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Tessier & Sarrou and Associates: Drawing Board

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Drawing Board	Total Sales (EUR)	188,392.00
Auction Date	May 17, 2025 - May 17, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	95,000.00
Sale Number	#162979	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	134,350.00
Total Lots	454
Sold Lots	422.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	104,290.00
% of Lots Sold	92.95%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	147,410.00
Unsold Lots	32	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	127.80%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
804		Asterix and the Goths : Original French hardback edition.	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 4,224.00
803		Asterix the Gaul : Original French hardback edition.	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,136.00
566	Moebius	Dedication: Unpublished.	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 3,072.00
565	Moebius	Dedication: Superb color drawing of a running character (13.5x16.5)	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 2,304.00
791		Tintin - Set of 3 albums: Congo (B1, yellow spine, 1946), Amerique (B1, red spine, 1945), Lotus Bleu (B1 red spine 1946).	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 2,304.00
782B		Tintin - Visiophone : Superb talking telephone game which won the Oscar for toys in 1960 (Version with white horn).	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,176.00
790		Tintin - Set of 6 albums: Tresor de Rackham Le Rouge (EO A24), Oreille cassee (EO A20), Ile noire (EO A20), Etoile mysterieuse (A18, title on 1st page), Secret de la Licorne (EO A20), Crabe aux pinces d'or (EO A22 dos rouge).	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,920.00
850		Lucky Luke 12: The Dalton cousins.	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,920.00
853		Lucky Luke 13 (+ sheet): The Judge.	EUR 1,300.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,920.00
564	Giraud	Dedication: Blueberry, La mine de l'Allemand perdu and Le Spectre aux balles d'or in 1 volume.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,792.00
639	Lambil	Original drawing: Felt-tip drawing created for the ASBL, Les Amis Des Animaux (21x29.5)	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,792.00
795	Herge	Herge - Set of 7 B&W albums: Cigars of the Pharaoh (EO, incomplete without 4th plate), America (A14bis, incomplete), Black Island (A18, fine inside), Ear (A15), Sceptre (A18, missing up to page 7), Q&F 3rd series (P6, missing blue endpapers), Q&F 3rd seri	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,792.00
874		Lucky Luke 23 (with headband): The Dalton always run.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,792.00
692	Rosinski	Dedication: Thorgal 9.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,664.00
725		Spirou at the Piedboeuf brewery: Superb 4-page advertising leaflet, illustrated by Franquin and Jidehem in 1957.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,664.00
656	Lambil/Cauvin	Set of 15 dedications: Tuniques Bleues Rombaldi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (Cauvin drawing), 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 14 + Tome 6...	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 1,536.00
620	Juillard	Set of 3 dedications: Blake et Mortimer Les sarcophages du 6eme continent 2, Un dessin de Mortimer sur feuille + Dossier de presse de la machination Voronov.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,408.00
703	Uderzo	Dedication: Rare drawing on free paper of Obelix, made during a chance meeting at the Novotel (10.5x15)	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,408.00
764	Herge	Greeting card 1973 : Greeting frieze with characters from the adventures of Tintin, signed by Herge.	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,408.00
863		Lucky Luke 17: On the trail of the Daltons.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,408.00
869		Lucky Luke 20: Billy the kid.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,408.00
666	Manara	Dedication: Giuseppe Bergman, Venetian adventures.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,344.00
575	Hubinon	Double dedication: Surcouf, complete edition published in 1975 (Deligne), with two drawings of Surcouf and Barbe-Rouge.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,293.00
673	Morris	Dedication: Exceptional color drawing on free paper of Joe Dalton (14.5x21.5).	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,280.00
750	Herge	Victoria Box : Extremely rare green cardboard box illustrated by Herge.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,280.00

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.