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Auction Name Bibliothèque R. et B. L. Autographes et Manuscrits XIXe et XXe Siècles Total Sales (EUR) 1,193,502.00
Auction Date May 22, 2019 - May 22, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 618,350.00
Sale Number #pf1923 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 829,200.00
Total Lots 149
Sold Lots 108 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 881,150.00
% of Lots Sold 72.48% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,181,800.00
Unsold Lots 41 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 100.99%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
70 Chopin, Frédéric

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE À GEORGE SAND, SIGNÉE CH, DATÉE JEUDI 3 H [5 DÉCEMBRE 1844]. 

 1844 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 155,000.00
15 Cendrars, Blaise

LE PANAMA OU LES AVENTURES DE MES SEPT ONCLES. LES QUATRE MANUSCRITS DU PANAMA. MANUSCRITS AUTOGRAPHES. [1912-1918].

 1912-1918. EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 115,000.00
81 Liszt, Franz

CORRESPONDANCE AUTOGRAPHE À MARIE D’AGOULT, [1833-1841], ENSEMBLE DE 23 LETTRES AUTOGRAPHES. 

 1833-1841 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 67,500.00
20 [STRAVINSKY, Igor] -- Jean COCTEAU

MES SOUVENIRS 1924-1927. MÉMOIRE SUR LA NAISSANCE D’ŒDIPUS REX. MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE, SANS DATE.

 1924-1927 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 66,250.00
99 Schumann, Robert

MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE DU LIED ERSTES GRÜN OP. 35 N° 4, SIGNÉ ET ANNOTÉ PAR LE COMPOSITEUR À LA FIN ZUR ERINNERUNG AN ROBERT SCHUMANN. LEIPZIG, DEN 28 FEBRUAR 1843.

 1843 EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 52,500.00
17 Cocteau, Jean

CORRESPONDANCE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À VALENTINE GROSS, FUTURE VALENTINE HUGO (13 MARS 1915-11 DÉCEMBRE 1922), CERTAINES ÉGALEMENT ADRESSÉES À JEAN HUGO.

 1915 EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 35,000.00
19 Cocteau, Jean -- [Radiguet, Raymond]

PRÉFACE AU BAL DU COMTE D’ORGEL. MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉ, [1924].

 1924 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 31,250.00
45 Reverdy, Pierre

LA GUITARE ENDORMIE. MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉ (P. 25),

 SANS DATE. EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 27,500.00
7 Apollinaire, Guillaume

POÈME AUTOGRAPHE À LOUISE DE COLIGNY-CHÂTILLON (LOU), SIGNÉ GUI, DATÉ 28 AVRIL 1915.

 1915 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 23,750.00
46 Reverdy, Pierre

ÉTOILES PEINTES. MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE COMPLET.

 1921 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 23,750.00
5 Apollinaire, Guillaume

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE À LOUISE DE COLIGNY-CHÂTILLON (LOU), CONTENANT UN POÈME AUTOGRAPHE, SIGNÉE GUI, DATÉE 8 AVRIL AU SOIR [1915].

 1915 EUR 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 23,125.00
67 [CHOPIN, Frédéric]

PORTRAIT LITHOGRAPHIÉ PAR GOTTFRIED ENGELMANN (1833) D’APRÈS PIERRE-ROCHE VIGNERON,

 1833 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 21,250.00
111 Cézanne, Paul

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À CAMILLE PISSARRO, DATÉE CE JOURD’HUI 23 OCTOBRE 1866 AN DE GRÂCE.

 1866 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 21,250.00
8 Apollinaire, Guillaume

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE À LOUISE DE COLIGNY-CHÂTILLON (LOU), SIGNÉE GUI À MON CHÉRI, MON ADORÉE, DATÉE 11 MAI 1915, ET CONTENANT UN POÈME AUTOGRAPHE (51 VERS).

 1915 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
21 Cocteau, Jean

DESSINS ORIGINAUX POUR LE GRAND ÉCART [PROBABLEMENT SEPTEMBRE 1925].

 1925 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
126 Modigliani, Amedeo

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À F. [ANDRÉ ?] ROUVEYRE, [1914-1915 ?].

 1914-1915 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 16,250.00
11 Bousquet, Joë

CORRESPONDANCE À FERDINAND ALQUIÉ : 40 LETTRES AUTOGRAPHES, 1928-1950.

 1928-1950. EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
12 Bousquet, Joë

LA TISANE DE SARMENTS. MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE [VERS 1934-1935].

 1934-1935. EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
63 Berlioz, Hector

LIVRE DE COMPTES AUTOGRAPHE, JUIN 1862-NOVEMBRE 1867.

 1862-1867 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
82 Liszt, Franz

PORTRAIT LITHOGRAPHIÉ D’APRÈS ARY SCHEFFER, MAINZ, B. SCHOTT AND SONS, [1842], (460 X 325 MM), ENCADRÉ, COLOGNE, 18 NOVEMBRE 1842.

 1842 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
88 Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE, EN ALLEMAND, AU PEINTRE JEAN-JOSEPH BONAVENTURE LAURENS, SIGNÉE FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, DATÉE LEIPZIG, 15 MARS 1843.

 1843 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
104 Tchaikovsky, Pyotr

CITATION MUSICALE AUTOGRAPHE DE CHANT SANS PAROLES OP. 2 N° 3, SIGNÉE P. TCHA"KOVSKY, DATÉE 7 JANVIER 1893 PARIS.

 1893 PARIS. EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 13,750.00
86 Liszt, Franz

L’ANGÉLUS. MANUSCRIT MUSICAL AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉ À TROIS SYSTÈMES DE DEUX PORTÉES CHACUN, AVEC LA MENTION AUTOGRAPHE L’ANGELUS. MÉLODIE DE MADAME LA BARONNE AMABLE DE BÉVILLE, NOTÉE PAR SON TRÈS HUMBLE SERVITEUR F LISZT.

 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
89 Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE, EN ALLEMAND, AU PEINTRE JEAN-JOSEPH BONAVENTURE LAURENS, SIGNÉE FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, DATÉE LEIPZIG, 23 MAI 1846. 

 1846.  EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
116 Gauguin, Paul

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À CAMILLE PISSARRO, [1882 ?].

 1882 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 11,250.00
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