Back

De Baecque and Associes: Documentation on the History of Art

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Documentation on the History of Art	Total Sales (EUR)	4,973.80
Auction Date	February 15, 2026 - February 15, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	1,145.00
Sale Number	#174509	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	1,850.00
Total Lots	48
Sold Lots	44.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	1,325.00
% of Lots Sold	91.67%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	2,170.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	229.21%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
18	SUMOWSKI (Werner),	Gemalde der Rembrandt-Schuler (Paintings by Rembrandt's pupils)	1983	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,196.00
17		[VARIA] Lot of 6 books on Art History		EUR 30.00 - 50.00	EUR 338.00
24		[ESTAMPES] Lot of 15 books on old prints		EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 273.00
28		[ENGRAVING]Collection of works including: "Une Venise de papier"; "Gravure sur bois, clairs-obscurs de 1500 a 1800";		EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 253.50
19		[DICTIONARIES] Lot including		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 234.00
44		[SALES CATALOGS - JEWELRY] Lot 22 of Christie's and Tajan sales catalogs, of jewels and precious stones (years 2009, 2010, etc.).		EUR 10.00 - 20.00	EUR 214.50
30		[ESTAMPE] Collection of works on printmaking techniques		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 201.50
46		[SALES CATALOGS - JEWELRY] Lot of 12 Christie's, Sotheby's, Tajan, etc. sale catalogs of jewels and precious stones (years 1989, 1991, 2000, 2002, etc.).		EUR 10.00 - 20.00	EUR 195.00
31		[ANTIQUE PRINTS AND VARIA] Lot of 14 books		EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 175.50
41		[SALES CATALOGS] Important lot of sale and gallery catalogs specializing in old prints and drawings		EUR 10.00 - 20.00	EUR 156.00
27		[ESTAMPES XVIIIe et XIXe - VARIA] Lot of 16 books i		EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 143.00
25		[ENGRAVING] mportant lot of books, sales catalogs and booklets on early engraving		EUR 5.00 - 10.00	EUR 136.50
34	Pierre KJELLBERG,	"Les bronzes du XIXeme siecle, dictionnaire des sculpteurs" (1987) and "Le mobilier francais du XVIIIe siecle, dictionnaire des ebenistes et des menuisiers" (1989)	1987, 1989	EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 110.50
43		[CATALOGUES de VENTES - SOTHEBY'S & VARIA] Important lot of auction catalogs		EUR 10.00 - 20.00	EUR 97.50
10		[VARIA] Lot of Art History books		EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 91.00
40		[SALES CATALOGS - VARIA] Important lot of Sotheby's, Christie's and other sales catalogs		EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 91.00
42		[SALES CATALOGS] Important lot of sales and gallery catalogs specializing in old prints and drawings		EUR 10.00 - 20.00	EUR 91.00
3		[ART HISTORY] Lot of 11 volumes		EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 84.50
22	PIGLER (Andor),	Barockthemen Eine Auswahl von Verzeichnissen zur Ikonographie des 17 und 18 Jahrhunderts.	1956	EUR 10.00 - 20.00	EUR 84.50
29		[ENGRAVING] Set of works on the great print collections		EUR 30.00 - 50.00	EUR 84.50
32		[ANTIQUE ENGRAVING] Set of 12 books		EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 84.50
48	[Andre BRETON]	Catalog of the sale of the Andre Breton Collection, Calmels Cohen, April 7-17, 2003, Paris.	2003	EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 84.50
47		[SALES CATALOGS AND VARIA] Important lot of sales and gallery catalogs, mainly Galerie Nicolaas Teeuwisse and Stanza del Borgo.		EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 71.50
11		[ART HISTORY - ARCHITECTURE - ICONOGRAPHY] Important set of books		EUR 10.00 - 20.00	EUR 49.40
23	BARTSCH (Adam).	The Painter-Engraver: Dutch Masters, German Masters and Italian Masters.	1970	EUR 10.00 - 20.00	EUR 41.60

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.