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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.
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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  • 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.

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
801 Harpprecht,F.C.

Das Recht der Fuhr-Leute, wie sich dasselbe erauget in ihren Contracten, Erbtheilungen und Verbrechen, worin... grundlich ausgefuhret wird, wie mit den Fuhr-Leuthen vorsichtig zu schliessen, wem die Erstattung des Schadens an Gutern und Wahren obliege,...

Celle 1706 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 130.00
802 Fritsch,A.

Corpus juris venatorio-forestalis, romano-germanici

Leipzig 1702 EUR 270.00 - 270.00 Not Sold
803 Justinianus

Corpus juris civilis Justinianei universum: in quo Pandectae ad Florentinarum exemplar fideliter expressae:...

Genf 1656 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
804 Justinianus

Institutionum (iuris) lib. quatuor... Antea ab (G.) Haloandro contra vetustatis fidem castigati, nunc vero ex antiquissimis exemplaribus... repraesentati

Paris 1567 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 156.00
805 Konig,K.

Practica und Process der Gerichtsleuffte, nach dem brauch Sechsischer Landart auffs new mit viel schonen additionen erkleret (Von dem Baume der angebornen Mageschafft, wie man nach Sachsenrecht erbe nimpt und gibt)

Leipzig 1572 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
806 (Kopp) von Felsenthal,R.

Aus der Praxis eines osterreichischen Polizeibeamten

Wien 1853 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
807 Leibniz,G.W.

Codex juris gentium diplomaticus, in quo tabulae authenticae actorum publicorum, tractatuum, aliarumq. rerum majoris momenti per Europam gestarum... continentur; a fine seculi undecimi ad nostra usque tempora comprehensus: quem ex mss. Bibliothecae August

Hannover 1693 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 442.00
808 Leyser,A.v.

Rechtliche Abhandlung von Schuldigkeit der Ehemanner ihren Frauen zu folgen

Wittenberg 1751 EUR 270.00 - 270.00 Not Sold
809 Loccenius,J.

Dissertationum politicarum syntagma, in quo continentur de repub. ordinanda libri quatuor. Sallustii epistolae duae de rep. ordinanda, cum commentario

Amsterdam 1644 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
810 Melonius,J.

Thesauris juris feudalis, civilis, et criminalis novus

Nurnberg 1645 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
811 Munchmeyer,M.

Continuatio Selectarum enucleationum casuum Juridico-Practicorum Curiosorum in judicio contradictorio jamjam discussorum,... Das ist: Eine weitere Fortsetzung rarer, curioser und auserlesener Casuum Juridicorum von verschiedenen Materien, wie solche bey h

Sulzbach 1702 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
812 (Boeckelmann,J.F.)

Justitia causae Palatinae sive defensio juris regali Palatini in homines proprios,... Nuper vero impugnati factione legibus imperii... nec non effraenata convitiandi audacia scriptoris

O.O. -1666 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 91.00
813

Churfurstlicher Pfalz Bey Rhein, & c. ernewert und verbessertes Lands-Ordnung

Weinheim 1700 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 169.00
814 Behamb,J.F.

Von Rosstauscher-Recht

Nurnberg 1684 EUR 540.00 - 540.00 EUR 520.00
815

Rhetoric, und Teutsch Notariat, wes jeden Notarien, Schreibern, Procuratorn, Aduocaten, Gerichts, Raths, und Ampts Personen oder Verwaltern, in Reden und Schreiben... schriftlich und mundtlich zuuersehen und gebrauchen von noten

Ffm. -1551 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
816

Sammlung von 14 juristischen u. philosophischen Dissertationen u. Thesendrucken

EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
817

Sammlung von 5 Schriften, versch

EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
818 Saur,A.

Breviarium iuris, Das ist: Ein nutzliches Handbuchlein, und kurtzer Ausszug gemeiner Sachen, so taglich in Gerichts unnd Rechtsstetten,...

Ffm. 1607 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 117.00
819 Schmauss,J.J.

Corpus juris publici S.R. imperii academicum, enthaltend des Heil. Rom. Reichs Grund-Gesetze, insonderheit die guldene Bulle, den Land- und Religions- auch Westphalisch- und andere Frieden etc.

Lpz. 1745 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 130.00
820 Schottelius,J.G.

De singularibus quibusdam & antiquis in Germania juribus & observatis

Frankfurt und Leipzig (recte Hannover) (nach 1686) EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
821 Strube,D.G.

Rechtliche Bedenken

Hannover 1761-68 EUR 75.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
822 Walch,C.F.

Introductio in controversias iuris civilis recentiores inter iurisconsultos

Jena 1791 EUR 60.00 - 60.00 EUR 52.00
823 Weingarten,J.J.v.

Viertmahlig-vermehrt- und von denen Fahlern gereinigter Ausszug der koniglichen Stadt-Recht, im Erbkonigreich Boheimb, mit Anfuhrung derer,.

Nurnberg 1700 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
824 Werndle,J.

Zehend Recht. Dessen grundtliche Erklar- und Aussfuhrung, auch der Newreutbund Newpruch halber, vollkommenlich hierinn zubefinden

Ingolstadt 1679 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
825 Wiser,F.

Observationes Juridico-Practicae, in zwey Bucher abgetheilt, deren das Erste vornemlich handlet von Verpfandung der Erb-Recht-Guter...

Kempten 1728 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
  • 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
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Soldier Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
  • 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.
  • 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.