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
210 Olaf Wegewitz

Olaf Wegewitz. Erbauungsbuch der Anna Ebin Ebstorf VI.2. 1996

1996 EUR 280.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
211 Christian Ide [Hintze]

Christian Ide [Hintze] – Bruce Chatwin. Dream-Time 1993

Berlin 1993 EUR 130.00 - 200.00 EUR 496.00
212 Pat Steir, John Yau

Pat Steir – John Yau. I salute Night’s Eyes. 1994

San Francisco 1994 EUR 2,800.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,968.00
213 Barbara Beisinghoff

Barbara Beisinghoff. Bewegte Zeichen vereinigen sich. 1995

1995 EUR 280.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
214 Barbara Beisinghoff

Barbara Beisinghoff. Wellengesange. 1998

Dreieich 1998 EUR 300.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
215 Barbara Beisinghoff, Heinrich von Kleist

Barbara Beisinghoff – Heinrich von Kleist. Vom inneren Gleichgewicht. 1998

Dreieich 1998 EUR 300.00 - 450.00 EUR 372.00
216 Barbara Beisinghoff

Barbara Beisinghoff. Herzlicht. 2000

Dreieich 2000 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
217 Barbara Beisinghoff, Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Barbara Beisinghoff – Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Seance. 2004

Dreieich 2004 EUR 300.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
218 Barbara Beisinghoff

Barbara Beisinghoff. Mit Goethe den Farbenkreis durchlaufen 2006

Dreieich 2006 EUR 300.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
219 Helmut Dirnaichner

Helmut Dirnaichner. Drei Objekt-Kunstlerbucher. 1995

1995 EUR 500.00 - 750.00 EUR 620.00
220 Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler. Valentine for Mr. Wonderful. 1995

New York 1995 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,960.00
221 Veronika Schapers, Murano Shiro

Veronika Schapers – Murano Shiro. Seltsame Umgebung. 1998

Tokyo 1998 EUR 650.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 8,060.00
222 Veronika Schapers, Helmut Heissenbuttel

Veronika Schapers – Helmut Heissenbuttel. Von Liebeskunst und Liebesliedern. 2000

Tokio 2000 EUR 300.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
223 Veronika Schapers, Durs Grunbein

Veronika Schapers – Durs Grunbein. Lob des Taifuns. 2004

Tokyo 2004 EUR 300.00 - 450.00 EUR 868.00
224 Veronika Schapers, Heiko Michael Hartmann

Veronika Schapers – Heiko Michael Hartmann. Do. 2005

Tokyo 2005 EUR 300.00 - 450.00 EUR 496.00
301 Hans Arp

Hans Arp. Ohne Titel. 1964

1964 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
302 Hans Arp

Hans Arp. Ohne Titel. 1964

1966 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
305 Georg Baselitz

Georg Baselitz. Der Jager. 2008

2008 EUR 1,700.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,960.00
310 KP Brehmer

KP Brehmer. Sechs Klischeedrucke. 1971

1971 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 496.00
312 Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico. Dualite, les muses inquietantes. 1975

1975 EUR 650.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
313 Lyonel Feininger

Lyonel Feininger. Marine. 1921

1921 EUR 1,300.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,976.00
314 Conrad Felixmuller

Conrad Felixmuller. Meiner Mutter. 1917

1917 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,736.00
315 Rupprecht Geiger

Rupprecht Geiger. Schwarz - Rot. 1958

Freiburg 1958 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 558.00
316 Rupprecht Geiger

Rupprecht Geiger. Blau zwischen Schwarz / blau – schwarz. 1959

Freiburg 1959 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 682.00
317 Rupprecht Geiger

Rupprecht Geiger. Gelb vor moduliertem Rot / gelb – rot. 1959

1959 EUR 550.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,054.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • 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