• University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Soldier Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
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  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: M. Waldseemüller, Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus, 1520. Est: € 250,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: I. Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, 1687. Est: € 100,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: L. Feininger, Collection of 33 comic strips, 1906-1907. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24:H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 30,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: K. Bodmer, Personal Sketchbook with ca. 80 pencil drawings. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Collection of 18 postcards “Bauhaus-Ausstellung Weimar 1923.“ Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Latin Book of hours on vellum, 1505. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: G. Shaw & F. P. Nodder, Vivarium naturae, 1789-1813. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943. First American edition. Est: € 6,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Ibn Butlan, Tacuini sanitatis, 1531. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Hermann Hesse, Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola, 1927. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Pop Art portfolio Reality & Paradoxes, 1973. Est: € 12,000
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
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Auction Reports

Desa Unicum

Auction Info

Auction Name
Collectible Photography. Photojournalism
Auction Date
11/04/2025 - 11/04/2025
Sale Number
#110425b
Total Lots
40
Sold Lots
25
Lots Sold
62.50%
Unsold Lots
15
Total Sales (PLN)
67,800.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN)
54,300.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN)
102,400.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (PLN)
126,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (PLN)
204,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
33.11%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 Tadeusz Rolke (1929 - 2025)

"Jablonna", 1960/2023

1960/2023 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 7,800.00
202 Tadeusz Rolke (1929 - 2025)

"On the roof of the Smyk department store, Warsaw", 1960/2023

1960/2023 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 5,400.00
211 Bogdan Dziworski (b. 1941)

"Lodz", 1985

1985 PLN 3,500.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 4,560.00
203 Tadeusz Rolke (1929 - 2025)

"Al. Jerozolimskie, most Poniatowski Bridge, Warsaw", 1960/2023

1960/2023 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 4,200.00
210 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"Hot summer during harvest near Wroclaw", 1982/2025

1982/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 3,600.00
216 Zenon Zyburtowicz (b. 1949)

"Not applicable to the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party", 1980s/2025

1980s/2025 PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 3,600.00
207 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"The Walesas kissing in their apartment, Gdansk-Zaspa, 1980", 1980/2025

1980/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 3,360.00
209 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"Children with Chicks, Leszno 1982 - Martial Law", 1982/2025

1982/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 3,360.00
213 Zenon Zyburtowicz (b. 1949)

"Warsaw. View from the Royal Castle", 1974/2025

1974/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 3,120.00
208 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"Lech Walesa arrives at the Court in Warsaw before the registration of NSZZ Solidarnosc", 1980/2025

1980/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 2,880.00
205 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"35th anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland, 10th Anniversary Stadium 1979", 1979/2025

1979/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 2,880.00
214 Zenon Zyburtowicz (b. 1949)

"May Day Parade in Warsaw", 1980s/2025

1980s/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 2,640.00
206 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"Lottery next to the Royal Castle, Warsaw, 1970s.", 1970s/2025

1970s/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 2,400.00
244 Miroslaw Stankiewicz

"The Taste of Victory" - Krystian Zimerman, 1975/2025

1975/2025 PLN 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 2,400.00
215 Zenon Zyburtowicz (b. 1949)

" Cabinet of illusions", 1980s/2024

1980s/2024 PLN 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 2,160.00
238 Irena Komar (b. 1951)

"By the Vistula River", 1972/2025

1972/2025 PLN 1,400.00 - 2,400.00 PLN 2,040.00
237 Irena Komar (b. 1951)

"Ice cream seller", 1972/2025

1972/2025 PLN 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 1,680.00
245 Irena Komar (b. 1951)

"Smiles and congratulations", 1972/2025

1972/2025 PLN 1,400.00 - 2,400.00 PLN 1,440.00
232 Wieslaw Prazuch (1925 - 1992)

Jozef Stalin Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, 1955/2013

1955/2013 PLN 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 1,320.00
230 Wieslaw Prazuch (1925 - 1992)

