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ALDE: Manuscripts and Autographs

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Auction Name	Manuscripts and Autographs	Total Sales (EUR)	42,302.00
Auction Date	June 10, 2025 - June 10, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	30,180.00
Sale Number	#61025	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	39,580.00
Total Lots	150
Sold Lots	42.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	102,360.00
% of Lots Sold	28.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	131,930.00
Unsold Lots	108	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	32.06%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
132	DEBUSSY (Claude).	L.A.S. << Claude Debussy >> a Charles Levade	4 septembre 1903.	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 3,750.00
15	JAURES (Jean).	Agrege de philosophie.	n.d. 13 avril 1905].	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,625.00
4	BONAPARTE (Napoleon).	Piece Autographe. Sans lieu [Egypte], s.d. [vers 1797-1798]. 1/3 page in-4.	s.d. [vers 1797-1798].	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,250.00
119	MONET (Claude)(1840-1926).	L.A.S. "Claude Monet". [Giverny], 28 decembre 1906. 1 page in-8 a l'encre violette sur papier a son adresse a Giverny.	28 decembre 1906	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,000.00
149	WAGNER (Richard).	L.A.S. << RICH. WAGNER >> a << Cher ami >>	25 fevrier 1869	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,000.00
53	FLAUBERT (Gustave).	L.A.S. << Gus Flaubert >> a << Mon cher ami >>.	n.d. [1855-1869]	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
77	MALLARME (Stephane).	C.A.S. << Stephane Mallarme >> a << Cher Monsieur Whibley >> [Leonard Whibley, a Cambridge].	8 mars, sans date [1894 ?].	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
91	SARTRE (Jean-Paul).	L.A.S. << JP Sartre >> a << Ma chere petite Merveille >>	s.d. [Mars -- Aout 1938].	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
150	WAGNER (Richard).	L.A.S. "Richard Wagner" a "Cher Monsieur et ami". Lucerne, 16 mars 1870. 1 page in-8. En francais.	16 mars 1870.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,750.00
24	PASTEUR (Louis).	C.A.S. << L. Pasteur >> a << Cher Monsieur Nocard >>. Paris, [3 decembre] s.d.1 page in-16. En tete de l'Institut Pasteur.	[3 decembre] s.d.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,500.00
73	LAMENNAIS (Hugues-Felicite Robert de Lamennais).	L.A. [a Victor Schoelcher]. Paris, 25 mars 1853. 4 pp. in-8.	25 mars 1853	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,500.00
54	FLAUBERT (Gustave).	L.A.S << G. Flaubert >> a Eugene Bataille.	n.d. lundi matin	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,375.00
78	MALLARME (Stephane).	C.A.S. << Stephane Mallarme >> a << Mon cher poete et Ami >>.	s.d.	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,375.00
64	HUGO (Victor)(1802-1885).	L.A.S. << Victor Hugo >> a Theodore de Banville. Bruxelles, s.d. [17 juillet 1866]. 1 page 1/2 in-8 sur papier bleu.	s.d. [17 juillet 1866]	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,000.00
142	RAVEL (Maurice).	L.A.S. "Maurice Ravel" a "Cher ami" (le musicologue Roland Manuel). Montfort l'Amaury, 24 avril 1922. 1 page in-8.	24 avril 1922.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,000.00
143	RAVEL (Maurice).	L.A.S. << Maurice Ravel >> a << Chere amie >> [la cantatrice Jeanne Krieger].	20 janvier 1926	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,000.00
22	PASTEUR (Louis).	L.A.S. "L. Pasteur" a "Monsieur le Senateur". Paris, 17 decembre 1887. 1 page in-8.	17 decembre 1887.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 875.00
23	PASTEUR (Louis).	L.A.S. << L. Pasteur >> a << Mon cher Henner >> [le peintre Jean-Jacques Henner]. S.l., 26 fevrier 1878. 1 page in-16 (petite fente au pli).	26 fevrier 1878.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 875.00
32	TURENNE (Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, dit).	L.A.S. << Turenne >> a Colbert [ministre des Finances du Roi Louis XIV].	28 juillet 1664.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 875.00
63	HUGO (Victor)(1802-1885).	L.A.S. "Victor Hugo" a Louis Leroy. 29 juin, s.d. 1 page in-8. Trace de montage dans l'angle superieur droit, sans gene pour le texte.	s.d.	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 875.00
16	Jean-Henri FABRE (1823-1915).	Manuscrit autographe de 20 pages. 1855.	1855	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 750.00
111	BOURDELLE (Antoine) (1861-1929).	Deux lettres a Francois Thiebault-Sisson, et sept photographies.	10 mars 1914	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 750.00
136	FALLA (Manuel de).	L.A.S. "Manuel de Falla". Grenade, 24 janvier 1932. 3 pp. 1/2 in-8.	24 janvier 1932.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 750.00
137	FALLA (Manuel de).	L.A.S. << Manuel de Falla >> a Henri Monnet. Grenade, 13 janvier 1928. 4 pp. in-8. En francais. L.A.S.	13 janvier 1928.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 750.00
139	FALLA (Manuel de).	L.A.S. << Manuel de Falla >> a << Mon cher ami >>. Paris, 1er mai 1913. 2 pages 1/3 in-12.	1er mai 1913.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 750.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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