Beaussant Lefevre: History & Chivalry, 178715, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 28, 2026 - May 28, 2026
Page Size: 33 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
16

Veterance medal diplomas

Versailles; Paris 1774; 1783; 1794; 1795 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 644.00
17

Military reward patent and passports

Versailles; Dresden; Naples 1782; 1755; 1756; 1759 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 902.00
18

French Revolution documents

Paris; Montauban; Maubeuge 1792; 1793; 1794; 1796 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 261.00
43

Legion d'honneur patents and documents

Bastia; Clermont-Ferrand; Valenciennes 1816; 1829; 1832; 1864; 1906; 1929; 1934 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 261.00
46

First Empire documents

Lille; La Roche-sur-Yon; Portoferraio 1800; 1813; 1814; 1815 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
49

St. Helena medal patents

N/A EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 104.00
50

St. Helena Medal lithograph

France 1857 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 588.00
70

Decoration of the Lily diplomas

Valenciennes; Saint-Etienne; Agen; Tarn-et-Garonne; Bas-Rhin; Gironde 1814-1818 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 522.00
74

Restoration and 19th century documents

Dunkirk; Oran 1815; 1816; 1818; 1830; 1846 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 327.00
77

July Monarchy documents and medal

Paris 1831-1834 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 653.00
88

Military medal set of five diplomas

1867; 1899; 1934; 1956; 1957 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 77.00
112

Medaille d'Italie with patent

Milan 1859 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 580.00
135 Barre

Mexico medal with patent

Medeah circa 1867 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 451.00
145

Second Empire - Imperial Guard and military music souvenirs

Sebastopol; Constantine 1855; 1857; 1866; 1867; 1878 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 386.00
146 Dorian

War of 1870-1871 and ex-servicemen diplomas

1871; 1888; 1901; 1902 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 129.00
211

Colonial campaigns and the First World War archives

Paris; Cherbourg 1885; 1894; 1896; 1914; 1916; 1918; 1919 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 261.00
279

Ordre des Chevaliers de la Croix de Lorraine et Compagnons de la Resistance patent

1947 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 193.00
283

Souvenir du Chef d'Escadron Jacques Revon

1944; 1946 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 402.00
309 Barre

Ministry of the Interior - Second Empire medals and patents

1856; 1858; 1866 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 235.00
340 Morlon

Civilian decorations patents

1903; 1907; 1929; 1943; 1967 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 418.00
373

Certificates of decorations of Mr. Robert Weill Rabaud

1935; 1936 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 129.00
387

Order of the Dragon of Annam patent and authorization

1889 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 914.00
388

Order of the Dragon of Annam knight's patent

1931 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 457.00
389

Souvenirs of Paul Andre Filippini

Hue 1929; 1933; 1934; 1937; 1940; 1942 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 496.00
403

Military records of Lieutenant-General of Cavalry Baron Robert Jooris

1912-1962 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,045.00
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] 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: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.