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L'Autographe Auctions: International Manuscripts and Autographs Auction - Part 1

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Auction Name	International Manuscripts and Autographs Auction - Part 1	Total Sales (GBP)	25,467.00
Auction Date	December 09, 2024 - December 09, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	46,080.00
Sale Number	#4a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	46,080.00
Total Lots	719
Sold Lots	381	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	61,600.00
% of Lots Sold	52.99%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	61,600.00
Unsold Lots	338	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	41.34%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
68	HISTORY - BONAPARTE Napoleon I (1769 - 1821) - Letter signed - Napoleonica	GBP 900.00 - 900.00	GBP 1,430.00
547	LITERATURE -- French theater and literature, Lot of 50 autograph letters, signed printed photographs and concert programs - Rejane -- Bernhardt -- Girardot	GBP 300.00 - 300.00	GBP 572.00
4	HISTORY - SCHINER, Mathieu (Muelebach, 1465 - Rome, 1522) - Switzerland	GBP 500.00 - 500.00	GBP 416.00
49	HISTORY - BEN GOURION David (1886 - 1973) - Signed printed photograph - Israel	GBP 200.00 - 200.00	GBP 390.00
197	HISTORY - GENTILE Giovanni (1875 - 1944) - Kingdom of Italy	GBP 280.00 - 280.00	GBP 390.00
295	HISTORY - LOUIS XIV (1638-1715) - Document signed (secretary) - France	GBP 300.00 - 300.00	GBP 390.00
297	HISTORY - LOUIS XVI (1754 - 1793) - Document not signed - France	GBP 300.00 - 300.00	GBP 390.00
222	HISTORY - HENRI IV (1553 - 1610) - Letter signed - France	GBP 300.00 - 300.00	GBP 364.00
486	LITERATURE - CARDUCCI Giosue (1835 - 1907) - Italy	GBP 100.00 - 100.00	GBP 338.00
703	LITERATURE - SABA Umberto (1883 - 1957) - Italy	GBP 650.00 - 650.00	GBP 312.00
395	HISTORY - SAVOY Charles Albert of (1798 - 1849) - Kingdom of Italy	GBP 150.00 - 150.00	GBP 286.00
69	HISTORY - BONAPARTE Napoleon III (1808 - 1873) - Autograph letter signed - Napoleonica	GBP 300.00 - 300.00	GBP 260.00
165	HISTORY - FOUCHE Joseph (1759 - 1820) - Letter signed ; Document signed - France	GBP 250.00 - 250.00	GBP 260.00
319	HISTORY - MASARYK Tomas Garrigue (1850 - 1937) - Document signed - Czech Republic	GBP 150.00 - 150.00	GBP 260.00
472	LITERATURE - BERNARDIN DE ST PIERRE Henri (1737 - 1814) - Manuscript - Voyage en Amazonie	GBP 250.00 - 250.00	GBP 234.00
193	HISTORY - GAMBETTA Leon (1838 - 1882) - Autograph letter signed - France	GBP 200.00 - 200.00	GBP 221.00
298	HISTORY - LOUIS XVIII (1755 - 1824) - Letter signed - France	GBP 300.00 - 300.00	GBP 221.00
390	HISTORY - ROCHAMBEAU Jean Baptiste (1725 - 1807) - Document signed - France	GBP 150.00 - 150.00	GBP 221.00
421	HISTORY - WELLINGTON Arthur Wellesley (1769 - 1852) - Letter signed ; Autograph letter signed - United Kingdom	GBP 100.00 - 100.00	GBP 221.00
211	HISTORY - HAILE SELASSIE I Tafari Makkonen (1892 - 1975) - Signature on card - Ethopia	GBP 200.00 - 200.00	GBP 208.00
629	LITERATURE - MANN Thomas (1875 - 1955) - Signed printed photograph - Nobel Prize	GBP 150.00 - 150.00	GBP 208.00
267	HISTORY - KLEBER Jean-Baptiste (1753 - 1800) - Document signed - Napoleonica	GBP 500.00 - 500.00	GBP 195.00
315	HISTORY - MARCEAU Francois Severin (1769 - 1796) - Document signed - Napoleonica	GBP 400.00 - 400.00	GBP 195.00
344	HISTORY - NEHRU Jawaharla (1889 - 1964) - Signed printed photograph ; Typed letter signed - India	GBP 200.00 - 200.00	GBP 195.00
446	LITERATURE - DAUDET, Alphonse (Nimes, 1840 - Paris, 1897) - Daudet and Henry James in London	GBP 150.00 - 150.00	GBP 195.00

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