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Zwiggelaar Auctions: Books and Graphics
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Graphics | Total Sales (EUR) | 928,169.66 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 15, 2026 - June 19, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 359,950.00 |
| Sale Number | #35 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 673,985.00 |
| Total Lots | 2516 | ||
| Sold Lots | 2050.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 447,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.48% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 836,414.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 466 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 110.97% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 726 | Kaerius P; Montanus Petrus | [Atlases. Leo Belgicus] Kaerius, P. (Pieter van der Keere). Germania Inferior, id est, XVII Provinciarum ejus novae |
1617 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 16,484.00 |
| 1019 | Piet Frans (1905-1997) | Piet, Frans (1905-1997). Sjors en Sjimmie. De Koekfabriek |
1966-67; 1970 | EUR 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 | EUR 12,046.00 |
| 1018 | Piet Frans (1905-1997) | Piet, Frans (1905-1997). Sjors en Sjimmie. De Gasbel |
1965-66; 1969 | EUR 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 | EUR 11,412.00 |
| 1020 | Piet Frans (1905-1997) | Piet, Frans (1905-1997). Sjors en Sjimmie. Het Verdwijnmiddel |
1965-66; 1967 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 10,778.00 |
| 1017 | Piet Frans (1905-1997) | Piet, Frans (1905-1997). Sjors en Sjimmie. De Baanbrekers |
1963 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 8,876.00 |
| 1262 | Custos Dominicus (1560-1615); Kilian Lucas (1579-1637) | Custos, Dominicus (1560-1615) (attr. to). Seven characters with grotesque faces |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 6,340.00 |
| 570 | Dodonaeus R. | [Botany] Dodonaeus, R. Histoire des plantes, en laquelle est contenue la description entiere des herbes [...] |
1557 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 5,325.60 |
| 1033 | Toonder Marten (1912-2005) | Toonder, Marten (1912-2005) De Andere Wereld |
1979; 1982 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 5,072.00 |
| 6135 | Schoonhoven JJ | J.J. Schoonhoven. Original ink drawing, 1972 |
1972 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,818.40 |
| 704 | Hedendaagsche Historie, of Tegenwoordige Staat van alle volkeren. 32 vols. of the series: |
1728-69 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,564.80 | |
| 1681 | Baskin Leonard | Baskin, Leonard. Diptera: A Book of Flies & Other Insects |
1983 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,564.80 |
| 1933 | Breuer Marcel; Mies van der Rohe Ludwig; Le Corbusier; Jeanneret Pierre; Perriand Charlotte; Guyot Emile; Bewe; Lurcat | [Tubular Furniture] Thonet. Trade-catalogue for tubular steel furniture |
1930 | EUR 750.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,564.80 |
| 1043 | Wijn Piet (1929-2010) | Wijn, Piet (1929-2010). De verliefde Jonker |
1982 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,311.20 |
| 1247 | Chalon Christina (1749-1808); Chalon Jan | Chalon, Christina (1749-1808). Collection of 122 etchings, |
1982 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 4,311.20 |
| 1015 | Piet Frans (1905-1997) | Piet, Frans (1905-1997) Sjors en Sjimmie. De Geheimzinnige Duikboot |
1963; 1966 | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 4,057.60 |
| 695 | Aa P. van der | Aa, P. van der. (Travels) |
ca. 1706 | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,804.00 |
| 843 | Jacobs Edgar P | Jacobs, Edgar P. Blake en Mortimer I. Het geheim van de Zwaardvis. |
1950 | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 3,804.00 |
| 1021 | Piet Frans (1905-1997) | Piet, Frans (1905-1997). Sjors en Sjimmie. Unpublished story |
1980-81 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 3,804.00 |
| 2149 | S | [SS] Toont U een waarachtig Nederlander |
ca. 1941 | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 3,804.00 |
| 6104 | Feldmann Hans-Peter | Hans-Peter Feldmann. Bilder, Pictures. Portfolio 1, 1968-1971 |
1968-1971 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,804.00 |
| 517 | Kircher A | [Occultism] Kircher, A. d'Onder-Aardse Weereld in Haar Goddelijk Maaksel |
1682 | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,550.40 |
| 920 | Herge; Tibet; Greg; Attanasio; Kruis Jan | Herge. Small (rare) ephemera archive. (1) Calendar 1964 |
1960-1966 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 3,296.80 |
| 1635 | Raveel Roger | Raveel, Roger (1921-2013). Original drawing for Wim Beeren, 1992 |
1992 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,296.80 |
| 1731 | Rodchenko, Alexander; Stepanova, Varvara | [Russian Avant-garde] Rodchenko, Alexander and Varvara Stepanova. 10 Let Uzbekistana SSR(10 Years of Soviet Uzbekistan) |
1934 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 3,296.80 |
| 2150 | [SS] Uw plaats is nog vrij in de Waffen SS |
1942 | EUR 400.00 - 800.00 | EUR 3,296.80 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’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, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, 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 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.