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Auction Name Books Total Sales (DKK) 831,937.50
Auction Date October 06, 2020 - October 06, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (DKK) 489,000.00
Sale Number #2041b High Estimate of Lots Sold (DKK) 633,800.00
Total Lots 137
Sold Lots 125 Low Estimate of All Lots (DKK) 540,900.00
% of Lots Sold 91.24% High Estimate of All Lots (DKK) 696,200.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 119.50%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6161

[Videnskabernes Selskab]: Skrifter, som udi det Kiøbenhavnske Selskab af Lærdoms [...]. 12 vols. Cph 1745-1779. (12)

 1745-1779. DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 45,000.00
6113

Interesting collection of 45 vols. on mostly Danish topography and history. 17th-19th century. In nice bindings. (45)

 17th-19th century. DKK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 DKK 45,000.00
6112 Herman Veigere

Herman Veigere: En Ræffue Bog som kaldes paa Tyske Reinicke Foss. 1555. Housed in box (Jens E. Hansen).

 1555 DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 DKK 33,750.00
6156 Hans A. Brorson

Hans A. Brorson: Svanesang. 1765. 1. udg. Samt. helldr.bd. Med kobbestukket titelblad.

 1765 DKK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 DKK 30,000.00
6106 Anders Sørensen Vedel

Anders Sørensen Vedel, Saxo Grammaticus: Den Danske Krønicke. Cph 1575.

 1575 DKK 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 DKK 28,750.00
6109 B.S. Ingemann

B.S. Ingemann: Collection of 24 vols. by Ingemann incl., 10 vols. inscribed by the author. Various bindings. (24)

 DKK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 DKK 27,500.00
6082 J. E. C. Walter

J. E. C. Walter: Prospekter af Söndermarken eller Kiöbenhavn og Omegn. 2 vols. With 15 hand-coloured illustrations.

 DKK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 DKK 23,750.00
6087 Martin Luther

Martin Luther: Huspostille offuer alle Søndagers oc de besynderligste Høytiders [...]. 1564. Housed in modern box.

 1564 DKK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 DKK 21,875.00
6084 Carsten Niebuhr

Carsten Niebuhr: Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und anderen umliegenden Ländern. 2 vols. Cph 1774-1778. (2)

 1774-1778. DKK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 DKK 20,625.00
6111

Collection of 19 vols. of Illustreret Tidende. 1859-78. Folio. With crowned monogram of Princess Thyra of Denmark. (19)

 1859-78. DKK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 DKK 20,000.00
6170 Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht: Bertholt Brecht: Svendborger Gedichte. Malik Verlag 1939. Limited (this #90) and signed edition.

 1939 DKK 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 DKK 16,875.00
6148 Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg: Introduction til de fornemste Europæiske Rigers Historier. (Debut). Cph: Jacob Bornheinrich 1711.

 1711 DKK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 DKK 15,625.00
6114 Carsten Niebuhr

Carsten Niebuhr: Beschreibung von Arabien. [...]. Cph. 1772. + Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien [...]· 2 vols. (3)

 1772 DKK 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 DKK 15,000.00
6120 Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht: Svendborger Gedichte. Malik Verlag 1939. Limited (this #6) and signed edition. Inscribed to Robert Lund.

 1939 DKK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 DKK 14,375.00
6089 Karen Blixen

Karen Blixen, Jens E. Hansen: Collection of 12 vols. incl. Syv fantastiske Fortællinger. Vintereventyr. Cph 1942. (12)

 1942 DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 14,375.00
6090 Ambrosius Stub

Ambrosius Stub: Arier og andre poetiske Stykker. Cph 1771. 1st edition. + 2 vols. (3)

 1771 DKK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 DKK 12,500.00
6096 Blix (ed.)

Blix (ed.): Exlex. 1st-2nd year. (All published). Cph 1919–20. Folio. Bound in 2 half morocco bindings. (2)

 1919–20. DKK 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 DKK 12,500.00
6188 Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun, Jens E. Hansen: 14 vols. All bound with orig. wrappers by various Danish book binders. (14)

 DKK 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 DKK 11,250.00
6115 Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg: Den Danske Skue-Plads udi 5 Tomer. Første - femte Tome. Trykt Aar 1731.

 1731 DKK 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 DKK 11,250.00
6104 Hans A. Brorson

Hans A. Brorson: Troens Rare Klenodie. Cph 1739. Bound in cont. full calf housed in modern casette.

 1739 DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 10,000.00
6191 Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht, Ivan Malinovski: Hundert Gedichte. 1918-1950. Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag 1951. 1st ed. Inscribed by Brecht for IM.

 1918-1950. DKK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 DKK 9,375.00
6194 Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg: Anhang til hans historiske Introduction eller Underretning om de fornemste Europæiske [...]. 1713.

 1713 DKK 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 DKK 8,750.00
6180 William Heinesen

William Heinesen, Jens E. Hansen: Collection of 17 vols. Mostly 1st eds. Bound with orig. wrappers. + 7 vols. by same. (24)

 DKK 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 DKK 8,750.00
6116

Collection of Scandia Restaurant postcards signed by famous guests. + 6 misc. autographed postcards from Hollywood. (84)

 DKK 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 8,750.00
6121 Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen: Digte. Cph: Forfatterens Forlag, hos Robert 1830. 1st ed. + 10 other vols. by same. (11)

 1830 DKK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 DKK 8,750.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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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