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OSENAT: The Imperial Collections of Count and Countess Charles-André Colonna Walewski, and Miscellaneous

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Auction Name The Imperial Collections of Count and Countess Charles-André Colonna Walewski, and Miscellaneous Total Sales (EUR) 92,203.00
Auction Date June 22, 2025 - June 22, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 51,900.00
Sale Number #160612 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 67,450.00
Total Lots 30
Sold Lots 22 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 54,550.00
% of Lots Sold 73.33% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 71,100.00
Unsold Lots 8 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 129.68%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
72 NAPOLEON I.

Autograph letter "to Princess Pauline" [his sister Pauline Borghese].

"mardy a midi" [s.d., perhaps December 26, 1809] EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 20,325.00
76 NAPOLEON I.

Letter signed "Np" to the Archchancellor of the Empire Jean-Jacques-Regis CAMBACERES.

November 11, 1812. EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 15,583.00
74 NAPOLEON IER.

Letter signed "Np" to the Archchancellor of the Empire Jean-Jacques-Regis CAMBACERES.

November 6, 1812. EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 11,924.00
75 NAPOLEON IER.

Letter signed "Np" to the Archchancellor of the Empire Jean-Jacques-Regis CAMBACERES.

November 7, 1812. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 9,485.00
73 NAPOLEON I.

Letter signed "Np" to the Archchancellor of the Empire Jean-Jacques-Regis CAMBACERES. Viazma

November 1, 1812 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 9,214.00
23 Charles PERCIER (1764 -1838)

Project to create the apartments of Napoleon I at the Musee

1806 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,401.00
77 SARDA (JOSEPH).

Signed autograph manuscript. 1806-1847.

1806-1847 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 8,401.00
97

.NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH MANUFACTURE. Wallpaper representing an important Napoleonic trophy

EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,897.00
86

REVOLUTION AND CONSULATE. Set of 4 letters and pieces.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 1,017.00
7 Jean-Baptiste ISABEY, (1767-1855), after; GODEFROY, engraver

Bonaparte, First Consul, in front of the Chateau de Malmaison (1802)

Early 19th-century EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 949.00
84 PRINCE IMPERIAL (LOUIS-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, KNOWN AS LE).

Autograph letter signed "Napoleon" to Louis MARCHAND.

May 26, 1873 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 813.00
80 EUGENIE (IMPERATRICE).

Autograph letter signed to explorer Samuel Baker.

April 6 [1874, according to postmark]. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 475.00
83 PELISSIER (AMIABLE).

Autograph letter signed as Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the East [probably to General Jacques Aupick].

November 27 [1855]. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 475.00
85

SECOND EMPIRE AND MISCELLANEOUS. Set of 3 bound volumes.

1873 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 475.00
88 BONAPARTE (MATHILDE).

Set of 7 autograph letters signed, one in pencil. 1841-1847 and s.d. With typed transcriptions.

1841-1847 and s.d. EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 475.00
66 BONAPARTE (NAPOLEON).

Signed "Bonaparte" (secretary), countersigned by Hugues-Bernard MARET as Minister Secretary of State and Louis-Alexandre BERTHIER as Minister of War.

30 fructidor an XI [17 september 1803]. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 407.00
67 CAMBACERES (JEAN-JACQUES REGIS).

Signed as Second Consul, countersigned by Hugues-Bernard MARET as Minister Secretary of State and Lazare CARNOT as Minister of War.

7 messidor an VIII [26 juin 1800]. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 407.00
87 Future Field Marshal Francois Certain de CANROBERT, future Field Marshal Elie-Frederic FOREY

SECOND EMPIRE. Set of 2 pieces.

EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 407.00
81 NAPOLEON III.

Letter signed "Napoleon" to Marshal Aimable PELISSIER, "DUC DE MALAKOFF".

August 30, 1856. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 299.00
82 NAPOLEON III.

Autograph letter signed to Constant Thuillier.

March 29, 1865 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 299.00
79

FIRST EMPIRE AND MISCELLANEOUS. Set of about 35 pieces.

1800 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 271.00
63 BEAUHARNAIS (AUGUSTE-AMELIE DE).

Autograph letter signed [TO THE IMPERATRESS JOSEPHINE].

September 9, 1806 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 204.00
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