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Auction Name Rare Books and Manuscripts, including Andre Guichard Library - bidstart 3/12 Total Sales (USD) 1,789,578.00
Auction Date March 21, 2024 - March 21, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 901,700.00
Sale Number #22918 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,284,700.00
Total Lots 277
Sold Lots 254 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,000,100.00
% of Lots Sold 91.70% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,425,100.00
Unsold Lots 23 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 125.58%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
46 CENDRARS, Blaise (1887-1961) et Sonia DELAUNAY (1885-1979)

La Prose du Transsiberien et de la Petite Jehanne de France. Couleurs simultanees de Mme Delaunay-Terk.

1913 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 94,500.00
37 BRETON, Andre (1896-1966)

Le Surrealisme et la peinture.

1928 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 88,200.00
84 ELUARD, Paul (1895-1952) et Joan MIRO (1893-1983)

A toute epreuve.

1958 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 56,700.00
7 APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume (1880-1918) et Giorgio de CHIRICO (1888-1978)

Calligrammes. Lithos de Chirico.

1930 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 52,920.00
2 APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume (1880-1918) et Andre DERAIN (1880-1954)

L'Enchanteur pourrissant.

1909 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 47,880.00
234 HOCKNEY, David (ne en 1937)

Paper Pools.

1980 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 47,880.00
260 PIEUX, Leonard (pseud. de la baronne Helene d'OETTINGEN, 1885-1950) et Leopold SURVAGE (1879-1927)

Accordez-moi une audience et je vous reciterai les vers d'un poete inconnu avec une telle eloquence que vous me voudrez de suite roi mais je le refuserai.

1919 (1920). USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 44,100.00
54 CHAR, Rene (1907-1988) et Joan MIRO (1893-1983)

Nous avons.

s.d. [1959]. USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 40,320.00
247 MARE, Andre (1885-1932) et Pierre BONNARD (1867-1947)

Les Pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloe.

1902 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 40,320.00
226 FINI, Leonor (1908-1996)

Ensemble de 251 lettres autographes signees a Castor Seibel, dont 19 ornees de croquis

[1971-1988]. USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 37,800.00
22 BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)

Les Paradis artificiels. Opium et haschisch.

1860 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 32,760.00
158 TZARA, Tristan (1896-1963) et Hans ARP (1886-1966)

Cinema calendrier du coeur abstrait. Maisons.

1920 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 32,760.00
235 [HOLBEIN, Hans dit le Jeune (1497-1543)] ; [LUTZELBURGER, Hans ( ? - 1526)] ; [CORROZET, Gilles (1510-1568)] ; [VAUZELLES, Jean de ( ? - v. 1563)]

Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort, autant elegamme[n]t pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginees.

1538 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 32,760.00
267 SATIE, Erik (1866-1925), Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) et Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Parade. Ballet realiste.

1917 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 32,760.00
245 JOYCE, James (1882-1941)

Ulysses.

1922 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 30,240.00
144 PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) et OVIDE (Ier siecle av.-Ier siecle ap. J.-C.)

Les Metamorphoses.

1931 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 25,200.00
108 KUNDERA, Milan (1929-2023)

L'Insoutenable legerete de l'etre.

1984 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 23,940.00
211 CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985) et Louis ARAGON (1897-1982)

Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire.

1975-1976. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 22,680.00
115 LOUYS, Pierre (1870-1925) et Paul-Albert LAURENS (1870-1934)

Leda ou La Louange des bienheureuses tenebres.

1898 (1897). USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 21,420.00
4 APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume (1880-1918)

Le poete assassine.

1916 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,160.00
250 MANET, Edouard (1832-1883), Stephane MALLARME (1842-1898) et Edgar Allan POE (1809-1849)

Le Corbeau. The Raven. Poeme par Edgar Poe.

1875 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,160.00
20 BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)

Les Fleurs du mal.

1857 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 18,900.00
248 LUCANUS, Bartolus

Oratio ad Innocentium VIII.

[probablement 1485-1487]. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 18,900.00
5 APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume (1880-1918) et Serge FERAT (1878-1958)

Les Mamelles de Tiresias.

1918 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 17,640.00
182 VERLAINE, Paul (1844-1896) et Pierre BONNARD (1867-1947)

Parallelement.

1900 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 17,640.00
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
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    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
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    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
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    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
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    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
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    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
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