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Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen: Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 2

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Auction Name	Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 2	Total Sales (EUR)	321,155.90
Auction Date	October 01, 2025 - October 01, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	265,960.00
Sale Number	#140B	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	265,960.00
Total Lots	1360
Sold Lots	694.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	710,500.00
% of Lots Sold	51.03%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	710,500.00
Unsold Lots	666	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	45.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2684	Armstrong, Neil	(Astronaut, 1930-2012). Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift.	1969/70	EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 8,710.00
1587	Cioran,E.M.	Ce maudit moi. Dieses verfluchte Ich. 2 Bande.	1983	EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 8,450.00
1930	Dresser,H.E.	A history of the birds of Europe, including all the species inhabiting the western Palaearctic region	1871-81	EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 7,800.00
2565	Vaugondy, R.de.G.	Atlas universel-	1757- 1758	EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,020.00
2556	Mercator,G.	Atlas minor, das ist, Eine kurtze, jedoch grundtliche Beschreibung der gantzen Welt...	1609	EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00	EUR 6,500.00
1996	Knorr,G.W.	Sammlung von Merckwurdigkeiten der Natur und Alterthumern des Erdbodens, welche petrificirte Korper enthalt. (Teil 1 von 4).	1755	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 6,240.00
1651	King,S.	Nebel. Aus dem Amerikanischen von A.v.Reinhardt.	1986	EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00	EUR 5,720.00
2632	Lenoir,A.	Antiquites mexicaines	1834	EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 5,460.00
2608	Piacenza,F.	L'Egeo redivie, o'sia Chorographia dell Arcipelago, Grecia, Morea, o' Peleponnese, di Candia, e Cipri.	1688	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 4,420.00
1596		Cranach-Presse. Cantique des Cantiques de Salomon.	1931	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	EUR 3,640.00
1599	Dali,S.	Les huit peches capitaux	1966/67	EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,640.00
1665	Homer.	Die Odyssee.	1907-1910	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 3,120.00
1766	Allioni,C.	Flora Pedemontana. 2 Text- u. 1 Tafelband in 3 Bdn.	1785	EUR 3,600.00 - 3,600.00	EUR 3,120.00
1895	Gesner,K.	Thierbuch. Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vier fussigen Thieren ... Erstlich ... in Latin beschriben, yetzunder aber durch D. Cunrat Forer ... in das Teutsch gebracht.	1583	EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 3,120.00
1921	Bergstrasser,J.A.B.	Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Munzenberg wie auch der Wetterau und der angranzenden Nachbarschaft dies und jenseits des Mains.	1-3 von 4	EUR 3,300.00 - 3,300.00	EUR 2,860.00
1995	Knorr,G.W.	Lapides, ex cemeberrimorum virorum sententia diluvii universalis testes,... (Nur Tafelteil, ohne den Text).	1750	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	EUR 2,860.00
2308	Person,N.	(Novae Archiepiscopatus Moguntini Tabulae	1694	EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 2,730.00
1489	Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat.	Des Herrn von Montesquiou Persianische Briefe. Mit gestochener Titelvignette von C. L. Crusius nach J. A. B. Nothnagel.	1759	EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 2,600.00
1677	Nielsen,K. (Illustr.).	East of the Sub and West of the Moon, old tales from the north.	um 1920	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 2,340.00
1618	Honnef,K. u. H.Read.	Rupprecht Geiger. Werkverzeichnis Druckgrafik 1948-1972.	1972	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,080.00
1676	Neruda,P.	Estadios y Cordilleras. Serigrafias de Nemesio Antunez con un texto de Pablo Neruda.	1973	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 2,080.00
1883	Aldrovandi,U.	De reliquis animalibus exanguibus libri quatuor, post mortem eius editi	1605	EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00	EUR 2,080.00
1691	Mann,T.	Herr und Hund. Ein Idyll.	1919	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,950.00
2119	Gottfried,J.L.	Newe Welt und Americanische Historien	1655	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,820.00
2151	Scheffer,J.	Lapponia. Id est regionis Lapponum et gentis nova et verissima descriptio.	1673	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,820.00

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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.