Ader: Autographed Letters and Manuscripts - Part I, 177752, PARIS
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jacques II Bailly (1701-1768) | Inventaire apres le deces de Sr Jacques Bailly Peintre du Roy et Garde des Tableaux de la Couronne |
1768 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,242.00 | |
| 3 | Collection of letters and documents |
N/A | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 4 | Alexander Calder (1898-1976) | Letter to Marie Cuttoli, October 7, 1956 |
1956 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 791.00 | |
| 5 | Camille Claudel (1856-1943) | Letter to Mme de Vulpillieres, December 22, 1915 |
1915 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 21,100.00 | |
| 6 | Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (1788-1856) | Letter on Pyrenean marble, July 29, 1847 |
1847 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | Vivant Denon (1747-1825) | Letter of resignation to Louis XVIII, October 5, 1815 |
1815 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 9 | Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) | Letter apologizing for delay in replying |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 10 | Leonor Fini (1907-1996) | Letter requesting a telephone call, July 20 |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 11 | Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904); Aime Morot (1850-1913) | Drawings of Gallic garments and ornaments; Autograph note |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 14 | Max Liebermann (1847-1935) | Autograph letter signed to Ernest Gambart |
1879 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | Rene Magritte (1898-1967) | Autograph letter signed with drawing |
1958 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 13,188.00 | |
| 16 | Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) | Autograph letter signed to a friend |
N/A | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 17 | Jacques Majorelle | Autograph letter signed to a 'very dear fugitive' |
N/A | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 923.00 | |
| 18 | Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779) | Autograph letter signed to a public prosecutor |
1776 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 989.00 | |
| 19 | Felicien Rops (1833-1898) | Autograph letter signed to Leon Clapisson |
1880 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 330.00 | |
| 20 | Gerard Sekoto (1913-1993) | Autograph letters and signed notes to Yvonne |
1960-1963 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 106.00 | |
| 21 | Paul Signac (1863-1935) | Autograph letter signed to Camille Pissarro |
1887 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 620.00 | |
| 23 | Horace Vernet; Marie Vernet nee Fuller | Autograph and signed letters to M. Boissonnas |
1862; 1872 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 277.00 | |
| 25 | Franz-Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873) | Autograph letter signed to M. d'Adelung |
1858 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 26 | Menut Alophe | Lithographed portrait of Joseph Ascher |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 27 | Henri Berton (1767-1844); Etienne Laine (1753-1822) | 2 Autograph Letters Signed to Guilbert de Pixerecourt |
1825; 1814 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 28 | Edme Collinet (1765-1841) | 2 Autograph Letters Signed to Chevalier de Vaeselles |
1831 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 29 | Comedie Francaise | Etat des jours que la Reine est venues a la Comedies francaise pendant le courant de l'annee 1776 |
1776 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 30 | Italian Comedy | Autograph Document Signed by the Committee of the Comedie Italienne |
1788 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 31 | Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) | Autograph Letter Signed to Marcel Mihalovici |
1968; 1953 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000