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Galerie Bassenge: Miscellaneous

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Auction Name Miscellaneous Total Sales (EUR) 201,715.20
Auction Date October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 126,530.00
Sale Number #126VAR High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 126,530.00
Total Lots 270
Sold Lots 112.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 244,350.00
% of Lots Sold 41.48% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 244,350.00
Unsold Lots 158 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 82.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
372 Levaillant, Francois

Histoire naturelle des oiseaux

1801-1806 und 1806-1807-1816 oder 1818 EUR 38,000.00 - 38,000.00 EUR 76,800.00
386 Vietz, Ferdinand Bernhard

Icones plantarum

1800-1822 EUR 18,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 30,720.00
352 Runge, Friedrich Ferdinand

Der Bildungstrieb der Stoffe

1855 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 15,360.00
498 Keynes, John Maynard

The general theory of employment interest and money

1936 EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 5,888.00
500 List, Friedrich

Das nationale System der politischen Oekonomie, Band I

1841 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,632.00
363 Bloch, Marcus E.

Okonomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands

1783-1785 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,560.00
411 Lilienthal, Otto

Der Vogelflug als Grundlage

1889 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,560.00
653 Ukiyo-e Leporello und Kunisada, Utagawa

Album mit 37 Ukiyo-e Farbholzschnitten in 23 Trypticha bzw. Dypticha

um 1850-1860 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,432.00
340 Humboldt, Alexander von

Ueber zwei Versuche den Chimborazo zu besteigen

1837 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,048.00
444 Joest, Wilhelm

Tatowiren, Narbenzeichnen und Korperbemalen

1887 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,920.00
630 Hokusai, Katsushika

Fugaku hyakkei (japonice: 100 Ansichten des Berges Fuji). 3 Blockbucher

wohl spatere posthume Ausgabe um 1875 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,920.00
310 Knauer, Thomas

Selectus instrumentorum ghirurgicorum (!)

1801 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,792.00
334 Fichtel, Johann Ehrenreich von

Nachricht von den Versteinerungen des Grossfurstenthums Siebenburgen

1780 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,792.00
446 Harding, Edward

The Costume of the Russian Empire

1811 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,792.00
305 Duchenne de Boulogne, G.-B.

Mecanisme de la physionomie humaine

1876 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,664.00
493 Custine, A. de.

La Russie en 1839.

1843 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,536.00
506 Kartenspiel

Das Zigeunermadchen

um 1800 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,408.00
371 Lauche, Wilhelm

Deutsche Pomologie, 1882-1883

1882-1883 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,280.00
369 Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph

Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-popularen Naturgeschichte der Amphibien

1864 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,216.00
315 Kuttner, Arthur

Die entzundlichen Nebenhohlenerkrankungen der Nase im Rontgenbild

1908 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,024.00
365 Dietrich, David

Forstflora

1838-1840 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,024.00
376 Moffet, Thomas

Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum

1634 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,024.00
405 Auer von Welsbach, Alois

Die Entdeckung des Naturselbstdruckes

1854 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,024.00
418 Wittig, Paul

Die Architektur der Hoch- und Untergrundbahn in Berlin

1922 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,024.00
671 Shotei, Watanabe

Oume Kaido

um 1909 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,024.00
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.