• 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
326 Rose CARON

OPERA / Set of 2 autographs: 1deg) Rose CARON (1857-1930, singer), photo on postcard signed by her, the card traveled (circa 1910) / 2deg) Lucienne BREVAL (1869-1935, Swiss

1910 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 EUR 128.00
327 POLIN (Pierre Paul Marsales dit,

CAFE-CONCERT - POLIN (Pierre Paul Marsales dit, 1863-1927, cafe-concert singer in the comic-troupier genre) / Photo on postcard that he signed in his own hand with a f

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
328

CIRQUE - CLOWNS / Important set of 15 original photographs of clowns, all hand-signed, 70s-80s, taken by Jean-Pierre VIVIER (1948-1998, circus personality, Monsieur L

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
329

CIRCUS / Important set of 15 original photographs of circus performers, all hand-signed, 70s-80s, taken by Jean-Pierre VIVIER (1948-1998, circus personality, Monsieur

EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
330 Eugene CHIGOT

Eugene CHIGOT (Valenciennes 1860 - 1923, official painter of the Navy) - Postcard written and signed by him, January 27, 1903 (postmark), the view represents an illust

EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
331

ALPES / Album from the 30's containing 87 small original amateur photographs (each photo is 6 x 4 cm on view): ski scenes, airplane excursions, aerial views, etc.

EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 102.40
332 Georges TAIRRAZ

CHAMONIX - Georges TAIRRAZ (1900-1975) / Suite of 6 silver prints from the 1960s, with stamp on back (5 x 14.5 x 10 cm and 1 x 14 x 9 cm) / Attached: 1 original photo

1960s EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 147.20
333

FRANC-MACONNERIE / Jean Robin's certificate of initiation into the "L'Emancipation" lodge of the Grand Orient de France in 1978, portfolio in blue moleskin with flap

1978 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
334 Jules CREPIEUX-JAMIN

GRAPHOLOGY / Jules CREPIEUX-JAMIN (1858-1940, creator of modern graphology) / Signed autograph manuscript of a graphological analysis, 3 p in-8 / Attached: "Les eleme

EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 128.00
335

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC / Set of 4 autographs by female singers: Anna Caterina Antonacci (b. 1961, Italian singer, signed autographed photograph, 12 x 17 cm); Angelika Kir

1961 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
336

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC / Set of 3 autographs: Vladimir Ashkenazy (b. 1937, Russian pianist and conductor, signed and autographed Decca photo card); Carlo Maria Giulini (1

1937 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 64.00
337

CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN LITERATURE / Set of 9 album pages with signed autograph dedications, each page illustrated with a magazine photo: Calixthe Beyala (b. 1961, Camer

1961 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
338

LITERATURE SCANDINAVE CONTEMPORAINE / Set of 7 album pages with signed autograph dedications, each page illustrated with a magazine photo: Kristin Marja Baldursdottir

1949 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
339

CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN LITERATURE / Set of 3 album pages with signed autograph dedications, each page illustrated with a magazine photo: Yves Beauchemin (b. 1941, Queb

1941 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
340

LITERATURE CONTEMPORAINE / Set of 10 album pages with signed autograph dedications, each page illustrated with a magazine photo: Gabriela Adamesteanu (b. 1942, Romani

1942 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
341

BRITISH MODERN ART / Set of 5 autographs: Peter Collins (b. 1935, painter, 1981 exhibition catalog signed in his own hand); Michael Bastow (b. 1943, painter, invitati

1935 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
342

AMERICAN ARCHITECTS / Set of 2 postcards illustrated with their work, signed by them on the back: Daniel Libeskind (b. 1946) and Richard Meier (b. 1934)

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
343

CONTEMPORARY SUDAMERICAN LITERATURE / Set of 3 album pages with signed autograph dedications, each page illustrated with a magazine photo: Silvia Baron Supervielle (b

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
344

FASHION - Set of 4 antique invoices: 1deg) "Chardon fabriquant de chapeaux" a Paris, facture de l'an 6, 1 p grand in-8, illustrated header / 2deg) Veuve TESSIER "Bonnetie

1811 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
345

Small papers XIXdeg / Set of 4 small papers from the XIXdeg: "Au Saint Simonien" in Belleville (illustrated card, receipt9.5 x 7.5 cm); lottery for the benefit of the poo

EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
346

AVALLON (Yonne) / Set of 80 XIXdeg invoices

EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 192.00
347 Georges NORMANDY

Georges NORMANDY (Fecamp 1882-1946, journalist and writer close to Jean Lorrain) / Important correspondence to the symbolist poet Armand GODOY (1880-1964): 26 signed

1930s EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
348

AFFAIRE DU COLLIER DE LA REINE / Factum de 62 p in-4: "Sommaire pour la Comtesse de Valois-Lamotte accusee, contre M. le Procureur General accusateur, en presence de

EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 58.88
349

AFFAIRE BEAUMARCHAIS / Factum of 139 p in-4 (plus 1 p of errors to correct, 1 p of address to the King and 4 p of foreword): "Memoire pour le Sieur Bergasse, dans la

1788 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
350

MILITARIA / Set of 8 large glass plates for magic lanterns (30 x 7.5 cm, 1 broken with small loss), engraved and hand-painted, circa 1880, depicting military scenes,

1880 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 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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