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Vermot de Pas: Sporlympique XII: On the Themes of Sport and Olympism

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Auction Name Sporlympique XII: On the Themes of Sport and Olympism Total Sales (EUR) 18,729.90
Auction Date November 07, 2025 - November 07, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 9,920.00
Sale Number #168558 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 15,320.00
Total Lots 174
Sold Lots 114.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 13,860.00
% of Lots Sold 65.52% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 21,510.00
Unsold Lots 60 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 87.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
111 Diego MARADONA (1960-2020)

Autograph on official gala menu. Monte Carlo, December 22, 1986.

 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,071.00
190 Freddy DEFOSSEZ (1932)

Silhouette on clay, circa 1980

 circa 1980 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 693.00
101 Robert Decremps, alias DERO (1920-2000)

Caricature of Raymond Poulidor

 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 630.00
209

Exceptional set in 5 bindings (1920-21-22-23-24) of "Sporting", the Rolls-Royce of text magazines

 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 630.00
102 Robert Decremps, alias DERO (1920-2000)

Caricature of Eddy Merckx

 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 541.80
277 Ugo GATTONI (born 1988)

Official poster for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

 2024 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 504.00
173 Robert Decremps, alias DERO (1920-2000)

Two caricatures: Andre Boniface and Michel Crauste

 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 478.80
100 Robert Decremps, alias DERO (1920-2000)

Two caricatures: Jacques Anquetil and Charly Gaul

 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 466.20
97 Robert Decremps, alias DERO (1920-2000)

Two caricatures: Louison Bobet and Ferdi Kubler

 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 428.40
99 Robert Decremps, alias DERO (1920-2000)

3 caricatures: Hugo Koblet, Raphael Geminiani and Federico Bahamontes

 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 378.00
184 Robert Decremps, alias DERO (1920-2000)

3 caricatures: Olivier Saisset, Jean-Pierre Rives and Jerome Gallion

 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 327.60
54

Italian-style photo album featuring 5 postcards and over 60 photographs, hardcover

EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 315.00
57

Rare hand-painted (red and blue) advertising cardboard: "Un triomphe du materiel et des coureurs, Maillot des Jeunes de PARIS-NORMANDIE, ...

 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 315.00
203

Set of 9 essential publications on the renovator of the Games, including:

 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 264.60
36 MARS (aka Maurice Bonvoisin)

Album Mars "Mesdames les Cyclistes"

 1900 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 252.00
55

Gustave GARRIGOU winner of Milan-San Remo and the Tour de France 1911, on an Alcyon bicycle

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 252.00
81

PIC Arbre genealogique du Tour " 90e anniversaire du Tour de France " / " Tronc-binoscope ".

 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
187 Joseph Paquin, Bertholle & Co.

Belle Epoque sports and leisure equipment catalog, 1909 (Bd des Capucines) Illustrations SEGUIN, Pierre RUDAUX (1870-1927) Imp. Henon

 1909 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 252.00
194 Robert Decremps, alias DERO (1920-2000)

The Musketeers

 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 252.00
271

Kit of 8 official posters in the colors and geometric shapes adopted for the Paris 2024 Games, evoking Art Deco and Bahaus.

 2024 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 252.00
275

Official Paris 2024 Paralympic Games poster in original slipcase.

 2024 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 252.00
96 Robert Decremps, alias DERO (1920-2000)

Two caricatures: Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi

 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 226.80
126

Diplome d'Honneur de la Ligue Nationale de Natation, approved by the Ministry of War, awarded to Monsieur HOSTIN

 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 226.80
146 Eugene CHAPUS (1800-1877)

Sport in Paris.

 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 226.80
192 Robert Decremps, alias DERO (1920-2000)

Caricature of Suzanne Lenglen

 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 214.20
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    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.
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    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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    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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