Tajan: Books, Manuscripts and Prints
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Manuscripts and Prints | Total Sales (EUR) | 174,581.00 |
| Auction Date | December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 108,510.00 |
| Sale Number | #2540 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 150,890.00 |
| Total Lots | 228 | ||
| Sold Lots | 146.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 208,290.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 64.04% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 294,050.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 82 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 59.37% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | Joan MIRO (1893-1983) | La Reine des ephemeres, 1975 |
1975 | EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 32,800.00 |
| 50 | HOREAU (Hector). | Panorama d'Egypte et de Nubie avec un portrait de Mehemet-Ali. |
EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 7,901.00 | |
| 96 | PLEIADE. | Exceptionnel ensemble de 287 volumes de La Pleiade. |
EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 7,901.00 | |
| 187 | Francis BACON (1909 - 1992) | OEdipe et le Sphinx d'apres Ingres, 1984 |
1984 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 6,650.00 |
| 64 | ROMAN NOIR. - SHELLEY (Mary Wollstonecraft). | Frankenstein : or, the modern Prometheus. |
EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,626.00 | |
| 25 | KESSEL (Joseph). | [Au Grand Socco]. Le rezzou. Le Petit ane blanc. |
EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,904.00 | |
| 161 | Joan MIRO (1893 - 1983) | La Femme aux bijoux. 1968 |
1968 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,904.00 |
| 95 | PLEIADE. | 81 albums - dont plusieurs sont des doubles ou triples -, en bel etat, avec jaquettes et etui. |
EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,097.00 | |
| 171 | Pablo PICASSO (1881 - 1973) D'APRES | Pierrot et arlequin |
EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,986.00 | |
| 38 | PLUMIER (Pere Charles). | Description des plantes de l'Amerique. |
EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,823.00 | |
| 41 | CARICATURES DU XIXe s. - STOP (Louis MOREL-RETZ, sous le pseudonyme). | Aventures de Mr Verdreau. Album de dessins originaux, non signes (environ 320 x 15 cm). Vers 1850. In-8 oblong, chagrin vert de l'epoque. |
Vers 1850. | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 3,280.00 |
| 51 | INCUNABLE. | VERGILIUS (Polydorus). Proverbiorum libellus. |
EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,225.00 | |
| 21 | JACOB (Max). | Lettres a Andre Lefevre. - Exceptionnel ensemble de 47 lettres autographes signees (avec une carte de visite non datee et 2 enveloppes), datees du 31 decembre 1920 au 31 decembre 1943. |
1920-1943. | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,755.00 |
| 168 | Pablo PICASSO (1881 - 1973) D'APRES | Mousquetaire de la serie des "Portraits imaginaires " |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,696.00 | |
| 173 | Pablo PICASSO (1881 - 1973) D'APRES | Mousquetaire de la serie des "Portraits imaginaires " |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,624.00 | |
| 77 | DANTE. | La Divine Comedie. Enfer. Purgatoire. Paradis. |
EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,549.00 | |
| 170 | Pablo PICASSO (1881 - 1973) D'APRES | Mousquetaire de la serie des "Portraits imaginaires " |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,995.00 | |
| 119 | Charles MAURIN (1856-1914) | Portrait de Toulouse Lautrec, 1893 |
1893 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,837.00 |
| 118 | Edouard VUILLARD (1868-1940) | Le Pliage du linge, 1893 |
1893 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,618.00 |
| 106 | Rembrandt VAN RIJN (1606 - 1669) | Jesus chassant les marchands du temple |
EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,574.00 | |
| 28 | KESSEL (Joseph). | Introduction a La Muraille. |
EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,312.00 | |
| 58 | PIRANESI. | Descrizione e designo dell'Emissario del lago Albano. |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,306.00 | |
| 94 | PERAHIM. | L'Alphabet. |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,290.00 | |
| 62 | ROMAN NOIR. - GODWIN (William). | Mandeville, histoire anglaise du XVII? siecle. |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,274.00 | |
| 85 | GOETHE. | Le Roi des Aulnes. Paris, Editions d'art Edouard Pelletan, 1904. |
1904 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,274.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
