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Sothebys: Napolean: An Historical Collection


Auction Name	Napolean: An Historical Collection	Total Sales (EUR)	865,759.00
Auction Date	June 25, 2025 - June 25, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	443,000.00
Sale Number	#pf2591	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	718,000.00
Total Lots	10
Sold Lots	7	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	563,000.00
% of Lots Sold	70.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	908,000.00
Unsold Lots	3	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	95.35%

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
108	Napoleon Ier	Premier codicille du premier testament de Napoleon Ier. Manuscrit autographe signe "Nap."		EUR 300,000.00 - 500,000.00	EUR 482,600.00
22	Fesch, cardinal	Copie du certificat de mariage religieux de l'Empereur Napoleon et l'Imperatrice Josephine.	6 Nivose an X [27 decembre 1804].	EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	EUR 165,100.00
77	Percier, Charles - Pierre Fontaine	Description des ceremonies et des fetes qui ont eu lieu pour le mariage de S.M. l'Empereur Napoleon avec S. A. I. Madame l'Archiduchesse Marie-Louise d'Autriche.	1810	EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	EUR 114,300.00
105	Rollin, Charles	Histoire romaine...	1772	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 57,150.00
5	[Berthier, Louis-Alexandre]	Relation de la Bataille de Marengo...	an XII.	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 38,100.00
28		Part of a black morocco portfolio belonging to the Minister of the Treasury, Francois Barbe-Marbois, circa 1801-1806, possibly containing the 1803 Louisiana Purchase Treaty	circa 1801-1806	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 4,445.00
42	Napoleon Ier	Jeu de plume evoquant une toile d'araignee.		EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 4,064.00

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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