Auction Reports
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Autographs and Manuscripts
- Auction Date
- 12/15/2025 - 12/15/2025
- Sale Number
- #121525a
- Total Lots
- 31
- Sold Lots
- 31.0
- Lots Sold
- 100.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 0
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 6,348.16
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 11,400.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 14,225.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 11,400.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 14,225.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 44.63%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99590692 | General De Gaulle | Lettre du General De Gaulle |
1948 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 99722803 | Benito Mussolini. Photograph signed 1916 |
1916 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 664.90 | |
| 99707260 | Illustrated manuscript on Astronomy and Astrology |
1680/1630 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 654.00 | |
| 99391269 | Signed ; Che Guevara | I Am grateful for the awarding of an Honorary Doctorate at the University of Las Villas (Marta |
1959 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 599.50 |
| 99628387 | Pope Paul V | Papal Bull Manuscript |
1605 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 559.17 |
| 99737709 | Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) Schriftsteller mit Nobelpreis | Bedeutende Postkarte an seinen Vertrauten und Verleger Karl Rauch (1897-1966) wegen Schulausgabe |
1951 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 372.78 |
| 99663370 | Yurij Gagarin | Busta primo giorno polacca con firma autografa, 1961 |
1961 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 348.80 |
| 99709349 | Pope Benedict XVI (1927-2022) as Josef Ratzinger | Letter with autograph signature in his time as professor in Regensburg/Germany |
1972 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 317.19 |
| 99736534 | Jean Cocteau | Manuscrit Jean Cocteau |
1930 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 249.61 |
| 99657240 | Louis XV | Louis XV -- Lettres Patentes Royales sur grand parchemin. |
1728 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 239.80 |
| 99557744 | Historic Portuguese Documents | Historic Portuguese Document. - Official Sale Manuscript (18th Century) - 28 pages |
1794 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 177.67 |
| 99643027 | Louis Bonaparte | Lodewyk Napoleon, Koning van Holland , Connetable van Frankrijk - 5 Besluiten |
1810 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 147.15 |
| 99687626 | Gerald Griffin (Apollo 13 Flight Director) hand signed |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 141.70 | |
| 99674521 | NASA astronaut signed astronaut Don Lind CAPCOM Apollo 11 |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 119.90 | |
| 99565123 | French scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum France 14th Cent. Beautiful filigree initials in red and blue |
1400/1350 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 93.74 |
| 99708889 | Wappenmaler des 17. Jahrhundert | 2x Wappenmalerei des Barock auf Buttenpapier-Baroque coat of arms painting on handmade paper |
1674/1676 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 92.65 |
| 99578611 | [Prajadhipok - King of Thailand] | Letter signed high-ranking official - Phraya Vichitwong |
1926 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 87.20 |
| 99612981 | Joel Emanuel Goudsmit | [manuscript] Justiniani Institutionum - Liber Tertius |
1876/1875 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 86.11 |
| 99382265 | Divers | 1 feuillet double recto verso d'un Coran manuscrit persan, moghol, Safavide. |
1620/1680 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 77.39 |
| 99694858 | King Paul of Greece | document and photo of King Paul with signature |
1947 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 69.76 |
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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.