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International Autograph Auctions Europe SL: Autographs, Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts

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Auction Name	Autographs, Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	2,301,668.75
Auction Date	December 03, 2024 - December 05, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	1,428,280.00
Sale Number	#33	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	1,976,650.00
Total Lots	1520
Sold Lots	1516	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	1,511,460.00
% of Lots Sold	99.74%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	2,080,920.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	110.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
1437	MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS: (1756-1791) In a previously ' lost' letter Mozart makes the first known	EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	EUR 550,000.00
1520	LENNON JOHN: (1940-1980) Lennon to Clapton - ' you could make the kind of sound that could bring	EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	EUR 125,000.00
1478	FREUD SIGMUND: (1856-1939) Freud on homosexuality	EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	EUR 75,000.00
1493	GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) A wonderfully emblematic pair of Gandhi' s chappals, with excellent	EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	EUR 62,500.00
1495	EINSTEIN ALBERT:	EUR 50,000.00 - 60,000.00	EUR 50,000.00
1444	SHELLEY PERCY BYSSHE: (1792-1822)	EUR 35,000.00 - 45,000.00	EUR 42,500.00
1061	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Nine Monet letters on Rodin and Cezanne to his art dealers, bound together	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 32,500.00
957	HITLER ADOLF:	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 23,750.00
1445	SHELLEY MARY: (1797-1851) Mary Shelley acts to protect the image of her husband	EUR 18,000.00 - 22,000.00	EUR 22,500.00
1503	PICASSO & HIS CIRCLE: Illustrated with 'self-portraits' by Picasso & Dora Maar	EUR 18,000.00 - 24,000.00	EUR 22,500.00
1485	MODIGLIANI AMEDEO: (1884-1920) A rare original drawing signed by Modigliani and gifted to his	EUR 18,000.00 - 22,000.00	EUR 21,250.00
1422	HENRY VIII: (1491-1547)	EUR 18,000.00 - 24,000.00	EUR 20,000.00
1304	NICHOLAS II OF RUSSIA: A very rare large signed photograph by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 18,750.00
1421	ALEXANDER III: (c.1100/05-1181) & TWO FUTURE POPES A truly astounding document signed by three Popes	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 18,750.00
1455	CAMERON JULIA MARGARET: (1815-1879)	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 17,500.00
1473	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ' I find London more beautiful to paint every day''	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 17,500.00
1472	RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: An exceptional ledger book containing, in Renoir''s hand, the recording of	EUR 14,000.00 - 18,000.00	EUR 16,250.00
1502	PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Picasso signed exhibition catalogue with an original drawing of a fish in	EUR 14,000.00 - 18,000.00	EUR 16,250.00
1443	BYRON GEORGE GORDON: (1788-1824) Byron makes final preparations to travel to Greece to assist in the	EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	EUR 15,000.00
1460	BERLIOZ HECTOR: (1803-1869) "..this horrible storm was not enough to uproot the love that I still	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 15,000.00
1514	DEAN JAMES: (1931-1955) ' I haven' t written because I have fallen in love. It had to happen	EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	EUR 15,000.00
1012	CHOPIN FREDERIC: (1810-1849) Signed twice by Chopin whilst in London, accompanied by Pleyel	EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	EUR 13,750.00
1305	EMPRESS ALEXANDRA & DAUGHTERS: Extremely rare postcard signed by Empress Alexandra of Russia and by	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 13,750.00
1432	SCHILLER FRIEDRICH: (1759-1805) ' I request that you continue to choose......my Thalia for the	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 13,750.00
1515	STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) ``"We stage The Song of the Nightingale, conducted by Ansermet, whom	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 12,500.00

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