Pierre Berge and Associes: Pierre Collin Library - Part 2
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Pierre Collin Library - Part 2 | Total Sales (EUR) | 269,262.50 |
| Auction Date | May 12, 2022 - May 12, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 138,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #123796 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 179,360.00 |
| Total Lots | 238 | ||
| Sold Lots | 187 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 157,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 78.57% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 205,650.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 51 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 130.93% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY | A married priest. |
1865 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 21,250.00 |
| 80 | Léon BLOY | Le désespéré. |
1887 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 20,000.00 |
| 75 | BARBEY D'AUREVILLY. | Letters to Léon Bloy. |
1902 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 16,250.00 |
| 91 | Léon BLOY | The poor woman. Episode contemporain. |
1897 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 15,000.00 |
| 238 | Jacques BENOIST-MECHIN | History of the German Army. |
1964 - 1966. | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 12,375.00 |
| 36 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY | Memorandum. |
1856 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 8,750.00 |
| 33 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY | Une vieille maîtresse. |
1851 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 7,250.00 |
| 94 | Léon BLOY | Exegesis of the commonplaces. |
1902 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 7,000.00 |
| 76 | Léon BLOY | The Revealer of the Globe. Christopher Columbus and his future beatification. Preface by J. Barbey d'Aurevilly. |
1884 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,875.00 |
| 79 | Léon BLOY | [The Desperate]. The Stabat of the Desperate. Autograph manuscript on paper titled "Le Stabat des Désespérés" |
EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 6,000.00 | |
| 17 | Arthur de GOBINEAU | Essay on the inequality of human races. |
1853 - 1855. | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,625.00 |
| 49 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY | Les diaboliques. |
1874 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,625.00 |
| 35 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY | L'ensorcelée. |
1855 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,250.00 |
| 177 | Jacques BAINVILLE | History of France. Manuscript of 381 small leaves in-4 mounted on tabs, written on the front of the leaves in violet ink |
EUR 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 | |
| 96 | Léon BLOY | Belluaires et Porchers. |
1905 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,500.00 |
| 237 | Jacques BENOIST-MECHIN | Sixty days that shook the West. 10 May - 10 July 1940. |
1956 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 4,125.00 |
| 56 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY | A page of history (1603). |
1886 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,500.00 |
| 77 | Léon BLOY | Propos d'un entrepreneur de démolitions. |
1884 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,250.00 |
| 51 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY | Une histoire sans nom. |
1882 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,125.00 |
| 74 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY et Léon BLOY | Les Quatorze stations du Salon, followed by a Récit douloureux [by Barbey d'Aurevilly]. Manuscript of 20 double-sided calligraphed leaves (the first and the last two blank), signed by Léon Bloy Manuscript of 20 double-sided calligraphed leaves (the firs |
EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,125.00 | |
| 97 | Léon BLOY | Belluaires et Porchers. |
1905 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 29 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY | Impossible love, Parisian chronicle. Dedicated to the Marquise Armance D... V... |
1841 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 43 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY | Le chevalier Des Touches. |
1864 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 34 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY | [Poetry]. |
1854 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 52 | Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY | Memoranda. |
1883 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
