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Galerie Bassenge: Rare Books

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Auction Name Rare Books Total Sales (EUR) 169,025.00
Auction Date October 17, 2013 - October 17, 2013 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 138,915.00
Sale Number #102B High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 138,915.00
Total Lots 446
Sold Lots 182 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 402,890.00
% of Lots Sold 40.81% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 402,890.00
Unsold Lots 264 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 41.95%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
520 Naumann, J. A.

Naturgeschichte der Vogel Deutschlands,

EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 16,875.00
484 Planck, Max

Drei Aufsatze in erster Ausgabe

1900 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
478 Matte La Faveur, Sebastien

Pratique de chymie

1671 EUR 2,200.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 6,250.00
566 Lobkowitz, Franz J. M. von

Repertorium uber die Anno 1800 verfertigte Spec...

EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 6,250.00
510 Ettingshausen, C. von

Physiotypia plantarum Austriacarum

1856 EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 6,000.00
496 Viete, Francois

Opera mathematica.

EUR 5,500.00 - 5,500.00 EUR 5,250.00
403 Bourgery, Jean Marc

Traite complet de l'anatomie de l'homme

1832-54 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,750.00
760 Smith, Adam

Untersuchung der Natur und Ursachen von Nationa...

1761 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,375.00
406 Bunon, R.

Essay sur les maladies de dents, ou l'on propos...

1743 EUR 3,600.00 - 3,600.00 EUR 3,750.00
503 Brodtmann, C. J.

Naturhistorische Bilder-Gallerie

1816 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,750.00
594 Heiden, Jan van der

Beschryving Der nieuwlyks uitgevonden. 1735

1735 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,500.00
534 Schaffer, Jacob Christian

Icones insectorum circa Ratisbonam. Regensburg,...

EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,250.00
409 Cordus, Valerius

Dispensatorum pharmacorum omnium,

1666 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 3,000.00
579 Auer, Alois

Der polygraphische Apparat oder

1853 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,000.00
608 Chinesisches Reispapier-Album

Album mit 12 Original-Guachen. China (Peking?) ...

um 1870 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,500.00
657 Jugel, Friedrich

Darstellung der Koniglich Preussischen Cavallerie

1827 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,375.00
675 Apolloni, Giovan Filippo

L' Argia, dramma musicale,

1655 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,250.00
797 Dudin, Rene Martin

L'art du relieur Doreur de livres. Paris, I. F....

1628-79 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,250.00
583 Daguerre, L. J. M.

Daguerreotypen. Beskrifning a den markvardiga u...

1839 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,187.50
581 Calvor, Henni

Acta historico-chronologico-mechanica

1763 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,125.00
596 Hulsius, Levinus

Tractatus primus (- secundus, - tertius) instru...

1605 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,125.00
833 Rovinski, Dmitri

L'oeuvre grave de Rembrandt

1953 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,125.00
500 Bechstein, J. M.

Gemeinnutzige Naturgeschichte der Vogel Deutsch...

1791-1795 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,000.00
466 Glaser, F. G.

Versuch einer mineralogischen Beschreibung der ...

1775 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,625.00
586 Deutschland's erste Eisenbahn

zwischen Nurnberg und Fuerth. Diorama,

ca 1835 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,625.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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