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Sothebys: Library of Jean-Francois Chopin

Auction Reports

Auction Name Library of Jean-Francois Chopin Total Sales (EUR) 1,789,752.00
Auction Date November 18, 2019 - November 18, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 828,300.00
Sale Number #pf1943 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,203,600.00
Total Lots 285
Sold Lots 215 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,021,600.00
% of Lots Sold 75.44% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,488,400.00
Unsold Lots 70 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 120.25%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
166 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE DES DEUX MENUETS POUR ORCHESTRE K.164 (130A) N° 5 ET 6. [SALZBOURG, JUIN 1772.]

1772 EUR 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 EUR 372,500.00
32 Buffon, Georges Marie Leclerc, comte de

HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX. PARIS, IMPRIMERIE ROYALE, 1770-1786.

1770-1786. EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 81,250.00
199 Redouté, Pierre Joseph

LES ROSES PAR P.J. REDOUTÉ, PEINTRE DE FLEURS, DESSINATEUR EN TITRE DE LA CLASSE DE PHYSIQUE DE L'INSTITUT ET DU MUSÉUM D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE. AVEC LE TEXTE PAR CL. ANT. THORY, MEMBRE DE PLUSIEURS SOCIÉTÉS SAVANTES. PARIS, DE L'IMPRIMERIE DE FIRMIN DIDOT,

1817-1821-1824. EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 77,500.00
42 Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, marquis de

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À L’AVOCAT GUY-JEAN-BAPTISTE TARGET. [PARIS] CE MERCREDI [6 AVRIL 1775].

1775 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 52,500.00
40 Châtelet, Émilie du

PRINCIPES D’OPTIQUE ET D’ASTRONOMIE. MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE. [VERS 1745 ?]

VERS 1745 ? EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 47,500.00
83 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERDER À ROME. [CONSTANCE, 4-10 JUIN 1788].

1788 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 43,750.00
17 Beethoven, Ludwig van

PIÈCE AUTOGRAPHE, PORTANT SON NOM ET L'ADRESSE DE SA DERNIÈRE RÉSIDENCE À VIENNE. [APRÈS LE 15 OCTOBRE 1825.]

1825 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 37,500.00
113 [La Mésangère, Pierre de]

JOURNAL DES DAMES ET DES MODES. 1797-1839.

1797-1839. EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 35,000.00
120 Levaillant, François

HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX DE PARADIS ET DES ROLLIERS, SUIVIE DE CELLE DES TOUCANS ET DES BARBUS. PARIS, DENNÉ ET PERLET, [1801-] 1806.

1801, 1806 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 33,750.00
41 Chopin, Frédéric

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À MARIE DE ROZIÈRES. ORLÉANS, 3 SEPTEMBRE 1844.

1844 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 32,500.00
142 Lucrèce

DE RERUM NATURA. VENISE, ALDE, 1515.

1515 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 32,500.00
112 LA LIVE DE JULLY, Ange-Laurent

RECUËIL DE CARICATURES DESSINÉES PAR J. SALY ET GRAVÉES PAR A. L. DE LA LIVE. [SUIVI DE :] STUDIO DI PAESI DEDICATO AL ILLMO DUPIN DE FRANCEUIL…

SANS DATE. EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 25,000.00
45 Corneille, Pierre

LE CID, TRAGICOMÉDIE. PARIS, FRANCOIS TARGA, AUGUSTIN COURBE, [1637].

1637 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 22,500.00
78 [Freudeberg, Sigismond -- Moreau le Jeune]

[PREMIÈRE, SECONDE ET TROISIÈME] SUITE D’ESTAMPES POUR SERVIR À L’HISTOIRE DES MŒURS ET DU COSTUME DES FRANÇOIS DANS LE DIX-HUITIÈME SIÈCLE. PARIS, PRAULT, 1775, 1777 ET 1783.

1775, 1777 ET 1783 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 22,500.00
93 Hugo, Victor

LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À CHARLES BAUDELAIRE. HAUTEVILLE HOUSE, 19 JUILLET [1860].

1860 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 22,500.00
271 Voltaire, François Marie Arouet dit

ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES. [KEHL], SOCIÉTÉ LITTÉRAIRE-TYPOGRAPHIQUE, 1785-1789.

1785-1789. EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 22,500.00
10 Audebert, Jean-Baptiste -- Louis-Pierre Vieillot

OISEAUX DORÉS OU À REFLETS MÉTALLIQUES. HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET GÉNÉRALE DES COLIBRIS, OISEAUX-MOUCHES, JACAMARS ET PROMEROPS. -- HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET GÉNÉRALE DES GRIMPEREAUX ET DES OISEAUX DE PARADIS. PARIS, DESRAY, 1802.

1802 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
249 Tite-Live

HISTORICORUM OMNIUM ROMANORUM… FRANKFORT, JOHAN WECHEL, 1588.

1588 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
203 [Reliure mosaïquée]

LES PSEAUMES DE DAVID TRADUITS EN FRANÇAIS SELON L’HÉBREU... PARIS, JOSSET, 1708. 

1708 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
37 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. MADRID, DON JOAQUIN IBARRA, ACADÉMIA REALE, 1780.

1780 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
87 [HERSENT, Charles]

OPTATI GALLI DE CAVENDO SCHISMATE. [PARIS, 1640]. [SUIVI DE:] ARREST DE LA COUR DE PARLEMENT, PAR LEQUEL IL EST ORDONNÉ, QUE LE LIBELLE INTITULÉ OPTATI GALLI DE CAVENDO SCHISLATE, &C ; SERA LACERÉ & BRULÉ !... PARIS, SÉBASTIEN CRAMOISY, 1640.

1640 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 13,750.00
256 Voltaire, François Marie Arouet dit -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

PANÉGYRIQUE DE SAINT LOUIS, ROI DE FRANCE. [JUIN 1749.] MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE DE LA MAIN DE ROUSSEAU, AVEC CORRECTIONS DE LA MAIN DE VOLTAIRE. [AVEC :] VOLTAIRE. 2 LETTRES À MME DUPIN.

1749 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 13,750.00
223 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

LETTRES DE DEUX AMANTS. JULIE, OU LA NOUVELLE HÉLO??SE. AMSTERDAM, MARC MICHEL REY, 1761.

1761 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
59 Dolce, Lodovico

STANZE DI DIVERSI ILLUSTRI POETI. VENISE, GIOLITI, 1589-1590.

1589-1590. EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 11,875.00
219 [Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]

ÉMILE OU DE L’ÉDUCATION. LA HAYE, JEAN NÉAULME [PARIS, DUCHESNE], 1762.

1762 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 11,875.00
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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