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Auction Name	Russian Art	Total Sales (EUR)	80,415.00
Auction Date	February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	56,990.00
Sale Number	#174051	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	83,410.00
Total Lots	63
Sold Lots	47.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	62,340.00
% of Lots Sold	74.60%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	90,960.00
Unsold Lots	16	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	88.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
125	Dimitri Semenovich STELLETSKY (1875-1947)	Folder containing 7 sheets of drawings by Stelletsky for Le Prince Igor. The folder is titled in Indian ink by Stelletsky: "STELLCTSKI / 8 LEAVES / FOR / THE SONG OF / PRINCE IGOR".		EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 26,375.00
104	Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)	File concerning the French edition of "Course du fou", the French title of Nabokov's novel written in 1929 with the original title "La defense Loujine".	c. 1929	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 20,440.00
124	Dimitri Semenovich STELLETSKY (1875-1947)	Correspondence between D. Stelletsky and Denis Roche: 28 handwritten letters from D. Stelletsky to D. Roche and 19 drafts of letters from D. Roche to D. Stelletsky.	1933-1945	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 4,615.00
105	Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)	Four handwritten postcards addressed to Denis Roche concerning Spring in Fialta (Viesna v Fial'tie).		EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,505.00
116	Alexei Mikhailovich REMIZOV (1877-1957)	Three autograph letters from Remizov to Denis Roche.		EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,582.00
113	Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)	Postcard addressed to Denis Roche from Paris on 6 [month?] 1939, proposing a meeting at Cafe Georges V. Signed in Russian.		EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,450.00
35	K. A. Chapiro.	The Grand Duchess MARIA PAVLOVNA (1854-1920) Photograph by K. A. Chapiro. 1894	1894	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 1,318.00
117	Alexei Mikhailovich REMIZOV (1877-1957)	Three autograph letters from Remizov to Denis Roche		EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,252.00
92		Copies of archives concerning French and foreign artists in Russia in the 18th century.	18th century.	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,120.00
93		Copies of parish deeds from churches in St. Petersburg and Moscow.		EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,120.00
107	Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)	Handwritten postcard to Denis Roche from Berlin, February 12, 1934, about the translation of "Soghliadatai" (The Watcher).	1934	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,120.00
108	Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)	Handwritten postcard addressed to Denis Roche from Berlin, June 22, 1934, announcing the birth of his son Dimitri (born May 10).	1934	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,120.00
106	Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)	Two letters from Nabokov to Denis Roche:		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,055.00
94	Augustin RITT (1765-1799) [file relating to].	List of Ritt's works on 23 pages.		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 989.00
112	Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)	Bristol transformed into a greetings postcard by a frieze designed by Nabokov, addressed to Denis Roche from Paris on December 24, 1938.	1938	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 989.00
135	TIARE de SAITAPHARNES.	Correspondence between the various parties involved in the study of the tiara's authenticity between May 8, 1903 and June 19, 1905.	1903-1905.	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 989.00
110	Vladimir Vladimirovitch NABOKOV (1899-1977)	Handwritten postcard addressed from Paris to Denis Roche, dated March 22, 1937, proposing a meeting at Le Deux Magots.	1937	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 923.00
115	Zinaida Nikolaevna HIPPIUS (1869-1945)	6-page handwritten letter to Denis Roche, dated May 17, 1924.	1924	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 923.00
133	Theodore-Joseph-Napoleon JACQUES (1804-1876)	Six albumen prints of his works. Circa 1860.	Circa 1860.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 923.00
109	Vladimir Vladimirovich NABOKOV (1899-1977)	Handwritten postcard to Denis Roche from Berlin, December 6, 1934, announcing his arrival in Paris. He also asks Denis Roche to apologize to Madame Boas.	1934	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 725.00
39	Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) - Joseph-Paul IRIBE (1883-1935)	Vaslav Nijinsky	Societe generale d'impression, Paris, 1910.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 695.00
111	Vladimir Vladimirovitch NABOKOV (1899-1977)	Postcard from Menton addressed to Denis Roche, December 24, 1937, with his New Year's greetings.	1937	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 659.00
127	Akop GURDJIAN (1881-1948)	A photograph of A. Gurdjian by Pierre Choumoff, circa 1930.	circa 1930.	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 659.00
137	Prince Alexander Yakovlevich LOBANOFF-ROSTOVSKY (1788-1866)	Letter dated November 18, 1815 addressed from St. Petersburg to Monsieur Breguet quai de l'Horloge 79 in Paris	1815	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 659.00
100	Ilya Iefimovitch REPINE (1844-1930)	Autograph letter to Denis Roche dated July 4, 1900.	1900	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 606.00

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.