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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts bidstart 6/22 Total Sales (EUR) 504,875.00
Auction Date June 30, 2020 - June 30, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 277,400.00
Sale Number #pf0003 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 410,300.00
Total Lots 98
Sold Lots 83 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 370,900.00
% of Lots Sold 84.69% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 538,800.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 93.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
70 MALRAUX, ANDRÉ

MALRAUX. La condition humaine. 1933

1933 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 43,750.00
10 LEVAILLANT, FRANÇOIS

LEVAILLANT. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de Paradis... Paris, [1801-]1806

1801-1806 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 27,500.00
43 DALÍ, SALVADOR

DALI. Flora Dalinae. 1968

1968 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 25,000.00
38 CORBIÈRE, TRISTAN

CORBIERE. Les Amours Jaunes. 1873

1873 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 22,500.00
17 RONSARD, PIERRE DE

RONSARD. Odes des Estoilles du Roy. Manuscrit. [1573]; 3 pages sur un bi-feuillet in-folio. Chemise et étui.

1573 EUR 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 EUR 21,250.00
78 MONTESQUIOU, ROBERT DE

MONTESQUIOU, Robert de. Les Hortensias bleus. 1906

1906 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
85 [PROUST, MARCEL]

PROUST, Marcel. 3 portraits photographiques de Robert et Marcel enfants. Provenance Jacques Guérin.

1876?, 1880?, 1833? EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
94 RIMBAUD, ARTHUR

RIMBAUD. Une saison en enfer. 1873

1873 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
15 [MONTPENSIER, DUCHESSE DE]

MONTPENSIER, duchesse de. La Relation de l'isle imaginaire... 1659

1659 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
44 DALÍ, SALVADOR

DALI. Dix recettes d'immortalité. 1973

1973 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
96 SANYU

SANYU. Les poèmes de T'ao Ts'ien. Paris, 1930

1930 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
82 PICABIA, FRANCIS

PICABIA. Portrait de Modigliani. Vers 1922-1924

c.1922-1924 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 11,250.00
21 ALAIN-FOURNIER

ALAIN-FOURNIER, Le grand Meaulnes, 1913

1913 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
25 [CÉLINE, LOUIS-FERDINAND]

CELINE. La Vie & l'Œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweiis Rennes, Imprimerie Francis Simon, 1924.

1924 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 10,625.00
84 PROUST, MARCEL

PROUST. Lettre à son grand-père Nathé Weil (1888), sur ses résultats scolaire. Joint : 2 enveloppes autographes

1888 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
8 JOSEPH II

JOSEPH II. Réunion de 19 LAS à sa sœur Marie-Caroline de Naples et de Sicile. 9 avril -17 novembre 1768

1768 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
60 [LORRAIN, JEAN] -- ANTONIO DE LA GANDARA

LA GANDARA. Portrait de Jean Lorrain. [1902].

1902 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
88 PROUST, MARCEL

PROUST. [Oranthe]. Manuscrit autographe pour Les Plaisirs et les Jours. [Vers 1892-1895].

c.1892-1895 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
57 INDIANA, ROBERT

INDIANA. The American Dream Portfolio. 1997

1997 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
87 [PROUST, MARCEL -- REYNALDO HAHN] -- OTTO WEGENER, DIT OTTO

[PROUST] Reynaldo Hahn. Portrait dédicacé à Marcel Proust, par Otto, ca 1896

c.1896 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
103 VERLAINE, PAUL

VERLAINE. Chez soi à l'hôpital. Manuscrit autographe. [1894]

1894 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
24 BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN -- JEAN-MARIE TOURATIER

BOLTANSKI. Farce. Paris, Galilée, 1979

1979 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 6,250.00
45 DALÍ, SALVADOR -- OVIDE

DALI. L'Art d'Aimer d'Ovide. 1978

1978 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
18 SULLY, MAXIMILIEN DE BÉTHUNE, BARON DE ROSNY, DUC DE

SULLY, duc de. Manuscrit autographe. [Ca1598 ?]. 4 p. in-f°. Déboires de fortune quand il soutenait le futur Henri IV

c.1598? EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
48 DUFY, RAOUL

DUFY. Maquette et dessin originaux de La Belle Enfant". Exemplaire de travail avec nombreux dessins originaux.

1930 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
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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.
    Forum Auctions
    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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