• Sotheby’s, June 26: Poe, Edgar Allan. Tamerlane — the most poignant rarity in American literature. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: The Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." 2,500,000 - 5,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: William Blake. “Poems with very wild and interesting pictures” 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Thomas Taylor [artist]. The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
  • Finarte, July 4-5: FERMI, ENRICO. Letters, 1923. €30,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. The comedy, 1477. €45,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. The Comedy [Commentary by Christophorus Landinus]. Addition: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in Latin and Italian], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ASTRONOMIA - CALENDARIO - REGIOMONTANUS, JOHANNES (MÜLLER, JOHANN, OF KÖNIGSBERG) Kalendarium, 1483. €5,000 to €7,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: CATERINA II DI RUSSIA, Parchment diploma granted by Catherine II of Russia, 1778. €15,000 to €20,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: VICO, GIAMBATTISTA New Science Principles, 1725.
  • Bonhams, June 25: Vesalius, Andreas. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. $200,000 - $300,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Gersdorff, Hans Von. 1455-1529. Feldtbuch der wundartzney. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Pare, Ambroise. C.1509-1590. La Methode Curative des Playes, et Fractures de la Teste humaine. Avec les pourtraits des Instruments necessaires pour la curation d'icelles. $25,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Reisch, Gregor. 1470-1525. Margarita Philosophica. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bright, Richard. 1789-1858. Reports of Medical Cases, Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Berengario da Carpi, Giacomo. C. 1460-1530. Tractatus de fractura calve sive cranei. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Vicq D'Azyr, Felix. 1748-1794. Traite d'antomie et de physiologie. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Croce, Giovanni Andrea Della. 1509?-1775. Chirurgia libri septem... $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bruno Da Longburgo. 1200-1286. La cyrogia di Maistro Bruno: Expertissimo in quella. Tradutta in vulgare. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Schwann, Theodor. 1810-1882. Mikroskopische Untersuchungen uber die Ubereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Cowper, William. 1666-1709. The Anatomy of Humane Bodies, with Figures Drawn after the Life… $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bidloo, Govard. 1649-1713. Anatomia humani corporis, centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiossis. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis. $6,000 - $9,000
  • Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Audubon Birds of America, 1st Octavo Edition; 5 vols plus Journals, ex. J.J. Pringle. $4,000 to $4,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: American Ornithology Plates Folio in 2 Vols, A. Wilson and C. Bonaparte. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 23 CP Railroad Photographs c. 1883 by O.B. Buell. $1,800 to $2,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Cormac McCarthy, Signed 1st Editions, The Passenger & Stella Maris Box Set. $1,700 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Oliver Buell Cabinet Photograph, Chief Crowfoot. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Colton's Atlas of the World, 1856, in Two Volumes; plus Africa / Mahdist War Map. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 1805 Thomas Jefferson Inaugural Speech. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Barflies and Cocktails, Harry McElhone, First Edition Mixology Book. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 1861 U. S. Grant Broadside Proclamation, Paducah, KY. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 2 John Overton Signed Letters, 1803, re: TN Statehood. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Simon Wastell "Microbiblion or The Bibles Epitome: in Verse" 1629. $600 to $700.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Thomas Lewis Family Letter Archive; Boston, Massachusetts. $400 to $500.

Vermot de Pas: 500 Autographs, Photographs and Drawings, 151328, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 03, 2024 - April 03, 2024
Page Size: 500 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301

SIEGE DE PARIS 1870 / 1deg) Set of5 postcards "Par Ballon non monte", blank, presented on 2 collector sheets (held together by transparent photo corners, therefore not

EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 128.00
302

MISCELLANEOUS - The MAISONCELLE (Pas-de-Calais) Crime in 1933 - The facts: during the night of January 21-22, 1934, in Maisoncelle, Madame Cappe, 73, a pensioner, was

EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
303 Charles HARDINGE OF PENSHURST

INDIA - Charles HARDINGE OF PENSHURST (1858-1944, British diplomat and statesman,Vice King of Indiafrom 1910 to 1916) / Letter in Englishautograph signed, 2 p in-8, he

1910 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
304 Francois Thomas de BACULARD d'ARNAUD

Francois Thomas de BACULARD d'ARNAUD (1718-1805, playwright and literary scholar, a protege of Voltaire's before the two men fell out) / Suite de 2 lettres autographes

EUR 150.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
305

MAGIC LANTERN E. MAZO / Set of 12 views for magic lantern from the Maison Elie Mazo, transparent chromolithograph under glass (chaq 10 x 8.5 cm): complete series of "

1912 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
306

FINISTERE (29) - TREGUENNEC / Set of 3 notarial deeds (expeditions) established according to the "uzement de Cornouaille" (custom) named "declaration a domaines" (lea

1768, 1777, 1787 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 153.60
307 Docteur F. Thomas of Melun

