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Auction Name Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 1,281,250.00
Auction Date November 20, 2018 - November 20, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 788,200.00
Sale Number #16415 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,111,300.00
Total Lots 188
Sold Lots 98 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,260,500.00
% of Lots Sold 52.13% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,760,900.00
Unsold Lots 90 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 72.76%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
81 [DOSTOIEVSKI, Fiodor (1821-1881)

[Les Humiliés et Offensés].

1861 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 81,250.00
172 [PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973)] - ROY, Claude (1915-1997)

La Guerre et la Paix.

1954 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 81,250.00
171 PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973)

Sueño y mentira de Franco.

1937 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 75,000.00
169 [MIRO, Joan (1893-1983)] -- BRETON, André (1896-1966)

Constellations. Introduction et vingt-deux proses parallèles par André Breton.

1959 EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 62,500.00
33 [PARE, Ambroise (1510-1590)] - MIZAULD, Antoine (1510-1578)

Memorabilium utiliu[m], ac iucundorum Centuriae novem, in Aphorismos Arcanorum omnis generis locupletes, perpulchrè digestae.

1566-1567. EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 60,000.00
103 BONNARD, Pierre (1867 – 1947)

Carnet de croquis.

Sans date [1906]. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 52,500.00
47 [VAUBAN, Sébastien Le Prestre, marquis de (1633-1707)].

Traité de l'attaque et de la défense des places. Manuscrit calligraphié et illustré.

[Vers 1718]. EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 50,000.00
49 VOLTAIRE, François-Marie Arouet, dit (1694 – 1778)

Chapitre 22. En quoi le christianisme pouvait être utile. [de : Histoire de l’établissement du christianisme]. Manuscrit autographe abondamment corrigé.

[1776] EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 50,000.00
120 [DELAUNAY, Sonia (1885-1979)] - CENDRARS, Blaise (1887-1961)

La Prose du Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France. Couleurs simultanées de Mme Delaunay-Terk.

1913 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 50,000.00
97 BELLMER, Hans (1902-1975) -- ELUARD, Paul (1895-1952)

Les Jeux de la Poupée. Illustrés de textes par Paul Eluard.

1949 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 47,500.00
48 VITRUVE, Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus, dit (vers 90 av. J.-C.-vers 20 av. J.-C.)

De Architectura.

1567 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 43,750.00
69 [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de (1864-1901)] -- GEFFROY, Gustave (1855-1926)

Yvette Guilbert.

1894 EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 43,750.00
168 MIRÓ, Joan (1893-1983) -- ELUARD, Paul (1895-1952)

A toute épreuve.

1958 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 40,000.00
21 [KURIPECIC, Benedikt (1491-1531)].

Itinerarium Wegraysz Kü. May potschafft, gen Constantinopel zu dem Türkischen kayser Soleyman. Anno XXX.

1531 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 33,750.00
174 [PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973)] - GONGORA Y ARGOTE, Luis de (1561-1627)

Vingt poèmes.

1948 EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 31,250.00
156 [LEGER, Fernand (1881-1955)] - ÉLUARD, Paul (1895-1952)

Liberté.

1953 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 27,500.00
79 POUCHKINE, Alexandre (1799-1837)

[Les Tziganes. (Ecrit en 1824)].

1827 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 22,500.00
74 GOGOL, Nicolas (1809-1852)

[Arabesques].

1835 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
27 MACER FLORIDUS, [MEUNG, Othon de ? sous le pseudonyme de].

De viribus herbarum.

vers 1500]. EUR 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
29

[MARINE]. Etat de la Marine Royale. Manuscrit calligraphié et illustré.

1760 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 17,500.00
35 [RACINE, Jean (1639-1699)] PERKINS, George -- ROBERTI, Antonius.

Clavis homerica sive lexicon vocabulorum omnium…

1655 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
36 RAPHAEL, Raffaello Sanzio, dit (1483-1520)

[Terza ed ultima parte delle Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, che contiene il compimento degli ornati, e de' bassi-rilievi antichi esistenti nelle Loggie medesime].

1777 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
23 LAFOSSE, Philippe-Étienne (1738-1820)

Cours d'hippiatrique, ou Traité complet de la médecine des chevaux, orné de soixante & cinq planches gravées avec soin.

1772 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
115 [CHIRICO, Giorgio de (1888-1978) ] -- COCTEAU, Jean (1889-1963)

Mythologie.

1934 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
133 FARGUE, Léon-Paul (1876-1947)

Tancrède.

1911 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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