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Auction Name Science, Natural History & Curiosities Total Sales (EUR) 48,141.00
Auction Date November 14, 2025 - November 14, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 37,500.00
Sale Number #30c High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 37,500.00
Total Lots 36
Sold Lots 32.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 68,550.00
% of Lots Sold 88.89% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 68,550.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 70.23%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1177 Delamarche

Seltene ptolomaische Armillarsphare

um 1800 EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 6,750.00
1174 Leopold Hugl

Seltenes Lunarium

um 1875 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,075.00
1159 Jean Fortin

Seltener Himmelsglobus

um 1780 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,400.00
1162 Felkl & Sohn

Seltenes Lunarium

um 1890 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,835.00
1152 L.J. Heymann

Tellurium

ca. 1900 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,890.00
1165 Paul Rath

Seltener Himmelsglobus mit figurlichen Sternbildern

um 1920 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,620.00
1168 Malby & Son

Seltener Himmelsglobus

1852 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,620.00
1179 Carl Adami

Erdglobus

1878 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,620.00
1172

Seltener Erdglobus fur Blinde

um 1950 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 1,485.00
1158

Mondglobus.

um 1969 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,350.00
1163

Chinesischer Mondglobus

um 1970 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 1,350.00
1156 Paul Rath

Seltener Mondglobus

1963 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,147.50
1164

Grosser islamischer Himmelsglobus

19. Jhdt. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,147.50
1182

Japanischer Erdglobus

um 1925 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 1,147.50
1180

Franzosischer Miniatur-Erdglobus

um 1885 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,080.00
1185 Hermann Haack

Grosser Rollglobus

um 1955 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,080.00
1171 Paul Rath

Reliefglobus

um 1920 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 1,012.50
1153

Mondglobus.

1970 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 945.00
1184

Buchstutzen Erd- und Himmelsglobus

um 1950 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 945.00
1183 Peter Oestergaard

Erdglobus

um 1900 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 877.50
1167 Paul Rath

Mondglobus

1976 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 810.00
1170 A. Klippel

Drehbare Sternenkarte

um 1900 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 810.00
1160

Omega Foto-Erinnerungs-Kassette zur Apollo 11 Mondlandung

1969 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 675.00
1161

Mond-, Mars- und Himmelsglobus von Scan-Globe

um 1969 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 675.00
1181 Ludwig Julius Heymann

Erdglobus

um 1890 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 675.00
  • 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.
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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.