• 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
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
  • Swann
    Rare & Important Travel Posters
    November 25, 2025
    Swann, 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, 2025
    Swann, 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, 2025
    Swann, 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, 2025
    Swann, 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.
  • 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.

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Auction Info

Auction Name
Autographs and Manuscripts
Auction Date
11/05/2025 - 11/05/2025
Sale Number
#110525a
Total Lots
103
Sold Lots
97
Lots Sold
94.17%
Unsold Lots
6
Total Sales (EUR)
13,187.90
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
19,305.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
24,565.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
20,675.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
26,240.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
50.26%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98676880 Signe ; Napoleon Bonaparte

Nomination du president de l'assemblee de Landau signe Bonaparte

1802 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,226.40
98671497 Papa PIO VII

Lettera autografa di papa PIO VII

1810 EUR 450.00 - 500.00 EUR 818.59
98570488 Philip IV, King of Spain (1605-1665)

Certification with stamped seal signed "Yo El Rey" by his own hand benefice for Don Vargas y Aragon,

1639 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 543.91
98678475 Johann Caspar Lavater, auch Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) reformierter Schweizer Pfarrer,

2 autograph signed notes

1790/1800 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 523.20
98605475 Samuel Beckett

"Je vis (?)" - Carte autographe

1989 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 360.79
98475907 Manuscript

Original leaf from a latin breviary ca. 14th century

1350 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 348.80
98605271 Jules Claretie

Ensemble de 60 lettres

1900 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 337.90
98616577 Collectif

Manuscrit scientifique rare + 16 planches - Philosophia Universa

1769 EUR 600.00 - 750.00 EUR 272.50
98668553 Bible

Extremly Rare The Birth of Moses Large Antique Manuscript Bible ktby yd 'tyqym Fragment From Yemen

1605 EUR 220.00 - 250.00 EUR 250.70
98717661 John Edgar Hoover

Signed Letter by John Edgar Hoover 1942 - FBI USA

1942 EUR 250.00 - 280.00 EUR 239.80
98744614 Anonyme

Courte abrege de l'histoire de la guerre sainte, Croisade de Godefroy de Bouillon

1700 EUR 220.00 - 250.00 EUR 218.00
98718493 [England - Queen Elizabeth II era]

Signed Christmas Card

1998 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 190.75
98606003 Jean Cocteau

Son du cor - Poeme autographe

1953 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 188.57
98605397 Brieux, Croisset, Capus, Bertrand, Bordeaux, etc.

Lot important - 65 lettres

1900 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 185.30
98576731 Quean Victoria of UK and Empress of India (24 May 1819 -- 22 January 1901)

Autograph signed envelope + 1 fragment to her Private Secretary Ponsonby and Prime Minister

1875/1895 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 174.40
97676059 Anoniem

[Nederlands] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 14th century

1380 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 174.40
98683839 Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages

Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy 24 initials in red and blue colours

1450/1480 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 163.50
98699201 A.F. Schulz

Die praktische Destillierkunst (Herstellung von Alkohol, atherischen Ole)

1844 EUR 325.00 - 375.00 EUR 163.50
98718792 Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Original 1947 signed letter by Assistant of Helen Keller -Author

1947 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 163.50
98753068 Koran

Qur'an Safaivid

1580 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 158.05

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    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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