Giquello: Ancient and Modern Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Ancient and Modern Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 355,224.00 |
| Auction Date | April 08, 2022 - April 08, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 228,650.00 |
| Sale Number | #120959 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 308,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 383 | ||
| Sold Lots | 325 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 302,180.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.86% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 401,250.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 58 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 88.53% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | VOLTAIRE. | Collection complette des Œuvres. |
1768-1774. | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 25,275.00 |
| 22 | DUMAS Alexandre (1802-1870). | Signed autograph manuscript, incomplete of the Memoirs of Talma, (6 pages in the hand of two secretaries). |
1848 | EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 22,100.00 |
| 104 | RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme). | Les Contemporaines, ou Avantures des plus jolies Femmes de l'âge présent. |
1780-1785. | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 15,797.00 |
| 60 | CERVANTES (Miguel de). | Les Principales avantures de l'admirable Don Quichotte, représentées en figures. |
1746 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 8,214.00 |
| 53 | MORTAR BIBLE. - Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament. |
1700 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,951.00 | |
| 44 | SURCOUF Robert (1773-1827). | Letter signed to "Monsieur Sauveur" |
1809 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 6,760.00 |
| 102 | RABELAIS (François). | Works. With historical and critical remarks by M. Le Duchat. |
1741 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 6,066.00 |
| 168 | LEBEGUE (Léon). | 50 compositions to illustrate the Hundred New Stories, drawn and watercolored by Leon Lebègue |
[circa 1900]. | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,308.00 |
| 81 | INCUNABLE. - VORAGINE (Jacques de). Legenda aurea [Incipit prologus sup Legendas / sanctorum...]. |
1475 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,181.00 | |
| 86 | LA FONTAINE (Jean de). | Fables choisies, mises en vers. |
1755-1759. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,055.00 |
| 127 | BANVILLE (Théodore de). | The Kiss. Comedy. |
circa 1888]. | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,055.00 |
| 268 | CRÉBILLON (F. B.). | La Nuit et le moment, or Les Matinées de Cythère. |
1924 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,055.00 |
| 64 | CORNEILLE (Pierre). | The Imitation of Jesus Christ, translated & paraphrased in French verse. |
1656 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,802.00 |
| 77 | [HANCARVILLE (Pierre-François Hugues, dit le baron d')]. | Monumens de la vie privée des douze césars, d'après une suite de pierres gravées sous leur règne. |
1780 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,802.00 |
| 124 | BALZAC (Honoré de). | La Comédie humaine [Œuvres]. |
1842-1855. | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 4,423.00 |
| 20 | DEGAS EDGAR (1834-1917). | 2 documents. Autograph letter-card signed to the sculptor Paul-Albert Bartholomé (in pencil), Buffet de Lyon, |
1892 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,160.00 |
| 93 | MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE. | French Heptameron. Les Nouvelles de Marguerite, reine de Navarre. |
1780-1781. | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,044.00 |
| 343 | MIRBEAU (Octave). | Le Jardin des supplices. |
1902 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,044.00 |
| 82 | LABORDE (Benjamin de). | Choice of songs set to music. |
1773 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,918.00 |
| 98 | OVIDE. | The Metamorphoses, in Latin, translated into French, with remarks, and historical explanations. By M. l'abbé Banier. |
1732 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,791.00 |
| 250 | BRISSAC (Duc de). | Hunting. |
1956 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,791.00 |
| 318 | LOUYS (Pierre). | Aphrodite. Mœurs antiques. |
[1954]. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,791.00 |
| 42 | SÉVIGNÉ Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de (1626-1696). | 2 fragments of autograph letters, |
1668 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,250.00 |
| 118 | BALZAC (Honoré de). | Les Contes drolatiques. |
1855 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,159.00 |
| 382 | VERTEX (Jean). | The Inspired Village. Chronicle of the bohemian Montmartre (1920-1950). |
1950 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,159.00 |
