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Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo. -
Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000 -
Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
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Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | GRIS (Jose Victoriano Gonzales, known as Juan) . | Autograph letter signed to painter and engraver Demetrius Galanis. |
Les Fourneaux a Beaulieu-les-Loches (Indre-et-Loire) | 1920 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 780.00 |
| 27 | MAGRITTE (Rene) . | Autograph letter signed with his initials to his "dear friend". |
Brussels | 1962 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,430.00 |
| 28 | MONET (Claude) . | Autograph letter signed "Claude Monet" [to Georges Clemenceau]. |
Giverny (Eure) | 1912 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 14,300.00 |
| 29 | [MONET (Claude)] . - GUITRY (Sacha) . | 2 autograph letters signed to Claude Monet. |
EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 2,080.00 | ||
| 30 | PICASSO (Pablo) . | Autograph letter signed "Picasso" to his maid Ines Sassier. |
Cannes [according to postmark] | 1863 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,210.00 |
| 31 | PISSARRO (Camille) . | Autograph letter signed to his wife Julie Vellay. |
Paris | 1901 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 585.00 |
| 32 | QUENEDEY (Edme) . | Autograph letter signed to the mayor of the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, Jean-Rodolphe Quatrefages de La Roquette. |
Paris | 1806 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 65.00 |
| 33 | RENOIR (Auguste) . | Autograph letter signed "Renoir" to his "dear friend". |
Louveciennes | July 21 [1895] | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,755.00 |
| 34 | RODIN (Auguste) . | Autograph letter signed to Pierre Louys. |
S.l.n.d . | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,105.00 | |
| 35 | RODIN (Auguste) . | Signed letter to Frantz Jourdain. |
Paris (at his address on rue de Varenne) | 1912 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 364.00 |
| 36 | SISLEY (Alfred) . | Autograph letter signed "A. Sisley" to physician and collector Georges de Bellio. |
S.l.n.d . | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 520.00 | |
| 37 | VLAMINCK (Maurice de) . | Autograph letter signed "Vlaminck" to a "Dear Sir". |
La Tourilliere a Rueil-La-Gadeliee (Eure-et-Loir) | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 208.00 | |
| 38 | BEAUX ARTS. - Set of fifteen stamp plates and thirty cards and first-day covers, all signed by the artists who illustrated the stamps. |
EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,690.00 | |||
| 39 | ABOUKIR . - BRUEYS D'AIGALIERS (Joseph-Henri de) . | Autograph letter signed to Jean-Baptiste de Charrier-Moissard. |
Tresques [in the Gard department] | an VII 1798 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 195.00 |
| 40 | ABRANTES (Laure Permon, wife of Junot, Duchess of) . | Autograph letter signed to a duke. |
S.l. | 1831 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 65.00 |
| 41 | ANCIEN REGIME, mainly. - Set of around 180 printed documents. Beautiful set documenting various aspects of the Ancien Regime and its provinces, through its legislation: letters patent, edicts, declarations, as well as Conseil d'Etat rulings, parliamentary |
EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 390.00 | |||
| 42 | BLUM (Leon) . | Signed letter to the left-wing pacifist journalist and writer Georges Pioch. |
Paris | 1945 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 156.00 |
| 43 | BONAPARTE (Joseph) . | Autograph draft of a letter to Marshal Bertrand Clauzel. |
London | 1840 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 494.00 |
| 44 | BOUGAINVILLE (Louis-Antoine de) . | Autograph letter signed to Athanase-Louis-Marie Clement de Ris. |
S.l. | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 260.00 | |
| 45 | CAMPAIGN OF EGYPT . - Charrier-Moissard (Jean-Baptiste-Lacroix de) . | Autograph letter signed "Ch." to his brother the Marquis Jean-Baptiste de Charrier-Moissard |
Port vieux d'Alexandrie a bord du chebeck de la Republique Good Union | 1801 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 195.00 |
| 46 | LAVOLLE . | Autograph letter signed to his parents in Bracieux [near Blois], Loir-et-Cher. |
Gratz [in southeastern Austria] | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 260.00 | |
| 47 | PASSY (Hippolyte) . | Autograph letter signed to his mother Jacquette Daure in Brussels. |
Konigsberg [now Kaliningrad in Russia] . | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 234.00 | |
| 48 | CATHERINE DE MEDICIS . | Autograph letter signed "Caterine" to the French ambassador to Spain, Raymond de Beccarie, sieur de Fourquevaux. |
Lyons-la-Foret [in today's Eure departement] | 1571 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 3,640.00 |
| 49 | CAULAINCOURT (Armand-Louis-Augustin de) . | Autograph letter signed to Ange d'Esterno. |
Mojaisk | September 5 [1812] | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 910.00 |
| 50 | CHARLES X (Charles-Philippe de Bourbon, comte d'Artois and future king) . | Signed "Charles-Philippe" as Colonel General of the Swiss and Grisons, countersigned by Philippe-Frederic de Dietrich as Secretary General of the Swiss and Grisons. |
Versailles | 1781 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 156.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")