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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD -
Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000. -
ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000. -
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
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Damien Voglaire: Books and Paintings
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Paintings | Total Sales (EUR) | 80,162.50 |
| Auction Date | September 20, 2024 - September 20, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 32,670.00 |
| Sale Number | #152424 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 46,130.00 |
| Total Lots | 354 | ||
| Sold Lots | 289 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 42,790.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.64% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 60,540.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 65 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 132.41% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | LYNEN - DE COSTER (Charles). | Blanche, Claire and Candide. Flemish legend ornamented and illuminated by Am. Lynen. |
1889 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,750.00 | EUR 4,000.00 |
| 85 | RAVEL (Maurice). | Handwritten letter addressed in 1933 to Madame Mockel, wife of the writer Albert Mockel. |
1933 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 136 | [DAUMAL].- COURNAULT (Etienne). | Le Contre Ciel. Suite of 8 original lithographs by Etienne Cournault, |
1936 | EUR 50.00 - 75.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 43 | [MANET, COROT, JONGKIND, MILLET...]. | Sonnets et eaux-fortes. |
1869 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,250.00 |
| 326 | ZAO WOU-KI.- JACOMETTI (N.). | Catalog raisonne of the engraved and lithographed work of Zao Wou-Ki 1949-1954. |
1955 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,125.00 |
| 75 | HUGO (Victor). | Autograph bill signed on fine blue paper: "Hommage a Madame / C. Popp / Victor Hugo / H.H. [Hauteville-House, Guernsey] March 1866". |
1866 | EUR 50.00 - 75.00 | EUR 1,875.00 |
| 207 | SAINT-EXUPERY (Antoine de). | Vers la vallee du Nil. Liege, Dynamo, "Brimborions", 1945 |
EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 1,750.00 | |
| 238 | MASEREEL (Frans). | Several Misunderstandings (1926). |
EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 1,500.00 | |
| 83 | RAVEL (Maurice). | Autograph handwritten letter, addressed to Albert Mockel, |
19/1/19 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,375.00 |
| 170 | JOB.- RICHEPIN (Jean). | Allons enfants de la Patrie !... Images de Job. |
[1920] | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,250.00 |
| 11 | LEBRUN (Jean-Baptiste-Pierre). | Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands. |
1792-1796. | EUR 500.00 - 750.00 | EUR 1,187.50 |
| 70 | BERLIOZ (Hector). | Autograph handwritten letter to the violinist Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst. |
1849 | EUR 500.00 - 750.00 | EUR 1,187.50 |
| 317 | SOULAGES.- ENCREVE (Pierre). | Soulages. L'Oeuvre complet. Paintings. II. 1959-1978. |
1995 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,187.50 |
| 81 | PROKOFIEV (Sergei). | Handwritten postcard from Stockholm, dated November 4, 1925, addressed to Charles Munch: |
1925 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,062.50 |
| 76 | KHNOPFF (Fernand). | Handwritten postcard addressed to Edmond Deman: |
1891 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 937.50 |
| 80 | POULENC (Francis). | Autograph handwritten letter to Charles Munch. |
EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 937.50 | |
| 16 | OVIDE - | De Gedaant wisselingen van P. Ovidius Naso, in het latyn en nederduitsen door Isaac Verburg. |
1732 | EUR 500.00 - 750.00 | EUR 875.00 |
| 172 | JOUVE - TERRASSE (Charles). | Paul Jouve. |
1948 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 875.00 |
| 188 | MODIANO (Patrick). | Courrier du Coeur. [Illustrated with 2 original lithographs by] Fabrizio Anselmi. |
1978 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 875.00 |
| 316 | SOULAGES.- ENCREVE (Pierre). | Soulages. L'Oeuvre complet. Paintings. I. 1946-1959. |
1994 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 875.00 |
| 84 | [Maurice RAVEL] - | Last photo of the composer, November 2, 1937. |
1937 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 812.50 |
| 255 | MASEREEL (Frans). | Un fait divers. 8 images drawn and woodcut. |
1920 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 812.50 |
| 89 | ALEXEIEFF - KESSEL (Joseph). | Siberian Nights. Etchings by Alexeieff. |
1928 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 750.00 |
| 229 | YOURCENAR (Marguerite). | L'Oeuvre au noir. |
1968 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 750.00 |
| 72 | FAURE (Gabriel). | Autograph handwritten letter to Albert Carre, director of the Opera Comique de Paris |
1920 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 725.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
