Auction Reports
Vermot de Pas
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Ana And James Melikian Collection, Part I: Armenia, Ethiopia, Greece, Russia
- Auction Date
- 12/21/2025 - 12/21/2025
- Sale Number
- #171319
- Total Lots
- 147
- Sold Lots
- 100.0
- Lots Sold
- 68.03%
- Unsold Lots
- 47
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 703,093.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 165,950.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 239,050.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 240,680.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 345,400.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 203.56%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192 | The Bible (Astowatsashownch`), 1666 |
1666 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 70,560.00 | |
| 217 | Life of the Saints or Synaxary (Yaysmawowrk`), 1706 |
1706 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 69,300.00 | |
| 207 | Lectionary (Chashots`), 1686 |
1686-1688. | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 60,480.00 | |
| 234 | Movses Baghramian (Movses Baghramean), Exhortation (Yordorak) |
1772 | EUR 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 56,700.00 | |
| 239 | Book of the Diaconate and Choir for the Celebration of Mass |
1777 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 50,400.00 | |
| 266 | Illustrated World Atlas (Atlas Ashkharhats`oyts` patkerats`), 1849 |
1849, published at the expense of Hovhannes Amira Dadian. | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 36,540.00 | |
| 238 | Liturgical Manual of the Holy Mass (Khorhrdatetr Srbazan Pata |
1777 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 25,263.00 | |
| 224 | The Bible (Astowatsashownch`), 1733 |
1733 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 20,160.00 | |
| 237 | Priest Mesrop (Mesrop Erets`), History of the Armenians and Ge |
1775 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 19,530.00 | |
| 191 | The Bible (Astowatsashownch`), 1666 |
1666 | EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 17,010.00 | |
| 225 | The Bible (Astowatsashownch`), 1733 |
1733 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 15,120.00 | |
| 232 | The Four Gospels (Awetaran), 1759 |
1759 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 14,112.00 | |
| 218 | Agathange (Agat`angeghos) |
1709-1710. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 10,332.00 | |
| 162 | Two illuminated leaves with Armenian inscriptions, 13th cent |
13th century | EUR 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 10,332.00 | |
| 247 | Saint Nerses the Gracious (Sowrb Nerses Shnorhali), General E |
1788 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 10,080.00 | |
| 193 | New Testament (Awetaran), 1668 |
1668 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 10,080.00 | |
| 216 | Bible (Astowatsashownch`), 1705 |
1705 | EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 9,828.00 | |
| 212 | Moses of Khorene (Movses Khorenats`i), History of the Armenians |
1695 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 9,072.00 | |
| 194 | Arakel of Tabriz (Arhak`el Davrizhets`i), History Book (Girk` patm |
1669 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 9,072.00 | |
| 211 | Armenian Hymnary (Charagan, Sharaknots`), 1692 |
1692 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 8,190.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.