Christies: THE HELMUT N. FRIEDLAENDER LIBRARY
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | THE HELMUT N. FRIEDLAENDER LIBRARY | Total Sales (USD) | 8,433,506.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 23, 2001 - April 23, 2001 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 3,462,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #9630 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 4,938,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 172 | ||
| Sold Lots | 172.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,462,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 4,938,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 170.77% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.). | De officiis. -Paradoxa stoicorum. - Hexasticha XII sapientum de titulo Ciceronis. - |
1465 | USD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 | USD 666,000.00 |
| 42 | COLONNA, Francesco (1433-1527). | Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ubi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna commemorat, in Italian. |
1499 | USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | USD 358,000.00 |
| 69 | JOSEPHUS, Flavius (ca. 37-ca. 100). -De bello Judaico. Translated from | De antiquitate Judaica. |
1470 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 358,000.00 |
| 2 | BREVIARY, Premonstratensian use, in Latin. ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. |
1290 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 314,000.00 | |
| 16 | ARISTOTELES (384-322 B.C.). - ARISTOTELES (pseudo-). | Ethica ad Nicomachum. - Politica. - Oeconomica. |
1469 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 292,000.00 |
| 4 | GREGORY I (ca. 540-604, Pope 590-604, Saint). | Moralia in Job, in Latin. ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM AND PAPER |
1397 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 248,000.00 |
| 56 | HOMER (?8th century B.C.). Edited by Demetrius Chalcondylas (1423-1511). | Opera, in Greek. |
6061 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 226,000.00 |
| 21 | BARTOLOMMEO DALLI SONETTI. | Isolario. |
1485 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 215,000.00 |
| 172 | PFINTZING, Melchior (1481-1535). | [Theuerdank]. Die geuerlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen und hochberumbten helds und Ritters herr Tewrdannckhs. |
1517 | USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | USD 215,000.00 |
| 63 | ISIDORUS HISPALENSIS (ca. 560-636). | Etymologiae. |
1472 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 204,000.00 |
| 24 | BESSARION (1395-1472, Cardinal). | Adversus calumniatorem Platonis. |
1469 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 182,000.00 |
| 145 | DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784) and Jean le Rond d'ALEMBERT (1717-1783), editors. | Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, par une societe de gens de lettres. [I-VII] |
1751 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 138,000.00 |
| 18 | AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (354-430, Saint). | Epistolae. |
1471 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 116,000.00 |
| 101 | Edited by Justinus Decadius (b. ca. 1472). | PSALTER, Septuagint version -- Psalterion, in Greek. |
1496 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 116,000.00 |
| 3 | CICERO (pseudo-). | Rhetorica ad Herennium, in Latin. ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. |
1380 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 105,000.00 |
| 11 | ALLIACO, Petrus de (1350-1420). | Imago mundi. -Epilogus mappae mundi. -De legibus et sectis contra superstitiosos astronomos. -Exhortatio super kalendarii correctione. -De vero cycle lunari. ... |
1480 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 105,000.00 |
| 98 | PLATEA, Franciscus de (d. 1460). | Opus restitutionum, usurarum, excommunicationum. |
1475 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 105,000.00 |
| 107 | RODERICUS ZAMORENSIS (1404-1470). | Speculum vitae humanae. |
1472 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 99,500.00 |
| 81 | MATTHAEUS DE CRACOVIA (ca. 1345-1410). | Dialogus rationis et conscientiae de frequenti usu communionis. |
1460 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 94,000.00 |
| 100 | Edited by Augustinus Patritius Piccolomini (ca. 1435-1496) and Johannes Burchardus (1420-1506). | PONTIFICALE ROMANUM. |
1485 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 88,125.00 |
| 114 | SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514). | Liber chronicarum. |
1493 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 82,250.00 |
| 171 | MUNSTER, Sebastian (1489-1552). | Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI. |
1550 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 82,250.00 |
| 119 | Speculum animae peccatricis. |
1494 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 76,375.00 | |
| 152 | GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794). | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume the First [-Sixth]. |
1776 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 76,375.00 |
| 29 | BONAVENTURA (pseudo-). | Meditationes vitae Christi. |
N/A | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 70,500.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.