• Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE
    Le Neptune Oriental
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSAS
    Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSINI DE THURY
    Carte générale et particulière de la France.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    JOUY; GARNERAY
    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LA PÉROUSE
    Voyage autour du monde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
    Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LICENT
    Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
    Panorama d’Athènes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PEETERS
    Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PÉRON; FREYCINET
    Voyage de découverte aux terres australes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    STACKELBERG
    La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    VALENTINER
    Atlas des Sonnensystems.
  • Forum Auctions
    A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World:
    The Library of a Gentleman
    14th November
    Forum, Nov. 14: Preziosi (Amedeo). Stamboul: Recollections of Eastern Life, first edition, Paris, Lemercier, 1858. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, Nov. 14: Mayr (Heinrich von). Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient. Vues Pittoresque de l'Orient, first edition in the original 10 parts, Munich, Paris & Leipzig, [1839-40]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Nov. 14: Lewis (John Frederick). Illustrations of Constantinople, made during a Residence in that City &c. in the Years 1835-6, first edition, [1838]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, Nov. 14: Dodwell (Edward). Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, Rodwell and Martin, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, Nov. 14: Cassas (Louis François). [Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte], 3 vol., first edition, [Paris], [1799]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World:
    The Library of a Gentleman
    14th November
    Forum, Nov. 14: La Chappelle (George). Recuel de Divers Portraits des Principales Dames de la Porte du Grand Turc, first edition, Paris, 1648. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, Nov. 14: Fossati (Gaspard). Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, 1852. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, Nov. 14: Pertusier (Charles). Promenades Pittoresques dans Constantinople et sur les Rives du Bosphore, 4 vol., inc Atlas, first edition, Paris, H. Nicolle, 1815-17. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, Nov. 14: Brindesi (Jean). Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition, [Paris], [1855-60]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, Nov. 14: Le Bruyn (Cornelius). Voyage au Levant, first French edition, Delft, Henri de Kroonevelt, 1700. £3,000 to £4,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
  • Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Chronograph Wristwatches. Precious memories of the 20th Century / Cronografi da Polso. Preziose Memorie del XX Secolo, 2013. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Lanthemann, Joseph. Modigliani 1884-1920. A Catalogue Raisonné, Barcelona, 1970. €320 to €380.
    Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (from A to B and back again), New York, 1975. Signed by the author. €500 to €600.
    Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Vitali, Lamberto. Morandi: Catalogo Generale. I & II, Mediolan, 1983. €1,100 to €1,300.
    Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Goldstein, Ann. Christopher Wool, Los Angeles, 1998. €320 to €380.
    Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Celant, Germano. Piero Manzoni, 1989. €320 to €360.9
    Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Ernst, Max. Oeuvre-Katalog. Das Graphische Werk, Cologne, 1975. €420 to €480.
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Aguttes: Books and Manuscripts

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 280,496.00
Auction Date October 30, 2024 - October 30, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 144,390.00
Sale Number #153688 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 184,040.00
Total Lots 216
Sold Lots 158 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 350,250.00
% of Lots Sold 73.15% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 437,630.00
Unsold Lots 58 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 64.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
192 DALI. SOKOLOFF (Nicolas).

The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac. 13 original lithographs by Salvador Dali. Text by Nicolas Sokoloff.

1967 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 11,752.00
204 GIACOMETTI. DUCHAMP. LEBEL (Robert).

La double vue. With an etched diptych by Alberto Giacometti

1964 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 11,626.00
76 MONET Claude . (1840-1926).

L.A.S. "Claude Monet",

1869 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 11,050.00
227 MATTA (Roberto, Sebastian Matta Echauren, dit).

Come detta dentro vo significando.

1962 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,109.00
140 ROBESPIERRE Maximilien de. (1758-1794).

L.A.S. "de Robespierre president" as president of the Societe des Amis de la Constitution,

[1790] EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 9,750.00
232 PICASSO. CROMMELYNCK (Fernand).

Le cocu magnifique.

