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Aguttes: Manuscripts and Autographs

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Auction Name	Manuscripts and Autographs	Total Sales (EUR)	385,050.00
Auction Date	July 10, 2025 - July 10, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	309,400.00
Sale Number	#165219	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	396,350.00
Total Lots	360
Sold Lots	334	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	339,600.00
% of Lots Sold	92.78%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	436,450.00
Unsold Lots	26	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	88.22%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
724	SIMENON Georges	SIMENON Georges (1903-1989) TAPUSCRIT with autograph corrections, Le Rapport du gendarme, 1941	1941	EUR 7,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 17,500.00
725	SIMENON Georges	SIMENON Georges (1903-1989) TAPUSCRIT signed "G. Simenon" with autograph additions and corrections, Maigret et la Vieille Dame, 1949	1949	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 16,250.00
861	MIRABEAU Honore-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de	MIRABEAU Honore-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de (1749-1791). MANUSCRIT with autograph corrections, Adresse des Amis de la Constitution a l'Assemblee Nationale, seance du samedi soir 6 novembre [1790]	1790	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 9,750.00
604	GOETHE Johann Wolfgang von	GOETHE Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). L.A.S. "G", [Weimar December 1, 1795], to his friend Privy Councillor Christian Gottlob von VOIGT	1795	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 8,250.00
753	VOLTAIRE	VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). L.A., [September 1760], to Theodore TRONCHIN	1760	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 7,750.00
705	SAINT-EXUPERY Antoine de	SAINT-EXUPERY Antoine de (1900-1944): L.A.S. "Antoine de Saint Exupery", June 4, 1944, [to General MAST]	1944	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 7,250.00
873	STALIN Joseph	STALIN Joseph (1878-1953) P.A.S. "J. Stalin", [Moscow November 2, 1942], 7 lines in blue pencil in margin of a L.S. from M. YUNOVICH dated October 25, 1942	1942	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 7,250.00
676	MITCHELL Margaret	MITCHELL Margaret (1900-1949) L.S. "Margaret Mitchell Marsh (Mrs. J.R. Marsh)", Atlanta March 18, 1936, to Dr. Charles Warren EVERETT	1936	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 6,750.00
755	VOLTAIRE	VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). L.A.S. "Voltaire", Ferney December 18, 1772, to Louis-Gaspard FABRY in Gex	1772	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 6,500.00
789	BEAUHARNAIS Eugene de	BEAUHARNAIS Eugene de (1781-1824) son of Empress Josephine, Viceroy of Italy. autograph notes in an almanac, Almanach souvenir pour gens d'affaires (Paris, Ducamp-Bussy, an X) [1801-1802]	1801-1802	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 6,250.00
771	EINSTEIN Albert	EINSTEIN Albert (1879-1955). 2 autograph POEMS, [1930-1932]	1930-1932	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,875.00
614	HEMINGWAY Ernest	HEMINGWAY Ernest (1899-1961) PHOTOGRAPH with autograph dedication "Ernest Hemingway", Havana 1953	1953	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 5,750.00
860	MIRABEAU Honore-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de	MIRABEAU Honore-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de (1749-1791). MANUSCRIT (fragment) with autograph corrections, [Projet d'adresse au Roi pour le renvoi des ministres, presente a l'Assemblee Nationale le 16 juillet, 1789]	1789	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 5,750.00
871	RUSSIA. OLGA Nikolayevna	RUSSIA. OLGA Nikolayevna (1896-1918) Grand Duchess of Russia, daughter of Nicholas II. autograph card, [Tobolsk] April 3/16, 1918, to Zenaide Sergeevna TOLSTOI, nee Bekhteeff (1880-1961), in Odessa	1918	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 5,625.00
589	FLAUBERT Gustave	FLAUBERT Gustave (1821-1880). L.A., La Bouille Friday evening [August 6, 1847], to Louise COLET	1847	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,625.00
846	LOUIS XVI	LOUIS XVI (1754-1793). L.A.S. "Louis", October 7, 1780, [to the Marquis de CASTRIES?]	1780	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 4,500.00
679	MORAND Paul	MORAND Paul (1888-1976). 26 L.A.S. "PM" and 2 L.S., 1961-1962, to Roger NIMIER	1961-1962	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,375.00
752	VOLTAIRE	VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). L.A.S. "Voltaire", Luneville March 28 [1748], to bookseller Georg Conrad WALTHER	1748	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 4,375.00
732	TOURGUENIEV Ivan	TOURGUENIEV Ivan (1818-1883). P.A.S. "Ivan Tourgueneff", and by Gustave FLAUBERT, Edmond PLAUCHUT and George SAND		EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 4,250.00
680	MORAND Paul	MORAND Paul (1888-1976). 46 L.A.S., 1936-1967, to Pierre BESSAND-MASSENET	1936-1967	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 4,000.00
595	FLAUBERT Gustave	FLAUBERT Gustave (1821-1880), L.A.S. "Gve Flaubert", Croisset Friday evening, July 28 [1876], to Jeanne de TOURBEY, comtesse de LOYNES	1876	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,875.00
757	ZOLA Emile	ZOLA Emile (1840-1902) L.A.S. "Emile Zola", Paris September 9, 1876, to Albert MILLAUD	1876	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,875.00
531	BLOY Leon	BLOY Leon (1846-1917). 24 L.A.S. "Leon Bloy", 1883-1891 and s.d., to Louise READ	1883-1891 and s.d.	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,625.00
620	HUGO Victor	HUGO Victor (1802-1885). autograph poem signed "Victor Hugo", "La tombe dit a la rose"..., [1837]	1837	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,375.00
552	CHARDONNE Jacques	CHARDONNE Jacques (1884-1968). 19 L.A.S. "Jacques Chardonne", "Jacques C" or "J.C.", April 1-September 9, 1950, January 2-31, 1953 and March 23, 1954, to Roger NIMIER	1950	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,125.00

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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