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Zwiggelaar Auctions: Session 4 - Calendars, Periodicals, Ephemera, Postcards, Antiques, Posters, Erotica, Counterculture, Toys

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Auction Name	Session 4 - Calendars, Periodicals, Ephemera, Postcards, Antiques, Posters, Erotica, Counterculture, Toys	Total Sales (EUR)	164,150.31
Auction Date	June 19, 2025 - June 19, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	48,655.00
Sale Number	#33d	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	92,070.00
Total Lots	516
Sold Lots	415.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	62,445.00
% of Lots Sold	80.43%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	118,120.00
Unsold Lots	101	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	138.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2331		[PULP] DETECTIVE AND PULP FICTION HARDCOVERS, PUBL. 1910-1960, LOT OF 35	1934	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 7,249.00
2323	HALL, MANLY P.	[OCCULTISM] AN ENCYCLOPEDIC OUTLINE OF MASONIC, HERMETIC, QABBALISTIC AND ROSICRUCIAN SYMBOLICAL	1928	EUR 250.00 - 450.00	EUR 5,272.00
1759	ARONDEUS, WILLEM	SENEFELDER KALENDER 1930	1929	EUR 400.00 - 700.00	EUR 3,426.80
1908		[CIRCUS] LOT OF 125 FLYERS, SMALL POSTERS, PROGRAMS AND EPHEMERA	1885	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 3,426.80
2108	[ESCHER, M.C.]	GRAFIEK EN HANDGEWEVEN EN BEDRUKTE LAPPEN VAN H. VAN KRUININGEN EN M.C. ESCHER	1950	EUR 80.00 - 150.00	EUR 2,899.60
2241	AVRIL, PAUL (PS. EDOUARD-HENRI AVRIL, 1849-1928)	Edouard-Henri Avril A SERIES OF SIX ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS	1900	EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,899.60
2196	HUGHES, BART	HOMO SAPIENS CORRECTUS (THE MECHANISM OF BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME)	-1964	EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,504.20
2288		[PORNOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHY] GLASS PLATES PORNOGRAPHIC PHOTOS FIRST HALF 20TH CENT.		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 2,504.20
2206		[PUNK] ARCHIVE ON 70S PUNKROCK	1977	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,713.40
1758	ARONDEUS, WILLEM	CALENDAR CA. 1930	1930	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,581.60
2127		PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION, FOURTEEN POSTERS	1960s-80s	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,581.60
2117		[JAZZ] JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET	[1962]	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,449.80
2119		[JAZZ] THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET	1961	EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,449.80
2126		PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION, ELEVEN POSTERS	1960s-80s	EUR 80.00 - 150.00	EUR 1,449.80
2268		GANDALF, LOT OF 57 ISSUES	1964-1971	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,318.00
1835	WAARDEN, NETTY VAN DER	'BLOEM EN BLAD' ART NOUVEAU CALENDAR 1901	1900	EUR 400.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,252.10
1843		[ARCHITECTURE. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT] WENDINGEN. MAANDBLAD VOOR BOUWEN & SIEREN VAN ARCHITECTURA ET AMICITIA	1925	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,186.20
2038		[AVIATION] [ANON.] KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MIJ. AMSTERDAM-BATAVIA V.V		EUR 350.00 - 650.00	EUR 1,186.20
1833	VISSER, LEO	TWO BIRTHDAY CALENDARS: (1) VERJAARDAGKALENDER	1918	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,120.30
1955		[PANINI] LOT OF EIGHTEEN UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ALBUMS	1999/2000	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,120.30
1966		[SOCCER] PANINI ALBUMS EURO 1976-2020	1988	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,120.30
2118		[JAZZ] MILES DAVIS QUINTET	1960	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,120.30
2283		[NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY] STEREO GLASS PHOTO NEGATIVES, CA. 1900-1920	1900-1920	EUR 80.00 - 150.00	EUR 1,054.40
2115		[JAZZ] ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ-MESSENGERS	1960	EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 988.50
1774	HOYTEMA, THEO VAN	CALENDAR 1903		EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 922.60

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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