1968 EUR 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 8,845.00
193 DALI. DALI ILLUSTRATES CASANOVA.

Paris, Au Cercle du Livre Precieux,

1967 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 7,834.00
77 MONET Claude (1840-1926).

L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Wednesday morning

1880? EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 7,800.00
143 Tatiana NIKOLAIEVNA (1897-1918)

L.A.S. "Tatiana", Tobolsk March 1, 1918

1918 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 7,410.00
124 EINSTEIN Albert (1879-1955).

L.S. "A. Einstein",

1936 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,760.00
194 DERAIN. [RABELAIS (Francois)].

Les horribles et espovantables faictz et prouesses du tres renomme Pantagruel...

1943-1945. EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,571.00
182 BRUNELLESCHI. HOUVILLE (Gerard d').

Masks and characters in Italian comedy.

1914 EUR 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,318.00
218 LEGER. RIMBAUD (Arthur).

Les illuminations. Lausanne, Grosclaude, Editions des Gaules,

1949 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,065.00
190 CLAVE. RABELAIS (Francois).

Gargantua.

1955 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,054.00
199 DUFY. MONFORT (E.)

La belle enfant ou l'amour a quarante ans.

1930 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,054.00
217 [MANUSCRIT]. LEBEGUE. MAUPASSANT (Guy de).

Ce cochon de Morin. Watercolors by Lebegue.

circa1910 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 4,550.00
197 DINET. SLIMAN BEN IBRAHIM BAAMER.

El Fiafi oua el Kifar ou le Desert.

1911 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,422.00
224 LUNOIS. VORAGINE (Jacques de).

La Legende doree.

1896 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,043.00
170 PAUL VAYSON (1842-1911).

Album of original drawings and sketches in charcoal and graphite, some in ink.

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,900.00
75 MATISSE Henri (1869-1954).

L.A.S. "Henri Matisse",

1938 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 3,640.00
111 LA FAYETTE Marie-Madeleine PIOCHE DE LA VERGNE, MADAME DE. (1634-1693).

L.A.,

1657 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,640.00
180 BISSIERE. FRANCOIS D'ASSISE (saint).

Cantique a notre frere soleil. Eleven woodcuts by Bissiere.

1954 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 3,538.00
167 [PARIS]. [TURGOT], BRETEZ (Louis).

Plan de Paris commence l'annee 1734, dessine et grave sous les ordres de Messire Michel Etienne Turgot... acheve de graver en 1739.

s.d. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,411.00
164 [NICOLAS (Gilbert), IN RELIGION GABRIEL-MARIA].

Novus tractatus de de/cem plagis pauperta/tis fratrum minorum. /Vel ab aliquibus nun/cupatur bonus pastor. [Tractatus novus in / quo vere et clare osten/ ditur qui sunt veri Ob/servatores Regule divi / Fra[n]cisci ad litteram ad / litteram ad litteram.

circa 1510. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,285.00
89 CAMUS Albert (1913-1960).

autograph MANUSCRIT,

1944 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,120.00
  • Freeman’s | Hindman
    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
    November 14
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
  • Doyle
    Stage & Screen
    November 14 & 15
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A studio-sanctioned Darth Vader Touring Costume from The Empire Strikes Back. $50,000 to $100,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An original Al Hirschfeld's illustration of the cast of On Golden Pond. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The largest trove of personal Grace Kelly letters to come to market. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An Important Archive of Musical Manuscripts of Truman Capote and Harold Arlen's House of Flowers. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The archive of an original Merrily We Roll Along Broadway cast member. $5,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Jerry Herman's Yamaha Model C7 Ebonized Grand Piano. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A large group of Jerry Herman musical posters. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Group of awards presented to Jerry Herman. $300 to $400.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Six pages of original art for "The MAD Game of Basebrawl," a complete story published in MAD #167, pages 31-36, June 1974. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A MAD book made for Al Jaffee, containing original art and writings from many MAD contributors. 2011. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A Jaffee-themed MAD Fold-In - "What honor should the creator of the MAD Fold-Ins be given?" $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: MAD Fold-In - "What developing news story has many Americans totally transfixed?" $800 to $1,200.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD