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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 2/22 Total Sales (EUR) 1,235,202.00
Auction Date March 01, 2023 - March 01, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 570,350.00
Sale Number #pf2303 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 822,700.00
Total Lots 214
Sold Lots 155 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 962,450.00
% of Lots Sold 72.43% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,391,200.00
Unsold Lots 59 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 88.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7 Dürer, Albrecht

Apocalypsis cù[m] figuris.

1511 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 152,400.00
85 Foujita, Tsugouharu Léonard ? René Héron de Villefosse

La Rivière enchantée.

1951 EUR 35,000.00 - 55,000.00 EUR 95,250.00
6 Colonna, Francesco

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.

1499 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 76,200.00
62 Céline, Louis-Ferdinand

Voyage au bout de la nuit.

1932 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 63,500.00
91 [Internationale lettriste] ? Guy Debord

Debord, Guy. Correspondance à Gaëtan Langlais, 1953-1954.

1953-1954. EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 60,960.00
12 Jaillot, Charles Hubert — Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville ? Pieter Mortier

Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du monde, ou sont exactement remarques les empires, monarchies, royaumes, estats, republiques & peuples qui s'y trouvent à present par le Sr Sanson.

M.DC.XCII. EUR 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 EUR 44,450.00
52 Bérard, Christian

36 dessins originaux pour La Folle de Chaillot de Giraudoux, 9 ne figurent pas dans l'éd° de 1947

1947 EUR 22,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 27,940.00
93 [Internationale lettriste] ? Guy Debord

La belle Jeunesse.

[1953 ?]. EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 27,940.00
29 Baudelaire, Charles

Présentation de "Révélation magnétique". Inconnu manuscrit autographe, [Avec :] une édition de Poe, reliée par Lepère, illustrée par Legrand, avec dessins originaux.

1848 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 24,130.00
187 Hergé

Quick et Flupke (4e série).

1950 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 24,130.00
188 Hergé

Quick et Flupke. (5e série)

1951 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 22,860.00
109 Magritte, René

Lettre illustrée à Suzi Gablik.

1963 EUR 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 20,320.00
92 [Internationale Lettriste] ? Ivan Chtcheglov

Lettres inédites à G. Langlais.

1956-71. EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 19,050.00
9 [Heures imprimées]

Les presentes heures a lusaige de R?me...

1498 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
120 Piaf, Edith

Correspondance amoureuse avec Yvon Jeanclaude, 7 juin-25 décembre 1943, et manuscrits autographes.

1943 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
10 Holbein, Hans

Les Simulachres & historiees...

1538 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
34 Blouet, Guillaume Abel

Journal d'un voyage de Paris aux Etats-Unis..., 1836-1837. Manuscrit autographe signé.

1836-1837 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
108 Magritte, René – Gui Rosey

Signes de survie.

1968 EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
28 [Albums de dessins]

Env 128 dessins originaux, 1833-1841, par A. de Paris.

1833-1841 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 13,970.00
33 Blouet, Guillaume Abel

Journal d'un voyage en Morée, 1829-1830. Manuscrit autographe avec dessins.

1829-1830 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 13,970.00
70 [Cinéma] ? Georges Lautner

Les Tontons flingueurs.

[1963]. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 12,700.00
159 Fontana, Lucio

Portrait d'Antonin Arnaud.

1963 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,700.00
117 Miró, Joan

Dessin original signé au crayon gras, avec envoi. 1973, sur un exemplaire de "Derrière le Miroir"

1973 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 11,430.00
193 Hergé

Ensemble de 10 albums dédicacés à Guy Dessicy, à sa femme ou leurs enfants.

1947-1953. EUR 3,400.00 - 3,600.00 EUR 11,430.00
124 Picasso, Pablo

Faune. Dessin original (1966) dans un exemplaire de "20 ans de céramiques chez Madoura", 1966.

1966 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 10,795.00
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    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.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    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.
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    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.
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