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Auction Name Old Books Total Sales (EUR) 1,028,143.00
Auction Date March 22, 2024 - March 22, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 355,850.00
Sale Number #148055 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 547,500.00
Total Lots 212
Sold Lots 202 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 396,750.00
% of Lots Sold 95.28% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 606,800.00
Unsold Lots 10 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 169.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
137 [SOANE, John]

Description of the House and Museum on the North side of Lincoln's-inn-fields, the Residence of John Soane, Professor of Architecture in the Royal Academy

 1830 EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 83,408.00
42 MALVASIA, Carlo Cesare

Felsina Pittrice Vite de Pittori bolognesi alla Maesta Christianissima di Luigi XIIII

1678 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 82,144.00
11 VASARI, Giorgio

Le vite de piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori

 1568 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 63,188.00
61 ZANETTI, Antonio Maria

Le Gemme antiche. Aemmae antiquae

 1750 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 44,231.00
90 [MARIETTE, Pierre-Jean]. BASAN, Pierre-Francois

Catalog raisonne des differents objets de curiosites dans les sciences et les arts qui composaient le Cabinet de feu Mr Mariette, Controleur general de la Grande Chancellerie de France, honoraire Amateur de l'Academie R[oya]le de Peinture, et de celle de

1775 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 37,913.00
94 CARBURI DE CEFFALONIE, Marin

Monument eleve a la gloire de Pierre-Le-Grand, ou Relation des travaux et des moyens mechaniques qui ont ete employes...

 1777 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 31,594.00
13 SERMARTELLI, Michelangelo

Alcune composizioni di diversi autori in lode del ritratto della Sabina, Scolpito in Marmo dall'Eccellentissimo M. Giovanni Bologna, posto nella piazza del Serenissimo Grand Duca di Toscana

 1583 EUR 8,000.00 - 14,000.00 EUR 25,275.00
109 [MALON de BERCY, Marie-Francoise, marquise de, nee Taschereau de Baudry]

Inventory after the death of Melle Taschereau de Baudry, widow of Nicolas Charles Malon Bercy [June 30, 1786].

 1786 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 24,700.00
75 LA LIVE de JULY, Ange-Laurent

Catalog historique du cabinet de peinture et sculpture francoise de M. de La Live,

 1764 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 21,484.00
66 GORI, Anton Francesco

Museum florentinum exhibens insigniora vetustatis monumenta quae Florentiae sunt in thesauro mediceo

 1731-1766 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 20,220.00
49 MONTFAUCON, dom Bernard de

Antiquity explained and represented in figures. Supplement to L'Antiquite expliquee

 1722-1757 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 18,956.00
76 PETITOT, Ennemond Alexandre

Suite of Vases

 1764 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 18,324.00
57 [QUENTIN DE LORANGERE, Louis]. GERSAINT, Edme-Francois

Catalog raisonne de diverses curiosites du cabinet de feu M. Quentin de Lorangere

 1744 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 16,429.00
10 [MICHEL-ANGE]. VARCHI, Benedetto

Orazione funerale di M. Benedetto Varchi Fatta, e recitata da Lui pubblicamente nell'essequie di Michelagnolo Buonarroti in Firenze, nella Chiesa di San Lorenzo

 1564 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 15,165.00
80 QUATREMERE DE QUINCY, Antoine-Chrysostome

Le Jupiter Olympien, or the Art of Ancient Sculpture

 1815 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,165.00
56 ZANETTI, Antonio Maria

Delle antiche statue greche e romane, che nell'antisala della Libreria di San Marco, e in altri luoghi pubblici di Venezia si trovano, parte prima [-seconda]

 1740-1743 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 13,901.00
22 [GIUSTINIANI, Vincenzo]. Joachim von SANDRART

Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani

1631 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 12,638.00
60 BOFFRAND, Germain

De architectura liber... Livre d'architecture contenant les principes generaux de cet art... ouvrage francais et latin [followed by:] Description de ce qui a ete pratique pour fondre en bronze d'un seul jet la figure equestre de Louis XIV

1745 EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 11,374.00
14 CHACON, Alfonso

Historia utriusque belli Dacici a Traiano Caesare gesti... ex simulachris quae in columna eiusdem Romae visuntur collecta... ad catholicum Hispaniarum regem Philippum II

 1576 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,742.00
87 [BARRY, comte Jean-Baptiste du]

Catalog de tableaux originaux des bons maitres des trois ecoles Figures & Bustes de Marbre & de Bronze ; Porcelaine & autres objets curieux qui composent le Cabinet de M. L[e] C[omte] D[u Barry]

 1774 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 10,742.00
69 NOLLET, Jean-Antoine, dit l'abbe

Lecons de physique experimentale

 1759 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 10,363.00
31 PERRAULT, Charles

The Labyrinth of Versailles

 1679 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 10,110.00
33 MISSON, Maximilien

Nouveau Voyage d'Italie. Avec un Memoire contenant des avis utiles a ceux qui voudront faire le mesme voyage.

 1698 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 10,110.00
2 VIRGILE

Publii Virgilii maronis opera

 1502 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 9,478.00
6 VICO, Enea, et Antonio ZANTANI

Omnium Caesarum verissimae imagines ex antiquis numismatis desumptae

 1553 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 9,478.00
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • 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
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