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Auction Name Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Timed Auction Total Sales (EUR) 21,411.00
Auction Date May 19, 2022 - May 19, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 10,380.00
Sale Number #51922 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 14,760.00
Total Lots 450
Sold Lots 39 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 192,680.00
% of Lots Sold 8.67% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 276,290.00
Unsold Lots 411 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 7.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
161 VERDI GIUSEPPE

VERDI GIUSEPPE: (1813-1901) Italian Composer. A very fine A.L.S., `G. Verdi´, one page, to a 4.5 x 3.5 card, Sant´ Agata, Villanova sull´Arda, 10th September 1888

 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,510.00
437 HUSSEIN SADDAM

HUSSEIN SADDAM: (1937-2006) President of Iraq 1979-2003

 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,340.00
434 CHE GUEVARA ERNESTO

CHE GUEVARA ERNESTO: (1928-1967) Argentine Marxist Revolutionary and guerrilla Leader. An iconic symbol of rebellion. Guevara joined the Cuban communist revolutionary movement leaded by Fidel Castro.

 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,210.00
23 ASTAIRE & ROGERS

ASTAIRE & ROGERS: ASTAIRE FRED (1899-1987) & ROGERS GINGER (1911-1995) American Actor & Actress and Dancers, both Academy Award winners. Signed 8 x 10 photograph by both Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers individually, the image depicting them in full-length

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 2,080.00
13 CHAPLIN CHARLES

CHAPLIN CHARLES: (1889-1977) English film comedian, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed sepia 7 x 9.5 photograph of the young, dapper Chaplin seated in a three-quarter length pose with one hand raised to his chin. Signed ('Sincerely, Chas Chaplin') in da

 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,040.00
343 GORDON CHARLES GEORGE

GORDON CHARLES GEORGE: (1833-1885) British Major General, known as 'Chinese Gordon'. An interesting A.L.S., C. G.

 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 715.00
404 NICHOLAS I OF RUSSIA

NICHOLAS I OF RUSSIA: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55

 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 715.00
383 FERDINANDO I DE´ MEDICI

FERDINANDO I DE´ MEDICI: (1549-1609) Grand Duke of Tuscany 1587-1609

 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 650.00
401 VICTORIA

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901

 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 650.00
362 ZHUKOV GEORGY

ZHUKOV GEORGY: (1896-1974) Soviet General and Marshal of the Soviet Union who oversaw some of the Red Army's most decisive victories during World War II. A fine and well-executed pencil drawing of Zhukov by the artist S. N.

 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 520.00
329 HELMHOLTZ HERMANN VON

HELMHOLTZ HERMANN VON: (1821-1894) German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields. A.L.S., H. Helmholtz, one page, 8vo, Heidelberg, 28th March 1871

 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 494.00
272 ROSTAND EDMOND

ROSTAND EDMOND: (1868-1918) French Poet. Best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. A fine A.L.S.

 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 442.00
314 RAMSAY WILLIAM

RAMSAY WILLIAM: (1852-1916) Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1904

 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 442.00
354 MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS

MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS: (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II, later serving as the last Viceroy of India of British India (1947) and as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India (1947-48)

 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 390.00
355 MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS

MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS: (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II, later serving as the last Viceroy of India of British India (1947) and as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India (1947-48)

 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 390.00
391 GEORGE I OF GREECE

GEORGE I OF GREECE: (1845-1913) King of Greece 1863-1913

 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 390.00
330 JONES ERNEST

JONES ERNEST: (1879-1958) Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst, a lifelong friend and colleague of Sigmund Freud. A.L.S., Ernest Jones, on one side of a correspondence card, Elsted, near Midhurst, Sussex, 17th July n.y. (1955), to Dr.

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 338.00
366 REMER OTTO ERNST

REMER OTTO ERNST: (1912-1997) German Generalmajor of World War II who played a major role in stopping the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler in 1944

 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 312.00
35 PICKFORD MARY

PICKFORD MARY: (1892-1979) Canadian-American actress, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed postcard photograph, the image depicting the French ocean liner SS Normandie at sea. Signed in bold dark fountain pen ink by Pickford to a clear area of the backgro

 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 286.00
183 CARUSO ENRICO

CARUSO ENRICO: (1873-1921) Italian Tenor. Signed postcard photograph by Caruso, with Christmas greeting in his hand to the verso. The image shows the artist in a head and shoulders pose.

 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 260.00
353 MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS

MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS: (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II, later serving as the last Viceroy of India of British India (1947) and as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India (1947-48)

 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 260.00
394 CAROL II OF ROMANIA

CAROL II OF ROMANIA: (1893-1953) King of Romania 1930-40 until his abdication. Signed oblong 8 x 5 card `Carol R.´, partially over a Romanian post stamp bearing the King´s portrait. Also dated in bold black ink, 1944

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 208.00
14 FORD JOHN

FORD JOHN: (1894-1973) American film director, Academy Award winner. A brief A.L.S., Jack, one page, 12mo, n.p. (Beverly Hills, California), n.d.

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 195.00
47 FELLINI FEDERICO

FELLINI FEDERICO: (1920-1993) Italian Film Director. Academy Award winner. Signed and inscribed 6 x 4 photograph of Fellini, the image showing Fellini outdoors in a head and shoulders pose,

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 195.00
115 GLAMOUR

GLAMOUR: A very good selection of colour signed 8 x 10 photographs, one 8 x 12

 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 195.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    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
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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    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.
  • 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
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    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
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    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.
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