• Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.

Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers: Books Sale, 120756, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date
December 16, 2021 - December 16, 2021
Page Size: 223 items in 9 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
102 REDOUTÉ (Pierre-Joseph). VENTENAT (Étienne-Pierre).

Jardin de La Malmaison.

Paris 1803-1804 (-1805). EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
103 FAURE (Félix)].

Almanach national.

Paris 1895 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
104 AUTOGRAPHES. PROUST (Marcel).

Carte-télégramme a. s. (pliures), datée 13 déc. 1893, adressée à son amie d'enfance Lucie Faure.

1893 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
105 AUTOGRAPHES. PROUST (Marcel).

Lettre a. s., 6 pp. in-12, pliée (déchirure à la pliure), à "ma chère Antoinette", non datée (15 juillet 1887).

1887 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
106 FAURE (Félix)]. BELON (Paul) et Paul GERS.

Les Voyages du Président de la République. 25 carnets in-8, percaline bleue éditeur, titre en lettres dorées sur le premier plat, en feuilles, certains avec élastiques de fermeture Dont :

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
107 BONAPARTE (Marie).

Cinq cahiers écrits par une petite fille entre sept ans et demi et dix ans et leurs commentaires.

P. - Londres 1939; 1948-1951. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
108 FAURE (Félix)]. CIAUDO.

La Maternité Lion de Nice pour les enfants nés avant terme ou débiles.

Nice 1895 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
109 FAURE (Félix)].

Ens. de 3 souvenirs :

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
110 FAURE (Félix)].

Portefeuille in-folio, maroquin fauve, décor mosaïqué de mar. crème, bleu, rouge, avec chiffre mosaïqué TCF (Touring Club de France) et avec palmes et chiffre doré de Félix Faure.

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
111 FAURE (Félix)].

Voyage de Monsieur le Président de la République au Havre.

Le Havre 1895 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
112 NOAILLES (Comtesse de).

Les Vivants et les Morts.

Paris 1913 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Unknown
113 FAURE (Félix)].

Les Parisiens de Paris. Annuaire 1897-1898.

1897-1898. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
114 PROUST (Marcel). RUSKIN (John).

La Bible d'Amiens.

Paris 1904 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
115 FAURE (Félix)]. ROVIRA y OLIVER.

La Cruz roja en Francia.

Barcelone 1896 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
116 RUSSIE. NOS (A. E.).

Étude sur la fondation de la flotte volontaire russe.

Moscou 1890 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
117 FAURE (Félix) - RUSSIE]. KLARK (G.).

Marche "Accueil à nos amis" humblement dédiée à Monsieur le Président Félix Faure. Saint-Pétersbourg, 11 août 1897.

1897 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
118 FAURE (Félix) - RUSSIE]. LENIS-LECHEVSKY (J).

[Album de photos originales] "célébrant la visite du Président Félix Faure à Saint-Pétersbourg le 12 août 1897".

1897 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
119 FAURE (Félix) - RUSSIE]. NADAR (Paul).

[Album de 9 photos originales]. Train présidentiel, octobre 1896.

1896 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
120 FAURE (Félix)]. SENTUPERY (Léon).

L'Europe politique.

Paris 1894-1895. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
121

AUTOGRAPHES. Artistes français. Ens. de lettres diverses la plupart adressées à M. Frédéric Brion.

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
122 AUTOGRAPHES. BETTENCOURT (Pierre).

3 lettres a. s., adressées à Nicole et Christian Jouanin - dont une écrite en calligramme circulaire. et 5 cartes de voeux imprimées

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
123 COCTEAU (Jean).

Lettre autographe au Dr Salem à Neuilly. In-4, pliée, avec petites déchirures, recto, signée (datée 1943) - avec enveloppe datée 22 février 1934.

EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Unknown
124 AUTOGRAPHES. COROT (Camille).

Billet autographe signé, daté " Coubron par Civry", in-12.

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
125 FAURÉ (Gabriel).

2 lettres a. s.

EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Unknown
126 GRACQ (Julien).

3 cartes a. s. dont une dans laquelle il refuse de répondre au questionnaire de Proust car ses réponses changeraient avec les années.

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
  • ALDE
    Bibliothèque médicale Arthur Tatossian
    December 11, 2024
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE
    Bibliothèque médicale Arthur Tatossian
    December 11, 2024
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE
    Bibliothèque médicale Arthur Tatossian
    December 11, 2024
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE
    Bibliothèque médicale Arthur Tatossian
    December 11, 2024
    ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
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