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Auction Name Books and Rare Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 714,875.00
Auction Date October 07, 2019 - October 07, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 425,700.00
Sale Number #17590 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 588,800.00
Total Lots 72
Sold Lots 56 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 861,400.00
% of Lots Sold 77.78% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,208,600.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 59.15%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
32 WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900)

The Picture of Dorian Gray.

1891 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 100,000.00
3 BARRAS DE LA PENNE, Jean-Antoine de (1650-1730)

La Conqueste de la Hollande en 1672, par Louis XIV Dieu-donné, surnommé Le Grand, Roi de France et de Navarre.

[1672-]1704. EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 85,000.00
53 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit (1894-1975) - PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) - GIACOMETTI, Alberto (1901-1966) - CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985) - et autres. Poésie de Mots Inconnus. Poèmes de Akinsenoyin, Albert-Birot, Arp, Artaud, Audiberti, Ball, Beaudouin, Bryen, D

Exemplaire d'épreuves sur Chine, tel que paru, bien complet de ses deux couvertures en peau de vélin avec titre à froid et chaque serpente conservée.

[1949]. EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 62,500.00
67 PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) - HUGNET, Georges (1906-1974)

La Chèvre-Feuille.

1943 EUR 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 EUR 60,000.00
6 BRUNO, Giordano (Filippo Bruno, dit, 1548-1600)

De umbris idearum – Ars memoriae.

1582 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 52,500.00
18 TORY, Geoffroy (1480 – 1533)

Champfleury, au quel est contenu lart & science de la deue & vraye proportion des lettres attiques… selon le Corps & Visage humain.

1529 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 45,000.00
52 GIACOMETTI, Alberto (1901-1966)

Paris sans fin.

1969 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 37,500.00
40 BRAQUE, Georges (1882-1963) - CHAR, René (1907-1988)

Lettera Amorosa.

1963 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
9 CASANOVA, Giacomo Girolamo (1725-1798)

Icosameron ou Histoire d'Edouard et d'Elisabeth.

s.d. [1788] EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 17,500.00
39 BATAILLE, Georges (sous le pseudonyme de Lord Auch, 1897-1962) - BELLMER, Hans (1902-1975)

Histoire de l'Oeil. Nouvelle version.

1940, [1946] EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
51 GIACOMETTI, Alberto (1901-1966) -- ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit (1894-1975) - Georges BRAQUE (1882-1963)

Prigovor bezmolvnyi [Sentence sans paroles] Georges Braque Alberto Giacometti.

[1961] EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
25 GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José de (1746-1828)

La Tauromachie. Recueil de quarante estampes représentant différentes manières et feintes de l'art de combattre les taureaux

s.d. [1876] EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 11,875.00
26 LABORDE, Alexandre Louis Joseph, marquis de (1773-1842)

Voyage pittoresque et historique en Espagne.

1807-1820. EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 11,250.00
5 BOREL, Antoine (1743-1810)

Recueil de 6 dessins originaux et leurs gravures dérivées, destinés à illustrer les Œuvres complètes de Pierre Laurent Buirette de Belloy, de l'Académie Française.

Vers 1787 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 10,125.00
4 BLOCH, Marcus Elieser (1723-1799)

Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlandes.

1782-1785] EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
38 BATAILLE, Georges (1897-1962) -- MASSON, André (1896-1987)

Sacrifices. Avec un texte de Georges Bataille.

1936 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
41 BRAQUE, Georges (1882-1963) - SAINT-JOHN PERSE, Alexis Leger, dit (1887-1975)

L'Ordre des oiseaux.

1962 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
74 SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine de (1900-1944)

Le Petit Prince.

1943 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
64 [PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973)]

Le Tricorne.

1920 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
23 YCIAR, Juan de (ca. 1522 – ca. 1572)

Recopilacion subtilissima, intitulada Orthographia pratica : en la qual se enseña a escreuir perfectamente […]

1548 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
29 PREZIOSI, Amadeo (1816-1882)

Souvenir du Caire.

1862 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
15 SACROBOSCO, Joannes de (1195-1256)

Sphaera Mundi.

1490 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,875.00
35 MAN RAY (1890-1976) - ARAGON, Louis (1897-1982) - PERET, Benjamin (1899-1959)

1929.0

1929 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
27 [LA PEROUSE, Jean François de Galaup, comte de (1741-1788)] – LA BILLARDIERE, Jacques-Julien Houtou de (1755-1834)

Relation du voyage à la recherche de La Pérouse, fait par ordre de l'Assemblée Constituante, pendant les années 1791, 1792, et pendant la 1ere et la 2de années de la République Françoise.

an VIII [1800] EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
30 REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840) -- THORY, Claude-Antoine (1757-1827)

Les Roses, décrites et classées selon leur ordre naturel par Claude-Antoine Thory.

1828 [-1830] EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
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