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Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 8. Mariette's Rare and Decorative Map of the World Based on the Work of Hondius (1642) Est. $4,750 - $6,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: L. Feininger, Collection of autograph letters to Alois J. Schardt, 1920-1955. Est: € 150,000-250,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: Flemish book of hours, Ghent-Bruges School around 1480-1500. Est: € 40,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: F. de Wit, Atlas maior, around 1700. Est: € 50,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: A. Stieglitz, Camera Work, 48 volumes, 1903-1914. Est: € 60,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Merian & M. Zeiller, Sämtliche Topographien, 21 volumes, 1642-1736. Est: € 50,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: R. Indiana and R. Creely, Numbers, 1968. Est: € 4,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: Salerno Breviarium, Latin manuscript on vellum, North Italy around 1470-1476. Est: € 40,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. S. Merian, Surinaamsche (&) europische Insecten, 1730. Est: € 30,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Beckmann, Jahrmarkt, Portfolio of 10 signed etchings, 1922. Est: € 25,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: Justinianus, Infortiatum, 1475. Est: € 10,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: B. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, around 1750. Est: € 28,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: J. Gris and P. Reverdy, Au soleil du plafond, 1955. Est: € 3,000 -
Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.
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Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026
Aguttes: Asian Art: Library and Collection of a Connoisseur & Various Owners, 102126, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 21, 2026 - October 21, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Impression sur papier montee en rouleau vertical |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 52.00 | ||
| 50 | Vajrakilaya mandala thangka |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 26.00 | ||
| 51 | Thangka of Avalokitesvara |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 26.00 | ||
| 52 | Thangka depicting the Vajrakilaya mandala |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 26.00 | ||
| 53 | Thangka depicting a cosmological and astrological wheel |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 26.00 | ||
| 54 | Thangka depicting the tantric mandala |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 13.00 | ||
| 55 | Thangka depicting Mahakala |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 13.00 | ||
| 78 | Collection of prints |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 65.00 | ||
| 101 | Krahl Regina; Juliano Annette L.; Bowler Virginia L.; Mowry Robert D.; Watson William; Desroches Jean-Paul; Caroselli Susan L.; Pirazzoli-T'servestens Michele; Whitfield Susan; Lewis Mark Edward; Kwan Simon; Girard-Geslan Maud; Higham Charles; Minford Joh | 16 Books, including: Dawn of the Yellow Earth : Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection |
4000 BC-600 AD | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102 | Feng Xiaoqi | 9 Books, including: The Specimens of Ancient Chinese Kilns in the Collection of the Palace Museum |
Beijing | N/A | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 103 | 9 Books, including: Gongyi, Dangyangyu, Xing, Ding, Jizhou, Longquan, Dengfeng, Chaozhou et Yaozhou |
Beijing | N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 254.00 | |
| 104 | Watson William; Pierson Stacey; Mino Yutaka; Tsiang Katherine R.; Ho Chiumei; Gompertz G. St. G. M.; Po-Ch'ien Chu; Jen Chou; Fu Chang; Yang Meili; Jiayin Hu; Vok Ignazio; Tichaine Robert | 12 Books, including: Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art |
1993; 1994; 1997 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | EUR 254.00 | |
| 105 | Lin Bo-ting; Li Zhiyan; Kwan Simon; Wang Mason M.; Pierson Stacey; Li Huibing; Feng Xianming; Repetti Giovanni; Gu Wanfa; Tian Peijie; Kerr Rose; Powell Stuart; Kuhn Dieter | 13 Books, including: Grand View: Special Exhibition of Ju Ware from the Northern Sung Dynasty |
2003 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 254.00 | |
| 106 | Pierson Stacey; Lu Chenglong; Yu Jiaodong; Yaw Lu; Feng Xianming; Treagar Mary; Mino Yutaka; Wirgin Jan; Koyama Fujio | 11 Books, including: Bright as Silver White as Snow: Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty |
Stockholm | N/A | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 191.00 |
| 107 | Harrisson-Hall Jessica; Scott Rosemary; Pierson Stacey; Dongbo Hu; Hongyan Zhang; Shulin Liu; Brankston A. D.; Yuping Zhu; Kerr Rose; Ebrey Patricia Buckley | 13 Books, including: Ming Ceramics in the British Museum |
2006 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 280.00 | |