Cairo. Boy from the Muski district, 1962/2013

1962/2013 PLN 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 1,320.00

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  • Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 9
    George Catlin. O-Kee-Pa: A Religious Ceremony; and other Customs of the Mandans. London, 1867.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 17
    Benjamin Beal, Unpublished diary of a lieutenant serving in the Invasion of Quebec, 1776.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 23
    George Washington, Autograph Letter Signed anticipating the coming British campaign against Philadelphia, 1777.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 35
    Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784].
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 120
    Portfolio of lithograph Civil War portraits by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. and others. Cincinnati, OH, circa 1863.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 130
    Eleazar Huntington, engraver. Early broadside engraving of the Declaration of Independence, circa 1820-24.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 175
    Jeremiah B. Taylor, Letterbook of a frontier Baptist missionary in Kansas with tales of friendly Indians and unfriendly Confederate raiders, 1839-1887.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 188
    Jonas Rishel, The Indian Physician, Containing a New System of Practice, Founded on Medical Plants, 1828.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 201
    Brigham Young and the First Presidency of the LDS, Commission issued to two Church representatives, 1849.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 293
    Kuonraden's Vart (Kuonrad's Travels), an illustrated western travel memoir set to verse, circa 1914.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 311
    Hermann Stieffel, Early watercolor view of the ruins of a Spanish mission in the Manzano Grant. Manzano, NM, circa 1860-67.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 343
    Vida de San Felipe de Jesus, protomartir del Japon, y patron de su patria Mexico.
  • Pandolfini Casa d’Aste
    Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints
    18 November 2025
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Dante. De la volgare eloquenzia. Vicenza, Janiculo, 1529. € 1.500 / 2.000
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: San Tommaso d’Aquino. Scriptum secundum luculentissimum angelico. Legato con Problemata. Lione, Jacques Myt e Francesco Giunta, 1520. € 2.500 / €3.500
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Palladio, Andrea. I quattro libri dell'architettura. Venezia, de' Franceschi, 1570. € 13.000 / 15.000
    Pandolfini Casa d’Aste
    Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints
    18 November 2025
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: De Saint Amant, Pierre Charles. Voyages en Californie et dans l'Orégon. Parigi, Maison, 1854. € 400 / 500
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Description de l’Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’armée française. Parigi, 1820-1829. € 35.000 / 40.000
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Allioni, Carlo. Flora Pedemontana sive enumeratio methodica stirpium indigenarum Pedemontii. Torino, Briolo, 1785. € 6.000 / 8.000
    Pandolfini Casa d’Aste
    Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints
    18 November 2025
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: First edition of John Gould's first work with uncolored backgrounds. € 5.000 / 7.000
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Rossini, Luigi. Le Antichità dei contorni di Roma. Roma, presso l'autore e Scudellari, 1824-26. € 2.500 / 3.500
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. New York, Appleton & Co., 1866. € 6.000 / 8.000
    Pandolfini Casa d’Aste
    Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Prints
    18 November 2025
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf. Monaco, Franz Eher, 1925-27. € 15.000 / 20.000
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Interesting autograph from Proust to his dear little Daudet. € 3.000 / 4.000
    Pandolfini, Nov. 18: Beautiful and rare poetic manuscript, first draft, of an airy lightness by De Saint-Exupéry. € 4.000 / 5.000
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    November & December
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Audebert, Jean-Baptiste — Louis-Pierre Vieillot. Oiseaux dorés ou à reflets métalliques, Paris, 1801-1802. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Hugo, Victor] — Charles Hugo, François-Victor Hugo ou Auguste Vacquerie. Portrait de Victor Hugo. Daguerréotype réalisé à Jersey vers 1852-1853. €20,000 to €30,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Orbigny, Alcide d'. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale... Paris, Pitois-Levrault et Cie et Strasbourg, Levrault, 1834-1847. €10,000 to €15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Chelidonius, Benedictus. Passio Jesu Chriti. [1526?]. Maroquin bleu de Niédrée. 37 bois inspirés par Dürer. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Cassini de Thury, César-François. Carte générale de la France faite en 1744. Paris, 1756-1788. 178 cartes entoilées, réunies dans 28 emboîtages. €15,000 to €20,000.