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Tessier & Sarrou and Associates: Marine and Travel

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Auction Name	Marine and Travel	Total Sales (EUR)	26,078.00
Auction Date	December 09, 2024 - December 09, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	22,380.00
Sale Number	#156796	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	30,970.00
Total Lots	69
Sold Lots	27	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	62,300.00
% of Lots Sold	39.13%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	82,700.00
Unsold Lots	42	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	31.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
5	BLAEU, J.	Novum magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Foederatae. (&) Novum magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae.	1652	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 11,700.00
148	DELAMARCHE, attributed to	Copernican-type planetary globe in cardboard and engraved paper mounted on a blackened wood stand.	circa 1830	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,120.00
146	Ch. DIEN	Celestial globe by Ch. DIEN. Paris rue Hautefeuille ndeg13.	Mid 19th century	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,600.00
31		Set of 16 menus (5 blank) for the first SS "France" cruise around the world in 1972	c.1972	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,170.00
6	CHARDIN Jean	Voyages de monsieur le chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient. Tome premier [- Tome troisieme], contenant le voyage de Paris a Ispahan, capitale de l'empire de Perse.	1711	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,040.00
33		Les Oeuvres d'art du paquebot France 165 pages,		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 1,040.00
27	MARIN MARIE, after	Grands coureurs et plaisanciers.	1957	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 910.00
124		Globe. Graduated brass half-meridian mounting on a blackened wooden tulip base.	second half of the 19th century.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 910.00
209		Globe drawn up according to the most recent relations by F. DELAMARCHE successor to Robert de VAUBONDI	late 19th century.	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 546.00
9	CORANCEZ (Louis Alexandre Olivier de).	Histoire des Wahabis, depuis leur origine jusqu'a la fin de 1809; par L.A,	1810	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 520.00
110	FORTIN (1750-1831)	Library celestial globe. Equatorial table resting on 4 baluster feet joined by a mahogany galette. Graduated brass meridian circle. The globe bears two cartouches:	1780	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 260.00
130		Large library globe. Mounted by a graduated brass half-meridian. On a blackened wooden base.	mid-19th century	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 260.00
1	Albert SEBILLE (1874-1953), after	Color poster for CGT agencies in the USA of the Normandie arriving in New York accompanied by numerous tugs and steamers		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 234.00
15	FERMIN (Philippe).	Histoire naturelle de la Hollande Equinoxiale...,	1765	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 234.00
4	BEKEN	The Yacht CALLUNA in a regatta		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 195.00
36	PETIT (Henri).	Notes sur l'habitat des coleopteres de France.	1883	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 195.00
131	DELAMARCHE, attributed to	Copernican-type planetary globe in cardboard and engraved paper mounted on a blackened wooden stand.	circa 1830.	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 195.00
160		Globe. Meridian circle and equatorial table in cardboard and paper. Blackened wooden base.	Mid-19th century	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 195.00
204		Globe. Polar mount on a blackened wood base.	early 20th century	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 195.00
39		Captioned drawing to scale of a SY "Tournesol" shipyard		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 104.00
19		Portrait of the SS "De Grasse" (1924-1953) for CGT agencies, based on the original work by Arthur BURGESS.		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 78.00
32	La MOTTRAYE (Aubry).	Voyages en Europe, Asie et Afrique, ou l'on trouve une grande variete de recherches geographiques, historiques et politiques sur l'Italie, la Grece, la Turquie, la Tartarie, Crimee, et Nogaye, la Circassie, la Suede, la Laponie, etc... avec des remarques	1727	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 78.00
41		Suite of five maps. Northern Europe, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.	16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 78.00
7	Illustration by Jean Auvigne	Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, French Line, 1864-1939		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 65.00
47	Charles FOUQUERAY	Scenes from the life of the navy. Lithograph		EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 65.00

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.

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