Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26th

Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000

Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000

Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26th

Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000

Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000

Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26th

Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000

Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000

Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26th

Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000

Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000

Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.

Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.

Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.

Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.

Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.

Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.

Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.

Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.

Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.

Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.

Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.

Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025

Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€

Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€

Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025

Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €

Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€

Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€

Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025

Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€

Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€

Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€

Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025

Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€

Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€

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Vermot de Pas: 600 Various Autographs

Auction Reports


Auction Name	600 Various Autographs	Total Sales (EUR)	10,630.62
Auction Date	February 04, 2025 - February 04, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	7,400.00
Sale Number	#161846	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	10,180.00
Total Lots	539
Sold Lots	117	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	31,630.00
% of Lots Sold	21.71%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	45,530.00
Unsold Lots	422	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	23.35%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
216		AUTOGRAPHES - LITERATURE XXdeg - Set of more than 220 signed autograph letters, signed letters or signed autograph cards from writers:		EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 680.40
585		ARCHIVES - Oleg TRIPET SKRYPITZINE - Notice sur la Famille TRIPET SKRYPITZINE: /ARCHIVES: Important archive of Oleg TS, gathered in 3 volumes in sheets		EUR 350.00 - 400.00	EUR 441.00
108		REIMS (Marne) - Statue equestre de Jeanne d'Arc (Paul Dubois) / Etat des souscriptions a la statue de Jeanne d'Arc "2 mars 1888 - 8 mars 1890"		EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 264.60
377	Gabriel LIPPMANN	NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS - PHOTOGRAPHY - Gabriel LIPPMANN / Correspondence of 2 autograph letters signed, totaling 6 p in-8		EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 252.00
458	Charles PLISNIER	Charles PLISNIER/ Important set of 20 original contracts (signed by both parties) with his publisher Correa for his works from 1936 to 1953	1936 to 1953	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 233.10
510	Henri BOSCO	Henri BOSCO (1888-1976, novelist) / Eglogues de la Mer, Editions Les Terrasses de Lourmarin, Lourmarin de Provence, 1928	1928	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 233.10
249		Guy HEURARD de FONTGALLAND / EXCEPTIONAL SET OF NEGATIVES ON GLASS PLATES		EUR 180.00 - 200.00	EUR 226.80
205	Jean LEBEDEFF (illustrator)	Jean LEBEDEFF (illustrator) / Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passe by Charles Perrault, woodcuts by Jean Lebedeff,	1950	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 207.90
539	Ambroise TARDIEU	ARCHEOLOGIST - Ambroise TARDIEU / Autograph letter signed		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 170.10
1		SAINTE-HELENE / Album illustre de l'Ile de Sainte-Helene by Michel Fils Aine,	1861	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 163.80
427		NEW ORLEANS (America) - Victor SEJOUR / Set of 2 autograph letters signed		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 163.80
64	Iwata NAKAYAMA	PHOTOGRAPHY - Iwata NAKAYAMA (1895-1949, Japanese photographer) / Rare original photograph, fine print from the 1920s	1920s	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 132.30
368	Adolphe THIERS	Adolphe THIERS / Autograph visiting card signed with his initials and stamped envelope /		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 132.30
93	Federico BELTRAN-MASSES	Federico BELTRAN-MASSES (1885-1949, Spanish painter) / Original heliogravure print on tinted paper by Francois-Antoine VIZZAVONA (1876-1961		EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 126.00
198	Grace de MONACO	Grace de MONACO (nee Kelly, 1929-1982, actress and Princess of Monaco) / Her autograph signature in black felt pen on a postcard from the 70s	70s	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 126.00
271	General de GAULLE	General de GAULLE / Suite of 2 large original vintage amateur photographs taken on June 8, 1958 in Algiers	1958	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 126.00
369	[Victor HUGO] - Charles DUCROS	[Victor HUGO] - Charles DUCROS / Correspondence of 3 autograph letters signed from to Victor Hugo, from Gueret, in 1837	1837	EUR 100.00 - 130.00	EUR 126.00
498		HAUTE-MARNE - CONFRERIES RELIGIEUSES / Set of documents concerning the foundation of religious brotherhoods in the Church of Genevrieres		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 126.00
506		ASIA / Buddhist manuscript calligraphed on palm leaves and preserved between 2 wooden panels, 19th c.	19th c.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 126.00
56	Jean TABARY	BANDE DESSINEE - Jean TABARY (1930-2011) / Je veux etre calife a la place du calife,	Paris, BD Star, 1978	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 113.40
63		PHOTOGRAPHY - CINEMA - "La Fin du Monde" (Abel GANCE's 1931 film) / Important set of 16 set photographs,		EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 113.40
382		BOUCHE / 1deg) Jacques MIGNOT - 2deg) REGNE DE LOUIS XV: Charge d'Inspecteur sur les Veaux / Charge d'Inspecteur sur les Veaux granted to Jean Innocent PANDRIGNE, given at Versailles on March 6, 1739	Years 1910	EUR 90.00 - 130.00	EUR 113.40
500	Jean AJALBERT	GONCOURT - Jean AJALBERT / Set of 19 autograph letters signed to the same friend between 1934 and 1936	1934-1936	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 107.10
344	Marguerite YOURCENAR	(Autograph) Marguerite YOURCENAR / Les Yeux ouverts - Entretiens avec Matthieu Galey,	1980	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.80
352		LAOS - THAILAND / USAOM Mission / Set of 12 original photographs taken during this mission		EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.80

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500

Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.

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