Back

Vermot de Pas: 500 Autographs and Small Collections

Auction Reports

Auction Name 500 Autographs and Small Collections Total Sales (EUR) 6,806.52
Auction Date December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 5,100.00
Sale Number #173948 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 7,040.00
Total Lots 383
Sold Lots 64.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 30,730.00
% of Lots Sold 16.71% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 42,370.00
Unsold Lots 319 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 16.06%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
449 Wladimir POLISSADIW-POL-DIVES

SACRED ART - : Important autograph letter signed 2 times "Pol-Dives",

1938 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 441.00
82

Autograph collection 70s 1deg) Set of 114 autographs from the collection of Antonio,

EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 415.80
58

PRINCE IMPERIAL Very important compilation in 3 volumes (200,

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 403.20
183 Sully PRUDHOMME

PRIX NOBEL - Exceptional 12-page large in-4 (20 x 31 cm) autograph manuscript of his famous poem "Le Zenith" - This is a working manuscript,

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 378.00
158 Esprit-Michel GIBELIN

PROVENCE- Important correspondence of32 signed autograph letters (total 89 p in-8 and 6 p in-12),

1901-1905 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 315.00
72

CHAMPAGNE Archives BESSERAT (Edmond Besserat founded the House in 1843,

EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 252.00
194

HISTORY Rare charter from 1318 (reign of Philippe V Le Long) on parchment,

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
202 Miguel ZAMACOIS

Important signed autograph manuscript of his play in 3 acts and verse "Monsieur Cesarin ecrivain public",

1912-13 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
73 Lewis CARROLL

This is more of a relic,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 132.30
134 PROUST - Andre or Andor SZEKELY de DOBA

Original etching from the period,

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 132.30
21 Jean MEUNIER

PHOTOGRAPHY - Interesting collection of 57 photographs printed by Jean Meunier from 1900 plates on Belle-Epoque Paris:

 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 126.00
111 Marcel ARLAND

"Edith",

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 107.10
370 Charles DULLIN

THEATRE - Autograph manuscript signed with erasures and corrections,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 107.10
20 General de GAULLE

General Elections of November 24,

1946 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
101 CURIOSA

Suite of 8 cards from 1905 illustrated by Paul AVRIL from the series "Croquis parisien (dos muets) - Les Mots amoureux - Calandrer galant pour 1905" (which includes 12 cards): February,

1905 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
175

YOUTH - Journal de PLOUF (monthly illustrated magazine for young people,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
187 Charles MAURRAS

1deg) Set of autograph manuscript fragments,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
188 Charles MAURRAS

"Anatole France et Racine" by Gabriel des Hons,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
371

AUTOGRAPHS BOOK Notebook of autographs from American stars,

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.80
38 BOCUSE

GASTRONOMIE - "La Cuisine du Marche" by Paul BOCUSE (1926-2018),

1976 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 94.50
332 RIMBAUD

"Rimbaud les Saisons d'Ardenne",

1975 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 94.50
268 Victor HUGO

Rare publication of "La Fille d'Otaiti",

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 81.90
77 Charles-Emmanuel JODELET

Gitane,

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.60
120

1910 FLOODS Rare set of 54 vintage postcards on the 1910 Seine floods in the Paris suburbs,

1910 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.60
149 Pearl BAILEY

Original photograph (fine unsigned print) which she dedicated and signed toMaurice CHEVALIER

 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.60
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.