Auction Reports
Galerie Bassenge
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Literature and Book Illustration, 17th-19th Century
- Auction Date
- 04/09/2025 - 04/09/2025
- Sale Number
- #125LIT
- Total Lots
- 337
- Sold Lots
- 167
- Lots Sold
- 49.55%
- Unsold Lots
- 170
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 153,267.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 98,410.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 98,410.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 177,600.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 177,600.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 86.30%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1804 | Steiner, Rudolf | Theosophie |
1904 | EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 40,960.00 |
| 1774 | Hobbes, Thomas | Leviathan |
1651 | EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 16,000.00 |
| 1543 | Einbande. | Durchbrochener, ziselierter und feuervergoldeter Silbereinband |
1740 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,096.00 |
| 1542 | Sammlung Hans Furstenberg | 6 Prachteinbande |
1683-1743 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 3,584.00 |
| 1645 | Lavater, Johann Caspar | Physiognomische Fragmente |
1775-1778 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,584.00 |
| 1524 | Castelli, Ignaz Franz | Zerrbilder menschlicher Thorheiten und Schwachen |
1818 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,560.00 |
| 1597 | Harsdorffer, Georg Philipp | Der Grosse Schauplatz Jammerlicher Mordgeschichte |
1649-1650 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,560.00 |
| 1819 | Comenius, Johann Amos | Orbis visibilis in latina |
1768 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,560.00 |
| 1559 | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | Schriften |
1787-1790 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,304.00 |
| 1797 | Nietzsche, Friedrich | Die Geburt der Tragodie |
1872 | EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 2,048.00 |
| 1746 | Sammelband mit 9 seltenen, illustrierten Volksbuchausgaben |
(um 1850)-1870 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,048.00 | |
| 1678 | Novalis | Schriften |
1802 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 1791 | Kant, Immanuel | Zum ewigen Frieden |
1795 | EUR 350.00 - 350.00 | EUR 1,664.00 |
| 1636 | Kleist, Heinrich von | Die Schlacht bei Fehrbellin |
1822 | EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,536.00 |
| 1574 | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | Sechzehn Tafeln zu Goethe's Farbenlehre |
1842 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | EUR 1,408.00 |
| 1768 | Fichte, Johann Gottlieb | Ueber den Begriff der Wissenschaftslehre |
1794 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,408.00 |
| 1770 | Gassendi, Pierre | Syntagma philosophiae Epicuri |
1659 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,408.00 |
| 1579 | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | West-oestlicher Divan |
1819 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,280.00 |
| 1794 | Lambert, Johann Heinrich | Anlage zur Architectonic, oder Theorie des Einfachen und des Ersten |
1771 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,216.00 |
| 1788 | Kant, Immanuel | Traume eines Geistersehers |
1766 | EUR 350.00 - 350.00 | EUR 1,216.00 |
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
