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ALDE: Rare original literary editions - Baudelairean memories
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare original literary editions - Baudelairean memories | Total Sales (EUR) | 519,514.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 244,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #42226 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 324,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 272 | ||
| Sold Lots | 189.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 325,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.49% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 431,820.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 83 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 120.31% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283 | YOURCENAR (Marguerite). | Memoires d’Hadrien. |
1951 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 35,000.00 |
| 48 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles). | Les Fleurs du Mal. |
1857 | EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 30,000.00 |
| 201 | GARY (Romain). | La Promesse de l'aube. |
1960 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 25,000.00 |
| 50 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles). | Les Paradis artificiels. Opium et Haschich. |
1860 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 22,500.00 |
| 105 | MAUPASSANT (Guy de). | Bel-Ami. |
1885 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 17,500.00 |
| 160 | CAMUS (Albert). | La Chute. |
1956 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 15,000.00 |
| 181 | COHEN (Albert). | Belle du Seigneur. |
1968 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 15,000.00 |
| 113 | RIMBAUD (Arthur). | Une saison en enfer. |
1873 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 11,875.00 |
| 57 | CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de). | Memoires d'outre-tombe. |
1849-1850 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 11,625.00 |
| 189 | DEBORD (Guy) et Asger JORN. | Fin de Copenhague. [Copenhague], |
1957 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 11,250.00 |
| 239 | MAC ORLAN (Pierre). | Le Chant de l'equipage. Manuscrit autographe illustre par Gus Bofa. |
1917 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 10,625.00 |
| 83 | [GOURMONT (Remy de) et Alfred JARRY]. | L'Ymagier. |
octobre 1894-décembre 1896 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 9,375.00 |
| 207 | [GARY (Romain)]. | Emile AJAR. La Vie devant soi. |
1975 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 9,250.00 |
| 47 | [BAUDELAIRE (Charles)]. CARJAT (Etienne). | Portrait de Charles Baudelaire. |
s.d. [décembre 1861] | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 9,000.00 |
| 251 | ORMESSON (Jean d'). | Au plaisir de Dieu. |
1974 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 8,750.00 |
| 273 | SCHOENDOERFFER (Pierre). | Le Crabe-Tambour. |
1976 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 8,750.00 |
| 193 | DORGELES (Roland). | Les Croix de bois. |
s.d. [1919] | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 8,500.00 |
| 191 | DEON (Michel). | Un taxi mauve. |
1973 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 7,625.00 |
| 284 | YOURCENAR (Marguerite). | L'Œuvre au noir. |
1968 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 7,500.00 |
| 153 | BOULLE (Pierre). | La Planete des singes. |
1963 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 6,125.00 |
| 49 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles). | Lettre autographe a sa mere, signee C. B. S.l., |
23 octobre 1858 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,625.00 |
| 212 | GIDE (Andre). | La Symphonie pastorale. |
1919 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,250.00 |
| 126 | VERNE (Jules). | Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. |
s.d. [vers 1869-1870] | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 112 | REBELL (Hugues). | Les Nuits chaudes du Cap francais. |
1902 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,750.00 |
| 232 | KESSEL (Joseph). | Les Cavaliers. |
1967 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,750.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.