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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 410,999.00
Auction Date December 16, 2013 - December 16, 2013 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 264,850.00
Sale Number #2399 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 346,200.00
Total Lots 375
Sold Lots 125 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 759,450.00
% of Lots Sold 33.33% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 974,000.00
Unsold Lots 250 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 42.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
343 J.K. HUYSMANS

Les soeurs Vatard [1876-1878]

1876-1878 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 68,711.00
320 Gaston BATY

Ensemble des 37 marionnettes de Jean Anouilh

1944-1949 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 32,475.00
368 SIMENON

Maigret et le tueur

1969 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 23,382.00
369 SIMENON

La disparition d'Odile

1970 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 22,733.00
50 Louis-Ferdinand CELINE

Guignol's Band

1944 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 21,484.00
367 Georges SIMENON

Novembre

1969 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 17,537.00
204 LARYEW [Stanislas OSTROROG dit WALERY]

Nus

vers 1920 EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 12,638.00
322 Natalia GONCHAROVA

L'OISEAU SIRIN DANS LE COQ D'OR (PROJET DE COSTUME)

c.1914 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,093.00
48 [Louis Ferdinand CELINE] Louis DESTOUCHES

Louis DESTOUCHES - These pour le doctorat en medecine.

EUR 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,572.00
165 Henri MICHAUX

Mouvements

1951 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,846.00
366 Antoine de SAINT-EXUPERY

Systeme de sustentation et de propulsion, notamment pour avions

vers 1937-38 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,500.00 EUR 5,846.00
222

BULLETIN DE L'EFFORT MODERNE. Editions de l'Effort Moderne. Directeur Leonce Rosenberg. In-8 broche. Couverture de G. Valmier.

1924-1927 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,561.00
135 [Paul JOUVE] Rudyard KIPLING

La Chasse de Kaa

1930 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,308.00
226

CIRCULO y CUADRADO (Cercle et Carre). 7 numeros

1937-1943. EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,250.00
349 Fernand LEGER

Lettre a.s a ses eleves

Apres 1937 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,196.00
138 LAUTREAMONT (Isidore Ducasse, dit Comte de)

Les Chants de Maldoror. (Chants I, II, III, IV, V, VI.)

1874 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,550.00
159 Stephane MALLARME

Un coup de des jamais n'abolira le hasard

1914 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,550.00
324 Yves SAINT-LAURENT

Jeunes danseuses

EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,417.00
359 Pablo PICASSO

Colombe sur carte postale 1955

1955 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,417.00
225

LE CHAT NOIR. 119 numeros (1888-1890)

1888-1890 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 4,297.00
319 [BAKST] Atelier BAKST

Deux etudes de costumes

1916 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,897.00
52 Louis-Ferdinand CELINE [GEN PAUL]

Cahiers de l'Herne n3 PORTRAIT DE CELINE PAR GEN PAUL

1963 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,791.00
317 [Attribue a BAKST]

Costume de danseuse egyptienne, [c. 1920]

c. 1920 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,637.00
318 [Attribue a BAKST]

Costume de danseuse egyptienne

EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,637.00
323 [Francois QUELVEE]

Marouf, savetier du Caire, 1928

1928 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,637.00
  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • 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
  • 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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