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L'Autographe Auctions: A Legacy in Ink: A Rare Book & Autograph Sale

Auction Reports


Auction Name	A Legacy in Ink: A Rare Book & Autograph Sale	Total Sales (GBP)	61,152.00
Auction Date	July 07, 2025 - July 07, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	47,240.00
Sale Number	#6	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	70,220.00
Total Lots	273
Sold Lots	69	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	243,420.00
% of Lots Sold	25.27%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	341,200.00
Unsold Lots	204	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	17.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
222		"FROM THE ARAB WORLD TO EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE - THE VERY FIRST LATIN EDITION OF PTOLEMY'S ALMAGEST"	1515	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 28,600.00
142		Clausewitz in English - First Edition of On War, 1873	1873	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 4,160.00
80	"WAGNER FROM NAPLES	DREAMS OF TRIUMPH IN PARIS"	16 Juli 1880	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,080.00
75	"VERDI AND LA FORZA DEL DESTINO	THE HIDDEN STORY OF A REVISION"	1868 -1869	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,950.00
17	"NAPOLEON'S FURY	THE DOOR TO POWER LEFT UNGUARDED"	le 19 fevrier 1811	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,560.00
91		"MORSE AND THE REVOLUTION OF THOUGHT - TELEGRAPHY IN COLLAGES"	March 6th 1845	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,430.00
90		"MARCONI TO MURRAY - THE SECRETS BEHIND THE BIRTH OF RADIO"	(1889 ca.)	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,300.00
21	CARNERA Primo (Sequals, 1906-ib., 1967)	Full-figure photographic portrait with autograph dedication signed	dated 29. 5. 1936 IV	GBP 200.00 - 350.00	GBP 1,105.00
20	CARNERA Primo (Sequals, 1906-ib., 1967)	Full-figure photographic portrait with autograph signature		GBP 150.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,040.00
36		"THE ROMANCE OF POLAND - A PASSIONATE TALE OF FREEDOM"	(1846 ca.)	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,040.00
125		RARE FIRST EDITION OF AN ICONIC BAROQUE COOKBOOK --- A LANDMARK IN ITALIAN CULINARY HISTORY	1692-94.	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 910.00
136		Chronicles of the Rhineland - Lavish Annals of Julich and Berg	1731	GBP 800.00 - 1,300.00	GBP 910.00
158		Plague in Rome - Causes, Symptoms, and Secret Remedies	1577	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 910.00
61	"DONIZETTI AND THE PRICE OF ART	SECRET NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS"	22. 8bre 1839	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 780.00
113		Illuminated Doctorate on Vellum - Padua, 1630	1630	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 715.00
192		Ottoman Letters Revealed - Toderini's First-Hand Chronicle of Turkish Civilization (1787)	1787	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 650.00
206		Unlocking Persian - The First Printed Grammar of an Ancient Tongue	1639	GBP 700.00 - 800.00	GBP 650.00
127		Florentine Bookkeeping - A Rare Accounting Manual	1774	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 520.00
167		Ethics & Economy - A Forgotten Italian Enlightenment Work	1775	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 520.00
274		Two Moons, Two Minds - Hevelius & Riccioli's Competing Visions of the Lunar Surface	Undated, 1707 or 1742	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 520.00
44		"BEHIND THE SCENES OF POWER - HUGO AND THE MYSTERIES OF POLITICAL ACTION"	[1845 ca.]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 468.00
185		RARE BAROQUE ECONOMIC AND MORAL TREATISE ON FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD WEALTH --- ROME 1650	1650	GBP 350.00 - 500.00	GBP 416.00
1	Alexander Calder	Artistic Postcard and Invitation from the Inventor of the Mobile	1957	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 390.00
132		A Saint in the Making? Life of Nun Florida Martelli	1756	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 390.00
157		Defining Reality - Piccolomini's Aristotelian Legacy in First Edition (1600)	1600	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 390.00

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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