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International Autograph Auctions Europe SL: Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Day 2

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Day 2	Total Sales (EUR)	804,284.00
Auction Date	June 18, 2025 - June 18, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	590,330.00
Sale Number	#61825	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	811,750.00
Total Lots	560
Sold Lots	556	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	595,760.00
% of Lots Sold	99.29%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	819,300.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	98.17%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
703	RADISSON PIERRE-ESPRIT: (1636/40-1710) The extraordinarily rare signature of the equally extraordinary Radisson	EUR 70,000.00 - 90,000.00	EUR 78,000.00
1064	GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) A highly symbolic signed photograph	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 24,700.00
1006	LENIN VLADIMIR: (1870-1924)	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 23,400.00
794	COOK JAMES: (1728-1779) The extraordinarily rare signature of Captain Cook	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 22,100.00
980	SUN YAT-SEN: (1866-1925)	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 19,500.00
904	MARIE ANTOINETTE: (1755-1793)	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 18,200.00
936	FREDERICK II: (1712-1786)	EUR 14,000.00 - 18,000.00	EUR 15,600.00
682	PIUS III: (1439-1503)	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
782	HAHNEMANN SAMUEL: (1755-1843) Hahnemann makes recommendations for a patient, including a ' sparse supper' and ' exercise in the open air'	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
903	LOUIS XVI: (1754-1793)	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
957	EMPRESS ALEXANDRA & DAUGHTERS:	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
990	[PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE]: The Council of Four to Nansen ' That such a course would involve cessation of all hostilities within definitive lines in the territory of Russia is obvious'	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 10,400.00
739	CHANEL GABRIELLE ' COCO': (1883-1971) A letter of the utmost rarity	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 9,100.00
892	HENRY III: (1551-1589) Henry III makes a plea to avoid conflict with his brother, Francis, by seeking the intervention of their mother, Catherine de' Medici	EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 9,100.00
851	NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821)	EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 8,840.00
858	NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805)	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,800.00
653	HENDRIX JIMI: (1942-1970)	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,150.00
740	LAGERFELD KARL: (1933-2019) Icons of Fashion - Lagerfeld draws Chanel	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,150.00
906	NAPOLEON II: (1811-1832)	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,150.00
1137	EICHMANN ADOLF: (1906-1962)	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,150.00
695	CHAMPOLLION JEAN-FRANCOIS: (1790-1832) An extremely rare group of hieroglyphs drawn by Champollion	EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 6,500.00
773	DARWIN CHARLES: (1809-1882)	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 6,500.00
843	ROBESPIERRE MAXIMILIEN DE: (1758-1794)	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 6,500.00
857	NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821)	EUR 5,500.00 - 6,500.00	EUR 6,500.00
897	RICHELIEU CARDINAL DE: (1585-1642) ' there is plague everywhere and and it is impossible to protect Lyon in any other way'	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 6,500.00

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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