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De Baecque and Associes: Ancient and Modern Books

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Auction Name	Ancient and Modern Books	Total Sales (EUR)	124,229.30
Auction Date	November 28, 2024 - November 28, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	41,540.00
Sale Number	#155347	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	59,950.00
Total Lots	252
Sold Lots	163	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	58,370.00
% of Lots Sold	64.68%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	83,860.00
Unsold Lots	89	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	148.14%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	[DIDEROT - D'ALEMBERT].	ENCYCLOPEDIE OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, des Arts et des Metiers, par une societe de gens de lettres...	1751-1780.	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 44,200.00
161	[SAINT-DOMINGUE - NOLIVOS, Pierre Gedeon de (1714-1794), slave-owning planter, former governor of Guadeloupe (1765 to 1768), then of Saint-Domingue (1769 to 1772).	Important testimony to slavery in Saint-Domingue.	March 1787.	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 10,400.00
160	NOLIVOS, Pierre Gedeon de	Very important archive relating to the administration of his Cul-de-Sac estate in Saint-Domingue: Around 80 documents: memoirs, letters and miscellaneous items.		EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 8,060.00
167	[GIACOMELLI, Hector]. DUMAS Fils, Alexandre (1824-1895).	Very important correspondence of around 140 autograph letters and cards signed by Alexandre Dumas fils and his wife Henriette,		EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 5,850.00
184	GAUTIER, Theophile.	Long autograph poem entitled "Pour Madame Adele Hugo".	n.d.	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 3,900.00
112	MENDES (Catulle).	L'EVANGILE DE L'ENFANCE de notre seigneur selon Saint Pierre, mis en francais par Catulle Mendes d'apres le manuscrit de l'Abbaye de Saint Wolfgang.	(1894).	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,860.00
185		NERVAL - AUTOGRAPHS & DRAWINGS. Set of 2 albums amicorum consisting of numerous drawings, watercolors and signed autograph pieces.	Mid-nineteenth century.	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,600.00
158	WEGENER (Gerda).	LA MYTHOLOGIE.	(1928).	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 2,470.00
190		COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS. Bound in brown morocco,		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 2,015.00
95	JOBERT De Lamballe (A.J.).	TREATISE ON PLASTIC SURGERY. Atlas of 18 engraved and colored plates.	1849	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,820.00
233		[Rhone/negoce] Lot of 4 registers of correspondence from Francois Tondard, merchant of various goods (wool from Safi in Morocco, wax, damask, sulfur, paper, sweet almonds, etc.).		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,560.00
179	FLORIAN, Jean-Pierre Claris de.	Set of 10 letters: 5 unsigned autograph letters and 5 letters dictated by him, all addressed to his uncle, the Marquis de Florian, in Geneva and Ferney-Voltaire,	1781 to 1787 (autograph) and 1787 to 1790 (dictated).	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,300.00
183	HUGO, Victor.	Confidential" and "pressed" L.A.S., addressed to the editor of the journal Le Siecle: Francois-Adolphe Chambolle, "a lui seul".	s.d.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,300.00
72	[DUPUIS, Jean-Francois].	OBSERVATIONS SUR LA CULTURE DES VIGNES, avec la methode de faire le vin et de le conserver, sans que sa qualite en en devient nuisible.	1764	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,040.00
178	DUMAS, Alexandre Pere.	Autograph poem signed, entitled "L'Ange de Marana".		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 975.00
106	MAUPASSANT (Guy de).	UNE VIE.	1883	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 910.00
168	GIACOMELLI, Hector.	Correspondence by him and to him from various sources (military, engravers, etc.).		EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 910.00
208		[Aude/Carcassonne/Chirurgie] Personal and professional archives of Jacques Rose Marie Bellemaniere,		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 780.00
164		ENLUMINATION. Large 15th-century illumination.	15th-century	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 689.00
27		(Manuscript) - CONGREGATION OF THE FATHERS OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. (CONSTITUTIONS de la).		EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 650.00
30	BAYROS (Franz von).	BAYROS MAPPE, mit vorwort von Rudolf Hans Bartsch.	s.d.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 650.00
37	WANDA by S...	FRANCOISE OU LES PLAISIRS DU MARIAGE.	1937	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 650.00
157	[WEGENER (Gerda)] - GAUTIER (Th.).	FORTUNIO.	1934	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 650.00
2	AGUESSEAU (Henri-Francois).	OEUVRES.	1759-89.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 585.00
240		SAONE-ET-LOIRE. Set of manuscripts, 16th-18th century,	16th-18th century,	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 585.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD