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Arenberg Auctions: June Live Auction

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Auction Name	June Live Auction	Total Sales (EUR)	1,316,148.60
Auction Date	June 12, 2025 - June 14, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	704,810.00
Sale Number	#61225	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	916,990.00
Total Lots	1143
Sold Lots	1142.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	704,990.00
% of Lots Sold	99.91%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	917,210.00
Unsold Lots	1	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	143.50%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
950	Abraham Ortelius	Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.	1571)	EUR 60,000.00 - 70,000.00	EUR 83,200.00
1075		Psalterium & Breviarium for the Birgittine (Bridgettine) Nuns of Marienwater, in Latin.	1478	EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00	EUR 74,100.00
1084	SPARR de BENSTORF, Francois-Nicolas de	"Livre concernant les endroits les plus remarquables du chateau royale de Terrevure, et de son plan general releve en perspective; le tout dessine sur les lieux [...]".	1753	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 65,000.00
241	ENSOR, James	Les peches capitaux.	1904	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 40,300.00
949	MERCATOR, Gerard; HONDIUS, Henricus	Atlas ofte Afbeeldinghe vande gantsche weerldt: Daer in vertoont worden seer vele caerten van alle de voornaemste coninckrycken, landen en provintien, van Europa, Asia, Africa en America, met de beschryvingen van het ghene daer in ghedenckweerdich...	1634	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 33,800.00
1061	Arnoldus Montanus	Ambassades memorables de la Compagnie des Indes orientales des Provinces Unies, vers les empereurs du Japon [...]. Le tout enrichi de figures dessinees sur les lieux, & tire des Memoires des ambassadeurs de la Compagnie.	1680	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 32,500.00
952		Description de l'Egypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'armee francaise. Seconde edition [...].	1820-1826	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 27,300.00
1104	Hartmann Schedel	Liber chronicarum [German]. Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten.	23 Dec. 1493]	EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	EUR 26,000.00
1239		The Tibetan (Monthly) Newspaper.	1925/26-1930	EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	EUR 24,700.00
1168	DIDEROT, Denis; ALEMBERT, D'	Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, par une societe de gens de lettres. Mis en ordre & publie par M. Diderot [...]; & quant a la partie mathematique, par M. d'Alembert [...].	1751-1780 [= 1770-1780]	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 20,800.00
715	[ROJANKOWSKY, Feodor]	"Printemps !.."	c. 1936]	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 19,500.00
1159	Athanasius Kircher	Arca Noe, in tres libros digesta [...].	1675	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 16,900.00
1245	Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach	Entwurff einer historischen Architectur, in Abbildung unterschiedener beruhmten Gebaude [...].	1721	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 16,900.00
192		L'Estampe moderne. Dir. Ch. Masson & H. Piazza. Publication mensuelle [...].	1897-1899	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 15,600.00
948	DU SAUZET, Henri	Atlas portatif de CCLXXXV cartes, de plusieurs habiles geographes ; ou sont representees toutes les parties de la terre. Avec un discours sur la cosmographie, contenant un abrege de la sphere, de la geographie et de l'hydrographie.	1734	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 12,350.00
891	HERGE	Vol 714 pour Sydney.		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 10,660.00
792	HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl	A rebours.	1884	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 9,750.00
946	BAYER, Johannes	Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova delineata, aereis laminis expressa.	1661	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 9,360.00
1230	DEGRELLE, Leon	"L'agonie a la Baltique". [Manuscrit original].	(25 octobre 1945)	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 9,100.00
1229	DEGRELLE, Leon	"Au Caucase a pied" [titre aux dos]. [Manuscrit original].	termine le 14 decembre 1945)	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 8,450.00
941	Martin Engelbrecht	Album with 84 optical views.	18th c	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 7,800.00
1030	VANDERMAELEN, Philippe	Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique [...].	1827	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 7,800.00
242	ENSOR, James	Scenes de la vie du Christ.	1921	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 7,540.00
808		La joyeuse & magnifique Entree de monseigneur Francoys, fils de France, et frere unicque du Roy, par la grace de Dieu, duc de Brabant, d'Anjou, Alencon, Berri, &c. en sa tres-renommee ville d'Anvers.	1582	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 7,410.00
1253	DE PASSE II, Crispijn	La prima [- quinta] parte della luce del dipingere et disegnare [...]. Eerste [- vijfde] deel van't light der teken en schilder konst [...]. La premiere [- cinquiesme] partie de la lumiere de la peinture & de la designature [...]. Der Erste [- fun...	1643-1644	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 7,150.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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