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Vermot de Pas: Olympic Games: Torches, Medals, Posters, Memorabilia

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Auction Name	Olympic Games: Torches, Medals, Posters, Memorabilia	Total Sales (EUR)	8,332.80
Auction Date	July 29, 2024 - July 29, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	6,580.00
Sale Number	#152677	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	9,010.00
Total Lots	72
Sold Lots	26	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	30,325.00
% of Lots Sold	36.11%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	38,820.00
Unsold Lots	46	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	21.47%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
87		Olympic Games / Summer, 1936/ Berlin/Jesse Owens (1913-1980). Original press photograph	1936	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,048.00
66	Bernard Naudin (1876-1946)	This signed and framed official diploma shows a Swedish athlete who was a finalist in both the high jump and decathlon.	1924	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 832.00
186	M. Jordan.	Olympic Games/ 1992/ Barcelona. Color photo autographed by M. Jordan.	1992	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 448.00
38		Program of the VIII Olympiad, Paris 1924	1924	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 358.40
223	Federer and Wavrinka.	Olympic Games/ 2008/ Beijing. Color photo signed by Federer and Wavrinka.	2008	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 320.00
227	Kobe Bryant.	Olympic Games/ London/ 2012/ Kobe Bryant. Color photo signed by Kobe Bryant.	2012	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 320.00
240		Olympism/ Erni/ Samaranch. Superb deluxe boxed set, print run 300 copies. In "Hans Erni and Olympism"		EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 320.00
1		Guide to the Universal Exhibition.	c.1900	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 281.60
12	Baron Pierre de Coubertin.	"Les etapes de l'Astronomie, l'unite mecanique et l'unite chimique du monde. The life of the stars..."	1919	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 256.00
13	Baron Pierre de Coubertin.	"Histoire Universelle"	1920	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 256.00
16	Baron Pierre de Coubertin.	"Revue Mensuelle du Touring Club de France"		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 256.00
27		Two programs for the Royal dinner on July 7, 1912.	1912	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 256.00
28		Report. Rare book of the "Jeux Interallies" or Games of the victorious nations of the Great War	1919	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 256.00
14	Baron Pierre de Coubertin.	a) "Universites Transatlantiques"; b) "L'Education en Angleterre, Colleges et Universites...",	1980, 1888	EUR 180.00 - 250.00	EUR 230.40
15	Baron Pierre de Coubertin.	a) "Notes sur l'Education Publique"; b) "Pedagodie sportive",	1901	EUR 180.00 - 250.00	EUR 230.40
34		Book "The New York Herald, Olympic Games 1924 issue, Olympics, Shopping, Theatre. The American Guide to Paris.	1924	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 230.40
41	Jean Droit and Orsi	Set of 3 vignette plates featuring the two official posters by Jean Droit (salute) and Orsi (javelin):	1924	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 230.40
29		Jeux Olympiques/ Feminin/ Monte-Carlo/ Milliat. Some twenty beautiful pieces on the beginnings of women's sport, and its high priestess		EUR 140.00 - 180.00	EUR 192.00
45		"L'Escrime et le tir". From January 1923 (ndeg24) to December 1924 (ndeg47).	1924	EUR 180.00 - 250.00	EUR 192.00
115		Olympic Games/ Summer, 1952/ Helsinki/ Zatopek/ Marathon. Set of nine pieces on the Czech locomotive	1952	EUR 180.00 - 250.00	EUR 192.00
99		Olympic Games/ Summer, 1948/ London/ Cinema/ Cycling. Astonishing photographic set (silver print) of 10 documents on these renaissance Games:	1948	EUR 140.00 - 150.00	EUR 179.20
36		"How to See, Paris and the Battlefields, Motor Tours, organized by Thos Cook and Son 1924, VIII Olympiade, Paris. a) Sacre Coeur, and surroundings; b) Notre Dame	1924	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 128.00
148		Olympic Games/Winter, 1968/ Grenoble/ Ordre national du Prestige awarded to Jean Paul Guhel.	1968	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 128.00
32		The Asahi Sports" magazine.	1924	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 64.00
33	W.J Rikens.	De Reuterwedstrij den der VIIIe Olympiade te Paris.	1924	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 64.00

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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