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Rare & Important Travel Posters
November 25, 2025Swann, Nov. 25: James Northfield. Australia / Koala. 1931. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Nov. 25: Mitsuharu Horiuchi. The North China Railway Co. Circa 1939. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, Nov. 25: Cunard [Slavonia] / New York Mediterranean. Circa 1905. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann
Rare & Important Travel Posters
November 25, 2025Swann, Nov. 25: White Star Line / Types of World Famous Liners. Circa 1927. $2,500 to $3,500.Swann, Nov. 25: Visit the USSR. 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Nov. 25: Stefan Norblin. Wilno. Circa 1930. $800 to $1,200.Swann
Rare & Important Travel Posters
November 25, 2025Swann, Nov. 25: Samuel Henchoz. Villars Chesières Suisse. 1948. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Nov. 25: Roger Broders. Marseille / Porte de l'Afrique du Nord. 1929. $5,000 to $7,500.Swann, Nov. 25: Arthur Vivian Farrar. Time is Money / Underground. Gouache maquette. 1930. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann
Rare & Important Travel Posters
November 25, 2025Swann, Nov. 25: Hawaii / Paradise of the Pacific. 1908. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Nov. 25: David Klein. New York / Fly TWA. 1956. $7,000 to $10,000.Swann, Nov. 25: Leslie Ragan. The New 20th Century Limited / New York Central System. 1939. $15,000 to $20,000. -
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Book Week
November & DecemberSotheby’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. -
ALDE, Dec. 3:Les Chants de Maldoror, Paris, Albert Skira, 1934. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, Dec. 3:Braque le Patron, Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1945. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Dec. 3:Le Soleil des eaux, Paris, Matarasso, 1949. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 3:Des Hirondelles et de quelques oiseaux connus, méconnus, ou inconnus décrits par le Comte de Buffon et Dado, Fontfroide, 1988. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 3:ALDE, Dec. 3:Ne coupez pas mademoiselle ou les erreurs des P.T.T., Paris, Galerie Simon, 1921. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, Dec. 3:Les Pélican, Paris, Galerie Simon, 1921. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Dec. 3:Quatre histoires de blanc et noir, Paris, s.n., 1926. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Dec. 3:Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu, Paris, Ambroise Vollard, 1931. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, Dec. 3:Hommage à Pablo Picasso, Paris, s.n., 1966. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Dec. 3:Qu'est-ce que Thérèse ? C'est les maronniers en fleurs, Paris, Le Soleil Noir, 1974. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, Dec. 3:Traité des Excitants Modernes, Paris, Yves Rivière, 1989. €6,000 to €8,000.
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Auction Date
- 11/05/2025 - 11/05/2025
- Sale Number
- #23810
- Total Lots
- 200
- Sold Lots
- 168
- Lots Sold
- 84.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 32
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 2,488,820.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 1,050,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 1,504,550.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 1,241,700.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 1,770,650.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 140.56%
Top twenty five by sale price
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price 62 WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) Salome
1893 EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 EUR 825,500.00 14 [DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650)] Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la verite dans les sciences , plus La dioptrique, Les meteores et La geometrie qui sont des essais de cette methode
1637 EUR 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 EUR 88,900.00 41 CLERCQ, Louis de (1837-1901) Ensemble des Voyage en Orient et Voyage en Espagne
1859-1860 EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 EUR 82,550.00 13 DENYS D'HALICARNASSE (vers 60 av. J.-C. - apres 8 av. J.-C) Delle cose antiche della citta di Roma
1545/6 EUR 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 EUR 82,550.00 29 MORE, Thomas (1478-1535) [UTOPIA :] De optimo reip. statu deque nova insula Utopia libellus vere aureus...
EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 57,150.00 69 APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume (1880-1918) Calligrammes. Poemes de la paix et de la guerre (1913-1916)
1918 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 50,800.00 58 ROBERTS, David (1796-1864) Egypt & Nubia. From drawings made on the spot....with historical descriptions by William Brockedon
1846-1849 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 50,800.00 36 SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514) Liber chronicarum
12 juillet 1493 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 40,640.00 2 ATELIER BYZANTIN Saint Matthieu evangeliste, miniature sur un feuillet provenant d'un Evangeliaire
[seconde moitie du XIIIe siecle] EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 33,020.00 82 BOURGEOIS, Louise (1911-2010) Ode a ma mere
1995 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 33,020.00 45 DUPERREY, Louis Isidore (1786-1865) Voyage autour du monde, Execute par Ordre du Roi sur la corvette de sa Majeste la Coquille pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825
[1826-1830] EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 33,020.00 168 PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) et Paul ELUARD (1895-1952) Le Visage de la Paix
1951 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 33,020.00 50 GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828) Los Proverbios
1875 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 27,940.00 72 BACON, Francis (1909-1992) et Michel LEIRIS (1901-1990) Miroir de la tauromachie
1990 EUR 24,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 27,940.00 28 MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592) Essais
1582 EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 27,940.00 5 ALIGHIERI, Dante (1265-1321) La comedia con la nova espositione di Alessandro Vellutello
1544 EUR 24,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 27,940.00 176 SIMA, Joseph (1891-1971) et Pierre Jean JOUVE (1887-1976) Le Paradis perdu
[1938] EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 25,400.00 156 MIRO, Joan (1893-1983) et Michel LEIRIS (1901-1990) Fissures
1969 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 24,130.00 91 CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985) et Nikolai GOGOL (1809-1852) Les Ames mortes
1948 EUR 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 24,130.00 110 DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) Babaouo. Abrege d'une histoire critique du cinema
1978 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 24,130.00
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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 24thKetterer, Nov. 24: M. Waldseemüller, Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus, 1520. Est: € 250,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: I. Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, 1687. Est: € 100,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: L. Feininger, Collection of 33 comic strips, 1906-1907. Est: € 8,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 24thKetterer, Nov. 24:H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 30,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: K. Bodmer, Personal Sketchbook with ca. 80 pencil drawings. Est: € 25,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: Collection of 18 postcards “Bauhaus-Ausstellung Weimar 1923.“ Est: € 40,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 24thKetterer, Nov. 24: Latin Book of hours on vellum, 1505. Est: € 12,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: G. Shaw & F. P. Nodder, Vivarium naturae, 1789-1813. Est: € 10,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943. First American edition. Est: € 6,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 24thKetterer, Nov. 24: Ibn Butlan, Tacuini sanitatis, 1531. Est: € 8,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: Hermann Hesse, Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola, 1927. Est: € 12,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: Pop Art portfolio Reality & Paradoxes, 1973. Est: € 12,000 -
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