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Desa Unicum: Paper Tales. Book Illustration and More.

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Auction Name Paper Tales. Book Illustration and More. Total Sales (PLN) 55,620.00
Auction Date November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) 41,900.00
Sale Number #111925 High Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) 62,900.00
Total Lots 49
Sold Lots 28.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (PLN) 78,300.00
% of Lots Sold 57.14% High Estimate of All Lots (PLN) 115,300.00
Unsold Lots 21 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.24%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5020 Zdzislaw Witwicki

"Rzepka", ilustracja ksiazkowa

PLN 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 4,800.00
5033 Edward Lutczyn

Zeby, ilustracja satyryczna

PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 4,800.00
5024 Zdzislaw Witwicki

Muchomor, ilustracja ksiazkowa

PLN 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 4,560.00
5039 Julitta Karwowska-Wnuczak

"Moj Kalendarz", ilustracja z Kotem Filemonem na miesiac listopad

PLN 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 PLN 2,880.00
5042 Julitta Karwowska-Wnuczak

"Przygody Kota Filemona", ilustracja ksiazkowa

PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 2,640.00
5046 Wladyslaw Nehrebecki, Leszek Lorek, Alfred Ledwig

Bolek i Tola, folia animacyjna nr 17

PLN 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 PLN 2,640.00
5047 Pierre Culliford, opracowanie plastyczne

Smerfy - Smerf Wazniak, folia animacyjna

PLN 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 PLN 2,640.00
5027 Jan Marcin Szancer

"Zart olszowiecki", ilustracja ksiazkowa

PLN 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 PLN 2,400.00
5036 Bohdan Butenko

Karmnik, komplet ilustracji do czasopisma "Mis"

PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 2,400.00
5041 Julitta Karwowska-Wnuczak

"Przygody Kota Filemona", ilustracja ksiazkowa

PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 2,400.00
5008 Janusz Towpik

Projekt ilustracji

1961 PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 2,280.00
5018 Zdzislaw Witwicki

Kolejka, ilustracja do czasopisma "Mis"

PLN 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 2,280.00
5038 Julitta Karwowska-Wnuczak

"Przygody Kota Filemona", strona tytulowa

PLN 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 2,280.00
5044 Julitta Karwowska-Wnuczak

"Przygody Kota Filemona", ilustracja ksiazkowa

PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 2,280.00
5045 Lechoslaw Marszalek

Reksio, folia animacyjna

PLN 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 PLN 1,920.00
5026 Jerzy Karolak

"Siec i koszyczek", projekt okladki

1956 PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 1,800.00
5006 Krystyna Witkowska

"Przygody jeza spod miasta Zgierza", ilustracja ksiazkowa

PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 1,680.00
5007 Krystyna Witkowska

"Przygody jeza spod miasta Zgierza", ilustracja ksiazkowa

PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 1,680.00
5035 Bohdan Butenko

"Strzelec"

PLN 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 PLN 1,440.00
5001 Bozena Truchanowska

"Dzieci z Bullerbyn", ilustracja

PLN 600.00 - 1,200.00 PLN 840.00
5004 Barbara Baranowska

"Trzy Malgorzatki", ilustracja ksiazkowa

PLN 800.00 - 1,500.00 PLN 840.00
5030 Jerzy Flisak

Imieniny, ilustracja do czasopisma "Szpilki"

PLN 800.00 - 1,200.00 PLN 720.00
5031 Jerzy Flisak

"Skandaliczne nieuctwo", ilustracja do czasopisma "Szpilki"

PLN 500.00 - 800.00 PLN 720.00
5002 Janina Krzeminska

Ilustracja ksiazkowa

PLN 600.00 - 1,200.00 PLN 600.00
5003 Barbara Baranowska

"Niczego sie nie boje", ilustracja ksiazkowa

PLN 800.00 - 1,500.00 PLN 600.00
  • 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.