Pierre Berge and Associes: Jean Patou fashion, bibliophile and collector: Manuscripts Lafayette and America, 23563, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 22, 2015 - May 22, 2015

Page Size: 377 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
276	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée par le général Francis Peston Abingdon, Virginia,	1825	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
277	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée J.R.J Princeton,	1825	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
278	LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de	[Toast 26] Document autographe signé Philadelphie, Mr Rush dinner,	1825	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
279	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée de Joseph Reed, Secretary of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphie 23 juillet	1825	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
280	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée de Joseph Reed, Secretary of University of Pennsylvania Philadelphie, 24 juillet	1825	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
281	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[Toast 27] Document autographe Philadelphie, Mr Rush dinner, 25 juillet	1825	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
282	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de [Toast 28] Document autographe signé Chester county, 26 juillet	1825	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
283	O'FALLON, John	Lettre autographe signée à Georges Washington Lafayette Saint Louis, 27 juillet	1825	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
284	LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de [Toast 29]	Document autographe signé Lancaster, 27 juillet	1825	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
285	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lettre autographe signée de Abraham Sellers et Joshua Dryden; et un autre manuscrit (2) Baltimore, [29 juillet	1825	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
286	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée de Friedrich List; et deux autres documents (3) Philadelphie, 13 août	1825	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
287	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée de Jonathan Russel Mendon, Massachusetts,	1825	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
288	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée de Philip Slaughter et Gabriel Long Culpeper, Virginia,	1825	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Unknown
289	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée de Sylvanus Fansher (3) Newhaven, Connecticut, 24 août	1825	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
290	DEWITT BLOODGOOD, Simon	Lettre autographe signée à Georges Washington Lafayette; et 14 autres lettres (15) Alabany, 30 mars	1826	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
291	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe de Mme Mildred T. Thompson Culpeper, 22 août	1825	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
292	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de [Toast 30] Document autographe signé Leesburg, 26 août	1825	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
293	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de [Toast 31] Document autographe signé Culpeper (Virginie), vers le 30 août	1825	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
294	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de [Toast 32] Document autographe signé Warrington [Warrenton], début sept.	1825	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
295	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Document signé par William Winston Seaton et contresigné par Eramus J. Middleton Washington, 5 septembre	1825	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Unknown
296	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	Manuscrit autographe Washington, 7 septembre	1825	EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	Unknown
297	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Copie manuscrite sans doute de la main de Levasseur d'une lettre au commodore Morris, et trois autres lettres (3) La Grange, 25 octobre	1828	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
298	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée de William Pope Duval; pièce autographe signée d'Alex Bellamy (2) Tallahasee, 10 janvier	1826	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
299	COOPER, James Fenimore	L.a.s. à Gilbert de Motier, marquis de Lafayette Williamsburg, [1826] 1 p. 1/2 in-8 ?I have called five or six times since you get out of the lieux (?), to express my sympathy but always without success. This morning, Mr Breevort of New York, who addresse	1824	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
300	WORTHINGTON, Eleanor	Lettre autographe signée à Georges Washington Lafayette; et trois autres lettres (4) Adena, près de Chillicoth, Ohio 22 septembre	1826	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown

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