Tessier & Sarrou and Associates: Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (EUR) | 93,274.00 |
| Auction Date | October 28, 2025 - October 28, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 58,350.00 |
| Sale Number | #170428 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 81,950.00 |
| Total Lots | 280 | ||
| Sold Lots | 154.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 102,440.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 55.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 139,850.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 126 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 66.70% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | DIDEROT Denis et Jean Le Rond d'ALEMBERT | Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers |
1751-1780 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 16,640.00 |
| 101 | CELINE Louis-Ferdinand | Voyage au bout de la nuit |
1932 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 9,344.00 |
| 100 | CELINE Louis-Ferdinand (Docteur Louis DESTOUCHES) | The life and work of Philippe Ignace Semmelweis |
1924 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 3,840.00 |
| 88 | CELINE Louis-Ferdinand | Dr. Destouches' |
dated October 28, 1944 | EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | EUR 3,456.00 |
| 1 | [ANONYMOUS] | El Cid Ruy Diaz: La chronica del muy valerolo y invencible cavallero el Cid Ruy Diaz campeador |
ano de 1505 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 3,200.00 |
| 227 | MONTFORT Eugene | La belle enfant ou l'amour a quarante ans |
1930 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,944.00 |
| 217 | LE DANOIS Edouard | Oceanic notes. Curious mainly handwritten set composed as follows: - "Les longs courriers" |
EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 2,560.00 | |
| 131 | CELINE Louis-Ferdinand | 4 handwritten pages from one of the versions of un chateau l'autre |
EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | EUR 2,048.00 | |
| 254 | SEGALEN Victor | Les immemoriaux |
1948 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 103 | CELINE Louis-Ferdinand | Journey to the end of the night |
1934 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,792.00 |
| 135 | [CELINE Louis-Ferdinand] REBATET Lucien | Moving autograph letter signed, July 3, 1961, to Roland CAILLEUX |
EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,280.00 | |
| 102 | CELINE Louis-Ferdinand | Voyage au bout de la nuit |
1932 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,152.00 |
| 95 | CELINE Louis-Ferdinand | Autograph letter signed "Destouches" |
1942-12-16 | EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | EUR 1,024.00 |
| 251 | SAINT-EXUPERY (DE COSTER Germaine) | Vol de nuit |
1957 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,024.00 |
| 8 | [BELLAY Joachim du] | Les oeuvres francoises de Joachim DU BELLAY gentil-homme angevin et poete excellent de ce temps |
1575 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 960.00 |
| 56 | THEVENOT Jean de | Voyages de Monsieur de Thevenot contenant la relation de l'Indoftan, des nouveaux Mongols et des autres peuples et pays de l'Inde |
1684 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 960.00 |
| 68 | BRETON Andre | Manifeste du surrealisme (soluble fish) |
1924 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 960.00 |
| 32 | GOBINEAU Arthur Comte de | Essay on the inequality of human races |
1853-1855 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 832.00 |
| 79 | CARTIER-BRESSON Henri | Images a la sauvette |
1952 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 768.00 |
| 104 | CELINE Louis-Ferdinand | Voyage au bout de la nuit |
1949 | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | EUR 768.00 |
| 110 | CELINE Louis-Ferdinand | D'un chateau l'autre |
1957 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 768.00 |
| 178 | GEN PAUL | Autograph letter signed "GEN-PAUL dit Gegene" addressed to "mon Pote" |
EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | EUR 768.00 | |
| 2 | [BINDING with the ARMS of FRANCE with order of the Holy Spirit] Great royal arms (Louis XIV) |
EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 704.00 | ||
| 19 | CHATEAUBRIAND Vicomte Rene de | Autograph letter signed |
June 24, 1834 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 704.00 |
| 258 | [SURREALISM] Lot of 4 books in E.O. |
1944 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 704.00 |
![<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.")
