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Auction Name Artists and Bindings: Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 450,875.00
Auction Date November 18, 2019 - November 18, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 324,000.00
Sale Number #pf1913 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 462,000.00
Total Lots 47
Sold Lots 32 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 815,000.00
% of Lots Sold 68.09% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,166,000.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 38.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 Apollinaire, Guillaume

CASE D’ARMONS.

17 JUIN 1915. EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 EUR 112,500.00
25 Giacometti, Alberto

LETTRES AUTOGRAPHES SIGNÉES À SON AMIE ALICE HIRSCHFELD.

1931-1944. EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 32,500.00
5 Aragon, Louis

LES BEAUX QUARTIERS.

1936 EUR 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 23,750.00
26 Gontcharova, Natalia -- Velimir Khlebnikov -- Alexeï Kroutchenykh

?I??????? [MIRSKONTSA / LE MONDE À REBOURS].

1912]. EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
31 Le Corbusier, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret dit

LE POÈME DE L'ANGLE DROIT.

1955 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
14 Chas Laborde -- Pierre Mac Orlan

L'INFLATION SENTIMENTALE.

1923 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
27 Grinewski, Alexandra -- Nicolas Machiavel

L’ARCHIDIABLE BELPHÉGOR. NOUVELLE TRÈS PLAISANTE.

1930 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
33 Laboureur, Jean-Emile -- André Maurois

LES DISCOURS DU DOCTEUR O'GRADY.

1929 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
41 Picasso, Pablo -- Adrian de Montluc

LA MAIGRE.

1952 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
10 Cahiers d'art

COLLECTION COMPLÈTE DES NUMÉROS PUBLIÉS PAR ZERVOS.

1926-1960. EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 16,250.00
38 Monet, Claude

13 LETTRES AUTOGRAPHES SIGNÉES À GUSTAVE GEFFROY.

EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
46 Valéry, Paul

AURORE.

1917 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 13,750.00
35 Manet, Édouard -- Stéphane Mallarmé

L’APRÈS-MIDI D'UN FAUNE. ÉGLOGUE.

1876 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
17 Dalí, Salvador

DIX RECETTES D'IMMORTALITÉ.

1973 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
43 Rivière, Henri

LES TRENTE-SIX VUES DE LA TOUR EIFFEL.

1888-1902. EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
7 Bonet, Paul -- Mario Prassinos

IMPORTANTE COLLECTION DE CARTONNAGES DESSINÉS PAR PAUL BONET ET MARIO PRASSINOS.

EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 9,375.00
28 Indiana, Robert

THE AMERICAN DREAM PORTFOLIO.

1997 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 9,375.00
4 Apollinaire, Guillaume -- Giorgio De Chirico

CALLIGRAMMES.

1930 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
12 Celan-Lestrange, Gisèle -- Paul Celan

SCHWARZMAUT.

1969 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,750.00
16 Daragnès, Jean-Gabriel -- Oscar Wilde

BALLADE DE LA GEÔLE DE READING.

1918 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
32 Laboureur, Jean-Emile -- Jean Giraudoux

PROMENADE AVEC GABRIELLE.

1919-1924. EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
18 Dalí, Salvador -- Miguel de Cervantes

DON QUICHOTTE DE LA MANCHA.

1957 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,750.00
36 Méheut, Mathurin -- Anatole Le Braz

LE GARDIEN DU FEU.

1923 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
30 Lam, Wifredo

VISIBLE/INVISIBLE.

1971 [1972]. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
47 Zao Wou-Ki

6 LETTRES OU CARTES AUTOGRAPHES SIGNÉES À MARIO ET YO PRASSINOS. [AVEC :] UNE LETTRE À JAMES JOHNSON SWEENEY.

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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