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Auction Name Online: AUTOGRAPHIC LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS (FINE ARTS, HISTORY, LITERATURE AND MISCELLANEOUS) Total Sales (EUR) 103,610.00
Auction Date September 16, 2021 - September 16, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 67,960.00
Sale Number #634 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 86,990.00
Total Lots 217
Sold Lots 112 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 121,705.00
% of Lots Sold 51.61% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 153,130.00
Unsold Lots 105 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 67.66%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
117 CATHERINE I DE RUSSIE.

CATHERINE I DE RUSSIE.- Lettre manuscrite en russe portant décret signé d'une croix. 18 septembre 1726

1726 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,160.00
60 HISTOIRE.

HISTOIRE.- - CHARLES IX, Roi de France. L.S., Charles, 24 janvier 1566, aux gens de la Cour de Parlement de Bordeaux

1566 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 3,380.00
136 GORKI Maxime.

GORKI Maxime.- L.A.S., signée en russe à l'écrivain Anna KOLPINSKAJA, s.d.n.l.

s.d. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,380.00
142 HEMINGWAY Ernest.

HEMINGWAY Ernest.- L.A.S., « Ernest », Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba 30 octobre 1952, à Bill LENGEL

1952 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,380.00
92 HERGE.

HERGE.- Lettre dactylographiée signée "Hergé", Bruxelles, 7 mai 1968, à Pierre Fresnaut-Deruelle,

1968 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,120.00
103 MONET Claude.

MONET Claude. - L.A.S., "Claude Monet", Giverny, 24 janvier 1890

1890 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,860.00
66 HISTOIRE.

HISTOIRE. - - TROTSKY Léon. Document militaire signé, 30 septembre 1919

1919 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,600.00
110 STEINBECK John.

STEINBECK John.- L.A.S., « John », [Salerno] « Good Friday » [Vendredi Saint 20 avril 1962], à Robert WALLSTON à New York

1962 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,600.00
129 WAGNER Richard.

WAGNER Richard.- L.A.S., « RW » le 5 juillet [1870 ?], à un ami [Karl von Perfall ? ou Franz Wüllner ?]

EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,600.00
69 LITTERATURE.

LITTERATURE. - - HUGO Victor. L.A.S., adressée à Frederica BERNCASTEL. 24 jiun 1858

1858 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,340.00
34 MANN Thomas.

MANN Thomas.- L.A.S., "Thomas Mann", à Willy Haas, papier à entête avec adresse (Kilchberg Am Zurichsee Alte Landstrasse 39), 15 février 1955

1955 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,210.00
54 CHARDONNE Jacques.

CHARDONNE Jacques.- Correspondance à Roger NIMIER. Ensemble de 19 L.A., la plupart signées.

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,080.00
128 DIVERS.

DIVERS.- - ZOLA Emile. L.A.S., à "Mon cher Dreyfus". Paris 22 octobre 1872

1872 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,950.00
41 LITTERATURE.

LITTERATURE. - - PROUDHON, Pierre Joseph.

L.A.S., au politique TROUESSART, Paris, 31 août 1853

1853 EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,820.00
59 ZOLA Emile.

ZOLA Emile.- 3 L.A.S., adressées à l'écrivain Jacques Normand, 1893-1894

1893-1894 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,820.00
94 VERNE Jules.

VERNE Jules.- L.A.S., Amiens, 13 août 1902, à sa soeur Anna

1902 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,820.00
137 VERLAINE Paul.

VERLAINE Paul.- Henri III, poème autographe Circa 1865

1865 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,820.00
109 MIRABEAU Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de.

MIRABEAU Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de. - Manuscrit autographe (fragment), [Le lecteur y mettra le titre, Amsterdam 1777]

1777 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,690.00
42 MONET Claude.

MONET Claude. - L.A.S., Giverny 10 mars 1891, à Gustave GEFFROY

1891 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,300.00
144 RENOIR Auguste.

RENOIR Auguste. - L.A.S., à "Chère Madame". 12 novembre 1909

1909 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,300.00
165 DICKENS Charles.

DICKENS Charles.- L.A.S., [à Robert Dell.]. Mars 1857

1857 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,300.00
214 ALEXANDRE VII.

ALEXANDRE VII.- Une bulle d'Alexandre VII, (1658)

EUR 300.00 - 350.00 EUR 1,300.00
98 MONET Claude.

MONET Claude.- L.A.S., adressée à Gustave GEFFROY. 22 mars 1889

1889 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,235.00
99 PISSARRO Camille.

PISSARRO Camille. - L.A.S., adressée à Maximilien LUCE, 9 février 1891

1891 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,170.00
96 RAVEL Maurice.

RAVEL Maurice.- L.A.S., adressée à Marie Gaudin. 3 janvier 1933

1933 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,105.00
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