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Vermot de Pas: Sporlimpique XI - On the Theme of Sport, Combat and Strength, and Olympism

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Auction Name	Sporlimpique XI - On the Theme of Sport, Combat and Strength, and Olympism	Total Sales (EUR)	22,809.60
Auction Date	May 24, 2025 - May 24, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	9,240.00
Sale Number	#164800	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	14,450.00
Total Lots	140
Sold Lots	86	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	15,190.00
% of Lots Sold	61.43%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	24,020.00
Unsold Lots	54	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	94.96%

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Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
82		Four pieces on the father of organ gymnastics, Professor Desbonnet (1868-1958), including two large plaster medallions of the Lille genius, and the dedicated book of the same name:		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 2,304.00
156		Rare official round cardboard accreditation badge, with gold hole for fastening.		EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 1,664.00
75	Jules Cheret (after)	Folies Bergere, Achilles, l'homme canon...		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,408.00
11		Silver print of the great black pugilist Sam McVea (1884-1921).		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,344.00
74	Gaston GIRBAL (1889-1972), after	Ernest Cadine, world strength champion, in his quartering exercise, 1935	1935	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 1,152.00
53		Set of 5 English engravings on the first steps of the Drais machine, the draisienne.		EUR 180.00 - 250.00	EUR 640.00
71		Vin Bravais, the most effective stimulant and stomachic, fortifying - Strength, Health, Vigor, Beauty.		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 576.00
39	MICHELIN	Cycling Goose Game, 1893	1893	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 537.60
106		Set of three original Deriaz posters:		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 537.60
95	Jean-Marie Michel LIEBAUX, known as MICH (1881-1923)	Gustave Armand Empain (1869-1940)	circa 1908	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 512.00
24		Two original diplomas:		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 486.40
96	Jean-Marie Michel LIEBAUX, known as MICH (1881-1923)	Jules Joseph Parent (1863-1963)	circa 1908	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 486.40
97	Jean-Marie Michel LIEBAUX, known as MICH (1881-1923)	Russian weightlifter Serguey Ivanovich Elisseieff (1876-1939)	1905	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 486.40
70		The Original Apollo, Great Attraction, Burgers Bicycle Fabrik Deventer		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 448.00
93		Lot of 9 lithographed diplomas testifying to the culture of strength sports in occupied Alsace-Lorraine:		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 448.00
118		Wrestlers at the European Championship in Liege (February-March 1904)	1904	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 384.00
113	Adolph Friedlander	Lithographed poster by Adolph Friedlander, Hamburg: "Alphonse Steurs, Belgian wrestling champion"		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 358.40
266		An official poster of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in its original slipcase.	2024	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 320.00
258		Official Paris 2024 Paralympic Games poster in original slipcase.	2024	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 256.00
262		Official Paris 2024 Paralympic Games poster in original slipcase.	2024	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 256.00
131		Aux Gloires du Sport (To the Glories of Sport)		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 243.20
36		In a modern binding, the much sought-after "Memoires de Terront, sa vie, ses performances, son mode d'entrainement revus et mis en ordre par Baudry de Saunier, orne de plusieurs portraits."		EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 230.40
63	Claude-Charles Bourgonnier (1860-1921), after	An astonishing series of 4 numbered and signed lithographs		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 230.40
115		La Loupiote@Lithographed poster, taken from Aristide Bruant's famous novel published in Le Journal",		EUR 180.00 - 250.00	EUR 230.40
116		Two unscreened posters featuring the strongest man in the world:		EUR 150.00 - 180.00	EUR 230.40

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