ALDE: Literary Library of an Amateur
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Literary Library of an Amateur | Total Sales (EUR) | 244,502.00 |
| Auction Date | October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 109,350.00 |
| Sale Number | #101525 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 159,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 246 | ||
| Sold Lots | 170.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 193,650.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.11% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 282,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 76 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 86.46% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | BAUDELAIRE Charles. | Les Fleurs du mal. |
1857 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 18,750.00 |
| 50 | CHATEAUBRIAND Francois Rene, vicomte de. | Memoires d'outre-tombe. |
1849-1850 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 8,750.00 |
| 16 | BALZAC Honore de. | OEuvres completes - La Comedie humaine. |
1842-1855 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 6,000.00 |
| 167 | NERVAL Gerard de. | Les Illumines. Recits et portraits. |
1852 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 5,250.00 |
| 68 | DUMAS pere, Alexandre. | Impressions de voyage. De Paris a Cadix. |
1847-1848 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 114 | HUGO Victor. | Les Miserables. |
1862 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 245 | ZOLA Emile. | Nana. |
1880 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,750.00 |
| 246 | ZOLA Emile. | Nais Micoulin. |
1884 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,375.00 |
| 30 | BAUDELAIRE Charles. | OEuvres completes. |
1868-1870 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,250.00 |
| 142 | MAUPASSANT Guy de. | Bel-Ami. |
1885 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,125.00 |
| 2 | APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. | Calligrammes. Poemes de la paix et de la guerre (1913-1916). |
1918 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,750.00 |
| 211 | STENDHAL Henry Beyle, dit. | De l'Amour. |
1822 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,750.00 |
| 34 | BERTRAND Louis, dit Aloysius. | Gaspard de la nuit. Fantaisies a la maniere de Rembrandt et de Callot. Precede d'une notice par M. Sainte-Beuve. |
1842 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,625.00 |
| 78 | FLAUBERT Gustave. | Trois contes. |
1877 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,500.00 |
| 181 | POE Edgar - Charles BAUDELAIRE. | Histoires extraordinaires.- Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires. |
1884 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 3,500.00 |
| 95 | GOBINEAU Joseph Arthur, comte de. | Essai sur l'inegalite des races humaines. |
1853-1855 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,375.00 |
| 81 | FORNERET Xavier. | Caressa. |
1858 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 152 | MICHEL Louise. | Contes et Legendes par L. M., institutrice. |
1884 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 193 | ROLLINAT Maurice. | Dans les brandes. Poemes et rondels. |
1877 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,563.00 |
| 75 | FEYDEAU Georges. | "Mais n'te promene donc pas toute nue ! " Comedie en un acte avec la mise en scene complete et conforme a la representation. |
1914 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 135 | LOUYS Pierre -- Georges GRELLET. | Les Chansons de Bilitis. Vingt-cinq d'entre elles ecrites et illustrees par Georges Grellet. |
vers 1940] | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 187 | Revue Wagnerienne (La). | La Revue Wagnerienne. |
1885 - 1888 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 230 | VERLAINE Paul. | Odes en son honneur. |
1892 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 76 | FLAUBERT Gustave. | Madame Bovary. Moeurs de province. |
1857 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,375.00 |
| 229 | VERLAINE Paul. | Mes prisons. [Epreuves corrigees]. |
1891 [1892] | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,375.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
