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Beaussant Lefevre: Prints, Old and Modern Books

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Auction Name Prints, Old and Modern Books Total Sales (EUR) 475,320.00
Auction Date November 06, 2020 - November 06, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 175,670.00
Sale Number #107450 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 232,930.00
Total Lots 314
Sold Lots 301 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 183,920.00
% of Lots Sold 95.86% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 244,330.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 194.54%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7L PRISCIEN

PRISCIEN. Institutionum grammaticarum libri Manuscript.

Late 18th century EUR 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 71,000.00
2L COLLECTION RENÉ BASCHET

Set of about 3440 letters and coins. Years 1900- 1930s, mainly

1900- 1930s EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 35,000.00
156 Léonard FOUJITA

Little girl with cat

1959 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 16,000.00
13L GUALTEROTTI (Raffaello)

Descrizione del regale apparato per le nozze della serenissima madama Cristina di Loreno moglie del serenissimo Don Ferdinando Medici III gran duca di Toscana.

1589 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 15,300.00
169 Kiyoshi HASEGAWA

Le Renard et les raisins (Les Fables de La Fontaine)

1963 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 13,000.00
6L

ILLUSTRATED EMBLEM BOOK. - MANUSCRIPT entitled "Lof der maeghdelycke Reynicheyt".

1667 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 11,000.00
139 Salvador DALI / John MILTON

Paradise Lost. Quatrième chant

1974 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 9,000.00
215 D'après Pablo PICASSO

Still life with pears and pitcher

circa 1960 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
249 ZAO WOU-KI / André MALRAUX

La Tentation de l'Occident, Les Bibliophiles Comtois

1962 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 7,100.00
76 Paul SIGNAC

Saint-Tropez : the port

1897-1898 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,900.00
51L

PAPIERS ET DOCUMENTS. - Fort ensemble de pièces manuscrites, avec quelques photographies et imprimés

Années 1950-1960 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,800.00
62 Henri MATISSE

Nude at the Bracelet

1940 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 5,800.00
137 Salvador DALI / William SHAKESPEARE

Much Ado about Shakespeare, complete suite of 16 plates

1970 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,500.00
216 D'après Pablo PICASSO

Still life with lemons and red pitcherme.

circa 1955 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,500.00
71 Pierre ROCHE / Roger MARX

La Loïe Fuller

1904 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,200.00
138 Salvador DALI / André MALRAUX

Roi, je t'attends à Babylone

1973 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
6 ALBUM COLLECTIF

Quarante Clichés-Glace de Corot, Daubigny, Delacroix, Millet, Rousseau, tirés sur les plaques provenant de la collection de M. Cuvelier

EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,800.00
53 Marie LAURENCIN (1883-1956)

The balcony over the countryside

1938 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,500.00
65 Pablo PICASSO

Sculptors, Models and Sculpture, plate 41 of the Vollard Suite

1933 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,500.00
44 LÉONARD FOUJITA

Deux amies, Women's suite plate

1930 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,300.00
60 Henri MATISSE

Dancer standing, leaning, plate of the suite Ten Dancers

1925-1926 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,200.00
66 Pablo PICASSO

Sculptor at rest with his model, anemones and small torso, plate 53 of the Suite Vollard

1933 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,000.00
61 Henri MATISSE

Catherinette, lithograph

1946 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,800.00
12 Albert BESNARD

It is a complete suite of 26 plates

1900-1901 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,400.00
10Lbis COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle)

Les Vrilles de la vigne.

1908 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,300.00
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • 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
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