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Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Manuscripts & Rprints | Total Sales (EUR) | 77,473.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 03, 2026 - June 03, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 0.00 |
| Sale Number | #60326 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 60 | ||
| Sold Lots | 49.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 0.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.67% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 11 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | Inf% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | L'Enchiridion du Pape Leon |
1773 | Not Available | EUR 13,240.00 | |
| 51 | Enluminures |
XIIIe; XVème | Not Available | EUR 10,736.00 | |
| 52 | Enluminures |
XVème | Not Available | EUR 8,606.00 | |
| 35B | Whitaker Robert | The Beatles |
N/A | Not Available | EUR 6,620.00 |
| 15 | Hugo Victor; Vigny Alfred; Sand George; Monsele Charles; Sully-Prudhomme A.; Chateaubriand Francois-Rene; Banville Theodore de; Merimee Prosper; Lamartine; Nerval; Musset Paul de; Sainte-Beuve; Gautier Theophile; Guttinger Ulric; Vacquerie Auguste; Janin | Autographes divers |
1803; 1827; 1829; 1830; 1838; 1845; 1852; 1854; 1857; 1864; 1867; 1868; 1872; 1877; 1884; 1886; 1888; 1889; 1907 | Not Available | EUR 2,952.00 |
| 23 | Kosma Joseph (1905-1969) | Le Tableau des merveilles |
1936 | Not Available | EUR 2,383.00 |
| 59 | Heures a lusaige de Romme |
1507 | Not Available | EUR 2,341.00 | |
| 16 | Cartas ejecutorias |
1695-1696 | Not Available | EUR 2,118.00 | |
| 28 | Signac Paul | Lettre autographe signee |
1919; 1923 | Not Available | EUR 2,013.00 |
| 56 | Fine Oronce | Sphaera mundi, sive cosmographia quinque libris |
1551 | Not Available | EUR 1,951.00 |
| 8 | Delacroix Eugene; Ingres J.D.A.; Bonnard Pierre; Monnier Henri; Constant Benjamin; Lacordaire Henri-Dominique; Lamennais Felicite de; Hirsch Chales-Henry; Sarment Jean; Nadaud Gustave; Vicaire Gabriel; Berlioz Hector; Honneger Arthur | Autographes divers |
1861; 1855; 1827; 1861; 1848; 1899; 1868; 1870; 1879; 1889; 1890; 1863; 1925 | Not Available | EUR 1,476.00 |
| 14 | Apollinaire; Alain-Fournier; Pagnol Marcel; Aragon Louis; Montherlant; Rostand Edmond; Salmon Andre; Psichari Jean; Jacob Max; Soupault Philippe; Geniaux Charles; Fort Paul; Gregh Fernand; Romains Jules; Estaunie Edouard; Allemagne Henri d' | Autographes divers |
1908; 1910; 1914; 1919; 1921; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1928-1929; 1932; 1939 | Not Available | EUR 1,476.00 |
| 30 | Kessel Joseph | La Revolution en Espagne |
1934 | Not Available | EUR 1,342.00 |
| 13 | Verlaine;Cocteau Jean;Mac Orlan Pierre;Renard Jules;Istrati Panait;Montesquiou-Fezensac;Fargue Leon-Paul;Bernanos Georges;Margueritte Paul;Margueritte Victor;Martin du Gard;Guitry Sacha;Gide Andre;Esparbes Georges d';Rostand Maurice;Lacretelle Jacques de | 15 Books, including: Autographes divers |
1892;1908;1915;1928;1929;1933;1946 | Not Available | EUR 1,208.00 |
| 46 | Dioscoride; Horatius Flaccus; Pindare | Les six livres de la matiere medicale; Opera; Olympia. Pithia. Nemea. Isthmia |
1580; 1561; 1535 | Not Available | EUR 1,106.00 |
| 31 | Kessel Joseph | Afghanistan |
1967 | Not Available | EUR 1,074.00 |
| 33 | Kessel Joseph | Le grand naufrage |
vers 1930 | Not Available | EUR 1,074.00 |
| 58 | Guyse Jacques de | Premier [-Second, -Tiers] volume des illustrations de la Gaulle Belgique |
1531-1532 | Not Available | EUR 987.00 |
| 47 | Du Choul Guillaume | Discours de la religion des anciens Romains |
1566; 1567 | Not Available | EUR 976.00 |
| 34 | Kessel Joseph | Le Piano du bourreau; Teddy Kolek; Tel Aviv |
1950; vers 1970 | Not Available | EUR 939.00 |
| 18 | Jacob Max | 12 Lettres autographes signees |
1923-1925;1929 | Not Available | EUR 805.00 |
| 24 | Voltaire | La Pucelle |
1755 | Not Available | EUR 805.00 |
| 26 | Proudhon Pierre-Joseph | Lettre autographe signee a Gustave Chaudey |
1859 | Not Available | EUR 805.00 |
| 29 | Kessel Joseph | Orage sur Barcelone |
1934 | Not Available | EUR 805.00 |
| 32 | Kessel Joseph | Istrati |
1968 | Not Available | EUR 805.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000