Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana | Total Sales (USD) | 5,242,860.00 |
| Auction Date | January 28, 2025 - January 28, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,379,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #22661 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 3,595,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 231 | ||
| Sold Lots | 198 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,029,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.71% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 4,551,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 33 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 115.18% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). | Astronomia nova [AITIOLOGETOS], seu physica coelestis, tradita commentariis de motibus stellae martis, ex observationibus G.V. |
1609 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 327,600.00 |
| 97 | KEPLER, Johannes (1671-1630). | Prodromus dissertationum cosmographicarum, continens Mysterium cosmographicum de admirabili proportione orbium coelestium. |
1596 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 277,200.00 |
| 48 | PLINIUS Secundus, Gaius [PLINY the Elder] (23--79). | Historia naturalis, in Italian. Translated by Christophorus Landinus. |
1476 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 201,600.00 |
| 81 | FLAMSTEED, John (1649-1719). | Historiae coelestis libri duo. |
1712 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 176,400.00 |
| 76 | COPERNICUS, Nicolaus (1473-1543). - Georg Johann RHETICUS (1514-1574). | De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. - De libris revolutionum Nicolai Copernici Narratio prima. |
1566 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 163,800.00 |
| 213 | JOYCE, James (1882-1941). | Ulysses. |
1922 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 138,600.00 |
| 226 | NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). | Lolita. |
1955 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 138,600.00 |
| 188 | SMITH, Joseph (1805-1844). | The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi... by Joseph Smith Junior Author and Proprietor. |
1830 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 126,000.00 |
| 84 | GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1641). | Dialogo ... sopre i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano. |
1632 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 100,800.00 |
| 37 | KETHAM, Johannes de (fl. 1455--1470). -- PETRUS DE TUSSIGNANO (fl. 1400). -- MUNDINUS (c.1270--1326). -- RHASIS (c.854--c.925/35). | Fasciculus medicinae. -- Consilium pro peste evitanda. -- Anatomia. -- De aegritudinibus puerorum. |
28 March 1500. | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 88,200.00 |
| 43 | MUNDINUS (c.1270-1326). | Anatomia.Edited by Martinus Polichius de Mellerstadt. |
[c.1493]. | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 81,900.00 |
| 191 | LOBACHEVSKY, Nikolai Ivanovich (1792-1856). | "Novye nachala geometrii s polnoi teoriei parallelnykh" ["New foundations of geometry with the complete theory of parallels."] |
1835-1837. | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 81,900.00 |
| 31 | ISIDORUS HISPALENSIS (c.560--636). | Etymologiae. |
c.1473]. | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 75,600.00 |
| 17 | BRUNSCHWIG, Hieronymus (c.1450--1512/13). | Chirurgia, in German: Dis ist das Buch der Cirurgia: Hantwirckung der Wundartzny. |
December [14]97. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 69,300.00 |
| 192 | LOBACHEVSKY, Nikolai Ivanovich (1792-1856). | Three works on non-Euclidean geometry. |
1856 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 69,300.00 |
| 214 | ELIOT, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965). | The Waste Land. |
1922 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 69,300.00 |
| 57 | SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440--1514). | Liber chronicarum. |
12 July 1493. | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 63,000.00 |
| 110 | KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). | Somnium, sive astronomia Lunaris (caption title). |
1630.] | USD 12,000.00 - 22,000.00 | USD 56,700.00 |
| 179 | HAMILTON, Alexander (1757-1804). | Autograph letter signed ("A Hamilton") to Anthony Walton White, "at the Plough & Harrow," New York, "ten oClock", 29 April 1789. |
1789 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 56,700.00 |
| 114 | NEWTON, Isaac (1642-1726/27). | Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. |
1713 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 52,920.00 |
| 15 | BRANT, Sebastian (1457--1521). -- JACOBUS LOCHER PHILOMUSUS (1471--1528). | Das Narrenschiff, in Latin: Stultifera navis. Translated from German by Jacobus Locher Philomusus. -- Carmina varia. |
1 March 1497. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 47,880.00 |
| 56 | SAVONAROLA, Michael (1384--c.1466). | Practica medicinae, sive De aegritudinibus. |
10 May 1486. | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 47,880.00 |
| 107 | KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). | Podromus dissertationum cosmographicum, continens Mysterium cosmographicum. [And:] Pro sua opere harmonices mundi apologia. |
1621-1622. | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 47,880.00 |
| 2 | ALBERTUS MAGNUS (c.1200--1280). -- AEGIDIUS COLUMNA (c.1243--1316). -- ALBERTUS MAGNUS. | Philosophia pauperum (version B) -- De regimine principum (excerpt) -- De virtute intellectiva. |
10 September 1490 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 44,100.00 |
| 211 | EDISON, Thomas (1847-1931). | A brass telegraphic stock ticker, stamped, "M'F'D. BY T. A. EDISON, INC.", No. 10741, c.1900. |
c.1900. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 44,100.00 |