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Auction Name Comic Books Total Sales (EUR) 708,828.00
Auction Date November 20, 2021 - November 20, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 505,620.00
Sale Number #4176 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 716,480.00
Total Lots 201
Sold Lots 106 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 953,260.00
% of Lots Sold 52.74% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,310,290.00
Unsold Lots 95 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 54.10%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
167 Albert UDERZO

Astérix et Cléopâtre

EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 EUR 101,400.00
168 Albert UDERZO

Astérix, Obélix et Idéfix

EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 78,000.00
128 Hugo PRATT

Corto Maltèse en Sibérie

1979 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 52,000.00
133 Jean ROBA

Bill sous les feux des projecteurs

EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 32,500.00
117 Jean-Claude MÉZIÈRES

Au bord du Grand Rien

2004 EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 31,200.00
68 André FRANQUIN

Pour commencer...

EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 26,000.00
67 André FRANQUIN & JIDÉHEM (Jean de Mesmaeker dit)

Gaston Lagaffe

1960 EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 23,400.00
134 Jean ROBA

Boule et Bill

EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 19,500.00
75 Jean GIRAUD

Lieutenant Blueberry

EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 18,200.00
96 André JUILLARD

Léna

2006 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,200.00
169 Albert UDERZO

Astérix et Obélix

EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 17,550.00
26 Charles BURNS

Big Baby The Curse of the Molemen

1991 EUR 6,500.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 14,300.00
76 Jean GIRAUD

Lieutenant Blueberry - Tome 23 Arizona Love

1990 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 13,000.00
122 MOEBIUS (Jean Giraud dit)

Le Bandard fou

1974 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 13,000.00
14 Enki BILAL

Animal'z

2009 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 10,400.00
147 Jean-Jacques SEMPÉ

Un Confident

EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,400.00
55 Philippe DRUILLET

Lone Sloane - Tome 1 Le Mystère des abîmes

1966 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 9,620.00
103 Olivier LEDROIT

Les Arcanes de la Lune noire - Tome 5 Greldinard - Deuxième époque

2021 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 9,490.00
86 HERMANN (Hermann Huppen dit)

Jeremiah - Tome 21 Le Cousin Lindford

1998 EUR 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,540.00
116 Winsor McCAY

A Pilgrim's Progress by Mister Bunion

1908 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,150.00
164 Maurice TILLIEUX

Gil Jourdan - Tome 10 Le Chinois à deux roues

1967 EUR 4,500.00 - 6,500.00 EUR 7,150.00
13 Enki BILAL

Animal'z

2009 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 6,500.00
69 André FRANQUIN

Je suis un maniaque

EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 6,500.00
28 CHOTT (Pierre Mouchot dit)

Fantax - Tome 12 Les six gardiennes de l'enfer

1947 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 6,240.00
54 Philippe DRUILLET

Lone Sloane - Tome 1 Le Mystère des abîmes

1966 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,240.00
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
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