Sothebys: Books and Manuscripts, pf2523, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 95 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
79 Matisse, Henri

Le cheval, l'ecuyere et le clown (de Jazz)

1947 EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
80 Matisse, Henri

L'avaleur de sabres (de Jazz)

1947 EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,826.00
81 Miro, Joan -- Helene Prigogine

Ponts suspendus

Paris 1964 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 10,795.00
82 Mondrian, Piet

Lettre autographe signee [a Felix del Marle]

2 avril 1926 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,048.00
83 Mondrian, Piet

Lettre autographe signee [a Alfred Roth]

[Paris] 31 octobre 1932 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,255.00
84 Munch, Edvard

Lettre autographe signee, a un "cher monsieur"

[Klampenborg - Danemark] [1909] EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
85 Munch, Edvard

Lettre autographe signee a "un cher directeur"

Skoien [Skonen, pres d'Oslo] decembre 1933 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,064.00
86 Piaf, Edith

Belle lettre d'amour a Toto Gerardin

Paris 13 avril [1952] EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 2,540.00
87 Picasso, Pablo

Carte postale signee a Rene Char, ecrite par Paul Eluard

[Mougins] [20 juin (?) 1936] EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,048.00
88 Picasso, Pablo

Lettre autographe signee a un cher ami

Les Voiliers Royan 23 juillet 1940 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
89 Picasso, Pablo

Lettre autographe signee a M. Nielsen

[Vienne (Isere)] [9 juillet 1951] EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 2,540.00
90 Picasso, Pablo

2 billets signes

Sans date EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 7,620.00
91 Picasso, Pablo

3 lettres ou billets autographes signes a Ines Sassier

Cannes, Vauvenargues, Mougins 10 septembre 1959, 3 mars 1960, 4 fevrier 1963 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,096.00
92 Saint-Exupery, Antoine

Dessin original, avec legende autographe

Sans date EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
93 Saint-Exupery, Antoine de

Lettre autographe signee a Lucie-Marie Decour

Toulouse [15 ou 16 octobre 1926] EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,524.00
94 Saint-Exupery, Antoine

Manuscrit autographe, avec croquis geometrique et trois dessins

[Vers 1941-1942 ?] EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,270.00
95 Saint-Exupery, Antoine de

Manuscrits autographes avec plusieurs dessins

[Vers 1942] EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 20,320.00
96 Saint-Exupery, Antoine

L'envol du Petit Prince vers les etoiles. Dessin original

Sans date EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 40,640.00
97 Vian, Boris

J.J. Johnson : first place. Manuscrit autographe

[1958] EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
98 Vian, Boris

4 lettres ou minutes, dont 3 autographes, signees a divers correspondants

Paris 1949-1959 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
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