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Vermot de Pas: 500 Autographs and Small Collections

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Auction Name 500 Autographs and Small Collections Total Sales (EUR) 6,806.52
Auction Date December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 5,100.00
Sale Number #173948 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 7,040.00
Total Lots 383
Sold Lots 64.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 30,730.00
% of Lots Sold 16.71% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 42,370.00
Unsold Lots 319 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 16.06%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
449 Wladimir POLISSADIW-POL-DIVES

SACRED ART - : Important autograph letter signed 2 times "Pol-Dives",

1938 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 441.00
82

Autograph collection 70s 1deg) Set of 114 autographs from the collection of Antonio,

EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 415.80
58

PRINCE IMPERIAL Very important compilation in 3 volumes (200,

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 403.20
183 Sully PRUDHOMME

PRIX NOBEL - Exceptional 12-page large in-4 (20 x 31 cm) autograph manuscript of his famous poem "Le Zenith" - This is a working manuscript,

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 378.00
158 Esprit-Michel GIBELIN

PROVENCE- Important correspondence of32 signed autograph letters (total 89 p in-8 and 6 p in-12),

1901-1905 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 315.00
72

CHAMPAGNE Archives BESSERAT (Edmond Besserat founded the House in 1843,

EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 252.00
194

HISTORY Rare charter from 1318 (reign of Philippe V Le Long) on parchment,

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
202 Miguel ZAMACOIS

Important signed autograph manuscript of his play in 3 acts and verse "Monsieur Cesarin ecrivain public",

1912-13 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
73 Lewis CARROLL

This is more of a relic,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 132.30
134 PROUST - Andre or Andor SZEKELY de DOBA

Original etching from the period,

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 132.30
21 Jean MEUNIER

PHOTOGRAPHY - Interesting collection of 57 photographs printed by Jean Meunier from 1900 plates on Belle-Epoque Paris:

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 126.00
111 Marcel ARLAND

"Edith",

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 107.10
370 Charles DULLIN

THEATRE - Autograph manuscript signed with erasures and corrections,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 107.10
20 General de GAULLE

General Elections of November 24,

1946 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
101 CURIOSA

Suite of 8 cards from 1905 illustrated by Paul AVRIL from the series "Croquis parisien (dos muets) - Les Mots amoureux - Calandrer galant pour 1905" (which includes 12 cards): February,

1905 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
175

YOUTH - Journal de PLOUF (monthly illustrated magazine for young people,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
187 Charles MAURRAS

1deg) Set of autograph manuscript fragments,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
188 Charles MAURRAS

"Anatole France et Racine" by Gabriel des Hons,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
371

AUTOGRAPHS BOOK Notebook of autographs from American stars,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
38 BOCUSE

GASTRONOMIE - "La Cuisine du Marche" by Paul BOCUSE (1926-2018),

1976 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 94.50
332 RIMBAUD

"Rimbaud les Saisons d'Ardenne",

1975 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 94.50
268 Victor HUGO

Rare publication of "La Fille d'Otaiti",

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 81.90
77 Charles-Emmanuel JODELET

Gitane,

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.60
120

1910 FLOODS Rare set of 54 vintage postcards on the 1910 Seine floods in the Paris suburbs,

1910 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.60
149 Pearl BAILEY

Original photograph (fine unsigned print) which she dedicated and signed toMaurice CHEVALIER

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.60
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000