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Auction Info

Auction Name
Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Day 2
Auction Date
12/03/2025 - 12/03/2025
Sale Number
#120325
Total Lots
570
Sold Lots
570.0
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (EUR)
1,643,520.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
596,240.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
849,120.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
596,240.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
849,120.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
193.56%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
960 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) & DONCIEUX CAMILLE (1847-1879) A letter of extraordinary rarity signed by both Monet and his first wife, Camille

 N/A EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 260,000.00
943 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet attempts to replace one of his paintings with a Cezanne at what would be the first presentation of the Impressionists in a public venue in France

 N/A EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 65,000.00
938 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet struggles with artistic frustration in Rouen - ' My stay here is coming to an end, but that does not mean I am close to finishing my Cathedrals'

 N/A EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 59,800.00
948 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ' I am delighted to learn that your artists at the Savonnerie see the potential of my paintings'

 N/A EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 52,000.00
958 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ' as I get older, I am.....devoting myself to my work with more joy than ever'

 N/A EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 52,000.00
951 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet makes a plea to Clemenceau to help protect his beloved gardens

 N/A EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 46,800.00
954 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ' I couldn't bring myself to give you L'Allee du Jardin. I destroyed it'

 N/A EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 44,200.00
937 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ' I have just taken my reconnaissance walk and am going to set to work with great enthusiasm'

 N/A EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 44,200.00
957 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet reveals his exhaustion at working on his monumental Water Lilies

 N/A EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 41,600.00
953 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

 N/A EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 39,000.00
956 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet refers to his Water Lilies paintings - ' I have produced nothing for many years apart from the grand decorations'

 N/A EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 36,400.00
959 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

 N/A EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 36,400.00
946 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet warns a visitor to Giverny that ' in the afternoon the sun comes into the studio and the light is not as good'

 N/A EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 36,400.00
955 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

 N/A EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 36,400.00
941 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ' Jean is giving up his stripes for a three-month leave of absence, condemning himself to suffer every possible hardship....' '

 N/A EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 36,400.00
949 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) On his return from London Monet orders French wine

 N/A EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 33,800.00
952 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

 N/A EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 31,200.00
944 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) To fellow artist Frits Thaulow following the death of Sisley

 N/A EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 31,200.00
939 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

 N/A EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 28,600.00
945 MONET CLAUDE

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) A rare letter of Monet to Vollard, referencing Renoir

 N/A EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 28,600.00
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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 April
    Sotheby’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.