• 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.

Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen: Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 1, 140A, 75172 Pforzheim

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 30, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Page Size: 1324 items in 53 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Abraham a Santa Clara (d.i. U.Megerle

Heilsames Gemisch Gemasch, Das ist: Allerley seltsame und verwunderliche Geschichten, mit vielen Concepten und sittlichen Lehren unterspickt

Wurzburg 1704 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 338.00
2 Abraham a Santa Clara (d.i. U.Megerle)

Judas Der Ertz-Schelm, fur Ehrliche Leuth, oder Eigentlicher Entwurff, und Lebens-Beschreibung des Iscariothischen Bosswichts...

Salzburg 1686 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 143.00
3 Abraham a Santa Clara (d.i. U.Megerle)

Nova et magna grammatica religiosa, quae per sermones morales stylo facillimo docet

Koln 1721 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
4 Aconcio,J.

De Archlisticheden des Satans, begrepen in acht boecken

Den Haag 1611 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 780.00
5 Adam,M.

Vitae germanorum theologorum qui superiori seculo ecclesiam...

Hdbg. 1620 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
6 Aelianus,C.

De Animalium natura libri XVII

Genf 1616 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 208.00
7 Afflictis,M.de, A.Capycius u. T.Grammaticus

Decisiones Sacri Regii Consilii Neapolitani...

Lyon 1566 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 260.00
8 Leo Africanus,J.

Africae descriptio

Leiden 1632 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
9 Agrippa von Nettesheim,H.C.

De incertitudine et vanitate omnium scientiarum & artium liber, lectu plane iucundus & elegans

O.O. 1609 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 390.00
10 A Keresztyeni

vallasra rovid kerdesekben es feleletekben tanito catechesis...

Amsterdam 1650 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 572.00
11 Albertinus,A.

Hausspolicey, begreifft... unterschidtliche Theyl: Im ersten und andern wirdt gehandelt von den Junckfrawlichen und ledigs Standts Personen

Munchen 1602 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 845.00
12 Albertinus,A.

Himmelisch Frawenzimmer, Das ist: Stammen-Buech dess Himmelischen Frawenzimmers

Mchn. 1695 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
13 Alberti,V.

Interesse der vornehmsten christlichen Religionen, welches in allen Articuln dergestalt ausgefuhret ist, dass man nicht allein die Ursach,... sondern auch unsere eigene Lehre und der Widersacher Gegen-Lehre... deutlich erkennen kan. Frankfurt u.

Leipzig 1686 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
14 Albrecht,G.

Fluch-ABC, das ist: Christlicher Theologischer Bericht, von dem grausamen Fluchen und Gottslastern: darinnen I. Ins gemein angezeiget wird, was Fluchen und Schworen fur eine schreckliche Sunde sey

Drsdn. 1675 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 182.00
15 Alciati,A.

Ad rescripta principum commentarii

Lyon 1542 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 221.00
16 Alvarez de Paz,J.

De exterminatione mali, et promotione boni, libri quinque

Lyon 1613 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 416.00
17 Alvarez de Paz,J.

De inquisitione pacis, sive studio orationis libri quinque

Lyon 1617 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 442.00
18 Alvarez de Paz,J.

Thesaurus vitae terrestris & coelestis cujus opulentia immensitas, duratio aeternitas: seu opusculum de virtutibus, continens earum naturam, incitamenta, actiones, & humilem a Deo postulationem

Wien 1669 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 104.00
19 Ambrosius,A.

Omnia opera, per eruditos viros ex accurata diversorum codicum collatione emendata

Paris 1539 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 325.00
20 Ambrosius Autpertus

In sancti Johannis apostoli & evangelistae Apocalypsim libri decem, ad sanctissimum in Christo patrem ac dominum, D. Stephanum diuina gratia Papam, post sexcentos & uiginti a prima ipsorum descriptione annos, nunc primum typis excusi

Koln 1536 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,600.00
21 Ambrosius von Mailand

O(mn)ia op(er)a denuo accuratissime reuisa et nouiter impressa

Basel 1506 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
22 Ambrosius von Mailand

Opera, ad manuscritos codices Vaticanos, Gallicanos, Belgicos, &c. nec-non ad editiones veteres emendata

Venedig 1748-51 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 520.00
23 Angeli,F.M.

Die Liebligkeit dess Paradeys-Hugls, oder die Geschichten des H. Convents zu Assis

Wiener Neustadt 1722 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 468.00
24

Antiphonarium Romanum, ad ritum Breuiarij et decreto sacrosancti ,,,,

Venedig 1586 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 286.00
25 Apian,P.

Cosmographia, sive descriptio universi orbis

Antwerpen 1584 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
  • 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.