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Auction Name The Empire at Fontainebleau -Second Day Total Sales (EUR) 154,297.00
Auction Date December 07, 2025 - December 07, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 56,110.00
Sale Number #169041 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 72,770.00
Total Lots 56
Sold Lots 54.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 58,210.00
% of Lots Sold 96.43% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 75,570.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 204.18%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
444 WELLINGTON (Arthur Wellesley, future Duke of).

THE CAPITULATION OF PARIS, MARKING THE END OF THE WATERLOO C

1815 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 33,800.00
439 NAPOLEON I.

"AN ARMY OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN WAS DESTROYED AS IF BY MA

1805 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 27,300.00
436 EMPEROR NAPOLEON I

EMPEROR NAPOLEON I TO ARCHICHANCEL JEAN-JACQUES-REGIS CAMBAC

1805 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 23,400.00
437 NAPOLEON I.

"THAT THE ORDER OF THE DAY WHICH ORGANIZES THE GREAT ARMY...

1805 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 14,950.00
438 NAPOLEON I.

"THE MONTH OF VENDEMIAIRE WILL NOT PASS WITHOUT VERY GREAT E

1805 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 11,050.00
431 DUMAS (Mathieu).

IMPORTANT LETTER FROM MOSCOW

1812 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 6,500.00
240

BIENNAIS goldsmith to His Majesty the Emperor and King.

1811 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,640.00
242

Melles LOLIVE, de BEUVRY et Cie, LINGERES de leurs majestes

1806 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,860.00
243

NOURTIER, silk cloth merchant to Empress Marie Louise.

1813 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,600.00
379 ADAM (Victor) (1801-1866)

Suite of 17 lithographs: The return of Napoleon's ashes.

EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 2,600.00
216

Josephine Imperatrice of the French and Queen of Italy

EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,950.00
223

Edouard DETAILLE (1848-1912) Important sketchbook

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,885.00
244

PICOT, embroiderer to S.M. L'EMPEREUR et ROI.

1814 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,430.00
441

KING OF ROME POETIC CROWN COMPETITION

1811 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,300.00
443 TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD (Charles-Maurice de).

TO THE FATHER OF THE DUCHESS OF DINO

1807 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,300.00
460

FRENCH REVOLUTION. - EGYPT. Set of two pieces signed "Bonaparte"

1798, 1800 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,300.00
241

Herbault magasin de modes et nouveautes.

1813 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,105.00
434 JOSEPHINE (future Empress)

JOSEPHINE (future Empress). Letter signed "Lapagerie Bonapar

1800 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,105.00
442 GUILLOT (Henry)].

THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF SAINTE-HELENE AS THE EMPEROR'S PLAC

1815 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,040.00
432 EYLAU. - HERIOLLE (C.).

"YESTERDAY... A BLOODY BATTLE TOOK PLACE... THE ENEMY IS IN

1807 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 975.00
378

Set of three views of Longwood in Saint Helena.

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 715.00
448 VIDOCQ (Eugene Francois).

VIDOCQ (Eugene Francois). Autograph letter signed. S.l., Aug

1848 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 715.00
217 V. ARNAULT

"Vie Politique et Militaire de Napoleon", 1822

1822 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 650.00
452 >NAPOLEON III

PRISONER AT HAM FORT

1844 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 650.00
459

SECOND EMPIRE. - Set of around one hundred items.

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 650.00
  • 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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