• Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
  • Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500.
  • Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy

Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: BCD Library Part 2, 171, Gahanna

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 02, 2024 - November 02, 2024
Page Size: 498 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
303 Derichs, Wilhelm.

Herakles as a Model Ruler in Antiquity

Gerolstein-Eifel 1950 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 84.00
304 Elkins, Nathan T., and Stefan Krmnicek [editors].

Essays on Numismatic Iconography

Rahden 2014 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 192.00
305 Gkikaki, Mairi.

Women's Hairstyles on Greek Coins & Statuary

Rahden 2014 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 390.00
306 Imhoof-Blumer, F.

Amazons on Greek Coinage

Nomisma 1908 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 90.00
307 Imhoof-Blumer, Friedrich.

Imhoof-Blumer on Britannicus

Wien 1915 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 108.00
308 Imhoof-Blumer, F.

On Roman Portraiture

Leipzig & Berlin 1922 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 78.00
309 Imhoof-Blumer, Friedrich.

Water Gods on Ancient Coinage

Geneva 1924 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 660.00
310 Lacroix, Leon.

Statues on Greek Coins

Liege 1949 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 450.00
311 Meyer, Hugo.

Images of Antinoos in Ancient Art

Munchen 1991 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 480.00
312 Philadelpheus, Alexander.

Pan on Ancient Coinage

Athens 1899 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 120.00
313 Schreiber, Th.

Portraits of Alexander

Leipzig 1903 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 180.00
314 Walter, David L.

Depictions of Comets on Coins & Medals

New York 1893 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 1,440.00
315 Weidner, Johannes.

Pietas on Ancient Coins

Jena 1694 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 1,080.00
316 Harzfeld, S.K.

Rare American Lecture

Philadelphia 1879 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 330.00
317 Loos, G.B.

Early Work on Counterfeit Coins

Berlin 1828 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 510.00
318 Manfredini, Gino.

Pictorial Reference on Forgeries

Brescia 1981 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 270.00
319 Prokopov, Ilya, Kostadin Kissyov and Eugeni Paunov.

Works on Modern Counterfeits

Sofia 2003 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 420.00
320 Ravel, Oscar E.

Identifying Counterfeit Coins

Paris 1933 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 192.00
321 Barbie du Bocage, Jean-Denise.

Map & Plate Volume for Anacharsis's Voyages

London 1791 USD 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
322 Barthelemy, Abbe Jean-Jacques.

Illustrations for the Voyage of Anacharsis the Younger

London 1825 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
323 Dumersan, T.M.

A Finely Bound Copy

Paris 1846 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 510.00
324 Anson, Leo.

Plates to Anson's Numismata Graeca

London 1910--1916. USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 780.00
325 Boehringer, Christof.

Chronology of Hellenistic Coinage

Berlin 1972 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 78.00
326 Boutkowski-Glinka, Alexandre.

The Petit Mionnet

Berlin 1889 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
327 Cadalvene, Edouard de.

Cadalvene's Volume of Unpublished Coins

Paris 1828 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 300.00
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 51. Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $5,500 - $6,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 165. Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates (1776) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 688. Blaeu's Superb Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 105. Striking Map of French Colonial Possessions (1720) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 98. Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America (1556) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 181. Important Map of the Georgia Colony (1748) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 547. Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 85. Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America (1720) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 642. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 748. The Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights (1520) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 298. Scarce Early Map of Chester County (1822) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000