Ader: Brigitte and Roland Broca Collection: Antiquarian and Modern Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Brigitte and Roland Broca Collection: Antiquarian and Modern Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 259,098.00 |
| Auction Date | June 19, 2024 - June 19, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 135,880.00 |
| Sale Number | #153664 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 190,570.00 |
| Total Lots | 173 | ||
| Sold Lots | 124 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 213,560.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 71.68% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 300,490.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 49 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 86.23% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 709 | CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand). | Mort a credit. Novel. |
1936 | EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | EUR 37,914.00 |
| 696 | ARAGON (Louis). | Elsa. Poeme. |
1959 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 27,171.00 |
| 748 | FLAUBERT (Gustave) - ROCHEGROSSE (Georges). | La Tentation de Saint Antoine. |
1907 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 14,533.00 |
| 697 | ARAGON (Louis). | Les Poetes. Poeme. |
1960 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 12,638.00 |
| 736 | CONSTANT (Benjamin) - JEANNIOT (Pierre-Georges). | Adolphe. Anecdote found in the papers of an unknown person. Preface by Paul Hervieu, of the Academie francaise. |
1901 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 10,742.00 |
| 618 | SADE (Donatien-Alphonse Francois de). | Justine, ou les Malheurs de la vertu. |
1791 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 10,110.00 |
| 703 | BERAUD (Henri) - VILLEBOEUF (Andre). | Le 14 juillet. |
1933 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 9,857.00 |
| 621 | BALZAC (Honore de). | Eugenie Grandet. |
1883 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 6,319.00 |
| 619 | SADE (Donatien-Alphonse Francois de). | Aline et Valcour, or the Philosophical Novel. Written in the Bastille a year before the French Revolution. Orne de Seize Gravures. |
1795 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,055.00 |
| 711 | CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand). | Mort a credit. Novel. |
1936 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,055.00 |
| 662 | ZOLA (Emile). | Au bonheur des dames. |
1883 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,170.00 |
| 724 | CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand). | Feerie pour une autre fois *. |
1952 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,917.00 |
| 782 | ZURN (Unica) - BELLMER (Hans). | Oracles and spectacles. Fourteen anagram poems. |
1967 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,159.00 |
| 610 | [ALMANACH]. | Royal Almanac, common year M. DCC. LXXXX. |
1790 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,780.00 |
| 616 | ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques). | Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens de l'inegalite parmi les hommes. |
1755 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,780.00 |
| 666 | ZOLA (Emile). | Germinal. |
1885 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,780.00 |
| 729 | CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand). | Nord. Novel. |
1960 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,780.00 |
| 643 | LEPERE (Auguste). | Nantes in nineteen hundred. Preface by Roger Marx. |
1900 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,527.00 |
| 644 | MICHAUD (Joseph-Francois) - DORE (Gustave). | Histoire des croisades. |
1877 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,527.00 |
| 685 | ZOLA (Emile). | Les Trois villes. Paris. |
1898 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,527.00 |
| 715 | CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand). | Bagatelles pour un massacre. |
1937 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,527.00 |
| 757 | LOTI (Pierre) - ZO (Henri-Achille). | Ramuntcho. |
1908 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,401.00 |
| 647 | [REVUE]. | Le Chambard socialiste. |
1893 - 1895 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,148.00 |
| 628 | DARWIN (Charles). | On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. Fourth edition, with additions and corrections (eighth thousand). |
1866 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,022.00 |
| 672 | ZOLA (Emile). | La Bete humaine. |
1890 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,022.00 |
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/29dc9a36-584c-476d-bc08-834bc3d3902d.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d1c7f9bc-1bd9-43a2-9cd9-fa2e0a89d50f.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> 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.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dcac6725-5a79-4a9a-8172-9a5e10ccb75b.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> 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.")
