Sothebys: Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (EUR) | 846,836.00 |
| Auction Date | November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 375,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #pf2523 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 547,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 95 | ||
| Sold Lots | 86.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 423,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.53% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 620,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 9 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 136.56% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | Kafka, Franz | Lettre autographe signee a Max Brod |
10 juillet 1912 | EUR 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | EUR 57,150.00 |
| 96 | Saint-Exupery, Antoine | L'envol du Petit Prince vers les etoiles. Dessin original |
Sans date | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 40,640.00 |
| 53 | Renoir, Auguste | 2 lettres autographes signees, dont une illustree d'un dessin original |
17 septembre 1880 et mardi [novembre ? 1881] | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 30,480.00 |
| 74 | Kessel, Joseph | Le Lion |
1958 | EUR 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | EUR 30,480.00 |
| 57 | Wilde, Oscar | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
1891 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 27,940.00 |
| 46 | Monet, Claude | Lettre autographe signee a Gustave Geffroy |
3 aout 1897 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 25,400.00 |
| 49 | Monet, Claude | 3 lettres autographes signees a Mme ou M. Etienne Clementel |
1910-1920 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 24,130.00 |
| 35 | Gauguin, Paul | Lettre autographe signee, avec un dessin original, a Emile Bernard |
[aout 1889] | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 22,860.00 |
| 41 | Charles Hugo, Francois-Victor Hugo ou Auguste Vacquerie | [Hugo, Victor] - Portrait de Victor Hugo a Jersey |
[1852-1853] | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 22,860.00 |
| 62 | Brel, Jacques | Exceptionnel cahier de chansons. Manuscrits et brouillons autographes |
[1966] | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 20,320.00 |
| 95 | Saint-Exupery, Antoine de | Manuscrits autographes avec plusieurs dessins |
[Vers 1942] | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 20,320.00 |
| 37 | Gauguin, Paul | Lettre autographe a "ses chers amis" [William Molard, Ida Ericson et Judith Arlberg-Molard] |
[novembre 1895] | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 19,050.00 |
| 43 | Klimt, Gustav | 2 lettres signees dont une autographe |
15 fevrier [1899] | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 19,050.00 |
| 54 | Rimbaud, Arthur | Une Saison en enfer |
1873 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 19,050.00 |
| 77 | Matisse, Henri | Le Cirque (de Jazz) |
1947 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 19,050.00 |
| 79 | Matisse, Henri | Le cheval, l'ecuyere et le clown (de Jazz) |
1947 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 17,780.00 |
| 51 | Monet, Claude | Lettre autographe signee a Arsene Alexandre |
19 aout 1920 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 16,510.00 |
| 67 | Dali, Salvador | [Visages caches]. Manuscrit autographe |
[Fin juillet 1943] | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 16,510.00 |
| 27 | Schoner, Johann | De iudiciis nativitatum libri tres |
1545 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 15,240.00 |
| 7 | [Entree -- Marie-Therese d'Espagne] | [Recueil de pieces relatives a l'entree de Marie-Therese d'Espagne a Paris en aout 1660] |
[1660] | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 13,970.00 |
| 31 | Cezanne, Paul | Lettre autographe signee a Victor Chocquet |
7 fevrier 1879 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 13,970.00 |
| 15 | Kepler, Johannes | Tabulae Rudolphinae, quibus astronomicae scientiae, temporum longinquitate collapsae restauratio continetur |
1627 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 12,700.00 |
| 40 | Goya, Francisco de | Los Proverbios |
[1875] | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 12,700.00 |
| 70 | Gainsbourg, Serge | Ensemble de 8 disques, dont 5 dedicaces a Andrew Birkin, frere de Jane, ou a leurs parents, et 3 rares "Test pressing" |
1968 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 12,700.00 |
| 8 | Euclide | Euclidis Megarensis Geometricorum elementorum libri XV |
[1516] | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 12,065.00 |
![<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.")
