Venator and Hanstein: Old Books, Autographs and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old Books, Autographs and Manuscripts | Total Sales (EUR) | 408,618.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 20, 2026 - March 20, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 339,490.00 |
| Sale Number | #184 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 339,490.00 |
| Total Lots | 650 | ||
| Sold Lots | 362.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 631,640.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 55.69% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 631,640.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 288 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 64.69% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 825 | ALBRECHT DURER | Die Geburt Christi (Weihnachten) 1504 |
1504 | EUR 30,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 50,400.00 |
| 911 | Munster, Sebastian | Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur |
1550 | EUR 20,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 25,200.00 |
| 826 | ALBRECHT DURER | Maria mit der Birne |
1511 | EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 17,640.00 |
| 852 | FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES | Los caprichos |
1799/1886 | EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 12,600.00 |
| 862 | FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES | No te escaparas |
N/A | EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 12,600.00 |
| 612 | Bunting, Heinrich | Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae. Das ist: Ein Reisebuch ober die gantze heilige Schrifft, in zwey Bucher getheilet |
1606 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | EUR 10,080.00 |
| 710 | Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe, ou descriptions et figures des plantes les plus rares et les plus meritantes, nouvellement introduites sur le continent ou en Angleterre... |
1845-1880 | EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 7,560.00 | |
| 824 | ALBRECHT DURER | Maria mit langem Haar auf der Mondsichel |
c. 1499 | EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 | EUR 7,560.00 |
| 827 | ALBRECHT DURER | Maria mit dem Kind an der Mauer |
1514 | EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 7,560.00 |
| 828 | ALBRECHT DURER | Die Jungfrau mit dem Wickelkind |
1520 | EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 7,560.00 |
| 889 | Alchemistischer Sammelband |
1567 | EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 | EUR 7,560.00 | |
| 938 | GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749 Frankfurt am Main - 1832 Weimar) | Dichter und Staatsmann. Schlusselgestalt der Weimarer Klassik |
1817 | EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 7,560.00 |
| 614 | Carlevaris, Luca | Le fabriche, e vedute di Venetia. Disegnate, poste in prospettiva, et intagliate ... |
(um 1705) | EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,930.00 |
| 829 | ALBRECHT DURER | Maria, von einem Engel gekront |
1520 | EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
| 724 | Lewin, William | The birds of Great Britain, with their eggs, accurately figured |
(1789)-1794 | EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,040.00 |
| 851 | BERNARDO BELLOTTO GEN. CANALETTO | Die Trummer der ehemaligen Kreuzkirche zu Dresden |
N/A | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,528.00 |
| 1122 | Aleman, Mateo | Vida y hechos del Picaro Guzman de Alfarache |
1787 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,528.00 |
| 1229 | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques | La nouvelle Heloise ou Lettres de deux amans, habitans d'une petite ville aux pied des Alpes |
1781 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,276.00 |
| 931 | Antiphonar. - Einzelblatt aus einem Antiphonar mit grosser historisierter Initiale ,,R" und Randschmuck. (Oberrhein), erste Halfte des 14. Jahrhunderts |
N/A | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,150.00 | |
| 894 | Bonaventura | Die Legend des heyligen vatters Francisci |
1512 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,024.00 |
| 640 | Homann Erben | Atlas compendiarius quinquaginta tabularum geographicarum Homannianarum |
1752(-93) | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,772.00 |
| 668 | Schweiz. - Souvenirs de la Suisse. Album mit Ansichten der Schweiz |
(um 1850) | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,772.00 | |
| 713 | Furber, (Robert) | The Flower Garden display'd, in above four hundred curious representations of the most beautiful flowers ... With the description and history of each plant and the method of their culture ... To which is added, a flower-garden for gentlemen and ladies ... |
1732 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,772.00 |
| 840 | CLAUDE GELLEE, GEN. LORRAIN | Le Troupeau en marche par un temps orageux |
1651 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | EUR 2,772.00 |
| 850 | BERNARDO BELLOTTO GEN. CANALETTO | Der Neustadter Markt zu Dresden |
1750 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,772.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
