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Auction Name "Tendrement Vôtre" - Autograph letters and manuscripts from French authors from the 19th to the 20th centuries - bidstart 6/9 Total Sales (EUR) 74,750.00
Auction Date June 25, 2020 - June 25, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 46,750.00
Sale Number #19585 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 68,000.00
Total Lots 56
Sold Lots 54 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 52,250.00
% of Lots Sold 96.43% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 76,000.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 98.36%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
18 FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-1880).

Athènes et environs d'Athènes. Manuscrit autographe.

c. 1850-1851. EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
19 FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-1880).

Bouvard et Pécuchet. Œuvre Posthume.

1881 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
55 VOLTAIRE, François-Marie Arouet, dit (1694-1778).

Lettre autographe signée à Nicolas-Claude Thieriot.

1750 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 5,250.00
20 HENNIQUE, Léon (1850-1935) - LE BLANT, Julien (1851-1936) - BRACQUEMONT, Felix (1833-1914) - MARIUS-MICHEL, Henri (1846-1925)

La Mort du duc d'Enghien. Manuscrit autographe signé et illustré de dessins originaux.

circa 1894-95. EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
44 PROUST, Marcel (1871-1922).

Lettre autographe signée à son « cher Georges » de Lauris.

1906 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,000.00
16 FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-1880).

Cours de Philosophie, année 1839-1840. Manuscrit autographe signé.

1839-1840. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,750.00
21 HUGO, Victor (1802-1885).

Lettre autographe signée \"Vor Hugo\" à Monsieur Saint Edme.

1830 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 3,250.00
11 DROUET, Juliette (1806-1883).

3 lettres autographes, dont deux adressées à Victor Hugo et une à propos de ce dernier.

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,500.00
48 PROUST, Marcel (1871-1922).

Lettre autographe à Jacques Boulenger.

1921 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,000.00
37 MUSSET, Alfred de (1810-1857).

Lettre autographe signée « Alfd Mt » à Caroline Jaubert.

EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,875.00
45 <br>PROUST, Marcel (1871-1922).

Lettre autographe signée à « Ma chère Eugénie » [Lemel],

1915 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,875.00
17 FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-1880).

La Première Tentation de Saint Antoine. Manuscrit autographe. Fragment.

c. 1848-1849. EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,625.00
43 PROUST, Marcel (1871-1922)

. Lettre autographe signée à son \"petit Georges\" [de Lauris].

1903 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,625.00
14 DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870).

Cognac et Jarnac. Manuscrit autographe signé, daté « 1er juillet 1868 » de la main de son secrétaire Georges Le Barrois d’Orgeval.

1868 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,500.00
42 [PROUST, Marcel (1871-1922)] - RUSKIN, John (1819-1900).

Sésame et les Lys.

1906 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,500.00
46 <br>PROUST, Marcel (1871-1922).

Lettre autographe à une amie (non identifiée).

1915 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,500.00
38 MUSSET, Alfred de (1810-1857).

Lettre autographe signée « Alfd Mt » à Caroline Jaubert.

1838 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,375.00
56 [WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883)]

Ensemble de 43 cartes photographiques, représentant pour la majorité des interprètes de Wagner en costumes, ou des personnalités du monde de la musique classique…

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,250.00
4 BASHKIRTSEFF, Marie (1858-1884).

Lettre autographe signée, vraisemblablement à un membre de sa famille.

1876 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 1,000.00
7 CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René (1768-1848).

Lettre autographe signée à une dame non identifiée.

1831 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,000.00
13 DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870).

Les Beaux-arts à Naples. Manuscrit autographe signé, sans date (circa 1864).

circa 1864 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,000.00
33 MAUPASSANT, Guy de (1850-1893)

Lettre autographe signée à Maurice Montégut.

1880 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 1,000.00
1 ALLAIS, Alphonse (1854-1905).

Lettre autographe signée à Rodolphe Salis.

1886 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 875.00
30 LOUŸS, Pierre (1870-1925).

Cahier de brouillon. Manuscrit autographe signé et illustré,

vers 1887 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 875.00
39 MUSSET, Alfred de (1810-1857).

Lettre autographe signée \"Alfd Mt\" à son éditeur.

1853 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 875.00
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