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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- The Interiors Of Versailles
- Auction Date
- 06/16/2026 - 06/16/2026
- Sale Number
- #174699
- Total Lots
- 33
- Sold Lots
- 9.0
- Lots Sold
- 27.27%
- Unsold Lots
- 24
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 954.88
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 860.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 1,530.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 3,120.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 5,030.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 18.98%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Poncet de La Grave; Bouguer Pierre; La Caille Abbe de; Carrion-Nisas; Champeaux; Lemau de La Jaisse; Brack F de; Roussel M De; Roche-Aymon R de | A Historical Account of the Royal French Navy; New Treatise on Navigation; King’s Ordinance on the Drills and Maneuvers of the Infantry; Regulations Concerning the Drills and Maneuvers of the Infantry; Essay on the General History of Military Art; Militar |
1780; 1769; 1831; 1792; 1838; 1802; 1741; 1831; 1790; 1815; 1809; 1826; 1817; 1820 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 307.20 |
| 161 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | Sudden Shower on the Shin-Ohashi and Atake Bridges |
20th century | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 153.60 |
| 11 | Ceysson Bernard; Bresc-Bautier Genevieve; Fagiolo de l’Arco Maurizio; Souchal Francois; Le Normand-Romain Antoinette; Pingeot Anne; Hohl Reinhold; Rose Barbara; Daval Jean-Luc; Bruneau Philippe; Torelli Mario; Barral y Altet Xavier; Duby George; Guillot S | Sculpture from the 15th to the 18th Century; Sculpture from the 19th to the 20th Century; Sculpture: The Prestige of Antiquity; Sculpture: The Great Art of the Middle Ages |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 128.00 |
| 7 | Lot of approximately one hundred bound volumes |
18th-20th century | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 102.40 | |
| 4 | Fauvel | Royal Almanacs; Yearbook of the King’s Military House; Treatise on miniature painting; Imperial Almanacs |
1774; 1821; 1824; 1826; 1828; 1833; 1871-1872; 1778; 1811; 1813 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 76.80 |
| 150 | Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849) | View of Takinogawa Cave and Seaweed Harvesting on the Rocks at the River Mouth |
circa 1945 | EUR 50.00 - 60.00 | EUR 51.20 |
| 8 | Simon Henry | General Armorial of the French Empire; Nobiliaire de Normandie |
1811 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 51.20 |
| 5 | Helyot R P | A Complete History and Description of the Religious and Military Monastic Orders and Secular Congregations of Both Sexes |
1838 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 51.20 |
| 23 | Drawing box |
N/A | EUR 30.00 - 50.00 | EUR 33.28 | |
| 160 | Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) | Red Fuji in a Clear Sky |
1960s | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 159 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | 2 Works, including: 13th Station: Numazu |
circa 1900 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 188 | MINIATURE PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT |
N/A | EUR 20.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold | |
| 158 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | Sakanoshita: The Summit from Which One Casts One’s Brush |
1964 | EUR 70.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 157 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | Arai: The Ferry |
1964 | EUR 70.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 156 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | 19th Station: Ejiri |
circa 1900 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 155 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | 10th Station: Odawara |
circa 1900 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 154 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | 21st Station: Mariko |
circa 1900 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 153 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | 20th Station: Fuchu, the pleasure quarter of Nichyo-Machi |
circa 1900 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 152 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | 6th Station: Totsuka |
circa 1900 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 151 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | The 18th Station: Okitsu |
circa 1900 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.