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Bubb Kuyper: Books and Manuscripts - Part 1

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Auction Name	Books and Manuscripts - Part 1	Total Sales (EUR)	240,309.72
Auction Date	November 24, 2025 - November 24, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	128,310.00
Sale Number	#83a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	184,880.00
Total Lots	587
Sold Lots	437.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	186,290.00
% of Lots Sold	74.45%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	270,320.00
Unsold Lots	150	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	88.90%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
129	Leger, F. Cirque	Pref. M. Jardot	1950	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 10,584.00
228	Tzara, T.	Cinema calendrier du coeur abstrait/ Maisons	1920	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,938.00
24	(Arntz, G. and Neurath, O.)	Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft	1930	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 7,276.50
174	Salon Dada	Exposition internationale	-1921	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 7,276.50
121	Kandinsky, W. and Marc, F. (ed.)	Der blaue Reiter	1912	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,292.00
260	(Arntz, G. and Neurath, O.)	Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft	1930	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,292.00
339		[Lissitzky, El]. Industrija Socializma	1935	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 4,961.25
186	Schwitters, K. (ed.)	Merz 1. Holland Dada	1923	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,638.25
210	Ed. Th. van Doesburg	De Stijl. Maandblad voor nieuwe kunst, wetenschap en kultuur	1921-1927	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 3,638.25
237	Vinkenoog, S. (ed.)	Atonaal. Bloemlezing uit de gedichten van Hans Andreus - Remco Campert - Hugo Claus (...)	1951	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 3,638.25
191	Schwitters, K.	Merz 21	1931	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 3,307.50
306		Reconstruction of the Soviet Union under the five-year-plan	1933	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,307.50
132	Lissitzky, El.	Plastische Gestaltung der elektro-mechanischen Schau Sieg uber die Sonne	1923	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,175.20
49	Mondrian, P.	[Bauhausbucher]. Neue Gestaltung	n.d. (1925)	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 3,042.90
2		10 origin	1942	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,910.60
214	Rinsema, E.	[De Stijl]. Verzamelde volzinnen	1920	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,910.60
65	Cendrars, B.	La Fin du Monde filmee par l'Ange N.-D.	1919	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,778.30
134	Lissitzky, El and Arp, H. Die Kunstismen	Les ismes de l'art	1925	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,778.30
3	Abstrakt Konkret	Bulletin der Galerie des Eaux vives	n.d. (1944-1945)	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,646.00
187	Schwitters, K. (ed.)	Merz 2	1923	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,646.00
188	Schwitters, K. (ed.)	Merz 4	1923	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,646.00
312	Sauting, I.V. and Ivanitsky, I.P. (ed.)	USSR, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	1939	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,646.00
123	[Kirchner, E.L.]	Doblin, A. Das Stiftsfraulein und der Tod	1913	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,513.70
178	Schuitema, P.	Syst-o-color. Vier-kleurensysteem	-1965	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,513.70
212	Theo VAN DOESBURG	De Stijl. Orgaan der nieuwe beelding	1924/1925	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 2,249.10

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.