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Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen

Auction Info

Auction Name
Book and Art Auction - Day 2
Auction Date
02/12/2026 - 02/12/2026
Sale Number
#142b
Total Lots
1309
Sold Lots
635.0
Lots Sold
48.51%
Unsold Lots
674
Total Sales (EUR)
277,927.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
213,020.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
213,020.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
560,205.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
560,205.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
49.61%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2031 Knip,A.P.J., C.J.Temminck u. F.Prevost

Les Pigeons

 (1809-43) EUR 18,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 39,000.00
1999 Frisch,J.L.

Vorstellung der Vogel Deutschlandes und beylaufig auch einiger Fremden...

 (1733-), 1743 EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 22,100.00
2543

Atlas. Sammelatlas in 1 Band

 18. Jh. EUR 3,600.00 - 3,600.00 EUR 10,400.00
1979 Esper,E.J.C.

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen

 1829 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 4,940.00
1668 Heym,G.

Umbra vitae

 1924 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,680.00
2553 Vaugondy, R.de.G.

Atlas universel- Paris 1757(- 1758)

 EUR 7,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 4,550.00
2020 Bonaparte,C.-L.

Iconographie des Pigeons

 1857(-58) EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,420.00
2546 Danckerts,J.

Nova totius terrarum orbis

 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 4,290.00
2615 Merian,M. u. M.Zeiller

Sammelband mit 4 Topographien: Osterreich, Bohmen, Bayern und Schwaben sowie 2 Anhange, zus

 19. Jhdts. EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 3,900.00
1572 Edschmid,K.

Die Furstin. Mit sechs Radierungen von Max Beckmann

 1918 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,640.00
1794

Sachsenspiegel. Auffs new fleissig corrigirt, an Texten: Glossen: Allegaten

 1554 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,380.00
2116 Belidor,B.F.de

Architectura hydraulica. Oder: Die Kunst, das Gewasser zu denen verschiedentlichen Nothwendigkeiten des menschlichen Lebens zu leiten, in die Hohe zu bringen, und vortheilhaftig anzuwenden

 1743-69 EUR 3,800.00 - 3,800.00 EUR 3,380.00
1729 Mann,T.

Buddenbrooks. Verfall einer Familie

 1901 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 3,120.00
2126 Birckenstein,A.E.B.v.

Ertz-Herzogliche Handgriffe dess Zirckels vnd Linials, Oder Ausserwehlter Anfang zu denen Mathematischen Wissenschaften. Worinnen man... einen geschwinden Zutritt zu der Feldmesserey vnd andern... Wissenschaften machet

 1686 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,470.00
2429 Barbault,J.

Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne, ou recueil des plus beaux morceaux de l'antiquite Romaine

 1761 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,340.00
2268 Sattler,C.F.

Geschichte des Herzogthums Wurtenberg...

 1769-83 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,210.00
2652 Geuffroy,A.

Aulae Turcicae, Othomannicique imperii, descriptio, qua Turcarum palatina officia, mores: secte item Mahometice, Imperiorumque ex ea prodeuntium status, luculenter e narrantur:... recens autem in Latinam linguam conversa, per Wilhelmum Godelevaeum...

 1573 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,080.00
2082 (Agricola,G.)

(Berckwerck Buch. Darinn nicht allain alle Empte, Instrument, Gezeug, und alles, so zu diesem Handel gehorig, mit figuren vorgebildet, und klarlich beschrieben...)

 -1621 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,080.00
2571 Merian,M.

Topographia Germaniae Inferioris

 [um 1700] EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 2,080.00
2528 Loriti,H.

Helvetiae descriptio cum IIII. Helvetiorum pagis ac XIII. urbium Panegyrico, & Osvaldi Molitoris Lucerini commentario

 1554 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,950.00
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  • Sotheby's Fine Books & ManuscriptsAvailable for Immediate Purchase Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000