Robert Siegel Galleries: The Magnolia Collection: German Post Offices in China and Kiauchau, 1318, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 09, 2024 - April 09, 2024
Page Size: 122 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 5pf on 10pf Carmine, Foochow Surcharge, 45 Degree Overprint (16a; Michel 7IA).

1900 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,650.00
7

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 5pf on 10pf Carmine, Foochow Surcharge, 45 Degree Overprint (16a; Michel 7IB).

1900 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 826.00
13

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 5pf on 10pf Carmine, Foochow Surcharge, 56 Degree Overprint (16; Michel 7II).

1900 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 590.00
14

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 5pf on 10pf Carmine, Foochow Surcharge, 56 Degree Overprint (16; Michel 7II).

1900 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 767.00
15

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 5pf on 10pf Carmine, Foochow Surcharge, 56 Degree Overprint (16; Michel 7II).

1900 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 944.00
37

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 3pf-80pf Tientsin Handstamp (17-23; Michel 8-14).

1900 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,440.00
38

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 5pf Green, Tientsin Handstamp (18; Michel 9).

1900 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 Not Sold
39

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 5pf Green, Tientsin Handstamp (18; Michel 9).

1900 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,832.00
40

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 5pf Green, Tientsin Handstamp (18; Michel 9).

1900 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 708.00
41

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 10pf Carmine, Tientsin Handstamp (19; Michel 10).

1900 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,360.00
42

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 3pf Brown, 5pf Green, 10pf Carmine, Tientsin Handstamp (17-19; Michel 8-10).

1900 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,478.00
43

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 3pf Brown, 5pf Green, 10pf Carmine, Tientsin Handstamp (17-19; Michel 8-10).

1900 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,832.00
44

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 20pf Ultramarine, Tientsin Handstamp (20; Michel 11).

1900 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,652.00
46

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 30pf Orange & Black on Salmon, Tientsin Handstamp (21; Michel 12).

1900 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,195.00
47

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 30pf Orange & Black on Salmon, Tientsin Handstamp (21; Michel 12).

1900 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,310.00
48

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 50pf Purple & Black on Salmon, Tientsin Handstamp Reading Top to Bottom (22 var; Michel 13S).

1900 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 17,110.00
49

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 50pf Purple & Black on Salmon, Tientsin Handstamp (22; Michel 13).

1900 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,850.00
50

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 10pf Carmine, 30pf Orange & Black on Salmon, 80pf Lake & Black on Rose, Tientsin Handstamp (19, 21, 23; Michel 10, 12, 14).

1900 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,850.00
51

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 80pf Lake & Black on Rose, Tientsin Handstamp (23; Michel 14).

1900 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,310.00
52

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 2pf Blue Postal Card, Tientsin Handstamp.

1900 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,540.00
53

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 10pf Red Postal Card, Tientsin Handstamp (Michel P9).

1900 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,298.00
54

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 10pf Red Postal Card, Tientsin Handstamp (Michel P9).

1900 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 708.00
55

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 10pf Red Postal Letter Card, Tientsin Handstamp, Double Overprint, One Inverted (Michel P9 var).

1900 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 15,340.00
56

Germany, Used in China, 1880-83, 10pf Red, 50pf Deep Grayish Olive Green (39, 42; Michel V41b, V44b).

1880-83 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
57

Germany, Used in China, 1880-83, 20pf Bright Ultramarine (40; Michel V42c).

1880-83 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,360.00
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    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
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    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
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    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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