Christian Hesse Auktionen: Modern Art, Valuable Books, Special: Artists’ Books of the 20th Century, 33, Hamburg

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 30, 2026 - May 30, 2026
Page Size: 597 items in 24 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
420 Homer

Else von Guaita, Weimar – Homer. Ilias. – Odyssee. 1924

Berlin 1924 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,240.00
421 Voltaire

Gruner Saffianlederband mit reicher ornamentaler Vergoldung. 1920

Berlin 1920 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 496.00
422 A. M. Renner

H. Sperling, Leipzig – Brauner Kalbslederband mit zweifarbiger floraler Ledervignette, Vergoldung un

Leipzig 1923 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 272.80
423 Robert Walser

Friedhold Morf, Zurich (zugeschrieben) – Brauner Ecraselederband mit vergoldeter Deckelvignette. 191

Leipzig 1914 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
424 Christoph Martin Wieland

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Dunkelvioletter Saffianlederband mit Blindpragung und Vergoldung 1919

Berlin 1919 EUR 650.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,054.00
425 Archipoeta

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Weinroter Maroquinband mit vergoldeten Ornamenten 1921

1921 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,612.00
426 Giovanni Boccaccio

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Ludwig Kainer – Giovanni Boccaccio. Gesammelte Werke. 1921

Potsdam 1921 EUR 550.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,860.00
427 Walter Klemm

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Walter Klemm. 45 Holzschnitte zu Goethe’s Reineke Fuchs. 1923

Weimar 1923 EUR 1,700.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 5,952.00
428 Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Rostroter Maroquinband mit uppiger Blindpragung und dezenter Vergoldung 1923

Zurich und Leipzig 1923 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,464.00
429 Johann Sebastian Bach

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Pergamentband mit durchgezogenen Bunden 1924

Leipzig 1924 EUR 300.00 - 450.00 EUR 930.00
430 Emil Herfurth

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Pergamentband mit ornamentaler und Linienvergoldung 1925

Weimar 1925 EUR 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
431 Heinrich von Kleist

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Braunroter Oasenziegenlederband mit Blindpragung und Vergoldung 1927

Leipzig 1927 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,356.00
432 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Rehbrauner Ecraselederband mit Vergoldung 1928

Heidelberg 1928 EUR 500.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,116.00
433

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Violetter Halblederband mit Pergamentdeckeln. 1930

Berlin 1930 EUR 300.00 - 450.00 EUR 558.00
434 Otto Dorfner

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Roter Ecraselederband, dezent vergoldet 1933

Weimar 1933 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
435 Otto Dorfner

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Neun Pergamentbande mit Vergoldung 1949

1949 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,480.00
436 Otto Dorfner

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Rostroter Oasenziegenlederband mit aufwendiger Blindpragung und Vergoldung 19

Zurich 1950 EUR 650.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,240.00
437 Otto Dorfner

Otto Dorfner, Weimar – Ausstellung Deutsche Buchkunst. 1950

Weimar 1950 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
438 Susan Allix

Susan Allix – Longus. Daphnis and Chloe. 1982

London 1982 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,240.00
439 Claudia Dettlaff

Claudia Dettlaff, Leipzig – Halbleder-Bradelband, orangefarbener Oasenziegenlederrucken, handgefarbt

Frankfurt · Wien · Zurich 2009 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
440 Roger Green

Roger Green (MDE), Wuppertal – Roter Halblederband mit Vergoldung sowie bemaltem und gespritztem Bez

Horben/Freiburg 2021 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,116.00
441 Roger Green

Roger Green (MDE), Wuppertal – Schwarzer Halblederband mit bemaltem Bezugspapier der Deckel 2023

Horben/Freiburg 2023 EUR 600.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
442 Armelle Guegant

Armelle Guegant, Montargis – Auberginefarbener Maroquinband mit Illustration beider Deckel mit Appli

N/A EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
443 Armelle Guegant

Armelle Guegant, Montargis – Schwarzer Buffelleder-Franzband mit Vorderdeckelmosaik aus verschiedene

Paris 1933 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
444 Armelle Guegant

Armelle Guegant, Montargis – Graugruner Oasenziegenlederband mit grosser farbiger applizierter Deckel

Paris 1951 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,232.00
  • Sotheby’s Geek Week
    14-15 July
    Sotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000