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De Baecque and Associes: Collection of a First Empire Connoisseur and Miscellaneous

Auction Reports

Auction Name Collection of a First Empire Connoisseur and Miscellaneous Total Sales (EUR) 5,772.00
Auction Date October 29, 2025 - October 29, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 2,380.00
Sale Number #166922 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 3,690.00
Total Lots 19
Sold Lots 11.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 3,920.00
% of Lots Sold 57.89% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 6,070.00
Unsold Lots 8 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 95.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
129 NAPOLEON IER (1769-1821).

. Letter signed "Bonaparte" addressed to the Consuls of the Republic Cambaceres and Lebrun.

12 prairial VIII [June 1, 1800]. EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,340.00
131 MARECHAL LANNES.

MARECHAL LANNES. Autograph letter signed to his wife, Louise Gueheneuc.

May 16, 1809. EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,430.00
138

[CENT-JOURS]. Printed poster "Charles-Philippe de France, fils de France, Monsieur Frere du Roi, aux Lyonnais".

1815 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 650.00
135

Invoice from the tailor "Leger et Michel", rue Vivienne, Paris, relating to the wardrobe of Eugene de BEAUHARNAIS, General and Viceroy of Italy

1811 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 286.00
357

Very interesting handwritten notebook of the memoirs of Second Empire soldier Pierre Nicolas of the 6th Infantry Regiment, recounting the Italian campaign of 1859.

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 260.00
130

Imperial Decree regulating the mode of presentation for popular acceptance of the proposal set forth in article 142 of the Organic Senatus-Consult of 28 Floreal year 12.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 234.00
133 [MARECHAL NEY].

[MARECHAL NEY]. Entirely handwritten invoice entitled "Note pour fourniture faite pour Monseigneur le Duc d'Elchingen, Marechal de l'Empire francais, par moi Tremblay, carrossier de la rue Duras Nos 9 et 10".

April 1, 1810. EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 130.00
134 [MARECHAL LANNES]. Nicolas Antoine SANSON (1756-1824), French general.

[MARECHAL LANNES]. Nicolas Antoine SANSON (1756-1824), French general. Set of three signed letters concerning the funeral of Marshal Lannes, addressed to Lannes' father-in-law, Senator GUEHENEUC.

June 1810. EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 130.00
375

France Carnet de Silhouette de chars

1937 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 130.00
128 [MARECHAL LANNES].

Printed proclamation from "General Lannes commanding the vanguard of the French army, to the inhabitants of Piedmont"

Imprimerie de Ludovic Franco, 3 Prairial an 8 [May 23, 1800] EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 117.00
358 Charles LE TOURNEUR (19th-20th century)

Soldiers

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 65.00
  • 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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