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Auction Name	Ancient Books	Total Sales (EUR)	357,300.00
Auction Date	July 09, 2025 - July 09, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	146,300.00
Sale Number	#160429	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	188,450.00
Total Lots	183
Sold Lots	180	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	149,400.00
% of Lots Sold	98.36%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	192,750.00
Unsold Lots	3	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	185.37%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
222	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny October 12, 1912, to his son-in-law Jean-Pierre HOSCHEDE	1912	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 21,250.00
217	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny April 5, 1899, to Francois DEPEAUX	1899	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 18,750.00
224	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny May 12, 1925, to Andre BARBIER	1925	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 16,250.00
216	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Pourville "lundi pour mardi 9" [February 1897], to his wife Alice MONET, "ma bonne cherie"	1897	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 15,000.00
218	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny April 27, 1899, to Francois DEPEAUX	1899	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 12,500.00
219	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude", Giverny February 24, 1902, to HIS WIFE Alice MONET	1902	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 12,500.00
272	DIAGHILEV Serge de	DIAGHILEV Serge de (1872-1929). L.A.S. "SD", Warsaw Wednesday [1926?], to Serge LIFAR	1926?	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 12,125.00
189	GAUGUIN Paul	GAUGUIN Paul (1848-1903). L.A.S. "Paul Gauguin"), [Tahiti] July [1901], to Ambroise VOLLARD	1901	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 11,875.00
220	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny January 11, 1909, to Gustave GEFFROY	1909	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 11,250.00
273	FELLINI Federico	FELLINI Federico (1920-1993). original DRAWING		EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 9,375.00
214	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny February 7, 1892, to M. HAMMAN	1892	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 8,750.00
215	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Rouen February 26, 1892, to Gustave GEFFROY	1892	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 8,750.00
213	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny November 1, 1889, to Edmond BAZIRE	1889	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 7,500.00
271	DIAGHILEV Serge de	DIAGHILEV Serge de (1872-1929). L.A.S. "SD", Thursday [1925], to Serge LIFAR	1925	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 6,875.00
221	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926) L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny April 12, 1909	1909	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 6,250.00
223	MONET Claude	MONET Claude (1840-1926) L.A.S. "Claude Monet",Giverny July 17, 1916, to a young lady	1916	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 5,000.00
195	KLIMT Gustav	KLIMT Gustav (1862-1918). postcard a.s. "Gustav", [Kammer am Attersee] July 1909, to his mother Anna KLIMT in Sieghartskirchen	1909	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 4,875.00
203	MANESSIER Alfred	MANESSIER Alfred (1911-1993). 24 L.A.S. "Alfred Manessier", "Manessier" or "Alfred", 1946-1989, to Abbe Maurice MOREL	1946-1989	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,250.00
296	RAVEL Maurice	RAVEL Maurice (1875-1937). L.A.S. "Maurice Ravel", Megeve February 9, 1919, to Marguerite LONG	1919	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,250.00
297	RAVEL Maurice	RAVEL Maurice (1875-1937). L.A.S. "Maurice Ravel", Saint-Cloud August 29, 1919, to Leon VALLAS	1919	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 3,250.00
334		Boule de Moulins - Repechage ndeg14 :		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,125.00
324		War of '70: Set of three Ballon-Montes, two Boules de Moulins and two Papillons de Metz,		EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 3,000.00
207	MATISSE Henri	MATISSE Henri (1869-1954). L.A.S. "H. Matisse", Vence August 9, 1944, [to Henry de MONTHERLANT]	1944	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,875.00
289	OFFENBACH Jacques	OFFENBACH Jacques (1819-1880). autograph MUSICAL MANUSCRIT		EUR 700.00 - 800.00	EUR 2,875.00
194	INGRES Jean-Dominique	INGRES Jean-Dominique (1780-1867). L.A.S. "Ingres", Florence September 28, 1821, to Jules RAMEY "statuaire" in Paris	1821	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,750.00

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

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

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

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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