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Artcurial: Historic Souvenir

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Auction Name	Historic Souvenir	Total Sales (EUR)	627,443.00
Auction Date	October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	261,950.00
Sale Number	#6390	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	395,300.00
Total Lots	103
Sold Lots	95.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	397,950.00
% of Lots Sold	92.23%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	599,800.00
Unsold Lots	8	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	104.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
10		Description de l'Egypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'armee francaise.	1809-1813, 1817-[1829].	EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	EUR 140,173.00
151	[CHARLES DE GAULLE - PAUL REYNAUD]	[CHARLES DE GAULLE - PAUL REYNAUD] Portrait officiel du president Charles de Gaulle	vers 1958	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 49,856.00
148	REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE	REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE Constitution. [Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1958].	1958	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 47,232.00
129	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., 30 janvier 1940, a Paul Reynaud	1940	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 26,240.00
130	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., 21 fevrier 1940, a Paul Reynaud	1940	EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 23,616.00
135	[Sir WINSTON CHURCHILL - PAUL REYNAUD]	[Sir WINSTON CHURCHILL - PAUL REYNAUD] Portrait de Winston Churchill. Tirage photographique, vers 1952	1952	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 18,368.00
98	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Paris, 25 novembre 1936, a Paul Reynaud	1936	EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 15,744.00
110	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Colombey-les-deux-Eglises, 27 aout 1937 a Paul Reynaud	1937	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 14,432.00
89	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Grenoble, 16 juillet 1936, a Paul Reynaud	1936	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 13,120.00
73	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Paris, 24 mai 1935, a Paul Reynaud	1935	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 11,152.00
90	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Savoie, 22 juillet 1936, a Paul Reynaud	1936	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 10,496.00
93	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Paris, 23 septembre 1936, a Paul Reynaud	1936	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 10,496.00
97	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Paris, 20 novembre 1936, a Paul Reynaud	1936	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 9,840.00
61	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., 1934 ou 1935, a Paul Reynaud	1934 ou 1935	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,872.00
83	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Paris, 2 avril 1936, a Paul Reynaud	1936	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 7,872.00
103	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Paris, 30 janvier 1937, a Paul Reynaud	1937	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 7,872.00
111	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S, Metz, 15 octobre 1937, a Paul Reynaud	1937	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,872.00
71	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Paris, 10 mai 1935, a Paul Reynaud	1935	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 7,216.00
105	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Paris, 23 avril 1937, a Paul Reynaud	1937	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 7,216.00
167	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L. A. S. << C. de Gaulle >> a Henri Maillot, le 9 novembre 1970	1970	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 7,216.00
159	REYNAUD, Paul. (1878-1966)	REYNAUD, Paul. (1878-1966) Minute autographe, Paris, 14 septembre 1962, au General de Gaulle	1962	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 6,560.00
138	Livre d'or de la maison des Reynaud a Moret-sur-Loing, a partir de 1949	Livre d'or de la maison des Reynaud a Moret-sur-Loing, a partir de 1949 Contenant notamment un dessin a l'encre de Jean Cocteau, signe et date 1949, une portait esquisse de Paul Reynaud, une signature de Marlene Dietrich, de Paul-Louis Weiller... L	1949	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 6,035.00
29	[VIE EN EXIL DE LA FAMILLE IMPERIALE]	[VIE EN EXIL DE LA FAMILLE IMPERIALE] Interessant ensemble de 7 lettres autographes signees concernant les relations bancaires entre plusieurs membres de la famille imperiale et la banque Barring Brothers a Londres.		EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 5,904.00
70	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Paris, 6 mai 1935, a Paul Reynaud ;4 pages in-8 a l'en-tete imprime de la Presidence du Conseil Superieur de la Defense Nationale.	1935	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,904.00
79	GAULLE Charles de	GAULLE Charles de L.A.S., Paris, 16 decembre 1935, a Paul Reynaud	1935	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,904.00

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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.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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.