| 108 | Sheaf Colin; Kilburn Richard; Harrison-Hall Jessica; Canepas Teresa; Strober Eva; Marchant S & Son; Lion Goldschmidt Daisy; Feng Rebecca; Tan Rita C; Harrison Barbara; Buckley Ebrey Patricia | 11 Books, including: The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes: The Complete Record |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 191.00 | |
| 109 | Zhang Bai | Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China |
N/A | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 382.00 | |
| 110 | Misugi Takatoshi | Blue and White Ceramics of the World |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 111 | Hatcher Michael; Thorncroft Antony; Jorg C J A; Wasfelt Berit; Gyllensvard Bo; Weibull Jorgen; Ball Dorian; Goddio Franck; Jay Guyot De Saint Michel Evelyne; McElney Brian; Finlay Robert; Yong Zhou; Qiang Zhou; Jacques Martin | 10 Books, including: The Nanking Cargo |
2000 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 191.00 | |
| 112 | Miyata Etsuko; Shangraw Clarence; Von Der Porten Edward P; Sjostrand Sten; Lok Lok Sharipah; Van Der Pijl-Ketel C L; Jorg Christiaan J A; Flecker Michael; Jorg C J A; Goddio Franck; Carre Dominique; Desroches Jean-Paul; Goddio Franck; Welsh Jorge; Rinaldi | 12 Books, including: Portuguese Intervention in the Manila Galleon Trade |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 254.00 | |
| 113 | Canepa Teresa; Butler Katharine; Butler Michael; Qingzhen Wang; Butler Michael; Curtis Julia B; Little Stephen; Scott Rosemary E; He Yuming; Spence Jonathan D; Wills John E Jr | 9 Books, including: Leaping the Dragon Gate : The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 254.00 | |
| 114 | Kroes Jochem; Howard David Sanctuary | Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market; Chinese Armorial Porcelain II, Heirloom & Howard |
2007 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 509.00 | |
| 115 | Sargent William R; Howard David Sanctuary; Beurdeley Michael; Hervouet Francois; Hervouet Nicole; Bruneau Yves; Howard David S; Gordon Elinor | 7 Books, including: Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 254.00 | |
| 116 | Howard David S; Ayers John; Wills John E Jr; Howard David Sanctuary; Wright Conrad Edick; Wilson Gillian; Watson Francis; Conner Patrick; Jourdain Margaret; Jenyns R Soame; Ten-Doesschate Chu Petra; Ding Ning; Porter David; Clunas Craig; Castelluccio Step | 13 Books, including: China for the West : Chinese Porcelain and Other Decorative Arts for Export Illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 318.00 | |
| 117 | Howard David; Ayers John; Howard David S; Fuchs Ronald W II; Howard David S; Sargent William R; Pinto De Matos Maria Antonia; Litzenburg Thomas V Jr; Bailey Ann T | 6 Books, including: Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 356.00 |
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Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: The ‘Saxe-Meiningen Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France or adjacent southern Netherlands, second half of the thirteenth century]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: Turing (Alan).- Alan Turing's Slide Rule, engraved initials "A.M.T. Noli Hoc Furari", alongside other ephemera, housed in early 20th-century letter box, [mid.1920s-40s]. £6,000-8,000Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, later impressions, each vol. signed by the author, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1957-58. £15,000-20,000Forum, Nov. 19: Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, [1862]-73; plus a presentation copy of Gould's Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain (6). £35,000-45,000Forum, Nov. 19: Galilei (Galileo). Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle Macchie Solari e loro accidenti, comprese in tre lettere scritte all’illustrissimo signor Marco Velseri Linceo, first edition, Rome, 1613. £15,000-20,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000Forum, Nov. 19: Kitchin (Thomas). A New Universal Atlas, first edition with maps in full original hand-colouring, Printed and Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1796. £8,000-12,000Forum, Nov. 19: Cassas (Louis François). Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte, 2 vol., first edition, [Paris], 1799. £10,000-15,000 -
Heritage, Dec. 9: Philip K. Dick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? First edition, author Brian Aldiss’ copy.Heritage, Dec. 9: Robert A. Heinlein. Assignment in Eternity. First edition, inscribed by Heinlein to author “Doc” Smith.Heritage, Dec. 9: Frank Herbert. Dune. First edition, inscribed by Herbert to his literary agent.Heritage, Dec. 9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. First edition, first impression, in an unrestored dust jacket.Heritage, Dec. 9: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare, perhaps unique variant, English sheets bound in an American Osgood binding.Heritage, Dec. 9: Isaac Asimov. The Naked Sun. First edition, inscribed by Asimov to Alex Berman, founder of Phantasia Press.