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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
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    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):
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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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | GOLOVIN (Ivan Gavrilovitch) . | 3 autograph letters, one in German and two in French.  | 
            EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 78.00 | ||
| 77 | CHARBONIER (Joseph Francois Aymar) . | Autograph letter [to his cousin Joseph-Paul-Francois d'Audiffret].  | 
            Senegal | 1791 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 845.00 | 
| 78 | STANISLAS I LESZCZYNSKI . | Signed "Stanislas roy".  | 
            Luneville | 1749 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,040.00 | 
| 79 | TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD (Charles-Maurice de) . | Letter signed "ch. mau. talleyrand prince de benevent" to Francois Le Lievre de La Grange.  | 
            Warsaw | 1807 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 585.00 | 
| 80 | APOLLINAIRE (Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky, known as Guillaume) . | Autograph letter signed "Guillaume Apollinaire" [to Octave Beliard].  | 
            S.l. | 1910 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 845.00 | 
| 81 | ARAGON (Louis) and Ella Kagan dite Elsa Triolet . | Joint letter, consisting of 2 pp. 3/4 autograph signed by Louis Aragon, and one p. 1/4 autograph by Elsa Triolet, [addressed to Georges Auric].  | 
            Zlatooust [100 km west of Chelyabinsk, Russia] | 1932 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 845.00 | 
| 82 | ARTAUD (Antonin) . | Autograph letter signed "Antonin Artaud" to Jacques Prevel.  | 
            Ivry-sur-Seine | 1947 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 650.00 | 
| 83 | BARTHES (Roland) . | Autograph manuscripts. In all 4 pp.  | 
            EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 975.00 | ||
| 84 | BATAILLE (Georges) . | Set of 3 autograph letters signed [to Joseph-Marie Lo Duca].  | 
            EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 546.00 | ||
| 85 | BATAILLE (Georges) . | Autograph letter signed "Georges Bataille" [probably addressed to Joseph-Marie Lo Duca].  | 
            Fontenay-le-Comte [in the Vendee department] | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 195.00 | |
| 86 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles) . | Autograph letter signed with his initials to his mother Caroline Dufays, Madame Aupick.  | 
            [Paris, according to postmark] | 1860 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,600.00 | 
| 87 | BRECHT (Berthold) . | Letter signed with his initial, in German (3/4 p.  | 
            EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 884.00 | ||
| 88 | BRETON (Andre) . | Autograph card signed to his "dear friend".  | 
            S.l. | 1919 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 286.00 | 
| 89 | CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, known as Louis-Ferdinand) . | Autograph letter signed "LFC" [to Georges Geoffroy].  | 
            Copenhagen | 1947 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,560.00 | 
| 90 | CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de) . | Autograph letter signed "Chateaubriand" to Madame de Genlis, Stephanie-Felicite Du Crest.  | 
            Paris | 1824 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 715.00 | 
| 91 | CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de) . | Autograph letter signed "Chateaubriand" to Ferdinand Denois.  | 
            Rome | 1829 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 416.00 | 
| 92 | COCTEAU (Jean) . | Autograph letter initialled with a star, addressed to Jean Marais.  | 
            S.l. | [1939 or 1940] | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 910.00 | 
| 93 | COCTEAU (Jean) . | Autograph letter initialed with a star, [addressed to Jean Marais].  | 
            S.l. | 1941 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 650.00 | 
| 94 | DESBORDES-VALMORE (Marceline) . | Autograph letter signed [probably to the writer Edmond de Favieres], including a long poetic excerpt (73 lines).  | 
            Lyon | 1828 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 585.00 | 
| 95 | DESNOS (Robert) . | Autograph manuscript entitled "Night of September 26 to 2, 1922".  | 
            1922 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,860.00 | |
| 96 | DRIEU LA ROCHELLE (Pierre) . | Autograph letter to a woman.  | 
            S.l. | [1936] | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 312.00 | 
| 97 | DUMAS pere (Alexandre) . | Signed piece with autograph signed apostille (9 words), and with apostilles from printer-librarian Charles Lahure and Alexandre Dumas's bankruptcy trustee, Auguste Lefrancois.  | 
            Paris | 1856 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 390.00 | 
| 98 | ELUARD (Paul) . | Autograph manuscript, comprising 4 pp.  | 
            EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 325.00 | ||
| 99 | FLAUBERT (Gustave) . | Autograph poem entitled "A Me *** qui avait une Venus de Milo dans son boudoir".  | 
            EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 910.00 | ||
| 100 | GIONO (Jean) . | Correspondence of 4 letters and a card, autograph signed, addressed to Roger Nimier.  | 
            1961-1962. | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,170.00 |