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Vermot de Pas: 500 Autographs, Photographs and Drawings

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Auction Name	500 Autographs, Photographs and Drawings	Total Sales (EUR)	34,588.16
Auction Date	April 03, 2024 - April 03, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	26,850.00
Sale Number	#151328	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	34,110.00
Total Lots	500
Sold Lots	180	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	74,416.00
% of Lots Sold	36.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	94,862.00
Unsold Lots	320	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	36.46%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
353	Marcel ROUFF	GASTRONOMY. Marcel ROUFF (1877-1936, Swiss journalist, writer and gastronome, one of the founders of the Academie des Gastronomes, friend of Curnonski) / Set of 19 si		EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 2,112.00
79	NAPOLEON1er	NAPOLEON1er (1769-1821, Emperor) / Letters patent on parchment signed "Napoleon" in his own hand, given at the Palais de Fontainebleau on November 12, 1809, countersi	1809	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,984.00
416	Stanislas LEZCZYNSKI	LORRAINE - [Stanislas LEZCZYNSKI, 1677-1766, King of Poland and Duke of Lorraine, died of severe burns caused by his robe catching fire in the fireplace he was revivi		EUR 100.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,024.00
279	Leon DAVID	CHARENTE MARITIME - LES SABLES D'OLONNE - Leon DAVID (Sables d'Olonne 1867 - Sables d'Olonne 1962, Tenor, figure of Sables d'Olonne in the Belle-Epoque, he had the vi		EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 844.80
29		LA FEMME A LA BELLE-EPOQUE / Important collection of 100 autographs by women of the Belle-Epoque (actresses, singers, models or revue artists), presented in its perio		EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 832.00
390		DESAIX de VEYGOUX family - PUYS de DOME (Charbonnieres-la-Varenne) / Important archives of the General DESAIX family: 48 documents from 1623 to 1830 concerning the fa	1623-1830	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	EUR 768.00
36	Fedor CHALIAPINE	MUSIC - Fedor CHALIAPINE (1873-1938, Russian opera singer, bass) / Photo on postcard with autograph dedication signed by him in Paris on May 23, 1908, the card travele	1908	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 588.80
249	HENRI IV	BEARN - HENRI IV (1553-1610, King of France from 1589 to 1610) / Parchment (51 x 30 cm, the document has been folded at the time, soiling and traces of age) signed "H	1607	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 524.80
112		AUTOGRAPHS - THEATRE XIXdeg - debut XXdeg / A veritable collection, presented in 145 album leaves, of some 365 signed autograph letters and cards (not counting dozens of		EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 512.00
140	DUHAMEL de FOUGEROUX family	LOIRET - DENAINVILLIERS - DUHAMEL de FOUGEROUX family / Fonds de correspondances adressees a cette famille en partie au Chateau de Denainvilliers, Annees 1830 (family	Annees1830	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 512.00
236	Theodore JUILLET-SAINT-LAGER	CONQUEST OF ALGERIA - Theodore JUILLET-SAINT-LAGER (Guadeloupe 1809 - Bab-el-Oued 1878), an astonishing character in the novels of Charles Fourier, whose website prov	1874	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 512.00
119		MINES d'ANZIN (Nord) / Rare testimony to workers' insurrection in the mines of the Nord region during the Revolution: letter signed by Stanislas DESANDROUIN (1738-182		EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 435.20
248	LOUIS XV	LOUIS XV (1710-1774, Roi de France et de Navarre) / Lettres de retenue de chargesur velin (52.5 x 32.5 cm) signed "Louis" (Secretaire de la Main) and countersigned in	1745	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 422.40
372	C. GILLET	BESTIAIRE / Album of drawings by C. GILLET circa 1900, classic sketchbook, 55 drawing papers bound in full cloth cover - all sheets used (recto only) - cover captioned	1900	EUR 180.00 - 200.00	EUR 422.40
484		ITALY - CASCADES DES MARMORE (Umbria) / Important late 18th-century autograph manuscript by Terni lawyer Gaetano ORLANDI on this impressive 165 m-high artificial wate	18th-century	EUR 300.00 - 350.00	EUR 396.80
120		MINES d'ANZIN (Nord) / File concerning the purchase by Mark de Jennings, general agent of Mines d'Anzin, of an English locomotive from the Stephenson workshops in New	1835-36	EUR 350.00 - 400.00	EUR 384.00
168	Baron Edouard FRANCHETTI	ROTHSCHILD family - Baron Edouard FRANCHETTI (1862-1926, poet and critic, bibliophile and great art lover, son of Sarah Luisa de Rothschild and grandson of Baron Anse	1910-20	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 384.00
183	Edouard BOUVET de La Maisonneuve	[Flora TRISTAN, 1803-1844, Franco-Peruvian socialist writer and feminist, grandmother of painter Paul Gauguin] - Edouard BOUVET de La Maisonneuve (1784-1843, journali	1838-39	EUR 350.00 - 400.00	EUR 384.00
191		SOMME (80) / Marcotte family archives from Abbeville and Thuisson, more than 100 documents, notably from Jean-Baptiste Marcotte, mocatier (upholstery fabric manufactu		EUR 350.00 - 400.00	EUR 384.00
280	Silvio LAZZARI	MUSIC - Silvio LAZZARI (1857-1944, Austrian-born composer) / Important correspondence of 53 autograph letters signed and 3 aut. postcards signed, 1935-1943, to musico	1935-1943	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 384.00
260	Paul ELUARD	Paul ELUARD (1895-1952, poet) / Autograph dedication signed in colored pencil on a flyleaf (single page, 12 x 18.5 cm)		EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 358.40
476	Jean-Baptiste MERIGOT	NIEVRE - Chateau de MEAUCE (Saintcaize-Meauce) - Jean-Baptiste MERIGOT (died 1697, advisor, secretary and intendant to the Duke of Nevers, Chevalier de Saint-Lazare e	1696	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 358.40
352		JAPAN / Rare complete set of 100 stereo cards (17.5 x 9 cm) from the 1900s devoted to Japan: scenes and types, lifestyle, sights, etc., presented in their original ca	1900s	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 332.80
257	Auguste LE MAOUT	COTE D'ARMOR (22) - Auguste LE MAOUT (Saint-Brieuc 1817 - Saint-Quay-Portrieux 1897, pharmacist, journalist and printer, Breton militant, republican activist who took	1872-1892	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 320.00
445	Jules MELINE	VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / File concerning the 1901 inauguration in Plombieres-les-Bains of the Monument Louis Francais (1814-1897, Vo	1901	EUR 180.00 - 200.00	EUR 294.40

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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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