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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)	137,455.50
Auction Date	December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	127,570.00
Sale Number	#141b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	127,570.00
Total Lots	921
Sold Lots	444.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	413,615.00
% of Lots Sold	48.21%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	413,615.00
Unsold Lots	477	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	33.23%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1743	Meyer,J.D.	Angenehmer und nutzlicher Zeit-Vertreib mit Betrachtung curioser Vorstellungen allerhand kriechender, fliegender und schwimmender, auf dem Land und im Wasser sich befindender und nahrender Thiere, sowohl nach ihrer Gestalt und ausserlichen Beschaffenheit	1748-1756	EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 10,400.00
1835	Scilla,A.	La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso	1670	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,120.00
2390	La Croix,A.P.de	Geographia universalis	1697	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,080.00
2439	Tavernier,J.B.	Beschreibung der sechs Reisen, in Turckey, Persien und Indien, innerhalb viertzig Jahren, durch alle Wege, die man nach diesen Landeren nehmen kan	1681	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,080.00
2335	Rouge,G.L.	Atlas portatif des militaires et des voyageurs	1759	EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,885.00
1828	Hiemer,E.F.	Caput Medusae utpote novum diluvii universalis monumentum	1724	EUR 240.00 - 240.00	EUR 1,820.00
2409	Petermann,A.	Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt uber wichtige neue Erforschungen auf dem Gesammtgebiete der Geographie / Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt	(1855-1911)	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,820.00
1826	Leonhard,C.C. (Hrsg.)	Taschenbuch fur die gesammte Mineralogie	1808	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,690.00
2369	Gockel,(E.)	Basiligraphia Europaea: sive de Europaeis regibus ad novissimos nostros mores methodica et repetita tractatio	1688	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,690.00
2254	Bellin,(J.N.)	Description geographique du Golfe de Venise et de la Morse	1771	EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,560.00
2362	Du Val,P.	Geographiae universalis	1685	EUR 1,600.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 1,560.00
1642	Single,C.	Abbildungen der vorzuglichsten Traubensorten Wurttembergs	1860	EUR 700.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,430.00
2123	Merian,M.	Topographia Superioris Saxoniae, Thuringiae, Misniae, Lusatiae, etc.		EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,430.00
2027	Baldaeus,P.	Wahrhaftige ausfuhrliche Beschreibung der beruhmten ost-indischen Kusten Malabar und Coromandel, als auch der Insel Zeylon: Samt dero angranzenden und untergehorigen Reichen...	1672	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,300.00
2341		Sammlung von 29 Baedeker		EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,235.00
2049	Worndle von Adelsfried, E.	Bilder aus dem heiligen Lande	(1827-1906)	EUR 1,300.00 - 1,300.00	EUR 1,105.00
2368		Globus. Dekorativer Erdglobus als Reisetintenfass	um 1875	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,105.00
2426		Sammlung von 14 Atlanten		EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,105.00
1644	Tulpen	26 (15 kol.; 3 doppelt) Bll	1900	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,040.00
1824	Bourget,L.	Traite des petrifications	1742	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,040.00
2129	Mul(l)ner, Johann(es)	Annalium Tom	1680	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,040.00
2256	Capriolo,A.	Ritratta di cento capitani illustri	1596	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	EUR 1,040.00
2325	(Euler,L.)	Geographischer Atlas bestehend in 44 Land-Charten, worauf alle Theile des Erd-Creyses vorgestellet werden	(ca. 1770)	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,040.00
1829	Klein,T.	Ordre naturel des oursins de mer et fossiles	1754	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 910.00
2023	Wagner,J.C.	Das machtige Kayser-Reich Sina und die Asiatische Tartarey vor Augen gestellet. In aussfuhrlicher Beschreibung...	1689	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 910.00

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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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.