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Auction Info

Auction Name
Autographs & Manuscripts Auction
Auction Date
07/29/2026 - 07/29/2026
Sale Number
#72926b
Total Lots
113
Sold Lots
106.0
Lots Sold
93.81%
Unsold Lots
7
Total Sales (EUR)
21,731.30
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
16,560.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
22,760.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
18,130.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
24,660.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
88.12%

Top twenty five by sale price

Top twenty five lots by sale price
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
105335217 Henryk Sienkiewicz (Literature Nobel Prize 1905 — Quo Vadis ?) Polish national hero

2 Autograph signed letters, defensive battle against the commercialization of his name

1911 EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 7,303.00
105422397 [Napoleon Bonaparte]

Passeport sous l'Empire

1808 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 1,035.50
105335215 Jozef Bohdan Zaleski (1802–1886) Polish romantic poet & Louis de Wailly (1804–1864), European

2 Autograph signed letters regarding Komisja Weteranow (Veterans' Commission) Polish Great

1876 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 921.05
105430409 Scriptorium of the Middle Ages

Original cuttings on parchment 3 Miniatures manuscript from a medieval Book of Hours, France or

1500/1470 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 729.21
105430338 Scriptorium des Mittelalters

Original leaf on parchment manuscript richly decoration from a medieval Book of Hours, Paris/France

1460/1440 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 546.09
105330756 Eugene-Francois Vidocq, aventurier, bagnard repenti, detective et chef de la police francaise

Lettre autographe signee

1833 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 440.36
105433888 King Philip IV (1605–1665) of Spain, the "Planet King"

Letter Signed with "Yo el Rey" with seal and watermark, instructions to the Constable of Castile

1647 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 381.50
105433719 Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain (1887–1969) wife of King Alfonso XIII

Original signed letter to the influential Cardinal Willem Marinus van Rossum with 2 watermarks

1913 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 337.90
104690303 Charles II de Savoie

Rare lettre signee au Sieur de Longecombe avec restes de son sceau rouge

1525 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 337.90
105384131 Moses Maimonides משה בן מימון Mosche ben Maimon

Sephardim, Mischne Tora מִשְׁנֶה תּוֹרָה, Prohibitions on Yom Kippur & Shabbat, Deer Skin, Cordoba

1350/1380 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 327.00
105338410 Inconnu

Coran manuscrit - style calligraphique " Swahili " - Afrique de l'Est - Empire de Oman

1850 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 310.65
105396395 Spain Colony Chinese Macao Governor

Spain Colony 1858 China Chinese Slavery Worker Contract Caligraphy

1858 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 308.47
105420980 Ernesto Che Guevara

Diplom Industrie Ministerium 1964 mit Original Signatur vom Minister Ernesto Che Guevara

1964 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 305.20
105430427 Scriptorium of the Middle Ages

Early richly illuminated parchment medieval manuscript of a Cistercian Breviary

1300/1280 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 294.30
105341636 Joannes Baptista Montini (Pope Paul VI)

Autograph Document Pope Paul VI

1958 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 286.67
105344672 Amanuense benedictino

Siete Dolores de la Virgen Maria - Hoja de antifonario en pergamino - Siglo XVI

1500 EUR 250.00 - 280.00 EUR 261.60
105333934 Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940), homme politique britannique

Lettre dactylographiee signee

1938 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 245.25
105451339 Queen Elizabeth II

and Prince Philip Signed Christmas Card

1993 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 240.89
105430320 Spanish Scriptorium of the Middle Ages

Big richly illuminated parchment medieval manuscript of a noted Spanish Missal

1360/1340 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 229.99
105385810 Abd ar-Rahman عبد الرحمن الداخِل Emirate of Cordoba, Scholar

Quran Manuscript with beautiful golden medallions, Cordoba, al-Andalus Spain

1720/1750 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 218.00

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