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Auction Name	NRC Auctions - Art Evening Sale	Total Sales (EUR)	113,400.00
Auction Date	December 01, 2025 - December 01, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	63,200.00
Sale Number	#120125	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	91,900.00
Total Lots	23
Sold Lots	16.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	106,700.00
% of Lots Sold	69.57%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	154,400.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	73.45%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
23	Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman	Zuidlaarder paardenmarkt [Horse fair in Zuidlaren], 1943.	1943	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 41,472.00
46	Ruud van Empel	Theatre #7, 2012.	2012	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 15,552.00
61	Marc Lagrange	Flidais Function, from the 'Senza Parole' series, 2014.	2014	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 10,368.00
27	Edward Ruscha	Sin, 1970.	1970	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 5,961.60
62	Marc Lagrange	Lost in Lust, 2012.	2012	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 5,961.60
50	Viviane Sassen	Totem, from the series '(Ultra Violet) Flamboya', 2007.	2007	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 5,702.40
54	Shirin Neshat	Women in Robes, from the 'Rapture' series, 1999.	1999	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,702.40
51	Erwin Olaf	Paradise Portraits, 2001.	2001	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 4,665.60
58	Olafur Eliasson	Iceland series #21, 1994, Unique	1994	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 3,628.80
52	Erwin Olaf	De la Laboral, Dama del Armino [The Lady in Ermine], from the 'Laboral Escena Gijon' series, 2008.	2008	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,110.40
53	Yasumasa Morimura	An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo (Hand-shaped Earring).	2001	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 3,110.40
56	Thomas Ruff	d.p.b. 08 (Barcelona Pavilion from the "Mies van der Rohe" series), 2000/2002.	2000/2002.	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,462.40
47	Hendrik Kerstens	Lampshade, 2008.	2008	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 2,332.80
6	Herbert Zangs	Untitled, 1975.	1975	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,425.60
63	Miles Aldridge	Dog Lady, 2009.	2009	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,166.40
59	Christo	Wrapped coast, One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia, 1969/1971.	1969/1971.	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 777.60

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.
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.
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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