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Ader: Brigitte and Roland Broca Collection: Autograph Letters and Manuscripts - Part 1

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Auction Name	Brigitte and Roland Broca Collection: Autograph Letters and Manuscripts - Part 1	Total Sales (EUR)	713,908.00
Auction Date	June 17, 2024 - June 17, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	391,450.00
Sale Number	#153481	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	483,370.00
Total Lots	295
Sold Lots	193	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	495,660.00
% of Lots Sold	65.42%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	617,230.00
Unsold Lots	102	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	115.66%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
109	Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU	Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU (1712-1778). HERBIER compiled by Rousseau, with autograph manuscript and annotations, Echantillons de Plantes Seches, [circa 1771-1773]	1771-1773	EUR 130,000.00 - 150,000.00	EUR 208,000.00
27	Paul GAUGUIN	Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903). L.A.S., [Tahiti] November 1891, to Paul Serusier	1891	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 28,600.00
83	Charles DARWIN	Charles DARWIN (1809-1882). L.A.S., London October 14, 1841, to Joseph-Paul Gaimard, Paris	1841	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 26,000.00
108	Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU	Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU (1712-1778). L.A.S., Monquin par Bourgoin February 9, 1770, [to M. Maydieu, tutor to the son of the Duc de Villequier]	1770	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 24,700.00
116	VOLTAIRE	VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). L.A., Lausanne January 29 [1758], to D'alembert	1758	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 23,400.00
70	Claude BERNARD	Claude BERNARD (1813-1878). Autograph manuscript signed, Critique experimentale sur la chaleur animale, [1877]	1877	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 20,800.00
287	Emile ZOLA.	Emile ZOLA. J'accuse...! Letter to the President of the Republic, in L'Aurore, January 13, 1898	1898	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 14,300.00
86	Charles FOURIER	Charles FOURIER (1772-1837) philosopher and economist. Autograph manuscript signed, Le remede aux divers esclavages, [1836]	1836	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 11,700.00
107	Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU	Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU (1712-1778). L.A.S., Wootton February 21, 1767, to Richard Davenport	1767	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 11,700.00
114	VOLTAIRE	VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). L.A., aux Delices "ou nous voudrions bien vous tenir" November 13 [1756, to D'Alembert]	1756	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 11,700.00
90	Sigmund FREUD	Sigmund FREUD (1856-1939). L.A.S., Vienna September 1, 1932 [to Andre Coeuroy]	1932	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 11,050.00
115	VOLTAIRE	VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). L.A.S. "V", "Monrion" [Montriond] January 20, 1757, to Charles-Augustin, comte d'Argental	1757	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 11,050.00
267	Emile ZOLA.	Emile ZOLA. Autograph manuscript signed, Sedan, [1891]	1891	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 10,140.00
13	Salvador DALI	Salvador DALI (1904-1989). Autograph manuscript signed, [1950]	1950	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 8,450.00
113	VOLTAIRE	VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). L.A.S. "V", Potsdam April 1 [1752], to bookseller Georg Conrad Walther	1752	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 8,450.00
47	Felicien ROPS	Felicien ROPS (1833-1898). L.A.S. "Fely" to "Mes cheres petites amies", at the bottom of his engraving "La Clef des Champs"		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 7,800.00
110	[Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU].	[Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU]. 2 L.A.S. and 2 prints, 1790-1793. Elisabeth-Francoise-Sophie de La Live de Bellegarde, comtesse d'HOUDETOT (1730-1813, woman of letters, friend of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Saint-Lambert). L.A.S. "L. d'H.", Sannois this October	1790-1793.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 7,800.00
65	Richard WAGNER	Richard WAGNER (1813-1883). L.A.S., Zurich May 2, 1853, [to conductor Rudolf Schoneck in Posen]	1853	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 7,150.00
193	Gustave FLAUBERT	Gustave FLAUBERT (1821-1880). L.A.S. "G.", [Croisset] Sunday evening [January 15, 1854], to Louise Colet	1854	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 6,500.00
262	Emile ZOLA.	Emile ZOLA. Autograph manuscript, Mes visites, [1890]	1890	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 6,500.00
48	Felicien ROPS	Felicien ROPS (1833-1898). 2 L.A.S. with drawings, to Edmond Haraucourt		EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 5,460.00
89	Sigmund FREUD	Sigmund FREUD (1856-1939). 2 L.A.S. and 1 L.A., 1930-1936, to Dr. Karl Frankenstein	1930-1936	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 5,200.00
158	Donatien-Alphonse-Francois, Marquis de SADE.	Donatien-Alphonse-Francois, Marquis de SADE. L.A.S., [Saint-Ouen] 20 fructidor [VII (September 6, 1799)]	1799	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 5,200.00
239	Emile ZOLA.	Emile ZOLA. 23 L.A.S., 1879-1893, to Henri Baboneau, glass painter	1879-1893	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 5,200.00
147	Donatien-Alphonse-Francois, marquis de SADE.	Donatien-Alphonse-Francois, marquis de SADE. L.A.S., [Paris late May 1790], to Gaspard Gaufridy	1790	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,940.00

Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000

Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
Sotheby’s
10 September 2024
The Shem Tov Bible

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