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Auction Name Classic Sale, Furniture and Objets D'Art, Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Jewelry, Numismatics, Archeology, Joysticks Total Sales (EUR) 4,655.70
Auction Date January 31, 2025 - January 31, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 2,390.00
Sale Number #161681 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 3,520.00
Total Lots 64
Sold Lots 36 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 5,730.00
% of Lots Sold 56.25% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 8,280.00
Unsold Lots 28 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 56.23%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
303

A fine collection of autographs assembled by a young woman in the 1950s/60s.

EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 567.00
2

Handful of books on the theme of the Decorative Arts

Not Available EUR 352.80
313 David HAMILTON (1933-2016)

Female nude from behind

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 352.80
243

Opening medal forming a circular box in gilded metal containing a miniature book on the History of the Spanish Campaign with 21 circular leaves, depicting :

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 302.40
312

Cinema, Hollywood, celebrities, actresses. 20th century. Set of over 240 black & white and color photographs (including numerous silver prints and postcards). Subjects include Brigitte Bardot, Gina Lollobrigida, Katherine Hepburn, Shirley Temple, Annabell

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 252.00
315

Cinema, Hollywood, celebrities, comedians and actors. 20th century. Set of over 220 black & white and color photographs (including numerous silver prints and postcards). Subjects include Tommy Steele, Robert Hossein, Daniel Gelin, Jean Marais, Orson Welle

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 226.80
56

We are all undesirable

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 189.00
58

The struggle continues

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 189.00
37 Contemporary school

La familia

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 151.20
80 Jacques BOULLAIRE (1893-1976), after

Weaving Woman

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 151.20
3

2 Various book handles

Not Available EUR 126.00
57

The struggle continues

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 126.00
299

NORTH. LILLE - MAP OF 1720

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 126.00
309

Interesting bible page with illuminations on paper, preserved in two glass plates.

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 126.00
52

The detente begins

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 113.40
51

Canvas propaganda poster, La Cause du Peuple Long march 73 for the unity of youth and peasants

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 100.80
53

Refuse intoxication Canvas poster

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 100.80
54

Police at ORTF - C'est la police chez vous

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 100.80
294

PAS DE CALAIS AND NORTH - MAP OF 1743

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
298

Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Hauts-de-France - 17th century map

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
307 Henri Maccheroni (1932-2016)

Erotic book entitled: One hundred photographs selected from the Deux Mille Photographies de sexe d'une femme series

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 100.80
31

Le Havre

EUR 20.00 - 30.00 EUR 75.60
32 Antoine CALBET (1860-1944)

Scene galante

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.60
33 School of the XXdeg century

Woman with lost shoes

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.60
79 Jacques BOULLAIRE (1893-1976), after

Return from Fishing

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 75.60
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • 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
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