Auction Reports
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- French Literature & Illustrated
- Auction Date
- 07/24/2026 - 07/24/2026
- Sale Number
- #72426c
- Total Lots
- 16
- Sold Lots
- 5.0
- Lots Sold
- 31.25%
- Unsold Lots
- 11
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 8,469.30
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 23,850.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 29,800.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 40,275.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 48,150.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 17.59%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105023642 | Pablo Picasso/ Maurice Toesca | Six Contes Fantastiques [Archive of the 1944 Conception and 1953 Publication] |
1944 | EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 4,578.00 |
| 105248672 | Jules Verne | [Tres rare premiere edition illustree] Cinq semaines en Ballon |
1865 | EUR 1,600.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 1,526.00 |
| 105266734 | Charles Baudelaire / Henri Heran | Petits Poemes en Prose [reliure signee Canape — 1/45 sur Velin — tres rare !] |
1907 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,308.00 |
| 105045660 | Victor Hugo | Notre-Dame de Paris |
1831 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 105211879 | Karel Capek (Tchapek); Antonin Artaud | R. U. R. [E.O. - Rare] |
1924 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 403.30 |
| 104780330 | Voltaire / Antoni Clave | Candide |
1948 | EUR 550.00 - 625.00 | Not Sold |
| 105052060 | Signe ; Robert Guiette; Fernand Leger - [25/70 signe + dessin original] | Mort du fantome [reliures de Pierre-Lucien Martin] |
1937 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | Not Sold |
| 105205422 | Pierre Mac Orlan / Yan B. Dyl | La Danse Macabre [Art Deco] [rarissime — 1/20 de tete sur Hollande avec suite] |
1927 | EUR 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 105211876 | Benjamin Peret; Louis Aragon; Man Ray | 1929 - Surrealist Erotica |
1975 | EUR 475.00 - 525.00 | Not Sold |
| 105223812 | Arnaud ANSALDI | Sindbad Le Marin [1/250 ex. n° avec un ORIGINAL SIGNE & une SUITE - Reliure] |
1970 | EUR 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 105224166 | Monseigneur MICHON / Charles SAMSON | Notre-Dame de Chartres [ex. d'ARTISTE ENRICHI de 3 DESSINS ORIGINAUX SIGNES] |
1967 | EUR 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 105227046 | Francois RABELAIS / Henry LEMARIE | Gargantua Pantagruel [ex. relie par Charles Septier, enrichi de 2 AQUARELLES ORIGINALES] |
1950 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 | Not Sold |
| 105270308 | Juliette Darle /Patrice Pouperon | Sterne des solitudes [1/20 avec la suite en sepia signee] |
1980 | EUR 500.00 - 550.00 | Not Sold |
| 105288112 | Leconte de Lisle / Paul Jouve | Poemes Barbares [reliure signee Gonin + tirage de la couverture sur Japon] |
1929 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,300.00 | Not Sold |
| 105297489 | Leon-Paul Fargue / Raoul Dufy | Illuminations Nouvelles [Complete with Rare Daragnes Ephemera] |
1953 | EUR 2,700.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 105298078 | Francois Villon / Jacques Villon | Le grand testament [Deluxe Japan paper, 3 aditional suites & one original drawing] |
1961 | EUR 3,600.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
