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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 1,473,327.60
Auction Date October 16, 2013 - October 16, 2013 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 661,900.00
Sale Number #2398 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 889,300.00
Total Lots 289
Sold Lots 185 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 920,200.00
% of Lots Sold 64.01% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,241,550.00
Unsold Lots 104 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 118.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
133 LOUIS-FERDINAND CELINE.

VOYAGE AU BOUT DE LA NUIT.

1932 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 198,120.00
134 BLAISE CENDRARS

LA GUERRE AU LUXEMBOURG. 6 dessins de Kisling.

1916 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 60,000.00
256 MARCEL PROUST

L.A.S. A JACQUES RIVIERE

1920 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 39,000.00
259 RAYMOND QUENEAU.

ENSEMBLE DE 96 POEMES.

EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 36,600.00
169 JULIEN GRACQ.

LE RIVAGE DES SYRTES.

1951 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 33,360.00
144 RENE CHAR.

Manuscrit AUTOGRAPHE COMPLET D'ARRIERE-HISTOIRE DU POEME PULVERISE, COMPOSE SUR UN EXEMPLAIRE DE L'EDITION ORIGINALE DU POEME PULVERISE..

1947 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 31,800.00
67 TRISTAN CORBIERE.

L.A.S. AVEC DESSIN A SA TANTE, MME EDMOND PUYO.

1869 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 31,200.00
249 MARCEL PROUST.

FRAGMENT MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE POUR JEAN SANTEUIL.

EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 31,200.00
127 ANDRE BRETON.

L'AMOUR FOU

1937 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 30,360.00
248 MARCEL PROUST.

ALBERTINE DISPARUE. FRAGMENT MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE.

EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 29,640.00
139 RENE CHAR.

SEULS DEMEURENT.

1945 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 28,800.00
257 [MARCEL PROUST] REYNALDO HAHN.

L.A.S. A JACQUES RIVIERE

1922 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 27,240.00
136 RENE CHAR.

L'ACTION DE LA JUSTICE EST ETEINTE.

1931 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 24,240.00
216 TRISTAN TZARA.

CINEMA CALENDRIER DU COEUR ABSTRAIT. MAISONS. Bois par Arp..

[1920]. EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 24,240.00
251 MARCEL PROUST.

L.A.S. A JEAN-LOUIS VAUDOYER

1912 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 21,840.00
132 ALBERT CAMUS

L'ETRANGER. ROMAN..

1942 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 20,520.00
70 MARCELINE DESBORDES-VALMORE.

L.A.S. MARCELINE VALMORE A VICTOR HUGO

1836 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 20,280.00
235 VALERY LARBAUD.

MAURICE SCEVE (NOTES SUR «MICROCOSME"). RACAN.

1927 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 18,720.00
207 SAINT-JOHN PERSE.

AMERS.

1957 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 17,400.00
88 VICTOR HUGO.

L.A. SIGNEE "VICTOR " A SON "BON ALFRED " [DE VIGNY], "OFFICIER AU 5` REGI DE LA GARDE. ROUEN

1821 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 17,160.00
90 JULES LAFORGUE.

L.A.S. A CHARLES HENRY

1882 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 17,160.00
37 JULES LAFORGUE.

MORALITES LEGENDAIRES. Avec un portrait de l'auteur grave a l'eau-forte par Emile Laforgue.

1887 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 16,680.00
89 VICTOR HUGO.

L.A. SIGNEE «VICTOR" A ALFRED DE VIGNY, «CAPITAINE AU REGIMENT D'INFANTERIE EN GARNISON A PAU"

1824 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,600.00
91 JULES LAFORGUE.

L.A.S. A THEODORE LINDENLAUB

1886 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 15,600.00
255 MARCEL PROUST.

L.A.S. A MME JEAN VITTORE

1915 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 15,600.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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