Damien Voglaire: Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 142,312.39 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 18, 2026 - April 18, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 61,865.00 |
| Sale Number | #174982 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 87,620.00 |
| Total Lots | 438 | ||
| Sold Lots | 345.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 87,180.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 78.77% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 122,595.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 93 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 116.08% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 578 | BROODTHAERS (Marcel) | Invitation pour la toute premiere exposition de Marcel Broodthaers, a la Galerie Saint-Laurent a Bruxelles du vendredi 10 au 25 avril [1964] |
N/A | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 7,620.00 |
| 702 | PHAM (Van Ky) | MAI THU.- Poeme sur soie |
1961 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 5,334.00 |
| 634 | MIGUEL (Andre) | DOTREMONT.- Liberte de figures |
1976 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 5,080.00 |
| 746 | MILOSZ (O.V. de L.) | PRANAS.- Livre premier de la suite lithuanienne |
1968 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 5,080.00 |
| 579 | Marcel Broodthaers | BROODTHAERS.- Exposition |
du 13 mars au 10 avril 1970 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,302.00 |
| 731 | MOLNAR (Vera) | 36 carres, 8928 quadrilateres : geometrie du plaisir |
1986 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,921.00 |
| 473 | "XXe siecle". N° 7 (double) |
juin 1956 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,794.00 | |
| 679 | CENDRARS (Blaise) | LEGER.- La Fin du monde filmee par l'Ange N.D. Roman |
1919 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,794.00 |
| 478 | "XXe siecle". N° 12. Psychologie de la technique |
1959 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 2,540.00 | |
| 708 | MASEREEL (Frans) | Holzschnitte zu Carl Sternheim Chronik |
1922 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,159.00 |
| 747 | PRASSINOS (Mario) | Six etudes pour le bestiaire ou le Cortege d'Orphee de Guillaume Apollinaire |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 2,159.00 |
| 703 | VERHAEREN (Emile) | MAILLOL.- Belle chair |
1931 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,905.00 |
| 740 | PICASSO (Pablo) | Petit dessin a l'encre sepia, date 22-8-67 et signe sur le faux-titre du catalogue de son exposition particuliere a la Tate Gallery, du 9 juin au 13 aout 1967 |
1967 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,905.00 |
| 791 | WEINER (Lawrence) | Broken Off / Abgebrochen |
1974 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,905.00 |
| 793 | ZAO (Wou Ki) | "Composition" (1967) |
du 7 juin au 7 juillet 1963 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,905.00 |
| 517 | [Redon, Van Dongen, ...] | "Feuillets d'art" |
1919-1920 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,524.00 |
| 555 | BAJ (Enrico) | La Cravate ne vaut pas une medaille |
1972 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,524.00 |
| 560 | Baya |
1988 | EUR 75.00 - 100.00 | EUR 1,524.00 | |
| 744 | TZARA (Tristan) | PICASSO.- De memoire d'homme |
-1950 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,524.00 |
| 804 | CHAMPASSAK. The Veil of Maya 1 |
2018 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,524.00 | |
| 830 | NEWTON (Helmut) | SUMO |
1999 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,270.00 |
| 722 | MIRO | "Derriere le Miroir". N° 57-58-59. Miro |
1953 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,206.50 |
| 415 | SERMON (E.) | [Art nouveau].- "Projets de decorations executes en sgraffite" |
N/A | EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,143.00 |
| 742 | RAMIE (Suzanne et Georges) | PICASSO.- Ceramiques de Picasso |
1948 | EUR 75.00 - 100.00 | EUR 1,143.00 |
| 496 | [ARMAN, BEN, CESAR, KOWALSKI, VELICKOVIC, VIALLAT...] | "On ne regarde pas la lune mais le doigt qui montre la lune" |
1974 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,079.50 |
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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.