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Auction Info

Sale Name
MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Auction Date
05/24/2001 - 05/24/2001
Year of Sale
2001
Sale Number
#1285
Total Lots
138
Sold Lots
138
Lots Sold
100.0%
Unsold Lots
0
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
742,696.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
511,362.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
740,203.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
511,362.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
740,203.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
100.34%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
862,554.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
162 OVIDE. Les Metamorphoses.

1931.

 USD 30,294.00 - 48,470.00 99,167.00
94 GAUGUIN, Paul. Manuscrit autographe

USD 24,235.00 - 36,352.00 46,253.00
111 [HUGO, Valentine]. BADET, Andre de. Contes au Clair de Lune.

1948

 USD 12,117.00 - 18,176.00 42,695.00
168 PHILIPPE, Charles-Louis. Bubu de Montparnasse.

1929

 USD 24,235.00 - 30,294.00 28,463.00
153 MONTFORT, Eugene. La Belle-Enfant ou L'Amour a Quarante Ans.

1930

 USD 16,964.00 - 25,447.00 24,905.00
129 LARIONOV, Mikhail Fedorovitch. Portrait de Guillaume Apollinaire

USD 19,388.00 - 25,447.00 22,771.00
39 [COCTEAU, Jean]. Le Livre blanc.

1930

 USD 7,270.00 - 9,088.00 18,501.00
6 [BERARD, Christian]-- TRIOLET, Elsa. Mille Regrets.

1947

 USD 12,117.00 - 18,176.00 17,078.00
142 MAN RAY. Portrait de Rene Crevel, Tristan Tzara et Jacques Baron,

1922 ou 1923.

 USD 10,906.00 - 14,541.00 16,366.00
123 KLEIN, Yves. Yves. Peintures. Preface de Pascal Claude.

1954

 USD 10,300.00 - 15,147.00 15,655.00
187 RONSARD, Pierre de. Florilege des Amours.

1948.

 USD 7,270.00 - 10,906.00 14,943.00
100 GIROLAMI, G 30 etudes de Microphotograhie,

1932

 USD 12,117.00 - 18,176.00 12,808.00
40 COCTEAU, Jean. Poeme autographe

USD 13,329.00 - 20,600.00 12,808.00
157 MOSJOUKINE, Yvan. Le Brasier Ardent. Manuscrit autographe en russe,

(1923)

 USD 12,117.00 - 18,176.00 12,808.00
69 COCTEAU, Jean. Lettre autographe signee adressee 'A mon vieux Laffitte cheri'.

1920

 USD 1,515.00 - 2,121.00 12,097.00
110 HUGO, Valentine. Portrait de Raymond Radiguet.

1921

 USD 1,212.00 - 1,818.00 11,385.00
24 CHAGALL, Marc. Arabische Nachte.

1963

 USD 6,059.00 - 9,088.00 9,962.00
105 HESIODE. Les Travaux et les Jours.

1962

 USD 9,088.00 - 12,117.00 9,251.00
206 THARAUD, Jerome & Jean. Marrakech ou Les Seigneurs de l'Atlas.

1924.

 USD 7,270.00 - 10,906.00 9,251.00
114 ILIAZD (Ilia Zdanevitch). Ledentu Le Phare. [Texte entierement imprime en Russe].

Degre 41, 1923

 USD 7,876.00 - 10,906.00 9,251.00
148 MARTEL, Andre. Le Mirivis des Naturgies.

1962-1963

 USD 6,059.00 - 8,482.00 8,539.00
223 WOLS, Otto. Autoportrait

1936.

 USD 6,059.00 - 9,088.00 7,827.00
174 RACINE, Jean. Le Cantique spirituel.

1945

 USD 7,270.00 - 10,906.00 7,827.00
192 SAINT FRANCOIS D'ASSISE. Cantic del Sol. Traduccio: Josep Carner.

1975

 USD 6,059.00 - 9,088.00 7,116.00
41 COCTEAU, Jean. Un jour.... Poeme autographe

USD 7,270.00 - 10,906.00 7,116.00
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  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.