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: 255 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
273	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de [Toast 25] Document autographe Morristown, 15 juillet	1825	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
274	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée par Samuel A. Ruddock New York, 13 juillet	1825	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
275	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]	[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée William Milnor, ?Secretary of State? de la ?Colony in Schuylkill? Philadelphie	1825	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
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

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

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