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Auction Name Comic Strips Total Sales (EUR) 910,724.80
Auction Date December 06, 2024 - December 06, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 571,350.00
Sale Number #4473 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 840,090.00
Total Lots 221
Sold Lots 151 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 935,450.00
% of Lots Sold 68.33% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,402,790.00
Unsold Lots 70 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 64.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
87

HERGE

1960 EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 EUR 158,752.00
88

HERGE

1944, EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 EUR 118,080.00
91

HERGE

1950, EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 56,416.00
147 Jean-Jacques Sempe

Jean Jacques SEMPE

1966 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 42,640.00
143 Jean-Jacques Sempe

Jean Jacques SEMPE

1987 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 32,800.00
90

HERGE

1968 EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 30,176.00
3 Enki Bilal

Enki BILAL

1994 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 27,552.00
4 Enki Bilal

Enki BILAL

1998 EUR 16,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 19,680.00
59

Jean-Claude GIBERT

1931 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 15,744.00
82 Jean Graton

Jean GRATON

1963 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 15,744.00
61

Jean-Claude GIBERT

1931 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 14,432.00
115 Regis Loisel

Regis LOISEL

1985 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 13,120.00
131

MOEBIUS

1985 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 13,120.00
92

HERGE

1951 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,464.00
133

MORRIS

EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 11,808.00
5 Enki Bilal

Enki BILAL

1979 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 11,152.00
98

HERGE

1972 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 10,496.00
33 Philippe Druillet

Philippe DRUILLET

1986 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 9,184.00
32 Philippe Druillet

Philippe DRUILLET

1986 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,528.00
94

HERGE

1972 par les Studios Belvision. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,872.00
132

MOEBIUS

1985 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,872.00
160 Albert Uderzo

Albert UDERZO

EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 7,872.00
157 Jacques Tardi

Jacques TARDI

1980 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 7,216.00
63

Jean-Claude GIBERT

1931 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,560.00
124 Milo Manara

Milo MANARA

1984 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,560.00
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 58
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    March 11th-13th 2025
    Gonnelli: Manuscript and illuminated book of hours, mid-15th century.
    Gonnelli: Sumptuous Koran manuscript by Bukhara illuminators in the mid-nineteenth century.
    Gonnelli: Rowling J. K., Harry Potter e la Pietra Filosofale. Firenze: Adriano Salani, 1998.
    Gonnelli: Fontana Lucio, Dix eaux-fortes. Milano: Galerie Schwarz, 1962.
    Gonnelli: Valli Antonio, Il canto de gl'augelli. In Roma, Nicolò Mutij, 1601.
    Gonnelli: Moniglia Giovanni Andrea, Il Mondo Festeggiante. In Firenze: nella Stamperia di S.A.S., 1661.
    Gonnelli: Alighieri Dante, [Divine Comedy with commentary and Life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino]. Danthe alegieri fiorentino. Venezia, Capcasa, 1493.
    Gonnelli: Foresti, Novissime historiarum. Venezia, Rusconi, 1506.
    Gonnelli: Hieronymus (santo), Vita di sancti Padri vulgariter historiada. Venezia, Otino da Pavia, 1501.
    Gonnelli: Ghisi Andrea, Laberinto dato novamente in luce. In Venetia: per Euangelista Deuchino, 1616.
    Gonnelli: Gouvea Antonio (de), Innocentia victrix. [China, Canton], 1671.
    Gonnelli: Napier John, Rabdologiae, seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo. Edinburgi: Andreas Hart, 1617.
    Gonnelli: Ortelius Abraham, Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antverpiae: Aegid. Coppenium Diesth, xx Maii 1570.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
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