Aguttes: Rare Books & Antiquarian Manuscripts, 177621, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026
Page Size: 325 items in 13 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
121 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)

L.A.S. « your boy Henri », [fevrier 1891], a SA MERE, la comtesse Adele-Zoe de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

1891 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 780.00
122 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)

L.A.S. « H. de Toulouse-Lautrec », 7 fevrier [1894], a l’imprimeur et editeur Andre MARTY

1894 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 845.00
123 Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

L.A.S. « H.B. », [2 mars 1825], a sa sœur Mademoiselle Nanci BERLIOZ

1825 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,730.00
124 Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

L.A.S. « H. Berlioz », samedi soir [1850 ?], au violoncelliste Hippolyte-Prosper SELIGMANN

ND (1850?) EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 416.00
125 Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

L.A.S. « H. Berlioz », 2 janvier 1867, a Auguste de GASPERINI

1867 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 390.00
126 Camille Du Locle (1832-1903)

L.A.S. (paraphe), [4 juin 1875], a Philippe GILLE ; et MANUSCRIT autographe

1875 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 585.00
127 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

L.A.S. « Johannes B », [Wien, fin decembre 1890], a son ami Julius Otto GRIMM

Wien 1890 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,120.00
128 Wilhelm Furtwangler (1886-1954)

MANUSCRIT MUSICAL autographe

N/A EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
129 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

P.A.S. MUSICALE, Amsterdam 18 fevrier 1897

Amsterdam 1897 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,560.00
130 Ferdinand Hiller (1811-1885)

MANUSCRIT MUSICAL autographe signe « Ferdinand Hiller », et MANUSCRIT autographe signe, 1880 et 1882

1880; 1882 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 910.00
131 Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)

20 L.A.S. « Herbert », 1915-1935, a ses parents

1915-1935 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,600.00
132 Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)

23 L.A.S. « Herbert », [1933-1934] et s.d., a ses parents

1933-1934 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,600.00
133 Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)

3 L.A. (incompletes) et 2 billets autographes, [1934-1935], a ses parents

1934-1935 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 260.00
134 Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)

4 L.A.S. « Herbert » et 1 L.A. (incomplete de la fin), Aachen 1934-1935, a ses parents

Aachen 1934-1935 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 754.00
135 Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)

4 L.A.S. « Herbert », Aachen septembre-novembre 1935, a ses parents

Aachen 1935 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
136 Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)

7 L.A.S. « Herbert », Aachen novembre 1935-juin 1936, a ses parents

Aachen 1935-1936 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,430.00
137 Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)

7 L.A.S. « Herbert », 1938, a ses parents

1938 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,080.00
138 Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)

3 L.A.S. « Herbert », [avril-mai 1955], a Mary ROBLEE

1955 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
140 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

L.A.S. « F. Liszt », Weymar 4 fevrier 1857, [a Ferdinand HEROLD]

Weymar 1857 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,820.00
141 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

L.A.S. « F. Liszt », Weymar 30 avril 1860, a un ami

Weymar 1860 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,300.00
142 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

L.A.S. « F. Liszt », Weimar 23 fevrier 1869, [probablement a l’editeur Heinrich SCHMIDT de Leipzig]

Weimar 1869 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,105.00
143 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

L.A.S. « F. Liszt », Vendredi matin, a un critique

N/A EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,430.00
144 Alma Mahler-Werfel (1879-1964)

6 L.A.S. « Alma Maria Mahler », « Alma » ou « Alma Maria », a un ami chef d’orchestre

N/A EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,550.00
145 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791); May Coates; Ernst Pauer (1826-1905); Wellington; Anna Maria Hall; Anne Thackeray; E.J. Cobbett; George Frederic Watts; John William Inchbold; Hubert von Herkomer; Jenny Lind-Goldschmitt; Stephen Heller; Thomas Hughes;

Meche de cheveux dans un album d’autographes

N/A EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 18,200.00
146 Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

L.A.S. « Maurice Ravel », Megeve 18 janvier 1919, a Marguerite LONG

Megeve 1919 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,380.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.