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International Autograph Auctions Europe SL: Autograph Letters, Manuscripts, and Historical Documents - Day 1

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Auction Name Autograph Letters, Manuscripts, and Historical Documents - Day 1 Total Sales (EUR) 182,396.50
Auction Date March 14, 2023 - March 14, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 120,760.00
Sale Number #31423 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 171,370.00
Total Lots 600
Sold Lots 597 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 121,320.00
% of Lots Sold 99.50% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 172,200.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 105.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
150 MONROE MARILYN

MONROE MARILYN: photograph by Monroe

EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 19,500.00
582 CHAPLIN CHARLES

CHAPLIN CHARLES: photographs of The Little Tramp in existence
 
CHAPLIN CHARLES: (1889-1977) English film comedian

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 7,150.00
346 UMEKI MIYOSHI

UMEKI MIYOSHI: photograph of Umeki kneeling in a full-length pose wearing a traditional Japanese kimono decorated with flowers.

EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,640.00
518 LEIGH VIVIEN

LEIGH VIVIEN: photograph

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,120.00
174 MCQUEEN STEVE

MCQUEEN STEVE: photograph

EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 2,860.00
91 VALENTINO RUDOLPH

VALENTINO RUDOLPH: photograph

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,600.00
12 FELLINI FEDERICO

FELLINI FEDERICO: colour crayon drawing executed and signed by Fellini

EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,470.00
28 LAUREL & HARDY: LAUREL STAN

LAUREL & HARDY: LAUREL STAN: photograph by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy individually

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,470.00
520 HEPBURN AUDREY

HEPBURN AUDREY: photograph of Hepburn standing in a full-length pose

EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,470.00
431 BRANDO MARLON

BRANDO MARLON: photograph by Brando

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,950.00
8 CHAPLIN CHARLES

CHAPLIN CHARLES: photograph of the young

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,820.00
66 BERGMAN INGRID

BERGMAN INGRID: An exceptional book signed and inscribed

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,820.00
428 BOGART HUMPHREY

BOGART HUMPHREY: photograph of Bogart in a head and shoulders pose.

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,820.00
449 BRANDO MARLON

BRANDO MARLON: photograph

EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,690.00
352 RUTHERFORD MARGARET

RUTHERFORD MARGARET: photograph of Rutherford in a head and shoulders pose.

EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 1,430.00
5 MELIES GEORGES

MELIES GEORGES: D.S.

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,300.00
6 MÉLIÈS GEORGES

MÉLIÈS GEORGES: D.S.

EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,300.00
506 LEIGH VIVIEN

LEIGH VIVIEN: photograph of Leigh standing in a full-length pose in costume from her Oscar winning performance as the iconic Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,300.00
511 BERGMAN INGRID

BERGMAN INGRID: photograph of Bergman in a pensive head and shoulders pose in costume from her Oscar winning performance as Paula Alquist Anton

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,235.00
73 EISENSTEIN SERGEI

EISENSTEIN SERGEI: photograph of Eisenstein standing in a happy three-quarter length pose alongside a camera. Signed ('S. Eisenstein') in bold red crayon to the verso with an inscription

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,170.00
339 HULL JOSEPHINE

HULL JOSEPHINE: photograph of Hull in a profile head and shoulders pose.

EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 1,170.00
144 LOMBARD CAROLE

LOMBARD CAROLE: photograph of the actress standing in an appealing half-length pose.

EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,105.00
264 SINATRA FRANK

SINATRA FRANK: photograph of Sinatra standing in a half-length pose holding his Oscar statuette

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,040.00
328 MCDANIEL HATTIE

MCDANIEL HATTIE: photograph of McDaniel seated in a cheerful three-quarter length pose.

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,040.00
168 NATIONAL VELVET

NATIONAL VELVET: photograph by the Academy Award recipients Mickey Rooney (Michael 'Mi' Taylor)

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 975.00
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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