Source : Zisska and Schauer

Source Title Manuscripts, Autographs, Incunabula and Early Rare
Description Zisska & Schauer's auction house was founded in Munich, Germany, in 1983 by Frederick Zisska and Rolf Kistner, under the name Zisska & Kistner. Their specialty is books, manuscripts, autographs, incunabula and early rare books, natural sciences and technology, medicine, literature and illustrated books, geography and travel, atlases and maps, bibliography, topographical and decorative prints. Auctions are held twice a year, spring and fall, generally running for three or four days, and drawing an international clientele.

In 2007, the founders retired and turned the firm over to Herbert Schauer, who had headed the book department for 20 years. The firm then became known as Zisska & Schauer. Records in this database, starting in 2008, are found under the listings for Zisska Schauer, while earlier records are found listed under F Zisska R Kistner.
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Total Records in AED 28797
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    These are the Times that Try Men's Souls. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$152,900.
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    The First Printed Work on Political Economy. Sold for US$127,000.
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    Signed Lincoln Photograph with Son Tad. Sold for US$76,700.
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    First Expanded Edition of Common Sense. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$76,700.
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    Presentation Copy of Hemmingway's First Book. Sold for US$70,350.
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    St. John's Gospel on Vellum, A Fragment in Greek, 5th Century. Sold for US$70,350.
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    Only A Handful of Surviving Copies. Joyce, James. Ulysses. Sold for US$58,880.
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    A Pivotal Step in Einstein's Development of General Relativity. Sold for US$51,200.
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    A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sold for US$56,320.
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    Joyce's Annotated Typescript Draft for Finnegan's Wake. Sold for US$48,640.
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    One of 30 Pre-Publication Copies, Inscribed by Hemingway to Spencer Tracy, Who Played "The Old Man". Sold for US$83,050.
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD