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Ader: Autographs, Letters, and Manuscripts Part I

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Auction Name	Autographs, Letters, and Manuscripts Part I	Total Sales (EUR)	152,712.50
Auction Date	November 04, 2025 - November 04, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	78,510.00
Sale Number	#171332	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	102,070.00
Total Lots	253
Sold Lots	156.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	130,480.00
% of Lots Sold	61.66%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	167,260.00
Unsold Lots	97	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	91.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
118	[Gioacchino ROSSINI]	[Gioacchino ROSSINI]. Pauline VIARDOT (1821-1910). Dessin original		EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 18,750.00
223	Robert de MONTESQUIOU	Robert de MONTESQUIOU (1855-1921). Manuscrit autographe, Note		EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 9,000.00
188	Saint FRANCOIS DE SALES	Saint FRANCOIS DE SALES (1567-1622) eveque de Geneve, fondateur de l'ordre de la Visitation, auteur de l'Introduction a la vie devote et du Traite de l'amour de Dieu. L.A.S. <>, Chambery 17 mars [1612], a <> [Francoi	17 mars 1612	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 8,750.00
63	[Frederic CHOPIN]	[Frederic CHOPIN]. Portrait, dessin a la mine de plomb, 18 fevrier [1842?]	18 fevrier 1842?	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 7,500.00
250	VOLTAIRE	VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). 5 lettres dictees a son secretaire Jean-Louis Wagniere, 1760-1765, adressees a son ami Francois de Chennevieres	1760-1765	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 6,875.00
225	[Robert de MONTESQUIOU]	[Robert de MONTESQUIOU]. 12 L.A.S. a lui adressees.		EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 5,000.00
121	Erik SATIE	Erik SATIE (1866-1925). L.A. et 3 L.A.S., Paris mai-juin 1892, [a Georges Lefebvre]	mai-juin 1892	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 4,375.00
122	Erik SATIE.	Erik SATIE. L.A.S., Laon 12 octobre 1892, a Georges Lefebvre	12 octobre 1892	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 4,125.00
124	Erik SATIE.	Erik SATIE.L.A.S., Paris 26 juillet 1893, a Georges Lefebvre	26 juillet 1893	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,500.00
149	Jacques BENOIST-MECHIN	Jacques BENOIST-MECHIN (1901-1983). 229 lettres, la plupart L.A.S., dont 13 cartes postales a.s., et 51 L.S. (la plupart avec ajouts autographes), 1948-1979, a Janine Duclos	1948-1979	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,125.00
53	Hector BERLIOZ.	Hector BERLIOZ. Memoires d'Hector Berlioz... (Paris, chez tous les libraires, 1865)	1865	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,875.00
240	Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU	Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU (1712-1778). Poeme autographe		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,750.00
123	Erik SATIE.	Erik SATIE. L.A.S., Paris 15 juin 1893, a Georges Lefebvre	15 juin 1893	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,625.00
22	Jean DUBUFFET	Jean DUBUFFET (1901-1985). 2 L.A.S. dont une avec dessin, mars-mai 1970, a Jacques Tromeur	mars-mai 1970	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,000.00
42	Victor VASARELY	Victor VASARELY (1906-1997). Manuscrit autographe		EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
193	[Jules de GONCOURT	[Jules de GONCOURT (1830-1870)]. Portrait peint par Alphonse COLAS (Lille 1818-1887). Huile sur toile, 73x59 cm.		EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
35	[Alfons MUCHA	[Alfons MUCHA (1860-1939)]. 11 photographies en tirages d'epoque		EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,625.00
110	[Giuditta PASTA	[Giuditta PASTA (1797-1865)]. 2 dessins		EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,375.00
138	Giuseppe VERDI	Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901). L.A.S., [vers 1845?], a Peppina Appiani	vers 1845?	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,375.00
196	Wilhelm GRIMM	Wilhelm GRIMM (1786-1859). L.A.S., Berlin 28 juillet 1848, au libraire Baensch a Magdeburg	28 juillet 1848	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,250.00
251	[VOLTAIRE]	[VOLTAIRE]. Piece en vers du XVIIIe siecle, provenant de ses papiers		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,250.00
47	Ludwig van BEETHOVEN.	Ludwig van BEETHOVEN. Sonate fur das Piano-Forte..., op. 90. (Wien, S. A. Steiner, [1815])	1815	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,125.00
204	Laurent Angliviel de LA BEAUMELLE	Laurent Angliviel de LA BEAUMELLE (1726-1773). L.A.S., Nimes 15 avril 1758, a une dame	15 avril 1758	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,125.00
224	[Robert de MONTESQUIOU]	[Robert de MONTESQUIOU]. 4 lettres et manuscrits, juin 1897 (petit cachet monogramme du comte).	juin 1897	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,125.00
253	Stefan ZWEIG	Stefan ZWEIG (1881-1942). 3 L.S. (avec qqs corrections autographes), Salzburg 20, 25 mai et 1 juin 1927, au libraire Simon Kra	20-25 mai et 1 juin 1927	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,125.00

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.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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.
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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