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Christian Hesse Auktionen: Autumn Auction

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Auction Name Autumn Auction Total Sales (EUR) 689,328.90
Auction Date November 22, 2025 - November 22, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 330,530.00
Sale Number #32 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 477,350.00
Total Lots 716
Sold Lots 491.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 424,140.00
% of Lots Sold 68.58% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 614,250.00
Unsold Lots 225 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 112.22%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
244 Thomas Mann.

Der Tod in Venedig.

 1912 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 27,060.00
238 Else Lasker-Schuler.

Theben.

 1923 EUR 3,400.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 20,910.00
300 Stefan Zweig.

Schachnovelle.

 1942 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 17,220.00
239 Else Lasker-Schuler.

Das Hebraerland.

 1937 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 15,990.00
2 Gerhard Altenbourg.

Rinnen.

 1976 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,840.00
47 Gunther Uecker - Eugen Gomringer.

Hommage a Uecker. - Wie weiss ist wissen die Weisen.

 1975 EUR 2,800.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 9,840.00
67 Friedrich Nietzsche.

Nietzsche contra Wagner.

 1889 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 9,840.00
247 Thomas Mann.

Gesammelte Werke

 1922-1925. EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 9,840.00
271 Rainer Maria Rilke.

Eigenhandiger Brief mit Unterschrift.

 1914<<. EUR 5,000.00 - 6,500.00 EUR 9,840.00
554 Daniel Buren.

Demultiple.

 1973 EUR 500.00 - 750.00 EUR 9,840.00
605 Gilbert & George.

The Red Sculpture (Album).

 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 9,840.00
245 Otto Nuckel - Thomas Mann.

Der kleine Herr Friedemann.

 1920 EUR 3,400.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 9,225.00
14 Max Ernst.

Histoire naturelle.

 1926 EUR 2,200.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 8,610.00
113 Erich Kastner.

Emil und die Detektive.

 1930 [Oktober 1929]. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 8,610.00
88

Reineke Fuchs 1892 - The History of Reynard the Foxe

 1892 EUR 1,700.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 7,995.00
190 Max Beckmann - Kasimir Edschmid.

Die Furstin.

 EUR 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,995.00
228 Ernst Junger.

In Stahlgewittern.

 1920 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 7,995.00
39 Johannes Molzahn.

Zeit-Taster.

 1921 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 7,380.00
105 Johann Wolfgang [von] Goethe.

Reineke Fuchs 2010 -Reineke Fuchs.

 1962 / Ascona EUR 1,600.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 6,765.00
18 Rupprecht Geiger.

[Grohmann-Mappe Abstracta Verlag].

 1961 EUR 2,800.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,150.00
509 John Baldessari.

Throwing three balls in the air to get a straight line.

 1973 EUR 1,300.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,150.00
683 Bruce Nauman.

CLEA RSKY.

 [1967]. EUR 1,300.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,150.00
751 Ed Ruscha.

Dutch Details.

 1971 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 6,150.00
172 Horst Antes.

Radierungen

 [1964|1965]. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,412.00
42 Pablo Picasso -

Pour Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.

 1965 EUR 2,800.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,166.00
  • <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.