128.60
452 GARIS DAVIES, N. de.

The Tomb of Ken-Amûn at Thebes.

1930 EUR 190.00 - 240.00 EUR 1,128.60
456 GARIS DAVIES, N. de & A.H. GARDINER, eds.

The Theban Tombs Series.

1915-33 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,128.60
539

RAMSES III -- MEDINET HABU. Vol.1: Earlier Historical Records of Ramses III. #NAME?2: Later Historical Records of Ramses III. #NAME?3: The Calendar, the "Slaughterhouse," and Minor Records of Ramses III. - Plates 1-192. By The Epigraphic Survey, dir. H.H

1930-34 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,128.60
453 GARIS DAVIES, N. de.

The Tomb of Nefer-Hotep at Thebes.

1933 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,003.20
454 GARIS DAVIES, N. de.

The Tomb of Two Sculptors at Thebes.

1925 EUR 240.00 - 300.00 EUR 940.50
526 PIANKOFF, A.

La création du disque solaire.

1953 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 940.50
556 STEINDORFF, G., Bearb.

Das Grab des Ti.

1913 EUR 90.00 - 120.00 EUR 940.50
7 ARISTIDES.

Opera quae exstant omnia. Ed. F.W. Lenz & C.A. Behr.

1976-80 EUR 190.00 - 240.00 EUR 877.80
567 WINLOCK, H.E. & N. de GARIS DAVIES.

The Temple of Hibis in el Khârgeh Oasis. Pt. I: The excavations. (&) Pt. 3: The decoration.

1941-53 EUR 190.00 - 240.00 EUR 877.80
132 REFERENCE WORKS -- NEUE PAULY, Der.

Enzyklopädie der Antike. Hrsg. v. H. Cancik, H. Schneider, (u.a.).

1996-2003 EUR 650.00 - 800.00 EUR 815.10
487 JÉQUIER, G.

La pyramide d'Oudjebten. W. 14 plates. #NAME?Le Mastabat Faraoun. W. 12 plates. #NAME?Tombeaux de particuliers contemporains de Pepi II. W. 17 plates. #NAME?Le monument funéraire de Pepi II. Tom. I: Le tombeau royal. -

1928-36 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 815.10
549 *SCHNEIDER, H.D.

Shabtis. An introd. to the hist. of ancient Egyptian funerary statuettes w. a cat. of the Coll. of Shabtis in the Nat. Mus. of Antiq. at Leiden.

1977 EUR 450.00 - 300.00 EUR 815.10
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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