Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/9
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Valuable Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/9 | Total Sales (USD) | 1,530,000.00 |
| Auction Date | July 30, 2020 - July 30, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 817,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #18887 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,217,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 201 | ||
| Sold Lots | 133 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,643,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 66.17% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,434,400.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 68 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 62.85% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 | Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) and Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) | Principia mathematica. |
1910-1913. | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 112,500.00 |
| 145 | Emily Brontë (1818-1848) | Wuthering Heights. A Novel. By Ellis Bell. Agnes Grey. A Novel, by Acton Bell. |
1847 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 87,500.00 |
| 16 | Circle of the Master of the Apocalypse of Aymar de Poitiers | BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in French and Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
final quarter 15th century | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 81,250.00 |
| 47 | Mao Zedong (1893-1976) | MAO ZEDONG (1893-1976). Signed photo album, memento of the visit to China by the Soviet delegation led by Nikita Khrushchev in 1954. |
1954 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
| 133 | Richard Cantillon (d. 1734) | Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en géné ral. Traduit de l'Anglois. |
1755 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
| 141 | Edward Lear (1812-1888) | Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots: the greater part of them species hitherto unfigured. |
1830- 1832. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 60,000.00 |
| 15 | Workshop of Willem Vrelant (act. Bruges c.1454 onwards) | THE SKEVINGTON HOURS, use of Sarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
third quarter of the 15th century | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 39 | Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) | DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Autograph manuscript of the novel The Land of Mist, London, Crowborough and elsewhere |
1924 -1925 | USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 47,500.00 |
| 129 | Isaac Newton (1642-1727) | Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica... editio tertia aucta & emendata. |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 | |
| 172 | John Wisden (1826-1884) | Cricketers' Almanack for 1875. |
1874 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
| 19 | Anonymous Flemish illuminator | OFFICES OF THE VIRGIN, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, |
1542 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 38 | Maria Callas (1923-1977) | [CALLAS, Maria (1923-1977)] – Her collection of musical scores, 19thC-1970s, chiefly 1940s-1950s. |
19thC-1970s, chiefly 1940s-1950s. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 18 | Anonymous German artist | SCHEMBART BOOK, in German, illustrated manuscript on paper |
c.1540 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 24 | Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (1515/16-1571) | Letter signed ('N. Throckmorton') to John Wood, Hatfield, 31 July 1568. |
1568 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 78 | Edward Donovan (1768-1837) | An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China: comprising figures and descriptions of upwards of one hundred new, singular, and beautiful species. [and:] – An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India, and the Islands in the Ind |
1798-99 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 57 | Matthaeus Greuter (1564-1638) | [Two sets of globe gores for a Terrestrial and Celestial Globe, 49cm (19-inch) in diameter.] |
1632, 1636. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 51 | Cornelis de Houtman (1565-99) | Journal du Voyage de l'Inde Orientale, faict per les navires Hollandoises [bound with] Appentis ou Journal du Voyage des Navires d'Hollande à Java. |
1598 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 122 | Book of Hours with original illuminated miniatures | Horae, use of Rome, in Latin and French. |
not before 1505; almanac for 1500-1520. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 42 | Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) | GANDHI, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948). Autograph letter signed ('Love, Bapu') to Shanta |
1938 | USD 2,600.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 81 | James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856) | Views in the Himala Mountains. |
1820 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 158 | Paul Cohen (1934-2007) | ‘The Independence of the Continuum Hypothesis.' Offprint from: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol.50, No 6, pp. 1143-1148. December, 1963. |
USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 | |
| 94 | T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) | THE ARAB BUREAU. Handbook of Hejaz ... second edition. |
26 February 1917. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 119 | Henricus Institoris (c.1430-1505) and Jacobus Sprenger (c.1436/8-1495) | Malleus maleficarum. |
1496 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 136 | Juan Bautista Bru de Ramon (1740-1799) | Coleccion de laminas que representan los animales y monstruos del Real Gabinete de historia natural de Madrid. |
1784-1786 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 43 | Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) | CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). Large photograph signed (‘Winston S. Churchill'), co-signed by 43 others including Anthony Eden, Jan Smuts, Lord Beaverbrook and Clement Attlee, |
1944 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
