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Auction Name
The Sam Josefowitz Collection: Graphic Masterpieces by Rembrandt van Rijn - Part III
Auction Date
12/03/2025 - 12/03/2025
Sale Number
#23941
Total Lots
101
Sold Lots
99.0
Lots Sold
98.02%
Unsold Lots
2
Total Sales (GBP)
8,621,580.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
4,366,100.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
6,687,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
4,546,100.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
6,947,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
124.11%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
9 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Arnout Tholinx, Inspector

 circa 1656 GBP 1,500,000.00 - 2,500,000.00 GBP 3,100,000.00
47 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Christ presented to the People ('Ecce Homo')

 1655 GBP 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 GBP 952,500.00
45 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Christ healing the Sick ('The Hundred Guilder Print')

 circa 1648 GBP 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 GBP 698,500.00
96 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

A Scholar in his Study ('Faust')

 circa 1652 GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 GBP 361,950.00
39 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Flight into Egypt: a Night Piece

 1651 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 355,600.00
48 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Christ crucified between the two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses'

 1653 GBP 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 GBP 254,000.00
50 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Entombment

 circa 1654 GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 228,600.00
17 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Thomas Haaringh ('Old Haaringh')

 circa 1655 GBP 180,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 165,100.00
30 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Angel appearing to the Shepherds

 1634 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 139,700.00
46 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Christ preaching ('La Petite Tombe')

 circa 1657 GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 127,000.00
59 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Saint Jerome reading in an Italian Landscape

 circa 1653 GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 120,650.00
49 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight

 1654 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 95,250.00
66 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Clump of Trees with a Vista

 1652 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 88,900.00
101 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Recueil de Quatre-Vingt-Cinq Estampes originales, Tetes, Paysages et differents Sujet, dessinees et gravees par Rembrandt (Recueil Basan)

 circa 1789 GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 88,900.00
63 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Omval

 1645 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 82,550.00
58 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Saint Jerome beside a Pollard Willow

 1648 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 76,200.00
94 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Student at a Table by Candlelight

 circa 1642 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 66,040.00
99 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Woman sitting half dressed beside a Stove

 1658 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 63,500.00
40 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Flight into Egypt: a Night Piece

 1651 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 63,500.00
65 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Canal with a large Boat and a Bridge ('Het Schuytje op de voorgrondt')

 1650 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 60,960.00
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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.