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Bruun Rasmussen: Books and Maps

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Auction Name	Books and Maps	Total Sales (EUR)	113,742.50
Auction Date	August 25, 2015 - August 25, 2015	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	66,320.00
Sale Number	#1535b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	88,735.00
Total Lots	185
Sold Lots	122.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	101,715.00
% of Lots Sold	65.95%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	134,620.00
Unsold Lots	63	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	84.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
6027	Hergé, f. 1907, d. 1983, Belgian cartoonist	Hergé: The Adventures of Tintin: Original drawing in ink.	82	EUR 805.00 - 1,050.00	EUR 21,875.00
6031	John Lennon og Yoko Ono	John Lennon Memorabilia: John and Yoko Calender 1970.	1970	EUR 5,350.00 - 6,700.00	EUR 5,000.00
6070		Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen: A. Petermann: Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt [...].	1856-1902	EUR 535.00 - 805.00	EUR 4,000.00
6029	Karen Blixen	Denmark's greatest storyteller: Important collection of letters from Karen Blixen to Viggo Kjær Petersen.	1958-1962	EUR 2,700.00 - 3,350.00	EUR 3,687.50
6028		Rousseau's works: Oeuvres completes.	1788-93.	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,700.00	EUR 3,500.00
6032		The Collin family bible: Biblia, Det er Den gantske Hellige Scrifft, 1633 paa Danske [...].	1633	EUR 2,700.00 - 3,350.00	EUR 3,250.00
6030		Inkunabula: Johs. Marchesinus: Mammotrectus [super Bibliam].	1489	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,700.00	EUR 2,687.50
6071		Annals of Physics: Poggendorf: Annalen der Physik und Chemie.	1858-1903.	EUR 535.00 - 805.00	EUR 2,187.50
6047		Rare first edition of Little red book: Mao Zedong: [Quotations from Chairman Mao].	1964	EUR 805.00 - 1,050.00	EUR 2,000.00
6108	Charles Dickens	Charles Dickens: Master Humphrey's Clock.	1840-41.	EUR 1,350.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,000.00
6038		Rare first edition of Little red book: Mao Zedong: [Quotations from Chairman Mao].	1964	EUR 805.00 - 1,050.00	EUR 1,687.50
6052	Andrea Pozzo	Andrea Pozzo: Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for Painters and Architects.	1720	EUR 535.00 - 805.00	EUR 1,687.50
6107		China: Putnam Weale: The Pageant of Peking.	1920	EUR 270.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,687.50
6033	H.C. Andersen	Inscribed by H.C. Andersen: Nye Eventyr og Historier.	1858-1872.	EUR 1,350.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,562.50
6040	H.C. Andersen	Regards from HCA III: Autograph letter signed by Hans Christian Andersen to Valdemar Andreasen.	1865	EUR 1,350.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 1,500.00
6068		Topographical records for Norway: [Det Topographiske Selskab for Norge] (eds.): Topographisk Journal for Norge.	1792-97.	EUR 805.00 - 1,050.00	EUR 1,500.00
6036	H.C. Andersen	Regards from HCA II: Autograph letter signed by Hans Christian Andersen.	1845	EUR 1,350.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,437.50
6100	Grete Jalk, f. 1920, d. 2006	Grete Jalk: (red.): Dansk møbelkunst gennem 40 aar: Københavns Snedkerlaugs Møbeludstillinger 1927-1966.	1987	EUR 1,350.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 1,437.50
6090	Asger Jorn, Jim Dine og Karel Appel	1 Cent Life, 1964. Book with more than 40 lithographs in colours by a.o. Pierre Alechinsky, Asger Jorn, Karel Appel.		EUR 400.00 - 670.00	EUR 1,312.50
6046	Ludvig Holberg	Hans Mikkelsens Fire Skiemte-Digte med Tvende Fortaler/Samt Zille Hans Dotters Forsvars Skrift [...].	1722	EUR 805.00 - 1,050.00	EUR 1,250.00
6081	Karen Blixen, Harry Larsen og August Sandgren	Karen Blixen, Harry Larsen, August Sandgren: Collection of 17 vols. by and on Karen Blixen		EUR 400.00 - 670.00	EUR 1,250.00
6050	Gustav Wied	Wied's scarece debut: Peter Idealist (pseud. for Gustav Wied): Nogle Aforismer [...].	1887	EUR 1,350.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,175.00
6082	Johs. V. Jensen	First editions by Johs. V. Jensen: Collection of 33 vols.		EUR 400.00 - 670.00	EUR 1,175.00
6113	Saxo Grammaticus	A.S. Vedel (transl.): Saxo Grammaticus: Den danske Krønicke [...].	1575	EUR 200.00 - 270.00	EUR 1,175.00
6121		Martialis Cum Duobus Commentis.	1503	EUR 400.00 - 670.00	EUR 1,175.00

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.