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Zwiggelaar Auctions: Books, Graphics, Ephemera - Session II

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Auction Name Books, Graphics, Ephemera - Session II Total Sales (EUR) 163,603.34
Auction Date December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 67,400.00
Sale Number #34b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 127,720.00
Total Lots 442
Sold Lots 348.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 106,890.00
% of Lots Sold 78.73% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 193,480.00
Unsold Lots 94 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 84.56%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1019 GOYA, FRANCISCO (1746-1828)

LOS CAPRICHOS

 1857 EUR 7,500.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 10,544.00
1111 ESCHER, M.C. (1898-1972)

EX LIBRIS G.H. 'S GRAVESANDE

 1937 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 7,249.00
729

[WORLD-ATLAS] LA GEOGRAPHIE RACOURCIE DE PIERRE BERTIUS. COSMOGRAPHE DU ROY TRES-CHRESTIEN

 1618 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,590.00
703

[INDONESIA] PAS-CAERT VAN 'T OOSTELYCKSTE DEEL VAN OOST INDIEN

 (ca. 1670) EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 5,272.00
1049 POOL, M. (1670-1740)

THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY AT THE PAINTERS' GUILD OF ROME

 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 4,085.80
682

[ATLASES] VOORNE CAART-BOECK VAN ALLE DE DORPEN, EN POLDERS

 n.d. (1701) EUR 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,163.20
787

HERGE. SIGNED COPY. LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN AU PAYS DES SOVIETS

 1969 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 3,163.20
662

[AMERICA] AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE/ AMERIQUE MERIDIONALE

 1785 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,636.00
728

[WORLD MAP] NOVA ORBIS TABULA IN LUCEM EDITA, A.F. DE WIT

 ca. 1670 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,636.00
646 BALDAEUS, P.

[INDIA AND CEYLON] NAAUWKEURIGE BESCHRYVINGE VAN MALABAR EN CHOROMANDEL

 1672 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,240.60
1061 TOOROP, JAN (1858-1928)

[SYMBOLISM] VERHEUGD GOUDA

 1897 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 2,108.80
644 COOK, J.

REIZEN RONDOM DE WAERELD

 1797-1809 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,977.00
669 VERBIEST, PIETER

[ATLAS XVII PROVINCES] NOVUS TABULARU[M] GEOGRAPHICARUM BELGICAE LIBER IN QUO ACCURATIUS QUAM

 1636 EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,977.00
700

[GLOBES] TURKISH GLOBE

 ca. 1925 EUR 70.00 - 120.00 EUR 1,977.00
749 DISNEY, W.

THE CARL BARKS LIBRARY OF WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK

 1984-90 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,845.20
642 DAPPER, O.

[CHINA. VOC] GEDENKWAERDIG BEDRYF DER NEDERLANDSCHE OOST-INDISCHE MAETSCHAPPYE

 1670 EUR 800.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 1,449.80
869 VANDERSTEEN, W.

SUSKE EN WISKE. LOT OF 47

 1940s-60s EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,449.80
1005 COCK, H. (1518-1570)

MERCURY HOLDING THE HEAD OF ARGUS

 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,449.80
632 BRUCE, J.

[AFRICA] VOYAGE AUX SOURCES DU NIL, EN NUBIE ET EN ABYSSINIE

 1790 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,318.00
683 BEAULIEU, S. PONTAULT DE

[BELGIUM] PLAN ET CARTES DES VILLES D'ARTOIS (...)

 n.d. (17th cent.) EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,318.00
1088 BRUNA, DICK (1927-2017)

"VAN BINNEN"

 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,186.20
623 TAYLOR, J.

[SPAIN] VOYAGE PITTORESQUE EN ESPAGNE, EN PORTUGAL ET SUR LA COTE D'AFRIQUE

 1826/ 1832 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,120.30
633 LEO AFRICANUS, J.

[AFRICA] PERTINENTE BESCHRYVINGE VAN AFRICA

 1665 EUR 800.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,120.30
670 (DE VAUGONDY, GILLES ROBERT)

[ATLASES] ATLAS PORTATIF, UNIVERSEL ET MILITAIRE

 1748 EUR 250.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,054.40
673 BAALDE, S.J.

[ATLASES] NIEUWE ASTRONOMISCHE GEOGRAPHISCHE EN HISTORISCHE ZAK EN REIS ATLAS

 1770 EUR 800.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,054.40
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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