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Auction Name: Asian Art / 5000 Years
Auction Date: 12/12/2025 - 12/12/2025
Sale Number: #pf2517
Total Lots: 24
Sold Lots: 17.0
Lots Sold: 70.83%
Unsold Lots: 7

Total Sales (EUR): 199,136.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 84,200.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 120,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 96,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 137,900.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 144.41%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
235	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)	Beach Hut at Himi in Etchu Province (Hama sho'oku, Etchu Himi)	Taisho period, early 20th century	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 33,020.00
233	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)	Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki)	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	EUR 27,940.00
239	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)	The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province (Suruga Satta kaijo)	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 27,940.00
234	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)	Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushi-ko)	Taisho period, early 20th century	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 24,130.00
245	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)	Snowy Morning at Koishikawa (Koishikawa yuki no ashita)	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 17,780.00
232	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)	Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fuha)	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 16,510.00
240	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)	Ryogoku Bridge in Edo (Toto Ryogoku)	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 13,970.00
236	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)	The Seacoast at Kubota in Awa Province (Boshu Kubota no kaigan)	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 5,334.00
241	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)	Poem by Teishin Ko (Fujiwara no Tadahira)	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,334.00
242	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)	Poem by Tenchi Tenno	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,334.00
243	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)	Pines and Waves at the Dragon Cavern (Ryudo shoto)	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,080.00
246	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)	Poem by Sarumaru Dayu	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,080.00
247	Attributed to Isoda Koyrusai (1735-1790)	Six shunga woodblock prints	Edo period, 18th century	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,080.00
237	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)	Fuji-view Teahouse at Zoshigaya (Zoshigaya Fujimi chaya)	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,540.00
249	Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)	Roof Tile and Sparrows; Specialties of Mizuno in Imado	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,905.00
255	Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)	Turtles and waterweeds	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,270.00
252	Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)	No. 1 (Sono ichi): Fish, sake bottle, and plum blossoms	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 889.00
248	Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)	The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in the role of Takechi Samanosuke	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
244	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)	The Sound of the Lake at Rinkai (Rinkai kosei)	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
250	Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)	Two surimono from the series Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)	Edo period, 19th century	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	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 April

Sotheby’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.