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Koller Auctions: Autographs and Manuscripts

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Auction Name Autographs and Manuscripts Total Sales (CHF) 103,952.50
Auction Date June 15, 2020 - June 15, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 60,550.00
Sale Number #A192L High Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 91,600.00
Total Lots 80
Sold Lots 34 Low Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 168,370.00
% of Lots Sold 42.50% High Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 249,600.00
Unsold Lots 46 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 41.65%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
507

Lateinisches Stundenbuch auf Pergament, aus dem Atelier des Robert Boyvin.

ca.1490-1500. CHF 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 CHF 23,480.00
575 Schiller, Friedrich von (1759-1805) und Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832).

Albumblatt mit Einträgen beider Dichter.

1796, 1823 CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 CHF 18,600.00
503 Anonymer französischer Buchmaler.

Blatt der Schöpfungsgeschichte mit 5 (davon 1 mont.) gouachierten Miniaturen mit Darstellungen von Adam und Eva und Arche Noah, sowie 29 Initialen in Gold und Farbe.

um 1500. CHF 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 CHF 16,160.00
504 Anonymer südfranzösischer Buchmaler.

Buchminiatur aus einem juristischen Kodex (Raimond von Pennaforts Decretales Gregorii IX?).

ca.1370-80. CHF 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 CHF 10,000.00
518 Amiet, Cuno, Maler (1868-1961).

Umfassende Korrespondenz mit dem befreundeten Kunstsammler Eugen Loeb. 69 eigenh. Briefe mit U. und 21 Brief- und (gelaufene) Postkarten, sowie 3 gedruckte Todesanzeigen.

1935-1959. CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 6,250.00
516

Dampfziegelei Heurieth. Gesellschafts-Protokolle.

1876-1907. CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 4,000.00
570 Proust, Marcel, Schriftsteller (1871-1922).

Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift "Marcel".

undatiert [wohl 1915 oder Anfang 1916] CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 2,500.00
572 Puccini, Giacomo, Komponist (1858-1924).

Monologo. Eigenh. Manuskript mit Textpassage aus der Oper "il tabarro" und Unterschrift.

Undatiert. CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 2,000.00
578 Wilhelm III. von Oranien, König von England, Irland und Schottland (1650-1702).

Erlass mit eigenh. Unterschrift. Tinte auf Papier.

1694 CHF 1,500.00 - 2,200.00 CHF 1,875.00
552

Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift "Lapagerie Bonaparte".

1798 CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 1,750.00
573 Sade, Donatien Alphonse Francois, Marquis de (1740-1814).

Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift.

1810 CHF 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 CHF 1,750.00
526 Foscolo, Ugo, Dichter (1778-1827).

Eigenh. Billet mit Unterschrift.

[nach 1815]. CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CHF 1,625.00
542 Mazarin, Jules (Giulio Mazarini), Herzog von Nevers, französischer Staatsmann und Kardinal (1602-1661).

Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift "Le Card Mazarini".

1658 CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 1,375.00
530 Haffner, Sebastian (Pseudonym für Raimund Pretzel), Publizist (1907-1999).

Konvolut von persönlichen Dokumenten und Korrespondenzen aus seinem Besitz.

Ca. 1925-1963. CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 1,000.00
536 Kästner, Erich, Schriftsteller (1899-1974).

Eigenh. Widmung, in: ders. Till Eulenspiegel. Nacherzählt von EK. Mit vielen Bildern von Walter Trier.

1938 CHF 900.00 - 1,400.00 CHF 1,000.00
541 Maupassant, Guy de, Schriftsteller (1850-1893).

Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift.

Cannes CHF 600.00 - 900.00 CHF 937.50
524 Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, Finanzminister unter Ludwig XIV. (1619-1683).

Eigenh. Brief an einen Hrn. d'Alençon.

1673 CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 875.00
545 Monet, Claude, Maler (1840-1926).

Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift.

1896 CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 875.00
517

Urkunde des Rats der Stadt Zürich.

1616 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 750.00
556

Brief mit eigenh. Unterschrift an den Governo Centrale in Padua. Mit offiziellem Briefkopf "André Massena, Général de Division, etc.

1798 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 750.00
568

Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift wohl an General Scherer. Tinte auf Papier mit Wasserzeichen "[République] Française - Relations".

1798 CHF 700.00 - 1,000.00 CHF 750.00
508 Italienischer Buchmaler, 16. Jahrhundert.

Illuminierte Initiale O aus einem Antiphonar, mit floraler Ornamentik.

16. Jahrhundert. CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 562.50
531 Hodler, Ferdinand, Maler (1853-1918).

Eigenh. Postkarte mit Unterschrift. Mit Poststempel und Adresse.

1903 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 562.50
546

Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift "Augereau".

1814 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 CHF 562.50
561

Bestallungsurkunde mit eigenh. Unterschrift und gedrucktem Briefkopf.

1863 CHF 200.00 - 300.00 CHF 562.50
  • 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.
  • 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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