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Auction Name Stamps, Books, Old Paper Total Sales (EUR) 122,079.96
Auction Date October 14, 2021 - October 14, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 58,275.00
Sale Number #118186 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 78,490.00
Total Lots 399
Sold Lots 287 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 74,950.00
% of Lots Sold 71.93% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 101,880.00
Unsold Lots 112 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 119.83%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
71B

A collection of French colonies in 4 vols. very nice quality, classical part well represented TTFC

 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 10,332.00
107 HOMER.

The Odyssey. Translation by Victor Bérard.

1930-1933 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 7,995.00
93 CAMUS (Albert).

La Chute.

1956 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 7,380.00
121 PREVOST, Antoine François (called the Abbot).

General history of voyages,

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,428.00
29B

A collection of France, beautiful classic part and end of catalogue very structured: PA, postal parcels, pre-stamped. all the key values of the modern semi

 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 3,936.00
33

1 binder Collection de France in 19 volumes safe 1938 - 2019 complete. Stamp, airmail, souvenir sheet, booklet, adhesive... Very high face value.

 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,813.00
4

Album of old postcards with postage, with China, Japan, Madagascar, Polynesia...

 EUR 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,567.00
52

Four cardboard folders, 1960 to 2005 by large quantities. Francs and Euros

 1960 to 2005 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,567.00
7

Bulk from France including strong face in 15 binders and 2 shoeboxes

 EUR 380.00 - 400.00 EUR 3,075.00
42

Collection of France in 11 volumes. From the origins.

EUR 750.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,075.00
94 CAMUS (Albert).

L'Étranger.

1946 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 2,214.00
89 BEAUVOIR (Simone de).

The Mandarins.

1954 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,845.00
105 GIONO (Jean).

Search for purity.

1953 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,845.00
69

Set of postmarks and franked letters, mainly 19th century, including a nice set of balloons, especially for England.

 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,722.00
46

A collection from France cancelled. Very rich set. Nice classic part.

 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,599.00
49B

Large lot of face value in EUROS

 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,599.00
91 BLONDIN (Antoine).

Les Enfants du Bon Dieu.

1952 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,599.00
5B

Stamps of France in bulk with high face value.

 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,537.50
183 CAUS (Salomon de).

The Perspective, with the reason of Shadows and mirrors.

 1612 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,476.00
51

Cardboard folders with leaflets from France. 1976-2014. Very strong face value

 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,353.00
61

Faciale de France moderne in 10 volumes, numerous souvenir sheets and blocks

 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,230.00
83

small set of China letters

 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,230.00
103 GENET (Jean).

Querelle de Brest.

1947] EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,168.50
50B

Important lot of FRANCS face value

 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,107.00
104 GIONO (Jean).

Let my joy remain.

1948 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,045.50
  • 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
  • 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
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