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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 473,700.00
Auction Date April 29, 2021 - April 29, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 223,200.00
Sale Number #113832 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 306,450.00
Total Lots 171
Sold Lots 159 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 234,000.00
% of Lots Sold 92.98% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 321,000.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 147.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
64 DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN. - ROMME (Charles Gilbert)

DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN. - ROMME (Charles Gilbert) Autograph notes (about 6 columns, mostly in ink) on a manuscript entitled "Declaration of the Rights of Man in Society, of the Rights of Society over its Members, and of Nations among themselves

 1793 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 36,250.00
4 BAUDELAIRE (Charles)- POE (Edgar Allan)

Extraordinary stories.

1856 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 25,000.00
23 PICASSO (Pablo) - BENOIT (Pierre-André)

Stones.

1958 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 16,250.00
114 RILKE (Rainer-Maria)

RILKE (Rainer-Maria) 3 autographed letters, 2 of which to ANDRÉ GIDE.

1914-1926 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 14,375.00
30 SCHMIED (François-Louis) - SUETONE.

The Twelve Caesars.

1928 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
124 ZOLA (Émile)

ZOLA (Émile) Autograph manuscript signed entitled "Correspondance de Paris".

1879 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
68 EINSTEIN (Albert)

EINSTEIN (Albert) Autograph letter signed, in German, addressed to his son Hans-Albert Einstein.

1938 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 11,250.00
69 EINSTEIN (Albert)

EINSTEIN (Albert) Autograph letter signed with his initials, in alle_x005F_x0002_mand, addressed to Ernst Gabor Straus.

1950 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 11,250.00
78 GAUGUIN (Paul)

GAUGUIN (Paul) Autograph letter signed to Émile Schuffenecker.

1890 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 11,250.00
102 MONET (Claude)

MONET (Claude) 9 missives, namely: 7 autograph letters signed, one autograph bil_x005F_x0002_let on a visiting card, and one handwritten letter in dictation.

1882-1923. EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
83 HEMINGWAY (Ernest)

HEMINGWAY (Ernest) Autograph letter signed with his nickname "Pap_x005F_x0002_pa" to Charles [Thompson].

1933 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 9,125.00
59 CLAIRAUT (Alexis-Claude)

CLAIRAUT (Alexis-Claude) Autograph letter [to Émilie Du Châtelet].

1741 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
7 BRETON (André)

L'Amour fou.

1937 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,500.00
100 MALRAUX (André)

MALRAUX (André) Set of 7 mock-ups with layout indications and autograph corrections, and one set of proofs, covering the entire second edition of his major collection of essays on art, Les Voix du silence.

EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,500.00
67 EINSTEIN (Albert)

EINSTEIN (Albert) Autograph letter signed, in German, addressed to Reta Anschütz-Kaempfe.

1924 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 8,125.00
74 FRANCK (César)

FRANCK (César) Autograph musical manuscript signed in 2 places, in_x005F_x0002_titled " Les Djinns ".

EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
28 SCHMIED (François-Louis) - FORT (Paul)

The French Ballads. Mountain. Forest. Plain. Mer.

1927 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 7,250.00
33 EVENINGS OF MEDAN (THE)

Paris, G.

1880 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,875.00
29 SCHMIED (François-Louis) - MARDRUS ( Joseph-Charles)

Ruth and Boaz.

1930 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
65 DELACROIX (Eugène)

DELACROIX (Eugène) 2 autograph letters to Madame de Pron. RARISSIMES LETTRES D'AMOUR DU PEINTRE EN SES JEUNES. To see you again, charming enchantress...

n.d. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
9 CHAGALL (Marc)

Drawings for the Bible, in Verve, n° 37-38.

1960 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
31 SCHWABE (Carlos) - LA MENNAIS (Félicité Robert de)

Words of a believer.

1908 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 5,125.00
10 CHAR (René)

Against a dry house.

1975 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
94 LISZT (Franz)

LISZT (Franz) Autograph letter signed [TO HECTOR BERLIOZ].

1854 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,750.00
76 GAINSBOURG (Lucien Ginsburg, known as Serge)

GAINSBOURG (Lucien Ginsburg, known as Serge) Autograph manuscript in preparation for the organization of his album Aux Armes et cætera.

1979 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,500.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    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
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    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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    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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    Starting 10AM CST
    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.
  • Sotheby’s
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    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
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    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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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