ALDE: Original editions - Daniel Morcrette Literary Library and various
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Original editions - Daniel Morcrette Literary Library and various | Total Sales (EUR) | 504,785.00 |
| Auction Date | March 26, 2024 - March 26, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 219,260.00 |
| Sale Number | #32624 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 290,760.00 |
| Total Lots | 357 | ||
| Sold Lots | 254 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 282,890.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 71.15% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 373,640.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 103 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 135.10% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | FLAUBERT (Gustave). | Madame Bovary. |
1857 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 102,500.00 |
| 23 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles). | Les Paradis artificiels. Opium et haschisch. |
1860 | EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 21,250.00 |
| 35 | CONSTANT (Benjamin). | Adolphe. Anecdote trouvee dans les papiers d'un inconnu. |
1816 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 20,000.00 |
| 8 | BARBARA (Charles). | L'Assassinat du Pont-Rouge. |
1855 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 17,500.00 |
| 91 | RIMBAUD (Arthur). | Une saison en enfer. |
1873 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 13,750.00 |
| 98 | SENANCOUR (Etienne Pivert de). | Oberman. |
1804 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 10,625.00 |
| 122 | WILDE (Oscar). | Ballade de la Geole de Reading. The Ballad of Reading Gaol, by C.3.3. |
1898 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 9,500.00 |
| 229 | REBATET (Lucien). | Les Decombres. |
1942 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 8,750.00 |
| 137 | APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume). | Le Poete assassine. |
1916 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 8,125.00 |
| 72 | KIPLING (Rudyard). | The Jungle Book. -- The Second Jungle Book. |
1894-1895 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 7,500.00 |
| 33 | [CHOUSY (Didier de)]. | Ignis. |
1883 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 7,250.00 |
| 241 | TAGORE (Rabindranath). | Gitanjali. (Song Offerings). A collection of prose translations made by the author from the original bengali. With an Introduction by W. B. Yeats. |
1912 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 7,250.00 |
| 12 | BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules). | Un pretre marie. [Paris], |
s.d. 1864 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 6,250.00 |
| 53 | FLAUBERT (Gustave). | Bouvard et Pecuchet. |
1881 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,250.00 |
| 86 | NERVAL (Gerard de). | Lorely. Souvenirs d'Allemagne. |
1852 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,750.00 |
| 3 | BALZAC (Honore de). | Scenes de la vie privee. |
1830-1832 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,500.00 |
| 47 | [DICKENS (Charles)]. | Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz". |
1838 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 5,250.00 |
| 109 | VERLAINE (Paul). | Romances sans paroles. |
1874 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 134 | [APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume)]. | [La Chanson du mal-aime]. Mercure de France. Ndeg285. |
1909 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 215 | MALAPARTE (Curzio). | La Peau. |
1949 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 326 | [LITTERATURE]. | Important ensemble d'environ 140 ouvrages des XXe et XXIe siecles, quasiment tous broches, en edition originale et sur grand papier, provenant de la bibliotheque Hubert Morent. Liste detaillee sur demande et sur www.alde.fr. ABECASSIS (Eliette). Clande |
2003 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 93 | ROSTAND (Edmond). | Cyrano de Bergerac. |
1898 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 4,750.00 |
| 27 | BLOY (Leon). | Le Desespere. |
1887 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,500.00 |
| 108 | VERLAINE (Paul). | Fetes galantes. |
1869 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 4,375.00 |
| 226 | [PROUST (Marcel)]. | GIDE (Andre). Les Nourritures terrestres. |
1897 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,375.00 |
