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Auction Name	Fine Books	Total Sales (USD)	783,535.00
Auction Date	April 11, 2024 - April 11, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	702,800.00
Sale Number	#2665	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	1,021,500.00
Total Lots	308
Sold Lots	260	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	847,850.00
% of Lots Sold	84.42%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	1,240,750.00
Unsold Lots	48	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	63.15%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
80	Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[Don Quixote in Spanish]. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.	1608	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	USD 85,000.00
78	Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[Don Quixote in Spanish]. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.	1611 and 1616	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 38,000.00
281	Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769-1821) Sloane, William Milligan (1850-1928)	Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.	1896	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	USD 36,000.00
70	Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[Don Quixote in Spanish, First Complete Edition]. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.	1617	USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	USD 32,000.00
69	Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[Don Quixote in Spanish, First Collected Edition]. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha; [and] Segunda Parte del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote.	1617	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 22,000.00
81	Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[Don Quixote in Spanish]. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.	1607	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 22,000.00
147	Trew, Christoph Jacob (1695-1769)	Plantae Selectae quarum Imagines ad Exemplaria Naturalia.	1750-1773.	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 19,000.00
203	Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961)	The Best Short Stories of 1923. Edited by Edward J. O'Brien.	1924	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 15,000.00
56	Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[Don Quixote in English, First American Edition]. The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote.	1803	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 14,000.00
39	Bayer, Johann (1572-1625)	Uranometria, Omnium Asterismorum Continens Schemata, Nova Methodo Delineata, Aereis Laminis Expressa.	1661	USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 13,000.00
103	Furio Ceriol, Fadrique (d. 1592)	A very briefe and profitable Treatise declaring howe many counsells, and what maner of Counselers a Prince that will governe well ought to have. The Booke speaketh.	1570	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 13,000.00
159	Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)	A Christmas Carol.	1844 1843.	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 13,000.00
77	Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[Don Quixote in Spanish, Second Lisbon Edition, Censored by the Holy Inquisition]. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.	1605	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 12,000.00
79	Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[Don Quixote in Spanish]. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.	1610	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 10,000.00
55	Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[Don Quixote in Dutch]. Den Verstandigen Vroomen Ridder, Don Quichot de la Mancha.	1657	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 9,500.00
57	Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[Don Quixote in English]. The Second Part of the History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha.	1620	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 9,500.00
125	Monte Rochen, Guido de (active circa 1330)	Manipulus Curatorum.	1509	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 9,500.00
21	Indiana, Stella, Motherwell, Warhol, Lichtenstein, et alia.	Ten Works by Ten Painters.	1964	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 9,000.00
292	Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)	Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle.	1839	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 8,500.00
206	Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961)	Two Books from Hemingway's Library. Maj. Frederick Russell Burnham's (1861-1947) Scouting on Two Continents.	1927	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 8,000.00
239	Rowling, J.K. (b. 1965)	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, First London Paperback Edition.	1997	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 8,000.00
154	Whitney, Geoffrey (c. 1548-c. 1601)	A Choice of Emblemes, and Other Devises, for the moste parte gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and Moralized.	1586	USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 7,500.00
263	Defoe, Daniel (c. 1660-1731)	The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; [and] Serious Reflections during the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.	1719-1720.	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 7,500.00
76	Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[Don Quixote in Spanish, Illustrated]. Vida, y Hechos del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha. Parte Primera [y Segunda].	1674	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 7,000.00
31		Ver Sacrum. Organ der Vereinigung Bildender, Kuenstler, Osterreichs.	1898, 1899.	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 6,500.00

Sotheby’s
Modern First Editions
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

Sotheby’s
Modern First Editions
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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