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Christies: The Sam Josefowitz Collection: Graphic Masterpieces by Rembrandt van Rijn - Part II

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Auction Name	The Sam Josefowitz Collection: Graphic Masterpieces by Rembrandt van Rijn - Part II	Total Sales (GBP)	5,554,664.00
Auction Date	December 05, 2024 - December 05, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	2,824,200.00
Sale Number	#22690	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	4,209,500.00
Total Lots	90
Sold Lots	89	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	2,832,200.00
% of Lots Sold	98.89%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	4,221,500.00
Unsold Lots	1	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	131.58%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
29	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Christ crucified between the two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses'	1653	GBP 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00	GBP 1,250,000.00
32	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	The Entombment	circa 1654	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 428,400.00
89	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Woman with the Arrow	1661	GBP 180,000.00 - 250,000.00	GBP 302,400.00
26	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Christ and the Woman of Samaria: an arched Print	1657	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 157,500.00
14	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Abraham entertaining the Angels	1656	GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	GBP 151,200.00
90	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	The Monk in the Cornfield	circa 1646	GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00	GBP 151,200.00
28	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Christ presented to the People ('Ecce Homo')	1655	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 126,000.00
36	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	The Bridge at Klein Kostverloren on the Amstel ('Six's Bridge')	1645	GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00	GBP 126,000.00
88	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Woman at the Bath with a Hat beside her	1658	GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	GBP 126,000.00
19	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	The Flight into Egypt: a Night Piece	1651	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 119,700.00
27	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Christ before Pilate: large Plate	1635	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 110,880.00
67	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Cornelis Claesz. Anslo, Preacher	1641	GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	GBP 107,100.00
68	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Ephraim Bonus, Jewish Physician	1647	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 100,800.00
38	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Cottage with a white Paling	1648	GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	GBP 94,500.00
84	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Diana at the Bath	circa 1631	GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00	GBP 85,680.00
37	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Landscape with Sportsman and Dogs ('Het Jagertje')	circa 1648	GBP 35,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 81,900.00
64	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Petrus Sylvius?)	1637	GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	GBP 81,900.00
70	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Pieter Haaringh ('Young Haaringh')	1655	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 81,900.00
13	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Medea: or The Marriage of Jason and Creusa	1648	GBP 35,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 69,300.00
34	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	The Death of the Virgin	1639	GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	GBP 69,300.00
11	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Self-Portrait in a flat Cap and embroidered Dress	circa 1642	GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00	GBP 63,000.00
60	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	The Star of Kings: a Night Piece	circa 1651	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 63,000.00
87	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Reclining female Nude ('La negresse couchee')	1658	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 63,000.00
69	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Clement de Jonghe, Printseller	1651	GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	GBP 60,480.00
39	REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	Cottage and Boundary Post on the Spaarndammerdijk ('Landscape with an Obelisk')	circa 1650	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 57,960.00

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.

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