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Auktionshaus Schramm: Art and Book Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name Art and Book Auction Total Sales (EUR) 197,079.40
Auction Date November 15, 2025 - November 15, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 93,110.00
Sale Number #98 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 117,950.00
Total Lots 600
Sold Lots 345.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 150,050.00
% of Lots Sold 57.50% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 189,220.00
Unsold Lots 255 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 104.15%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
232

Collector's atlas with 37 multiple-folded copper maps...Mostly Amsterdam and Antwerp

between 1616-1631 EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 26,600.00
575 Dora Maurer

(de) formation 7

1978 EUR 3,200.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 9,975.00
231 Homann, J.B.

Atlas Germaniae specialis ... Brief report on the latest Homann Atlas of Germany

1753 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,975.00
591 Gerhard Richter

Clouds

1970 EUR 3,200.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 9,310.00
57 Rumpolt, M.

Ein new Kochbuch

1604 EUR 6,400.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,645.00
600 Pierre Soulages

Lithograph No. 8

1958 EUR 3,200.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,054.00
653 Janssen, Horst.

Der Alp - Variations on Heinrich Fussli.

1974 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,788.00
541

Collection of partly colored prints from the Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Kestner-Gesellschaft, etc.

1950 to 1990 EUR 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,522.00
542

Collection of partly colored prints from the Griffelkunst Association

Circa 1990 to 2020 EUR 640.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,926.00
237 Du Halde, J.B.

Description of the Chinese Empire and the Great Tartary...translated from French

1747-1749 and 1756 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,660.00
507 Georg Baselitz

Grun IX

1990 EUR 960.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,394.00
654 Horst Janssen

Der Foliant. Medical report from May 19, 1990 to January 20, 1991

1991 EUR 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,261.00
56 Elsholtz, J.S.

Diaeteticon. (New Table Book)

1682 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,862.00
535 Max Ernst

Hibou

1955 EUR 640.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,729.00
588 Serge Poliakoff

Composition rouge, grise et noire

1960 EUR 960.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,729.00
515 Marc Chagall

Collection of 18 lithographs

1957 and 1958 EUR 640.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,596.00
434 Chagall, Marc.

Drawings for the Bible. Text by Gaston Bachelard.

1960 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,596.00
580 Otto Muller-Eibenstock

Abstract composition

Circa 1925 EUR 640.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,330.00
162 Zwinger, T.

Theatrum Botanicum, That is: Complete Herb Book

1744 EUR 960.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,263.50
199

Photographs of a German officer in an observation unit from World War II

Between September 1, 1939 and December 22, 1942 EUR 320.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,263.50
221 Baz, G. and E.L. Gallo.

History of the Mexican Railway. Translated into English by G.F. Henderson

1876 EUR 640.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,263.50
460

Verve Vol. VII, No. 27/28. Revue artistique et litteraire.

1952 EUR 640.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,263.50
264 Seyler, G.D. and G.P. Schultz

Report on the Russian and Saxon Siege and Bombardment of the City of Danzig

1735-38 EUR 240.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,197.00
48

Collection of mostly black-and-white press photographs of German actors...and their films

approx. 1955-1996 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 1,064.00
528 Salvador Dali

Melting clock

1958 EUR 160.00 - 200.00 EUR 997.50
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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.