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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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  • <b><center>Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:</b><br>The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland<br>Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books<br>Thursday, 5th March, 2026</center></b> <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (AMERICA). COLLOT, GEORGES H. VICTOR. <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique Septentrionale…,</i> Paris, 1826 (but printed 1804/5). $60,000 to $90,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (INCUNABLE). SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. <i>Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg,</i> Anton Koberger, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ENTOMOLOGY). MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA. <i>Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium,</i> Amsterdam, 1719. $40,000 to $60,000. <b><center>Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:</b><br>The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland<br>Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books<br>Thursday, 5th March, 2026</center></b> <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM JANZOON. <>Le Flambeau de la Navigation…,</i> Amsterdam, 1620. $40,000 to $60,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ATLAS). MERCATOR, GERARD. <i>L'Atlas ou Méditations Cosmographiques de la fabrique du monde et Figure diceluy,</i> Amsterdam, 1613. $30,000 to $50,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ORNITHOLOGY). GOULD, JOHN. <i>The Birds of Great Britain,</i> London, (1862-)73. First edition. $30,000 to $50,000. <b><center>Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:</b><br>The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland<br>Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books<br>Thursday, 5th March, 2026</center></b> <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM & JOHANNES. <i>Appendix Theatri A. Ortelii et Atlantis G. Mercatoris…,</i> Amsterdam, 1631. $30,000 to $50,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. <i>Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis,</i> Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (BOTANY). WEINNMANN, JOHANN WILHELM. <i>Duidelyke Vertoning, Eeniger Duizend in alle vier waerelds deelen wassende…,</i> Amsterdam, 1739-48. $20,000 to $30,000. <b><center>Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:</b><br>The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland<br>Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books<br>Thursday, 5th March, 2026</center></b> <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ENGLAND). KIP, JOHANNES. <i>Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne,</i> London, 1714-16. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. <i>Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis,</i> Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ARCHITECTURE). PIRANESI, GIOVANNI. (Miscellaneous). <i>Prima parte di architetture e prospettive,</i> (Paris, circa 1800). $12,000 to $18,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (AMERICA). COLLOT, GEORGES H. VICTOR. Voyage dans l'Amérique Septentrionale…, Paris, 1826 (but printed 1804/5). $60,000 to $90,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (INCUNABLE). SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ENTOMOLOGY). MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA. Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium, Amsterdam, 1719. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM JANZOON. <>Le Flambeau de la Navigation…, Amsterdam, 1620. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). MERCATOR, GERARD. L'Atlas ou Méditations Cosmographiques de la fabrique du monde et Figure diceluy, Amsterdam, 1613. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ORNITHOLOGY). GOULD, JOHN. The Birds of Great Britain, London, (1862-)73. First edition. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM & JOHANNES. Appendix Theatri A. Ortelii et Atlantis G. Mercatoris…, Amsterdam, 1631. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis, Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (BOTANY). WEINNMANN, JOHANN WILHELM. Duidelyke Vertoning, Eeniger Duizend in alle vier waerelds deelen wassende…, Amsterdam, 1739-48. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ENGLAND). KIP, JOHANNES. Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne, London, 1714-16. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis, Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ARCHITECTURE). PIRANESI, GIOVANNI. (Miscellaneous). Prima parte di architetture e prospettive, (Paris, circa 1800). $12,000 to $18,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Balthus, Emily Brontë. <i>Wuthering Heights,</i> New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Charles Dickens. <i>Complete Works,</i> Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Winston Churchill. First edition of <i>War Speeches,</i> Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. <i>Holy Cats</i> 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.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> 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 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> 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