Ader: Russian Art , 174051, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026
Page Size: 63 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 Ivan Yakovlevich BILIBIN (1876-1972)

Letter-card dated February 13, 1932.

 1932 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 395.00
102 Nikolai Konstantinovich ROERICH (1874-1947)

Ten photographs of works mounted on cardboard and titled on the back in his hand.

 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
103

Letters from Russia to Denis Roche.

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
104 Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)

File concerning the French edition of "Course du fou", the French title of Nabokov's novel written in 1929 with the original title "La defense Loujine".

 c. 1929 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 20,440.00
105 Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)

Four handwritten postcards addressed to Denis Roche concerning Spring in Fialta (Viesna v Fial'tie).

 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,505.00
106 Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)

Two letters from Nabokov to Denis Roche:

 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,055.00
107 Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)

Handwritten postcard to Denis Roche from Berlin, February 12, 1934, about the translation of "Soghliadatai" (The Watcher).

 1934 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,120.00
108 Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)

Handwritten postcard addressed to Denis Roche from Berlin, June 22, 1934, announcing the birth of his son Dimitri (born May 10).

 1934 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,120.00
109 Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)

Handwritten postcard to Denis Roche from Berlin, December 6, 1934, announcing his arrival in Paris. He also asks Denis Roche to apologize to Madame Boas.

 1934 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 725.00
110 Vladimir Vladimirovitch NABOKOV (1899-1977)

Handwritten postcard addressed from Paris to Denis Roche, dated March 22, 1937, proposing a meeting at Le Deux Magots.

 1937 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 923.00
111 Vladimir Vladimirovitch NABOKOV (1899-1977)

Postcard from Menton addressed to Denis Roche, December 24, 1937, with his New Year's greetings.

 1937 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 659.00
112 Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)

Bristol transformed into a greetings postcard by a frieze designed by Nabokov, addressed to Denis Roche from Paris on December 24, 1938.

 1938 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 989.00
113 Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)

Postcard addressed to Denis Roche from Paris on 6 [month?] 1939, proposing a meeting at Cafe Georges V. Signed in Russian.

 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,450.00
114 Boris Konstantinovich ZAITSEV (1881-1972)

A two-page autograph letter dated June 8, 1932, in its envelope, with a draft reply from Denis Roche.

 1932 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 197.00
115 Zinaida Nikolaevna HIPPIUS (1869-1945)

6-page handwritten letter to Denis Roche, dated May 17, 1924.

1924 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 923.00
116 Alexei Mikhailovich REMIZOV (1877-1957)

Three autograph letters from Remizov to Denis Roche.

 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,582.00
117 Alexei Mikhailovich REMIZOV (1877-1957)

Three autograph letters from Remizov to Denis Roche

 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,252.00
118 Prince Theodore Nikolaevich KASSATKINE-ROSTOVSKY (1875-1940)

63 letters addressed to Denis Roche (letters, bristol, letter-cards, pneumatic tires, postcards and business cards) between 1925 and 1939. Some undated.

 1925-1939 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
119 Nikolai Nikolaevich EVREINOFF (1879-1953)

8 letters addressed to Denis Roche between 1925 and 1943.

 1925-1943. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 158.00
120 Eugene Alexandrovitch ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY (1884-1954)

Six letters addressed to Denis Roche between 1923 and 1948.

 1923-1948. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 158.00
121 Tatiana Ivanovna ALEXINSKAYA nee Evtikhieva (1886-1968)

Podvigh (The exploit). Novella.

 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 131.00
122 Elie (Ilya Lvovitch) BORSCHAK (1894-1959)

Set of 27 letters (letters, postcards, pneumatics) from Borschak to Denis Roche between 1931 and 1938, plus 2 drafts of letters from Roche to Borschak.

 1931-1938 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
123 Princess Maria Klavdievna TENICHEVA (1858 ? - 1928)

Xram Sviatogho Dukha v Talashkinie (The Church of the Holy Spirit in Talachkino)

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 263.00
124 Dimitri Semenovich STELLETSKY (1875-1947)

Correspondence between D. Stelletsky and Denis Roche: 28 handwritten letters from D. Stelletsky to D. Roche and 19 drafts of letters from D. Roche to D. Stelletsky.

1933-1945 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,615.00
125 Dimitri Semenovich STELLETSKY (1875-1947)

Folder containing 7 sheets of drawings by Stelletsky for Le Prince Igor. The folder is titled in Indian ink by Stelletsky: "STELLCTSKI / 8 LEAVES / FOR / THE SONG OF / PRINCE IGOR".

 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 26,375.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.