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Vermot de Pas: 500 Autographs, Photographs and Drawings

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Auction Name 500 Autographs, Photographs and Drawings Total Sales (EUR) 34,588.16
Auction Date April 03, 2024 - April 03, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 26,850.00
Sale Number #151328 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 34,110.00
Total Lots 500
Sold Lots 180 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 74,416.00
% of Lots Sold 36.00% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 94,862.00
Unsold Lots 320 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 36.46%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
353 Marcel ROUFF

GASTRONOMY. Marcel ROUFF (1877-1936, Swiss journalist, writer and gastronome, one of the founders of the Academie des Gastronomes, friend of Curnonski) / Set of 19 si

EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 2,112.00
79 NAPOLEON1er

NAPOLEON1er (1769-1821, Emperor) / Letters patent on parchment signed "Napoleon" in his own hand, given at the Palais de Fontainebleau on November 12, 1809, countersi

1809 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,984.00
416 Stanislas LEZCZYNSKI

LORRAINE - [Stanislas LEZCZYNSKI, 1677-1766, King of Poland and Duke of Lorraine, died of severe burns caused by his robe catching fire in the fireplace he was revivi

EUR 100.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,024.00
279 Leon DAVID

CHARENTE MARITIME - LES SABLES D'OLONNE - Leon DAVID (Sables d'Olonne 1867 - Sables d'Olonne 1962, Tenor, figure of Sables d'Olonne in the Belle-Epoque, he had the vi

EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 844.80
29

LA FEMME A LA BELLE-EPOQUE / Important collection of 100 autographs by women of the Belle-Epoque (actresses, singers, models or revue artists), presented in its perio

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 832.00
390

DESAIX de VEYGOUX family - PUYS de DOME (Charbonnieres-la-Varenne) / Important archives of the General DESAIX family: 48 documents from 1623 to 1830 concerning the fa

1623-1830 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 768.00
36 Fedor CHALIAPINE

MUSIC - Fedor CHALIAPINE (1873-1938, Russian opera singer, bass) / Photo on postcard with autograph dedication signed by him in Paris on May 23, 1908, the card travele

1908 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 588.80
249 HENRI IV

BEARN - HENRI IV (1553-1610, King of France from 1589 to 1610) / Parchment (51 x 30 cm, the document has been folded at the time, soiling and traces of age) signed "H

1607 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 524.80
112

AUTOGRAPHS - THEATRE XIXdeg - debut XXdeg / A veritable collection, presented in 145 album leaves, of some 365 signed autograph letters and cards (not counting dozens of

EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 512.00
140 DUHAMEL de FOUGEROUX family

LOIRET - DENAINVILLIERS - DUHAMEL de FOUGEROUX family / Fonds de correspondances adressees a cette famille en partie au Chateau de Denainvilliers, Annees 1830 (family

Annees1830 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 512.00
236 Theodore JUILLET-SAINT-LAGER

CONQUEST OF ALGERIA - Theodore JUILLET-SAINT-LAGER (Guadeloupe 1809 - Bab-el-Oued 1878), an astonishing character in the novels of Charles Fourier, whose website prov

1874 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 512.00
119

MINES d'ANZIN (Nord) / Rare testimony to workers' insurrection in the mines of the Nord region during the Revolution: letter signed by Stanislas DESANDROUIN (1738-182

EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 435.20
248 LOUIS XV

LOUIS XV (1710-1774, Roi de France et de Navarre) / Lettres de retenue de chargesur velin (52.5 x 32.5 cm) signed "Louis" (Secretaire de la Main) and countersigned in

1745 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 422.40
372 C. GILLET

BESTIAIRE / Album of drawings by C. GILLET circa 1900, classic sketchbook, 55 drawing papers bound in full cloth cover - all sheets used (recto only) - cover captioned

1900 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 EUR 422.40
484

ITALY - CASCADES DES MARMORE (Umbria) / Important late 18th-century autograph manuscript by Terni lawyer Gaetano ORLANDI on this impressive 165 m-high artificial wate

18th-century EUR 300.00 - 350.00 EUR 396.80
120

MINES d'ANZIN (Nord) / File concerning the purchase by Mark de Jennings, general agent of Mines d'Anzin, of an English locomotive from the Stephenson workshops in New

1835-36 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 384.00
168 Baron Edouard FRANCHETTI

ROTHSCHILD family - Baron Edouard FRANCHETTI (1862-1926, poet and critic, bibliophile and great art lover, son of Sarah Luisa de Rothschild and grandson of Baron Anse

1910-20 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 384.00
183 Edouard BOUVET de La Maisonneuve

[Flora TRISTAN, 1803-1844, Franco-Peruvian socialist writer and feminist, grandmother of painter Paul Gauguin] - Edouard BOUVET de La Maisonneuve (1784-1843, journali

1838-39 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 384.00
191

SOMME (80) / Marcotte family archives from Abbeville and Thuisson, more than 100 documents, notably from Jean-Baptiste Marcotte, mocatier (upholstery fabric manufactu

EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 384.00
280 Silvio LAZZARI

MUSIC - Silvio LAZZARI (1857-1944, Austrian-born composer) / Important correspondence of 53 autograph letters signed and 3 aut. postcards signed, 1935-1943, to musico

1935-1943 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 384.00
260 Paul ELUARD

Paul ELUARD (1895-1952, poet) / Autograph dedication signed in colored pencil on a flyleaf (single page, 12 x 18.5 cm)

EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 358.40
476 Jean-Baptiste MERIGOT

NIEVRE - Chateau de MEAUCE (Saintcaize-Meauce) - Jean-Baptiste MERIGOT (died 1697, advisor, secretary and intendant to the Duke of Nevers, Chevalier de Saint-Lazare e

1696 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 358.40
352

JAPAN / Rare complete set of 100 stereo cards (17.5 x 9 cm) from the 1900s devoted to Japan: scenes and types, lifestyle, sights, etc., presented in their original ca

1900s EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 332.80
257 Auguste LE MAOUT

COTE D'ARMOR (22) - Auguste LE MAOUT (Saint-Brieuc 1817 - Saint-Quay-Portrieux 1897, pharmacist, journalist and printer, Breton militant, republican activist who took

1872-1892 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 320.00
445 Jules MELINE

VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / File concerning the 1901 inauguration in Plombieres-les-Bains of the Monument Louis Francais (1814-1897, Vo

1901 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 EUR 294.40
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
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