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Christian Hesse Auktionen: Spring Auction - Books and Prints

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Auction Name Spring Auction - Books and Prints Total Sales (EUR) 792,095.40
Auction Date July 04, 2020 - July 04, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 397,237.00
Sale Number #21 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 563,870.00
Total Lots 937
Sold Lots 646 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 557,364.00
% of Lots Sold 68.94% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 795,620.00
Unsold Lots 291 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 99.56%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
326 John Heartfield

Insel-Bücherei - John Heartfield. Fotomontagen aus den Jahren 1924 bis 1944.

1978 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 36,900.00
165 [Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe

[Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe. Eigenhändige Widmung und ein Empfehlungsschreiben, beide mit Unterschrift, beide datiert »Weimar, d. 3. Apr. 1815«.

1814 EUR 170.00 - 250.00 EUR 24,600.00
548 Else Lasker-Schüler

Else Lasker-Schüler. Theben.

1923 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 18,450.00
195

Ver sacrum.

1898-1901 EUR 500.00 - 750.00 EUR 14,760.00
31 Asger Jorn

Asger Jorn. Fin de Copenhague.

1957 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 11,685.00
196 Gustav Klimt - Lukian [von Samosata]

Gustav Klimt - Lukian [von Samosata]. Die Hetaerengespraeche.

1907 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 11,070.00
579 Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke. Die Sonette an Orpheus.

1923 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 9,840.00
674 Londa und Conrad Felixmüller

Londa und Conrad Felixmüller. ABC.

1925 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 9,225.00
11 Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall. Pierrot lunaire.

1969 EUR 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 7,380.00
511 Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse. Das Glasperlenspiel.

1943 EUR 650.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 7,380.00
613 Marcus Behmer - Enno Littmann

Marcus Behmer - Enno Littmann. Vom morgenländischen Floh.

1925 EUR 2,600.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 7,380.00
762 Alexander Olbricht

Alexander Olbricht. Stille Musik.

1922 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,765.00
841

Salzburger Programmhefte

1921-1984 EUR 3,600.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 6,150.00
945 André Thomkins

André Thomkins. Die Druckgrafik und Monotypisches.

1975 EUR 280.00 - 400.00 EUR 6,150.00
377 Paul Kersten (signiert)

Einbände - Anthrazitfarbener Kalblederband von Paul Kersten (signiert), mit reicher ornamentaler Vergoldung

1911 EUR 650.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 5,904.00
558 Heinrich Mann

Heinrich Mann. Mut.

1939 EUR 1,700.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 5,904.00
753 Joan Miró - Jacques Dupin

Joan Miró - Jacques Dupin. L’issue dérobée.

1974 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,904.00
385

Einbände. – Heinz Petersen, Düsseldorf - Vierfarbiger Maroquinband mit Blindprägung und vergoldeten Fileten.

1952 EUR 500.00 - 750.00 EUR 5,166.00
221 Hermann Zapf und August Rosenberger

Hermann Zapf und August Rosenberger. Das Blumen ABC.

1949 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 5,043.00
50 Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso. Deux periodes.

1954 EUR 1,300.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,920.00
167 [Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe

[Johann Wolfgang] von Goethe. Zur Farbenlehre.

1810 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 4,920.00
178 Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche. Hymnus an das Leben

1887 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 4,920.00
245 Rainer Maria Rilke

Cranach-Presse - Rainer Maria Rilke. Gesammelte Gedichte.

1930 EUR 3,400.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,920.00
550

Dada - Littérature.

1919 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,920.00
236 [Homer]

Cranach-Presse - [Homer]. Die Odyssee.

1907-1910 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 4,674.00
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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.
  • 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
  • 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.
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