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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 Bauhaus 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: A. de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943. Est: € 6,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 24th

Ketterer, Nov. 24: Ibn Butlan, Tacuini sanitatis, 1531. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer, Nov. 24: H. 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
Sotheby’s
Book Week
November & December

Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Tory, Geoffroy. L'Art et science de la vraye proportion des Lettres. Paris 1549. Seconde édition. In-8. Reliure de P.L. Martin. €7,000 to €9,000.

Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.

Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.

Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Zamora, Alonso de. Historia de la provincia de San Antonio del nuevo reyno de Granada... Barcelone, 1701. €10,000 to €15,000.

Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue... Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.

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Chiswick Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name: Prints and Multiples: Affordable Editions - Timed Online
Auction Date: 11/02/2025 - 11/02/2025
Sale Number: #110225
Total Lots: 202
Sold Lots: 120
Lots Sold: 59.41%
Unsold Lots: 82

Total Sales (GBP): 21,634.90
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 15,990.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 27,140.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 31,130.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 51,470.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 42.03%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
466	Julian Opie	Walking in Melbourne	2018	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 787.20
373	Patrick Procktor R.A.	View of Venice from the Lagoon		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 721.60
370	John Brunsdon	End of Harvest, Windermere and View from Pilsden Pen		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 721.60
361	Henri Hayden	La Colline rouge	1968	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 721.60
439	John Brunsdon	Riverbank and From Eggarden Hill		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 551.04
447	John Brunsdon	A Country Lane in Wiltshire and Chohill Horse		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 498.56
440	John Brunsdon	Derbyshire Hill, Low Cloud Over Snowdon and Sharpenhoe Clappers		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 498.56
355	Jean Cocteau	Etude pour la Chapelle Saint-Pierre		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 472.32
485	JR	Giants, Kikito, September 6, 2017	2020	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 472.32
433	John Brunsdon	Gordale Scar and A country lane in Wiltshire		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 419.84
372	Patrick Procktor R.A.	Language of Flowers	1972	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 393.60
368	Bernard Buffet	A Small Beach	1966	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 393.60
448	John Brunsdon	Mustard Field and Avebury		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 367.36
449	Ian Stephenson R.A.	Phoenix	1980	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 367.36
434	John Brunsdon	Durdle Door and Sunset Over Chesil		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 367.36
525	Takashi Murakami	Time Bokan - Blue	2001	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 367.36
414	Sir Eduardo Paolozzi C.B.E. R.A.	Tottenham Court Road Underground 2	1987	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 314.88
380	Robyn Denny	RDe 2	1969	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 314.88
349	Georges Braque	Les Citrons		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 314.88
425	Roy Lichtenstein	Untitled		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 314.88

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Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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.
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
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Three Stories and Ten Poems. First edition, inscribed to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry. $60,000-80,000

Freeman’s, Nov. 13: CURTIS, Edward S. The North American Indian... Portfolio and two text volumes. $20,000-30,000

Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Superb Illuminated Manuscript of Tennyson’s Le Morte d'Arthur, ca. 1910, by Alberto Sangorksi and in an exceptional Riviere binding. $40,000-50,000

Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Remarkable Epistle from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop, containing all lines of the first version of "Written in Friars Carse Hermitage" and 12 lines of the first version of "First Epistle to Robert Graham Esq." $20,000-30,000

Freeman’s, Nov. 13: FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses. First edition, limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by Faulkner. $10,000-15,000

Freeman’s, Nov. 13: MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. First English edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham, in the rare suppressed dust-jacket. $40,000-50,000

Freeman’s, Nov. 13: An Excessively Rare First Issue and Previously Unrecorded Copy of Shakespeare’s Third Folio. $40,000-60,000

Freeman’s, Nov. 13: AUDUBON, John James. Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana. (Plate CCXVII). $30,000-40,000

Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HERBERT, Frank. Dune, 1965. First edition, inscribed by Herbert. $8,000-12,000
Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000