Ader: Autographed Letters and Manuscripts - Part I, 177752, PARIS
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jacques II Bailly (1701-1768) | Inventaire apres le deces de Sr Jacques Bailly Peintre du Roy et Garde des Tableaux de la Couronne |
1768 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,242.00 | |
| 3 | Collection of letters and documents |
N/A | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 4 | Alexander Calder (1898-1976) | Letter to Marie Cuttoli, October 7, 1956 |
1956 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 791.00 | |
| 5 | Camille Claudel (1856-1943) | Letter to Mme de Vulpillieres, December 22, 1915 |
1915 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 21,100.00 | |
| 6 | Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (1788-1856) | Letter on Pyrenean marble, July 29, 1847 |
1847 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | Vivant Denon (1747-1825) | Letter of resignation to Louis XVIII, October 5, 1815 |
1815 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 9 | Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) | Letter apologizing for delay in replying |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 10 | Leonor Fini (1907-1996) | Letter requesting a telephone call, July 20 |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 11 | Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904); Aime Morot (1850-1913) | Drawings of Gallic garments and ornaments; Autograph note |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 14 | Max Liebermann (1847-1935) | Autograph letter signed to Ernest Gambart |
1879 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | Rene Magritte (1898-1967) | Autograph letter signed with drawing |
1958 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 13,188.00 | |
| 16 | Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) | Autograph letter signed to a friend |
N/A | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 17 | Jacques Majorelle | Autograph letter signed to a 'very dear fugitive' |
N/A | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 923.00 | |
| 18 | Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779) | Autograph letter signed to a public prosecutor |
1776 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 989.00 | |
| 19 | Felicien Rops (1833-1898) | Autograph letter signed to Leon Clapisson |
1880 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 330.00 | |
| 20 | Gerard Sekoto (1913-1993) | Autograph letters and signed notes to Yvonne |
1960-1963 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 106.00 | |
| 21 | Paul Signac (1863-1935) | Autograph letter signed to Camille Pissarro |
1887 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 620.00 | |
| 23 | Horace Vernet; Marie Vernet nee Fuller | Autograph and signed letters to M. Boissonnas |
1862; 1872 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 277.00 | |
| 25 | Franz-Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873) | Autograph letter signed to M. d'Adelung |
1858 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 26 | Menut Alophe | Lithographed portrait of Joseph Ascher |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 27 | Henri Berton (1767-1844); Etienne Laine (1753-1822) | 2 Autograph Letters Signed to Guilbert de Pixerecourt |
1825; 1814 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 28 | Edme Collinet (1765-1841) | 2 Autograph Letters Signed to Chevalier de Vaeselles |
1831 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 29 | Comedie Francaise | Etat des jours que la Reine est venues a la Comedies francaise pendant le courant de l'annee 1776 |
1776 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 30 | Italian Comedy | Autograph Document Signed by the Committee of the Comedie Italienne |
1788 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 31 | Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) | Autograph Letter Signed to Marcel Mihalovici |
1968; 1953 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
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