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Ader: Illuminations & Antiquarian and Modern Books - Prestige Auction
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| Auction Name | Illuminations & Antiquarian and Modern Books - Prestige Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 278,579.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 17, 2026 - June 17, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 0.00 |
| Sale Number | #177729 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 95 | ||
| Sold Lots | 61.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 0.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 64.21% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Dinet Etienne; Sliman Ben Ibrahim Baamer | DINET (Etienne) - SLIMAN BEN IBRAHIM BAAMER. |
1918 | Not Available | EUR 20,220.00 |
| 23 | [MANUSCRIT]. [BIBLE]. |
circa 1230-1250 | Not Available | EUR 18,200.00 | |
| 70 | Paumier Jh | PAUMIER (Jh.). |
1836 | Not Available | EUR 15,923.00 |
| 65 | Cros Charles; Manet Edouard | CROS (Charles). |
1874-1875 | Not Available | EUR 13,901.00 |
| 38 | [PRINTED HOURS]. |
1503 | Not Available | EUR 13,269.00 | |
| 39 | [PRINTED HOURS]. |
1516 | Not Available | EUR 12,005.00 | |
| 24 | [MANUSCRIT]. [BOURGES] |
circa 1477-1500 | Not Available | EUR 10,660.00 | |
| 55 | [MANUSCRIPT - VOYAGE]. |
early eighteenth century | Not Available | EUR 8,580.00 | |
| 43 | Anville Jean-Baptiste d' | ANVILLE (Jean-Baptiste d'). |
1737 | Not Available | EUR 7,835.00 |
| 28 | Johannes de Bomalia | [MANUSCRIT]. [HOURS] |
circa 1510-1530 | Not Available | EUR 7,800.00 |
| 54 | Sauveur Joseph | [MANUSCRIPT - PHILIPPE V]. |
1702 | Not Available | EUR 7,800.00 |
| 48 | Diderot Denis; Alembert D' | DIDEROT (Denis) - ALEMBERT (D'). |
1777-1779; 1780-1781 | Not Available | EUR 7,582.00 |
| 40 | [PRINTED HOURS]. |
circa 1514 | Not Available | EUR 6,824.00 | |
| 69 | Gauthier Gabriel | [INSTITUT NATIONAL DES JEUNES AVEUGLES] - GAUTHIER (Gabriel) |
1837 | Not Available | EUR 6,571.00 |
| 52 | Augustin Saint | [INCUNABLE] - AUGUSTIN (Saint). |
1494-1495 | Not Available | EUR 6,500.00 |
| 68 | Guillie Sebastien | [INSTITUT ROYAL DES JEUNES AVEUGLES] - GUILLIE (Sebastien). |
1819 | Not Available | EUR 6,318.00 |
| 31 | [MANUSCRIT]. [BELGIUM]. [MONS]. [SAINT-GHISLAIN (Abbaye de)] |
late 16th or early 17th century | Not Available | EUR 5,850.00 | |
| 44 | Behn Aphra | BEHN (Aphra). |
1745 | Not Available | EUR 5,686.00 |
| 12 | Master of the Troyes Missal | [ENLUMINURE] |
circa 1460 | Not Available | EUR 5,460.00 |
| 16 | Monte di Giovanni del Fora 1448-1533 | [ENLUMINURE] |
circa 1515-1520 | Not Available | EUR 4,940.00 |
| 27 | [MANUSCRIT]. [MISSEL]. [SAVOIE]. [CARMES]. |
circa 1500 | Not Available | EUR 4,940.00 | |
| 59 | Ptolemee Claude | PTOLEMEE (Claude). |
1596 | Not Available | EUR 4,802.00 |
| 41 | [PRINTED HOURS]. |
1531 | Not Available | EUR 4,549.00 | |
| 83 | Dinet Etienne; Sliman Ben Ibrahim Baamer | DINET (Etienne) - SLIMAN BEN IBRAHIM BAAMER. |
1906 | Not Available | EUR 4,044.00 |
| 26 | [MANUSCRIT]. [HOURS] |
circa 1470-1480 | Not Available | EUR 3,900.00 |
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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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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
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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
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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