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Damien Voglaire: Books and Paintings
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Paintings | Total Sales (EUR) | 98,291.65 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 17, 2026 - April 17, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 48,975.00 |
| Sale Number | #174976 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 66,685.00 |
| Total Lots | 308 | ||
| Sold Lots | 253.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 92,610.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.14% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 119,280.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 55 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 82.40% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand) | L'Ecole des cadavres |
-1938 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,350.00 |
| 231 | MOORE (Lieut. Joseph) | Eighteen views taken at and near Rangoon |
1825 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,080.00 |
| 141 | MALRAUX (Andre) | Le Triangle noir |
1970 | EUR 1,750.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,064.00 |
| 2 | [Incunable].- Postilla Guillerini super Epistolas et Evangelia de tempore et de sanctis et pro defunctis [Commentaires sur les epitres et les evangiles pour le temps ordinaire, les fetes des saints et les defunts] |
1498 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 3,810.00 | |
| 1 | Livre d'heures en latin (ca 1480) |
(ca 1480) | EUR 500.00 - 750.00 | EUR 2,667.00 | |
| 67 | ARAGON | La Semaine sainte |
1958 | EUR 1,750.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,540.00 |
| 182 | SCHOENDOERFFER (Pierre) | Le Crabe-tambour |
1976 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | EUR 2,540.00 |
| 19 | VASSE (A.) | [Belgicana].- Les Chateaux, les ruines, les monuments et les sites pittoresques de la Province du Brabant |
1850-1855 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 2,413.00 |
| 124 | GIONO (Jean) | Voyage en Italie |
1953 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,413.00 |
| 154 | NABOKOV (Vladimir) | Lolita |
1959 | EUR 1,750.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,222.50 |
| 8 | GUICCIARDINI (Lodovico) | Belgium universum |
1646 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,524.00 |
| 66 | ARAGON (Louis) | Anicet ou le Panorama |
1921 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 1,397.00 |
| 242 | HERGE | "Objectif lune" |
-1953 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,397.00 |
| 287 | PETRIDES (Paul) | UTRILLO.- L'Œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo |
1959-1974 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,397.00 |
| 97 | MAGNAN (J.-M.) | COCTEAU.- Taureaux. Lithographies de Jean Cocteau |
1965 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,270.00 |
| 117 | GARY (Romain) | Europa |
1972 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,270.00 |
| 145 | MICHON (Pierre) | Vies minuscules |
1984 | EUR 75.00 - 100.00 | EUR 1,206.50 |
| 135 | LARBAUD (Valery) | Jaune bleu blanc |
-1927 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,143.00 |
| 235 | TOYOKUNI III (Utagawa Kunisada) | Meigi sanju rokka-sen [Trente-six celebres et bonnes courtisanes] |
1861 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,143.00 |
| 166 | RASPAIL (Jean) | Moi, Antoine de Tounens, roi de Patagonie |
1981 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,079.50 |
| 211 | YOURCENAR (Marguerite) | La Couronne et la Lyre |
1979 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,079.50 |
| 323 | ENSOR (James) | "Christ aux mendiants" |
-1895 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 952.50 |
| 45 | La Libre Esthetique |
1897 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 889.00 | |
| 4 | ALBINUS (Bernard Siegfried) | Explicatio tabularum anatomicarum Bartholomaei Eustachii, anatomici summi |
1744 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 825.50 |
| 340 | Mai 68.- Ensemble important comprenant pres de 90 affiches tirees en lithographie |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 762.00 |
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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.