• 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
127

HOMMES POLITIQUES ÉTRANGERS. Photos dédicacées et documents tapuscrits et manuscrits divers. Important ensemble, environ 80 pièces réunies en un classeur dont :

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
128 JACOB (Max).

Lettre a. s., pliée, sous env., adressée à Charles Fidente-Marin, collaborateur des Cahiers du mois - datée Saint Benoit Sur Loire, enveloppe datée 12 février 1925.

1925 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
129

Littérature française. Ens. de lettres diverses la plupart adressées à M. Frédéric Brion, vers 1984-1987.

vers 1984-1987. EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
130

Littérature française. Ens. de lettres diverses la plupart adressées à M. Frédéric Brion, vers 1984-1989.

vers 1984-1989. EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
131 PÉTAIN (Philippe).

Lettre autographe signée au peintre Félix Bouchor (1853-1937), Paris 7 décembre 1932.

Paris 1932 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
132

POLITIQUE FRANÇAISE CONTEMPORAINE. Ens. de lettres diverses la plupart adressées à M. Frédéric Brion.

EUR 500.00 - 800.00 Unknown
133

Généraux du PUTSCH d'ALGER. Ens. de lettres diverses, tardives la plupart adressées à M. Frédéric Brion.

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
134 RODIN (Auguste).

Lettre a. s., 3 pp. in-12, datée 4 mai.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
135 SÉDAR SENGHOR (Léopold).

Littérature française.

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
136 SIMENON.

Ens. de 6 cartes tapu. s., 2 photos signées, un questionnaire ...

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
137 BAKER (Joséphine).

[Guépard apprivoisé - Chiquita]. Laisse en métal doré et strass (95 cm) qui servit à promener son célèbre guépard apprivoisé, Chiquita.

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
138 BAKER (Joséphine).

Correspondance politique et divers. 7 documents.

EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
139 BAKER (Joséphine).

RÉSISTANTE. Retirage photographique de Joséphine Baker en compagnie de Jacques Abtey, chef du contre espionnage militaire à Paris, pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale. J. Baker servit de relai pour obtenir des renseignements sur les activités allemandes.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
140 BAKER (Joséphine).

Souvenirs divers. 15 documents.

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
141 BAKER (Joséphine).

Racial discrimination and religious tolerance.

Buenos Aires 1952 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
142 BAKER, BOUILLON (provenance).

Ens. de documents manuscrits et photographiques autour de Joséphine Baker et son mari Jo Bouillon, dont une reproduction photographique de Joséphine Baker au piano.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
143 BAKER, BOUILLON (provenance).

MISTINGUETT. Portrait-photo (21 x 27,5 cm), visage dans une couronne de fleurs, du studio P. Abers Paris, signée et adressée : "à ma jolie petite amie Yvonne".

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
144 BAKER, BOUILLON (provenance).

RUBINSTEIN (Arthur).

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
145 BAKER, BOUILLON (provenance).

THÉÂTRE et OPÉRA. Ens. de 9 lettres autographes signées encadrées, traces de pliure.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
146 BAKER, BOUILLON (provenance).

Carnet d'adresses personnel de Jo Bouillon, époux de Joséphine Baker.

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
147 BOUILLON (Gabriel - 1898-1984).

2 portraits-photos sous cadres signés et dédicacés à Gabriel Bouillon, de la part de : Weygand (19 x 24,5 cm)

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
148 BOUILLON (Gabriel - 1898-1984).

8 photos ou cartes postales, divers formats, sous cadres, dédicacées à Gabriel Bouillon dont : Vincent d'Indy, Lucien Capet, Camille Saint-Saëns, Valentin Berthelier, Guillaume Lekeu...

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
149 BOUILLON (Jo - 1908-1984).

Compositeur, chef d'orchestre et violoniste, il fut le 4e mari de Joséphine Baker.

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Unknown
150 [CHEVALIER (Maurice)]. BOUILLON (Gabriel - 1898-1984).

Beau-frère de Joséphine Baker. - Violoniste et professeur au Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris (1933-1969).

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
151

Portrait-photo de Reynaldo Hahn sous cadre, dédicacée à Gabriel Bouillon et signée, avec musique notée, datée 1934.

1934 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 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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