Departments / Books and Autographs
| Koller Auctions holds two sales annually of books, manuscripts and autographs in Zurich. These auctions attract a large international clientele. Seasoned collectors as well as young book lovers will find rare editions and beautiful bindings, alongside autographs and manuscripts and a large selection of modern illustrated books. |
Next auction: 21 September 2013 Consignment deadline: 12 Juli 2013 Previews Zurich: 7 to 15 September 2013 Geneva: 3/4 September 2013 (Highlights) Munich: 28/29 August 2013 (Highlights) |
| Books and Autographs - 23. March 2013 / Highlights |
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| "Galeries historiques de Versailles" and geographic rarities The 18 volume "Galeries historiques de Versailles", which the citizen king Louis Philippe and his sons dedicated to the Traveller’s Club in London was the top lot at the auction of Books and Manuscripts. With 1086 portraits, 957 steel engravings and three maps it was worth CHF 84 000 to a private collector (lot 527). Lot 415 proved an unexpected highlight: two globes from 1730, each with 12 engraved segments with original colouring were sold for CHF 43 200. The splendidly crafted silver binding with a depiction of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Clara of Assisi from the late 17th century, which had been consigned to Koller from the library of the National Cathedral in Washington, reached a price of CHF 38 400 (lot 343). A good result of CHF 31 200 was also achieved for a well-kept collection of works by Jules Verne with woodcuts and richly illustrated linen bindings (lot 391). The complete works of Voltaire in 70 volumes, the Beaumarchais edition, was worth CHF 26 400 to an unknown collector (lot 394). A 17th century atlas reached an even higher price. At CHF 28 800 it came in just within the estimate (lot 416).
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