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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

Top Sale Price Lots
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
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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.