• Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.

Marc van de Wiele Auctions: October 2025 Auction, 100925, Brugge

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 09, 2025 - October 11, 2025
Page Size: 1390 items in 56 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 BEAUCOURT de NOORTVELDE, Robert de

Histoire de Nieuport

Ostende 1910 EUR 60.00 - 90.00 EUR 237.60
2 BEAUCOURT de NOORTVELDE, Robert de

Monographie de Mariakerke-Bains, lez-Ostende anciennement 'Albertus', aujourd'hui 'Plage North' avec plans

Ostende 1896 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 105.60
3 BEAUCOURT de NOORTVELDE, Robert de

Ostendiana (814-1900) ou la Reine de plages

Ostende 1897 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
4 [BLANKENBERGE]

Album met krantenknipsels en enkele postkaarten en foto (1863-1923)

EUR 70.00 - 90.00 EUR 92.40
5 [BLANKENBERGE] - BARDIN, A.

Blankenberghe. Notes historiques - bains - peche et renseignements

Blankenberghe/Bruges 1864 EUR 220.00 - 300.00 EUR 396.00
6 [BLANKENBERGE] - DAVELUY, Eduard

Blankenberghe-Illustre

Bruges 1893 EUR 90.00 - 160.00 EUR 369.60
7 [BLANKENBERGE]

Souvenir de Blankenberghe

Bruxelles & Blankenberghe 1858 EUR 450.00 - 600.00 EUR 594.00
8 BOWENS, Jacobus

Nauwkeurige beschryving der oude en beroemde zee-stad Oostende, gelegen in Oostenryksch Vlaenderen; van haeren oorsprong, gelegentheyd, haven, kom, veranderingen, zee-vaerd, voorregten, opregtingen, koophandel-genootschappen, assurantie-kamer, wissel-bank

Brugge 1792 EUR 160.00 - 260.00 EUR 290.40
9 CHAM

Tribulations des bains de mer d'Ostende

Bruges c. 1840 EUR 280.00 - 450.00 EUR 369.60
10 [DE PANNE]

Guide Pratique La Panne - St-Idesbald-Coxyde

Bruges 1909/34 EUR 280.00 - 360.00 EUR 501.60
11 [DE PANNE]

La Panne plage et le sud du Littoral

De Panne 1923/27 EUR 90.00 - 160.00 EUR 184.80
12 [DUINENABDIJ KOKSIJDE] - de BUDT, Adrianus

Cronica abbatum monasterii de dunis

Brugis 1839 EUR 280.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
13 FLEMING, Philippe

Oostende vermaerde gheweldighe lanckduyrighe ende bloedighe belegheringhe, bestorminghe ende stoute aenvallen... in de jaren 1601. 1602. 1603. ende 1604

's Graven-Hage 1621 EUR 800.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 1,056.00
14 HAESTENS, Hendrik

De bloedighe beleringhe der stadt Oostende in Vlaenderen geschiedt in de jaeren als men schreeff 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604 ende watter passeerde. De tweede editie

tot Leyden 1613 EUR 240.00 - 360.00 EUR 475.20
15 HAESTENS, Henry

La nouvelle Troye ou Memorable histoire du Siege d'Ostende le plus signale qu'on ait veu en l'Europe. En laquelle sont descripts & naisvement representes en diverses figures, les assauts, deffenses, inventions de guerre, mines, contremines, retranchemens,

Leyde 1615 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,056.00
16 HERMANVILLE

L'Histoire de la vie et du ministere du B. Abbe Idesbalde sous Thierry d'Alsace qui contient les plus beaux evenemens du XII siecle

Bruxelles 1715 EUR 160.00 - 220.00 EUR 211.20
17 [KNOKKE] - OPDENDRINCK, J.

Knocke-sur-Mer. Histoire et Souvenirs

Knocke 1913 EUR 90.00 - 160.00 EUR 118.80
18 [KNOKKE] - VAN STEENE, Gaston

De Zeekust & Knocke

Brugge 1930 EUR 80.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
19 [KOKSIJDE]

Verzameling van 16 vroege kleine toeristische publicaties van Koksijde en Sint Idesbald

EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 158.40
20 LAUWERS, J.B.

Monuments et vues d'Ostende

Ostende 1847 EUR 300.00 - 450.00 EUR 396.00
21 LAUWERS, J.B.

Souvenir d'Ostende, album descriptif de la ville, son origine et son histoire, nouvelle edition

Bruges et Ostende 1853 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 924.00
22 LOONTIENS, C.

Ostende monumentale et pittoresque. Les monuments et les edifices remarquables

Ostende c. 1925 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 66.00
23 MANN, Theodore Aug.

Memoire sur l'ancien etat de la Flandre maritime, sur les changemens successifs qui y sont arrives & les causes qui les ont produits; sur la nature de son climat & de son sol; sur les marees de cette Cote, & leur comparaison avec la hauteur de differentes

Bruxelles 1773 EUR 280.00 - 360.00 EUR 528.00
24 MARS

Bains de mer d'Ostende

Paris c. 1885 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
25 MARS

Croquis de plage. Blankenberghe, Heyst, Knocke, Wenduyne et le Coq-sur-Mer

Bruxelles 1893 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 448.80
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
  • Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.