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Giquello: Books and Curiosities
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Curiosities | Total Sales (EUR) | 111,479.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 04, 2026 - February 04, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 68,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #174447 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 96,240.00 |
| Total Lots | 341 | ||
| Sold Lots | 282.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 90,110.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.70% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 125,140.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 59 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 89.08% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322 | [GANCE Abel]. | LUCRECE BORGIA. |
1935 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 5,460.00 |
| 7 | Set of 21 bound volumes of the Revue Mensuelle d'Art Moderne " |
EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 3,159.00 | ||
| 178 | FITZGERALD, Francis Scott. | Gatsby the Magnificent. |
1926 | EUR 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,907.00 |
| 142 | LA FONTAINE Jean de. | Contes de La Fontaine, with illustrations by Fragonard. |
1795 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,643.00 |
| 226 | ZOLA, Emile. | La Terre. |
1887 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,643.00 |
| 305 | COCTEAU Jean. | THEATER AND FASHION. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED |
[1945]. | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,430.00 |
| 312 | DESNOS Robert. | THREE AUTOGRAPH POST CARDS SIGNED TO Doctor FERDIERE. |
1939-1944. | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,430.00 |
| 321 | [FRANCIS Sam]. | The monotypes of Sam Francis. The monotypes of Sam Francis. Die monotypien von Sam Francis. |
1994 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 1,327.00 |
| 245 | [DORE Gustave] RABELAIS, Francois. | Oeuvres de Rabelais. |
1873 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,264.00 |
| 4 | Complete series of the 7-volume "Exposition des Arts Decoratifs" of Paris 1925, |
1927 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,201.00 | |
| 283C | [AUTOGRAPHES]. | CARNET D'AUTOGRAPHES - LIVRE D'OR. |
1949 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,170.00 |
| 155 | L'Office de la Semaine Saincte. |
1661 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,137.00 | |
| 173 | [BUSINESS CARDS]. | Old collection of over 1,500 business cards. |
EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,105.00 | |
| 5 | Set of 9 works in 12 volumes: |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,074.00 | ||
| 32 | [DECORATIVE ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTS] | Set of 10 works on artists and architect-decorators, including : |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,074.00 | |
| 151 | [LA ROCHEFOUCAULD]. | Essay on love from the moral reflections of Mr. De la Rochefoucault. |
Second half of the 18th century. | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,040.00 |
| 150 | Beautiful manuscript antiphonal leaf on vellum. |
Late 15th century (circ1490-1500) | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | EUR 975.00 | |
| 41 | [LE CORBUSIER] | Set of 4 works on Le Corbusier, including: |
EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 948.00 | |
| 126 | LA FONTAINE Jean de. | Works of prose and poetry. Des Srs de Maucroy et de La Fontaine. Tome I. |
1685 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 885.00 |
| 128 | LA FONTAINE Jean de. | Fables choisies mises en vers par monsieur de La Fontaine, Et par luy reveues, corrigees & augmentees de nouveau. |
1699 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 885.00 |
| 180 | FRANCE Anatole. | Les Poemes dores. |
1873 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 885.00 |
| 211 | MAUPASSANT, Guy de. | La Paix du Menage. Comedy in two prose acts. |
EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 885.00 | |
| 116 | FENELON, Francois de Salignac de La Mothe-Fenelon, dit. | Les avantures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse, by the late Messire Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon. |
1717 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 821.00 |
| 131 | LA FONTAINE Jean de. | Contes et nouvelles en vers. |
1778 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 821.00 |
| 256 | HALEVY, Frederic. | Trois coups de foudre.Paris, Librairie L. |
1886 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 821.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, 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]. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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.