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Zwiggelaar Auctions: Session 1 - Children's Books, Literature, Manuscripts and Old Books, Catchpenny Prints, Paper Theatres and Militaria

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Auction Name Session 1 - Children's Books, Literature, Manuscripts and Old Books, Catchpenny Prints, Paper Theatres and Militaria Total Sales (EUR) 177,257.82
Auction Date June 16, 2025 - June 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 67,875.00
Sale Number #33a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 133,060.00
Total Lots 544
Sold Lots 421 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 93,385.00
% of Lots Sold 77.39% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 182,300.00
Unsold Lots 123 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 97.23%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
205

[CHINA. JESUIT] MANUSCRIPT, WITH DRAWINGS OF ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINE MAPS

 18th-19th cent. (?) EUR 4,500.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 26,360.00
75

[PAPER THEATRE. RARE] SPECTACLE ASIATIQUE DANSE ET VOLTIGE SUR LA CORDE AVEC ET SANS BALANCIER

 n.d. (ca. 1830) EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 9,226.00
208

GALERIE DES TABLEAUX DE S.M. LE ROI GUILAUME II. LIVRE DE SOUSCRIPTION DES VISITEURS 1839-1848

 EUR 750.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 9,226.00
533

[CONCHOLOGY] GEORG EVERHARD RUMPHIUS. D'AMBOINSCHE RARITEITKAMER

 1741 EUR 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,845.20
206

[CLASSICAL MUSIC] AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF MUSICAL AND LITERARY FIGURES VISITING AMSTERDAM (1902 - 1909)

 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,713.40
351 FONTAINE, (J.) DE LA

CONTES ET NOUVELLES EN VERS

 1764 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,713.40
145 HERMANS, W.F.

DINKY TOYS

 1976 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,449.80
386 SCHOTT, G.

[MAGIC] THAUMATURGUS PHYSICUS SIVE MAGIAE UNIVERSALIS NATURAE ET ARTIS

 1677 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,449.80
244

[CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY] LIVIUS, TITUS. DAT IS DE ROEMSCHE HISTORIE OF GESTEN

 1541 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,318.00
520 ANSLIJN NZ.

[BOTANY] N. AFBEELDING DER ARTSENIJ-GEWASSEN, WELKE IN DE NEDERLANDSCHE APOTHEEK

 1832-1838 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,318.00
396 SPILLBERGEN, J. V.

[MARITIME HISTORY] JOURNAEL VAN DE VOYAGIE GEDAEN MET SES SCHEEPEN

 n.d. (ca. 1663) EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,186.20
185

[UNIQUE COPY] BRAAK, MENNO TER. HAMPTON COURT

 1931 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,054.40
204 DALEN, CORNELIS VAN (MID 18TH CENT.)

[CALLIGRAPHY. KRUININGEN] CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT

 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,054.40
243

[CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY] ARISTOTELES. (OPERA). DE ANIMALIUM HISTORIA LIBRI X + VARIA OPUSCULA

 1587 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,054.40
349 VILLARDITA, G.

[FENCING] TWO TITLES: (1) VILLARDITA, G. TRATTATO DELLA SCHERMA SICILIANA

 1673 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,054.40
441 (DE JONGE), CHRISTOFFEL VAN

SICHEM II HISTORIEN ENDE PROPHETIEN

 1645 EUR 250.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,054.40
454 SOLORZANO PEREIRA, JUAN DE

[WEST INDIES] TRADUCCION DE LA DEDICATORIA REAL

 1639 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,054.40
508

RUYSCH, FR. HET EERSTE (-ACHTSTE) ANATOMISCH KABINET VAN FREDERIC RUYSCH

 1701-1709 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 988.50
323 LA SERRE, (J. PUGET DE)

[COURT CEREMONIES] HISTOIRE CURIEUSE DE TOUT CE QUI C'EST PASSE A L'ENTREE

 1632 EUR 700.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 922.60
223

[MILITARIA] TRAITTE DES FORTIFICATIONS

 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 856.70
246 DAMHOUDER, JOOST DE

PRAXIS RERUM CIVILIUM

 1567 EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 856.70
264

[ALMANAC] GROOTE COMPTOIR ALMANACH, 1663

 1663 EUR 450.00 - 750.00 EUR 856.70
452 VRIES, S. DE (TRANSL.)

DE DOORLUGHTIGE WEERELD;

 1700 EUR 650.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 856.70
553 FORSTER, J.R.

[ZOOLOGY] FORSTER, J.R. DESCRIPTIONES ANIMALIUM

 1844 EUR 650.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 856.70
21

[MOVABLES] DE POPPENKAST: BEWEEGBAAR PRENTENBOEK

 n.d. (1862) EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 790.80
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ian Fleming. <i>Casino Royale,</i> London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. <i>Winnie The Pooh,</i> United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000. <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> L. Frank Baum. <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Man Ray. <i>Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934,</i> Hartford, 1934. $7,860. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Pennant. <i>Zoologia Britannica,</i> Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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