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Nosbüsch & Stucke: Valuable Books, Autographs and Prints

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Auction Name	Valuable Books, Autographs and Prints	Total Sales (EUR)	187,933.50
Auction Date	May 15, 2025 - May 15, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	145,050.00
Sale Number	#28a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	145,050.00
Total Lots	432
Sold Lots	203.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	339,260.00
% of Lots Sold	46.99%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	339,260.00
Unsold Lots	229	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	55.40%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
282		Seltener Bibliotheks-Erdglobus von Hermann Haack im Perthes Verlag Gotha.	um 1930	EUR 18,000.00 - 18,000.00	EUR 20,250.00
405		Album mit ca. 1250 privaten Original-Photographien eines Berliner Seglers.	1946-1958	EUR 360.00 - 360.00	EUR 14,850.00
301		Seltene heliozentrische Armillarsphare.	um 1790	EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 6,075.00
5	Einstein, Albert	Eigenhandige Postkarte mit Unterschrift "A. Einstein."	1920	EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00	EUR 4,050.00
315	Kalm, Peter	Beschreibung der Reise, die er nach dem nordlichen Amerika auf den Befehl gedachter Akademie und offentliche Kosten unternommen hat.	1754-1764	EUR 3,200.00 - 3,200.00	EUR 4,050.00
393		Lackalbum mit 46 handkolorierten montierten Original-Photographien von Kajima Seibei, Kusakabe Kimbei u.a	um 1890	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 2,970.00
399		Sammlung von 7 Original-Photographien der Schafer-Expedition.	1938/39	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 2,970.00
428	Durer, Albrecht	Der kleine Kalvarienberg.	um 1500	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,700.00
135		Historische Sammlung von uber 600 Buntpapierfragmenten	17 .bis fruhen 20 . Jahrhunderts	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	EUR 2,565.00
184	Emser, Hieronymus	Das gantz neu testament ... verteutscht, mitsampt seinen zugefugten Summarien und Annotationen uber yegklichem capitel angezeigt, wie Martinus Luther dem rechten Text...seins gefallens...	1532	EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00	EUR 2,160.00
373	Pallas, Peter Simon	Merkwurdigkeiten der Morduanen ... Baschkiren ... der obischen Ostriaken .... Nebst andern dahin gehorigen Nachrichten und Kupfern. Auszug aus Pallas 1.-3. Theil	1773-77	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,890.00
321		Reispapieralbum mit 12 Aquarellen zum Thema Opium.	2.Halfte des 19 . Jahrhunderts	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,755.00
390	Georgi, Johannes	Photoalbum aus dem Besitz des Meteorologen, Glaziologen und Polarforschers Dr. Johannes Georgi (1888-1972) von der Expedition auf dem gronlandischen Inlandeis	1929/31	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,755.00
286		Geographisches Puzzle der Niederlande.	um 1730	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,620.00
365	Adam, Albert	Voyage pittoresque et militaire de Willenberg en Prusse jusqu'a Moscou fait en 1812, pris sur le terrain meme, et lithographie	1827	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,620.00
185		Biblia Hebraica, eleganti charactere impressa. Editio nova. Ex accuratissima recensione doctissimi ac celeberrime hebraei Menasseh Ben Israel.	1635	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,485.00
371		Michail Alexandrowitsch Romanow in einem Bojarenkleid des 17. Jahrhunderts auf dem Kostumball im Winterpalast 1903.	1903	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,485.00
106	Braun, Ernst	Novissimum Fundamentum & Praxis Artilleriae oder nach itziger besten Manier neuvermehrter und gantz grundlicher Unterricht	1687	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,350.00
173	Uralskii, Boris	Elektromonter (Der Elektriker). Farbige Buchgestaltung von Aleksandr A. Deineka.	1930	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,350.00
183		The Bible: That Is, the Holy Scripture contained in the Old and New testament.	1616	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,350.00
217		Das Berthold-Sakramentar. Vollstandige Faksimile-Ausgabe der Handschrift Ms. M. 710 der Pierpont Morgan Library New York. Faksimile und Kommentarband.	1995-1999	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,350.00
295		Seltener Erdglobus von Ludwig Julius Heymann.	um 1885	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,350.00
346	Goldmayer, Andreas	Historische, Astronomische und Astrologische Beschreibung Vom Ersten Ursprung der Hessischen Volcker, auch anfanglicher Erbawung der uhralten Haupt- und ResidentzStatt Marpurg.	1645	EUR 360.00 - 360.00	EUR 1,350.00
362	Ogesser, Joseph	Beschreibung der Metropolitankirche zu St. Stephan in Wien. Herausgegeben von einem Priester der erzbischoflichen Kur.	1779	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,350.00
283		Erdglobus von Hermann Haack im Perthes Verlag Gotha.	um 1914	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	EUR 1,282.50

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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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.