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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Literature and Illustrated Books Auction
- Auction Date
- 12/12/2025 - 12/12/2025
- Sale Number
- #121225
- Total Lots
- 26
- Sold Lots
- 19.0
- Lots Sold
- 73.08%
- Unsold Lots
- 7
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 6,832.12
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 12,505.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 15,370.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 20,005.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 24,620.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 27.75%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99623149 | Franz Kafka | Der Prozess. Roman. |
1925 | EUR 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 1,335.25 |
| 99576579 | James Joyce | Ulysses (8th. printing) |
1926 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 817.50 |
| 99576046 | Ernest Hemingway | Across The River And Into The Trees (First Ed.) |
1950 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 801.15 |
| 99409002 | John Milton | The Poetical Works of John Milton in Vellucent Binding |
1897 | EUR 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 | EUR 763.00 |
| 99507203 | Signed, Sir Rabindranath Tagore | The Gardener - Translated from The Original Bengali - Bernhard Tauchnitz |
1921 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 524.29 |
| 99478581 | Ian Fleming | Moonraker: First edition, first impression |
1955 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 392.40 |
| 99474671 | Karin Blixen. | Out of Africa |
1937 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | EUR 305.20 |
| 99467861 | Charles Dickens, Talwin Morris [design] | Charles Dickens Thirty volume set with Talwin Morris designs |
1901 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 283.40 |
| 99577708 | Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov / Ivan Aleksandrovitch Gontcharov | Oblomov / Oblomov |
1862 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | EUR 243.07 |
| 99556436 | Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover | Victorian Detective Fiction (Signed Limited Ed.) |
1966 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 240.89 |
| 99461726 | Robert Musil | Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften. Band I und II. FIRST EDITION |
1930/1933 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | EUR 239.80 |
| 99576900 | Friedrich von Schiller / Bruno Goldschmitt (illustrations) | Wilhelm Tell. Ein Schauspiel in funf Aufzugen von Friedrich von Schiller. |
1922 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 163.50 |
| 99484674 | A. Poenaru | Inconfidarea Roselei sau Nenoricirea si Constinta |
1852 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 152.60 |
| 99511834 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge/Willy Pogany | The Rime of an Ancient Mariner |
1910 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 147.15 |
| 99575593 | W. E. Henley and T. F. Henderson (Editors) / William Hole | The Poetry of Robert Burns (in 4 Vol.) |
1897 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 125.35 |
| 99398749 | Signed, Pierre Boulle | The Good Leviathan, 1st US Edition, HC & DJ, |
1978 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 99527257 | Eduard Norden / Walter Tiemann (illustrations) | Amor und Psyche. Marchen von Apulejus. Ubertragen von Eduard Norden |
1902 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 83.93 |
| 99488345 | Randolph Caldecott | Randolph Caldecott's "Graphic" Pictures Limited Numbered Edition |
1891 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 82.84 |
| 99579342 | Mr.Limon & Fr. Joaquim De S.Ta Anna | Portugiesische Werke,Dissertacao Critica,Historica, E Liturgica Sobre A Nota Do Prelado Ao Antigo |
1769/1801 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 21.80 |
| 99623282 | Rainer Maria Rilke | Geschichten vom lieben Gott |
1904 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 | Not Sold |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.