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Auction Name NRC Auctions - The Hans Kemna Collection (online) Total Sales (EUR) 245,953.95
Auction Date March 10, 2025 - March 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 93,650.00
Sale Number #31025b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 136,500.00
Total Lots 132
Sold Lots 129.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 98,200.00
% of Lots Sold 97.73% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 143,300.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 171.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
374 Wolfgang Tillmans (German 1968).

Damon, shower, head up

 1995 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 11,017.70
370 Wolfgang Tillmans (German 1968).

Spitting on dick

 1997 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 9,721.50
375 Wolfgang Tillmans (German 1968).

Faltenwurf TzK [Drape TzK]

 1996 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 9,721.50
311 Job Koelewijn (Dutch 1962).

A balancing act

 1998/2000. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 7,777.20
317 Erwin Olaf (Dutch 1959 - 2023).

Chessmen XVII

 1988 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 7,777.20
300 Viviane Sassen (Dutch 1972).

Codex, from the series 'Parasomnia'

 2010 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 7,129.10
365 Wolfgang Tillmans (German 1968).

Mohn [Poppies]

 1998 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,129.10
321 Daan van Golden (Dutch 1936 - 2017).

Heerenlux

 2005 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,481.00
327 Daan van Golden (Dutch 1936 - 2017).

Agua Azul

 1987/1992. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,444.04
399 Ulay (German 1943 - 2020).

Dreaming self-impression

 1973 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 5,444.04
315 Paul Blanca (Dutch 1958 - 2021).

Selfportrait Bull

 1983 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 5,184.80
379 Wolfgang Tillmans (German 1968).

Chisenhale Edition

 2011 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 5,184.80
429 David Armstrong (American 1954 - 2014).

French Chris in P. town

 1979 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 5,184.80
303 Rineke Dijkstra (Dutch 1959).

Max Weidingen, Luxembourg, August 7

 2003/2004. EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,925.56
336 Anton Corbijn (Dutch 1955).

Michael

 1992 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,666.32
326 Daan van Golden (Dutch 1936 - 2017).

Tokio/Dijon

 1964/1996 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,407.08
319 Erwin Olaf (Dutch 1959 - 2023).

Alandus, from the series 'Blacks'

 1990 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,629.36
392 Thomas Ruff (German 1958).

Bauhaus, from the series 'Mies van der Rohe'

 2001 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 3,629.36
328 Daan van Golden (Dutch 1936 - 2017).

Agua Azul

 1987/2000. EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,370.12
301 Viviane Sassen (Dutch 1972).

Shadow, from the series 'Flamboya'

 2007 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,110.88
302 Rineke Dijkstra (Dutch 1959).

Titanic

 1998 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,851.64
323 Daan van Golden (Dutch 1936 - 2017).

Art Rotterdam

 2001 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,851.64
414 David Hockney (British 1937).

Peter

 1969 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,851.64
430 Jack Pierson (American 1960).

Untitled, from the series 'Every single one of them'

 2004 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,851.64
389 Candida Hofer (German 1944).

Die Deutsche Bucherei [The German Library], no. IX, from the series 'Leipzig'

 1997 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,592.40
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.