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Bruun Rasmussen: Books from Valdemar's Castle; Bookbinder Mogens Dichow, Anker Kyster's Succesor; Books and manuscripts; Modern Art and Design -Prints

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Auction Name	Books from Valdemar's Castle; Bookbinder Mogens Dichow, Anker Kyster's Succesor; Books and manuscripts; Modern Art and Design -Prints	Total Sales (DKK)	1,901,437.50
Auction Date	March 14, 2023 - March 14, 2023	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (DKK)	6,623,100.00
Sale Number	#2311	High Estimate of Lots Sold (DKK)	7,022,200.00
Total Lots	332
Sold Lots	282.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (DKK)	7,941,900.00
% of Lots Sold	84.94%	High Estimate of All Lots (DKK)	8,415,700.00
Unsold Lots	50	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	22.59%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
525	Michael Kvium	“Contemporary Clowns”.	2016	DKK 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	DKK 57,500.00
6109		Collection of theoligical works from 17th century.		DKK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	DKK 55,000.00
6056		Biblia, Þad er øll heiløg ritning Ritning Utløgd a Norrønu [...].	1747	DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	DKK 52,500.00
6117	Anker Kyster	Anker Kyster: 4 folio albums with hand drawn and water coloured sketches and cliché prints used for book binding.		DKK 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	DKK 52,500.00
6157	Hans Christian Andersen	Autographed poem signed by Hans Christian Andersen [H.C. Andersen].	1868	DKK 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	DKK 45,000.00
6168		Armamentarium Chirurgicum XLIII. Tabvlis æri Elegantissime Incisis, nec ante hac visis, exornatum.	1655	DKK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	DKK 40,000.00
6158	Isaac Newton	Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Edition tertia aucta et emendate.	1726	DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	DKK 37,500.00
6003		Biblia Det er den gantske Hellige Scrifft/ udsæt paa Danske. [...].	1550	DKK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00	DKK 35,000.00
6156	Johan Blaeu	Le Grand Atlas: "ATLAS MAIOR, sive cosmographia blauiana qua solum, salum, coelum, accuratissime describuntur.	1665	DKK 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	DKK 35,000.00
633	Christine Swane	View over rooftops.		DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	DKK 33,750.00
6006	Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville:	Description de tout L'Univers en plusieurs cartes, et en divers traitez de Geographie et d'Histoire [...].	1700	DKK 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	DKK 27,500.00
6105	Jean Calvin	Ioannis Calvini: Vigilantissimi Pastoris, Et Fidelissimi Doctoris Ecclesiæ Geneuensis, Institvtio Christianæ Religionis, [...].	1576	DKK 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	DKK 26,250.00
6108		Collection of theoligical works from 18th century.		DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	DKK 26,250.00
6175	Lewis Carroll	B/w photographic self-portrait. Inscribed and signed by Lewis Carroll to Gertrude Caroline Samuels.	1875].	DKK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	DKK 23,125.00
6057	Thormod Torfæus	Orcades seu Rerum.	1697	DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	DKK 21,875.00
628	Hans Scherfig	“Ensom elefant” (Lonely Elephant).	1966	DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	DKK 21,875.00
6171		A collection of more than 250 b/w photographies from Greenland, a.o. Egedesminde (today Aasiaat) and Godthåb (today Nuuk).	1921–1923.	DKK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	DKK 20,000.00
6000	Albrecht von Haller	Allgemeine Historie der Natur [...].	1750	DKK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	DKK 19,375.00
6021	Johan Christian Lünig	Das Teutsche Reichs-Archiv.	1713–1722.	DKK 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	DKK 19,375.00
579	Poul Anker Bech	Landscape.		DKK 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	DKK 19,375.00
6009	Hermann Hamelmann	Oldenburgische Chronicon. Das ist, Beschreibung Der Löblichen Uhralten Grafen zu Oldenburg und Delmenhorst/ ec.	1599	DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	DKK 18,750.00
6160	Marcel Duchamp	Du Cubisme.	1947	DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	DKK 18,750.00
6019	W.H.F. Abrahamson	Friendship book for W.H.F Abrahamson.	1770–1781.	DKK 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	DKK 17,500.00
6118		A large archival collection from the Anker Kyster bookbindery comprising comprising more than 500 orig. sketches, frottages, letters, notes, drawings, prints, photographs, etchings, articles, a.o.		DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	DKK 17,500.00
6162	Asger Jorn	Die Geschichte vom teuren Brot.	1972	DKK 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	DKK 16,875.00

Sotheby’s
Year in Review

Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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