Vermot de Pas: Sporlimpique XI - On the Theme of Sport, Combat and Strength, and Olympism, 164800, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 24, 2025 - May 24, 2025
Page Size: 140 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Batch of sports documents about Alain Mimoun :

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 115.20
2

Rare 1901 souvenir calendar offered by "L'Auto-Velo" for the 3rd Salon International de l'Automobile at the Grand Paris.

1901 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 64.00
3

Premier Championnat du monde de billard au cadre 47/1 au Palais de la Bourse.

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
4

Lot of 7 press titles about two French boxing champions, Georges CARPENTIER and Marcel CERDAN:

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
5

Lot of 3 newspapers:

EUR 20.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
6

"The boxer in the corner"

EUR 140.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
8

Set of 5 pieces, posters and drawing:

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 76.80
9

Set of 8 beautiful original press photos (13 x 18 cm) of the world champion:

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 76.80
11

Silver print of the great black pugilist Sam McVea (1884-1921).

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,344.00
12

Set of around forty photo and chromo cards, some inscribed, stamped or not. Main subject: the Joinville Military Gymnastics School.

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
13

Superb advertising card "The Torpedo cap is the hairstyle of chic people".

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 38.40
14

Lot of items (magazines, books, etc) on Georges Carpentier (first French light-heavyweight world champion in 1920):

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
15

Lot of 30 items (newspapers, magazines, books) covering his entire career

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
17

Documentary set of 8 important and varied items:

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
18

Two sets of 1970s wrestling posters and flyers, featuring big names:

1970s EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 38.40
19

Lot of 5 miscellaneous Brussels sports items:

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 128.00
20

Cirque Royal, Brussels, American Wrestling, European Championship all categories - Charles Rigoulot, the strongest man in the world, March 23, 1935

1935 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 153.60
21

A set of some twenty large- and medium-format photos of 1960s wrestling fashions, including the Miss Catch 61-62-63-64 elections (in Beauvais).

1960s EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
22

A collection of over 200 press photos from the heyday of wrestling in France, particularly on television between 1955 and 1965.

1955-1965. EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 89.60
23

Set of 4 advertisements, 3 of which are cardboard and 1 metal, promoting miracle products for building muscle, performing well or recharging your batteries (brackets on back):

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 102.40
24

Two original diplomas:

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 486.40
25

Two original illustrated diplomas:

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
26

Set of 3 advertising plates (cardboard or metal) for products "good" for health, fitness and performance:

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 76.80
30 NUCERA, Louis

A Bicyclette. Original engravings by Alain Bar.

EUR 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
31

Enameled plate illustrated with Poulidor (Gan-Mercier jersey), with dedication "Amities Sportives" and signature, Limoges

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
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