COCAINOMANIE / Proofs of a scientific article, 5 p large in-8, by Docteur F. Thomas of Melun, from 1924: "La Cocainomanie: causes - effects - traitement", the text co

1924 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
308 Christien OSTROWSKI

POLAND - Christien OSTROWSKI (1811-1882, Polish man of letters who took refuge in France from 1831 and was an activist for the Polish cause) / Suite of 2 autograph le

1854 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 83.20
309

L'HISTOIRE EN DIRECT - Mirabeau's funeral at the new Pantheon in 1791 / Unsigned autograph letter (3 p in-8 plus address page) from a count deputy to the Estates-Gene

1791 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 102.40
310

LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE EN DIRECT/ Rare first-hand account: autograph letter signed byCitoyen DUPON, writing from Paris on July 2, 1792, to his friendCitoyenJean-Bapt

EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 256.00
311 [Alain DELON]

[Alain DELON] / Catalogue of the sale by Maitre Cornette de Saint-Cyr at Drouot Montaigne on October 15, 2007 of the Alain Delon Collection devoted to the 50s: luxuri

2007 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
312

ENFANTINA - Stereo photographs 1860s / Suite of 4 photographs on hand-colored albumen paper depicting children's scenes: "rocking the barrel", "the young chef forced

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
313 Buppha Devi NORODOM

DANCE - Buppha Devi NORODOM (1943-2019, Cambodian princess, dancer and director of Les Ballets royauc du Cambodge and Minister of Culture of Cambodia) / Photograph (1

2010 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
314 Ouri SAVIR

POLITIQUE INTERNATIONALE - ACCORDS D'OSLO / Suite de 2 autographes de negociateurs des Accords d'Oslo: 1deg) Ouri SAVIR (1953-2022, Israeli diplomat and politician, typ

1993 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
315 Chas LABORDE

BEAUX-ARTS - Chas LABORDE (Charles Laborde dit, 1886-1941,Illustrator) / Suite of 3 original pencil drawings: 1deg) Etude d'une scene avec indications autographes (the d

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
316 His Majesty MOHAMED VI

His Majesty MOHAMED VI (born 1963, King of Morocco) / Typed letter signed by him in 2007, 1 p in-4

2007 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 102.40
317

POLITIQUE ANNEES 30 / Set of 7 large original pen, gouache and watercolor drawings, signed Henri de BEAUFORT (24 x 33 cm): anti-British and anti-communist propaganda

EUR 180.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
318 Jacques CHIRAC

Jacques CHIRAC (1932-2019, President of the French Republic from 1995 to 2007) / Original photograph dedicated and signed by him in 1992 to Jean Kaltenbach, President

1992 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
319 Albert GUILLAUME

Albert GUILLAUME (1873-1942, painter, illustrator and poster artist) / Postcard signed by him, the card has traveled (1904)

EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
320 Theodore BOTREL

Theodore BOTREL (1868-1942, Breton bard, singer-songwriter) / Postcard signed by him in 1907 with a few autographed words, the card traveled that same year 1907.

1907 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
321 Jean-Jacques HENNER

BEAUX-ARTS / Set of 2 autographs: 1deg) Jean-Jacques HENNER (1829-1905, painter), postcard signed by himself, the card traveled in 1904 / Leon BONNAT (1833-1922, painter)

1904 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
322 Marquis de SILLERY

SOMME (80) - Marquis de SILLERY (1737-1793, Charles-Alexis-Pierre Brulart Marquis de Sillery Comte de Genlis, husband of Madame de Genlis, the woman of letters and pr

1792 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
323 GUILLAUME III de CHEISOLME

COMTAT-VENAISSIN - GUILLAUME III de CHEISOLME (1547-1629, Bishop of Vaison-la-Romaine from 1585 to 1629 and Rector of Comtat Venaissin in 1593) / Autograph receipt sig

1616 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
324 Theodore DUBOIS

MUSIC / Set of 2 autographs: 1deg) Theodore DUBOIS (1837-1924, composer and organist), postcard signed by himself, the card traveled in 1907 [N.B. N.B.: the autograph an

1907 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
325 Lucien MURATORE

OPERA / Set of 2 autographs: 1deg) Lucien MURATORE (1876-1954, opera singer), photo on postcard signed by himself, the card has traveled (1910s) / 2deg) Felia LITVINNE (186

EUR 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Keats, John] Spenser, Edmund: The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. $50,000 - $80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: (Walton, Izaak): The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Thomas, Gabriel: An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. $25,000 - $35,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Carroll, Lewis]: The Game of Alice in Wonderland. $2,000 - $3,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Athias, Joseph, et al.: Biblia Hebraica. $7,000 - $10,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Warhol, Andy, and Jens Quistgaard] Dansk Designs Salesman's Presentation Catalogue. $2,500 - $3,500.
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