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Rare Books Auction in Hamburg - EUR 75.000* for two Photo Albums

05-27-2011 10:33 AM CET | Arts & Culture

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No. 683: Sven Hedin, E. Zimmermann: Durch Asiens Wüsten. 2 photo albums, 1926-1930. Result EUR 74.400*.

No. 683: Sven Hedin, E. Zimmermann: Durch Asiens Wüsten. 2 photo albums, 1926-1930. Result EUR 74.400*.

Hamburg, 23/24 May 2011, (kk) – With an overall result of more than EUR 1,5 million*, the two day auction of Rare Books at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg realized a result that beat last year’s by EUR 300.000. ”The ever growing appeal this auction has to numerous new international customers that have previously been interested in art only is largely owed to the quality and the range of offerings“, said Robert Ketterer, owner of Ketterer Kunst.

The TOP 5 Lots
No. 683: Sven Hedin, E. Zimmermann: Durch Asiens Wüsten. 2 photo albums, 1926-1930. Result EUR 74.400*, starting price: EUR 3.000.
No. 90: Ludovico Mirri: Vestigia delle terme di TitoSeries of plates. Rome, 1776. Result EUR 54.000*, starting price: EUR 45.000.
No. 107: Hermann Max Pechstein: Postcard with signature, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, 1910. Result EUR 43.200*, starting price: EUR 5.000.
No. 46: Maria Sibylla Merian: De europische Insecten Amsterdam, 1730. Result EUR 37.200*, starting price: EUR 25.000.
No. 19: Bernardus Claravallensis: Sermones in Duytssche. Zwolle, 1495. Result EUR 32.400*, starting price: EUR 27.000.

The two folio volumes comprising some 380 original photographs by Sven Hedin and Eduard Zimmermann under the title ”Durch Asiens Wüsten“ (lot 683) did not only enthuse customers from Germany and Italy. A collector from Great Britain stood his grounds against a number of written bids, live bidders in the room and a tough opponent from the States on the phone. Eventually he took the remarkable collection of photographs to a result of EUR 74.400* (starting price EUR 3.000) and thus to first place in the auction. In the end the two albums also made for the auction’s sharpest increase.

Second place is occupied by the de-luxe edition of Ludovico Mirri’s series of plates “Vestigia delle terme di Tito“ (lot 90), which went to a foreign phone bidder for the result of EUR 54.000*.

When two postcards by Hermann Max Pechstein were called up, the bidding frenzy took its course. After the great success of six similar artist postcards which had been auctioned by Ketterer Kunst in Munich only a few days before with results of up to EUR 39.040**, more than 30 art lovers from Belgium, Switzerland, the U.S. and mostly from Germany entered the race with written and phone bids against bidders in the room. While the frenzy for lot 106, which carries signatures of the expressionist triumvirate Heckel, Kirchner and Pechstein was stopped by a private collector in the auction room at a result of EUR 26.400*, a German art dealer even honored lot 107 with a result of EUR 43.200*. Thus the circus scene with Pechstein’s signature, a greeting to Doris Grosse, a Dresden hat maker and lover of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, did not only achieve the evening auction’s second highest hammer price, it also made it among the list of the auction’s sharpest increases.

A collector from the east of Germany, present in the auction room, stood his grounds against numerous written bids and eventually won Maria Sibylla Merian’s first folio edition of ”De Europische insecten“ (lot 46) from 1730. After it was called up at EUR 25.000, his eagerness to win let the fine copy in an excellent coloring climb to a result of EUR 37.200 *. It took nothing less to put a stop to his opponents’ bids.

While the sermons by Bernardus Claravallensis (lot 19) went to a German collector for EUR 32.400*, a dealer from New York relegated his colleague from London to second place in the race for William Harvey’s ”De motu cordis ...“ (lot 37) with a result of EUR 31.200*.

A collection of more than 200 works of German Freemason Literature (lot 434) made for excitement in the auction room. A German dealer stood its ground against two other German colleagues and two libraries at a result of EUR 18.000*. Called up at EUR 800, this lot achieved the second highest increase in the auction.

The number one increase, however, was realized by Johann Christian Fritsche’s ”Von denen Vampyren“ (lot 51), which went to a starting price of EUR 170 to a result of EUR 3.960*. At the same time this very rare first edition of the vampire book called ”Muthmaßlichen Gedancken von denen Vampyren, oder sogenannten Blut-Saugern eines Weimarischen Medici“ was the auction’s most sought after lot with 14 international written bids from, among other France, Great Britain and Poland as well as numerous phone bidders from the Netherlands and the Alsace.

The auction of Maritime and Northern German Art, which is traditionally held in Hamburg and now as a prelude to the Rare Books auction, is also worthwhile mentioning. Here is a selection of some important results:

Lot 1516, Paul Müller-Kaempf, Ruhende Felder... Starting price EUR 2.500, result EUR 7.800*
Lot 1486, Hans Peter Feddersen d. J., Nebeldämmerung. Starting price EUR 600, result EUR 7.800*
Lot 1485, Hans am Ende, Hammeniederung bei Worpswede. Starting price EUR 3.500, result EUR 7.200*
Lot 1447, August Lasczky, Dreimastmarssegel-Schoner… Starting price EUR 2.700, result EUR 4.560*
Lot 1454, Robert Parlow, Seegefecht... Starting price EUR 2.000, result EUR 4.080*

Until 24 June, 2011 the post auction sale offers a number of exciting objects.

* The result is the hammer price + 20 percent buyer’s premium.
** The result is the hammer price + 22 percent buyer’s premium.

Since it was founded in 1954, Ketterer Kunst has been firmly established in the front ranks of auction houses dealing in art and rare books, with its headquarters in Munich and a branch in Hamburg. Gallery rooms in Berlin as well as representatives in Heidelberg and Krefeld have contributed substantially to the company's success. Ketterer Kunst has further rounded off its portfolio with the prestigious Ernest Rathenau Verlag, New York/Munich. In addition, exhibitions, special theme and charity auctions as well as online auctions are regular events at Ketterer Kunst. Robert Ketterer is auctioneer and owner of Ketterer Kunst.

Contact:

Ketterer Kunst
Joseph-Wild-Str. 18
81829 München
Tel. +49-(0)55244-444
Fax.: +49-(0)55244-177
E-mail: infomuenchen@kettererkunst.de

For the Rare Books department:
Christoph Calaminus
Telefon: +49-(0)40-374961-11, Fax:-66
E-Mail: c.calaminus@kettererkunst.de

For press enquiries:
Michaela Derra M.A.
Telefon: +49-(0)89-55244-152 (Fax: -177)
E-Mail: m.derra@kettererkunst.de

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