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International Autograph Auctions Europe SL: Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Day 3

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Auction Name	Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Day 3	Total Sales (EUR)	1,053,734.50
Auction Date	June 19, 2025 - June 19, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	627,040.00
Sale Number	#61925	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	863,240.00
Total Lots	500
Sold Lots	499	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	627,240.00
% of Lots Sold	99.80%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	863,540.00
Unsold Lots	1	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	122.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
1342	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) An extremely rare illustrated letter by Monet to his art supplier	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 71,500.00
1559	TWAIN MARK: (1835-1910) An exceptional signed portrait of Twain writing in his heavenly bed	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 41,600.00
1330	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet provides a list of over thirty subscribers for the purchase of Manet'' s Olympia	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 39,000.00
1341	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) (x3) Two great French cultural icons: Monet writes on Sacha Guitry	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 39,000.00
1458	MARX KARL: (1818-1883) Marx displays his austere sense of humour	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	EUR 36,400.00
1340	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) (x2) ' I am very sorry to speak to you so bluntly, but I too have been very saddened and disappointed' ; Monet buys back his own paintings in 1914	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 31,200.00
1336	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet on ' doing justice to the pure artist that Cezanne was'	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 28,600.00
1335	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ' I really don't know if I'll be able to paint a single canvas. I keep starting them, then find I can't take them into a second session '	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 26,000.00
1382	PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Picasso' s playful original cover design for an edition of the Serie noire collection	EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	EUR 26,000.00
1577	EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) ' Even solving the variation problem......is too complicated for me'	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 23,400.00
1558	TWAIN MARK: (1835-1910) An extraordinary original drawing by Twain of his close friend, comedian Joe Jefferson	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 22,100.00
1333	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ' I want to do better and want these cathedrals to be very good'	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 20,800.00
1334	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) '' I was still in front of my cathedral, feverish and overcome with fatigue '	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 20,800.00
1337	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ' I do not believe that my personality should be discussed outside of my works'	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 19,500.00
1327	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet, without a penny, makes a desperate effort to sell one of his ' ugly' paintings	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 16,900.00
1318	DELACROIX EUGENE: (1798-1863)	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 15,600.00
1381	PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Illustrated with a beautifully vibrant sun	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 15,600.00
1453	VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778)	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 15,600.00
1338	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
1417	LAM WIFREDO: (1902-1982)	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
1457	SCHILLER FRIEDRICH: (1759-1805) ' I request that you continue to choose......my Thalia for the little works you intend to address to the public'	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
1339	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) 'I no longer think about work at all and see everything in black'	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 11,700.00
1324	GAUGUIN PAUL: (1848-1903)	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 10,400.00
1626	HEMINGWAY ERNEST: (1899-1961) A rare illustrated letter by Hemingway, his wife' s ' Big Kitten'	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 10,400.00
1329	MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet, acting on his principles, attempts to strike a deal with an American art gallery	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 9,750.00

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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