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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. -
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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
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Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’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.
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Galerie Bassenge: Miscellaneous
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Miscellaneous | Total Sales (EUR) | 201,715.20 |
| Auction Date | October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 126,530.00 |
| Sale Number | #126VAR | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 126,530.00 |
| Total Lots | 270 | ||
| Sold Lots | 112 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 244,350.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 41.48% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 244,350.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 158 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 82.55% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 372 | Levaillant, Francois | Histoire naturelle des oiseaux |
1801-1806 und 1806-1807-1816 oder 1818 | EUR 38,000.00 - 38,000.00 | EUR 76,800.00 |
| 386 | Vietz, Ferdinand Bernhard | Icones plantarum |
1800-1822 | EUR 18,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 30,720.00 |
| 352 | Runge, Friedrich Ferdinand | Der Bildungstrieb der Stoffe |
1855 | EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 15,360.00 |
| 498 | Keynes, John Maynard | The general theory of employment interest and money |
1936 | EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 5,888.00 |
| 500 | List, Friedrich | Das nationale System der politischen Oekonomie, Band I |
1841 | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,632.00 |
| 363 | Bloch, Marcus E. | Okonomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands |
1783-1785 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,560.00 |
| 411 | Lilienthal, Otto | Der Vogelflug als Grundlage |
1889 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,560.00 |
| 653 | Ukiyo-e Leporello und Kunisada, Utagawa | Album mit 37 Ukiyo-e Farbholzschnitten in 23 Trypticha bzw. Dypticha |
um 1850-1860 | EUR 800.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,432.00 |
| 340 | Humboldt, Alexander von | Ueber zwei Versuche den Chimborazo zu besteigen |
1837 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,048.00 |
| 444 | Joest, Wilhelm | Tatowiren, Narbenzeichnen und Korperbemalen |
1887 | EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 630 | Hokusai, Katsushika | Fugaku hyakkei (japonice: 100 Ansichten des Berges Fuji). 3 Blockbucher |
wohl spatere posthume Ausgabe um 1875 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 310 | Knauer, Thomas | Selectus instrumentorum ghirurgicorum (!) |
1801 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,792.00 |
| 334 | Fichtel, Johann Ehrenreich von | Nachricht von den Versteinerungen des Grossfurstenthums Siebenburgen |
1780 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,792.00 |
| 446 | Harding, Edward | The Costume of the Russian Empire |
1811 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,792.00 |
| 305 | Duchenne de Boulogne, G.-B. | Mecanisme de la physionomie humaine |
1876 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,664.00 |
| 493 | Custine, A. de. | La Russie en 1839. |
1843 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,536.00 |
| 506 | Kartenspiel | Das Zigeunermadchen |
um 1800 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,408.00 |
| 371 | Lauche, Wilhelm | Deutsche Pomologie, 1882-1883 |
1882-1883 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,280.00 |
| 369 | Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph | Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-popularen Naturgeschichte der Amphibien |
1864 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,216.00 |
| 315 | Kuttner, Arthur | Die entzundlichen Nebenhohlenerkrankungen der Nase im Rontgenbild |
1908 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,024.00 |
| 365 | Dietrich, David | Forstflora |
1838-1840 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,024.00 |
| 376 | Moffet, Thomas | Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum |
1634 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,024.00 |
| 405 | Auer von Welsbach, Alois | Die Entdeckung des Naturselbstdruckes |
1854 | EUR 750.00 - 750.00 | EUR 1,024.00 |
| 418 | Wittig, Paul | Die Architektur der Hoch- und Untergrundbahn in Berlin |
1922 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,024.00 |
| 671 | Shotei, Watanabe | Oume Kaido |
um 1909 | EUR 800.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,024.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
