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Tessier & Sarrou and Associates: Comic Books Originals

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Auction Name	Comic Books Originals	Total Sales (EUR)	188,526.00
Auction Date	November 30, 2024 - November 30, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	123,620.00
Sale Number	#156381	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	183,930.00
Total Lots	510
Sold Lots	418	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	146,170.00
% of Lots Sold	81.96%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	217,730.00
Unsold Lots	92	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	86.59%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
102	Druillet - Original plate: Les 6 voyages de Lone Sloane (penultimate plate of the 5th voyage) Dargaud 1972	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 11,264.00
131	Herge - Original drawing: Tintin opens a box from which a dove of peace escapes. Superb drawing created for the 1973 greetings	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 8,704.00
155	Pratt - dedication: Corto Maltese I. First edition with brown dust jacket featuring an exceptional drawing of the hero. A handwritten text in Portuguese accompanies the drawing. In this text	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 7,680.00
260	Moebius Airtight Garage: Extremely rare album published by Starwatcher Graphics (Encino	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 6,528.00
141	Pratt - dedication: Exceptional drawing of Corto Maltese	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 3,328.00
607	Herge - Silkscreen for WWF: Superb large-format silkscreen	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,304.00
605	Herge - Silkscreen for WWF: Superb large-format silkscreen	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,176.00
606	Herge - Silkscreen for WWF: Superb large-format silkscreen	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,176.00
562	Gaston 0 - First edition: Mythical small-format album published in 1960. Interior in very A few small color losses on the 1st plate. High restoration potential	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,984.00
101	Dany - Original artwork: Olivier Rameau	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,920.00
576	Tintin B&W - The Blue Lotus: First edition	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,920.00
405	Lucky Luke 8: Phil Defer.	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,664.00
238	Hugo Pratt - Captain Cormorant: Numbered (/240) and signed silkscreen print. Extremely rare album close to mint condition.	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,600.00
592	Herge - dedication: Tintin in Tibet. B29 first edition from 1960 with a drawing of Tintin and Snowy. Good/very good condition	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,600.00
132	Herge (Studio ?) - Original drawing: Tintin with arm raised and Snowy	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,536.00
149	Herge - dedication: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets. Numbered edition (/500) offered by Herge in 1969. This copy is embellished with 5 lines of dedications. Average/Good condition	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,536.00
608	Herge - Silkscreen for WWF: Superb large-format silkscreen	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,536.00
168	Uderzo - dedication: Large drawing on sheet	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,408.00
286	Strange - Set of 7 albums: 52	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,408.00
321	Benoit Brisefer 1: Les cabs rouges. Superb album	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,408.00
555	Spirou et Fantasio 17: Les hommes-bulles. First edition. Near mint condition	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,408.00
581	Tintin/Quick and Flupke B&W - Set of 5 albums: Congo (A18)	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,280.00
407	Lucky Luke 10: Blue foot alert.	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,216.00
551	Spirou et Fantasio 9: Le repaire de la murene. First edition. Superb album	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,152.00
232	Franquin - Aroutcheff: Black Torpedo submarine and Fantasio diver from Le Repaire de la Murene	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,126.00

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
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

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
and Machine Manuals
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
and Machine Manuals
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