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Gros & Delettrez: Photography: Collection from the Photographic Printer Blanquart-Evrart and various.
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photography: Collection from the Photographic Printer Blanquart-Evrart and various. | Total Sales (EUR) | 124,553.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 06, 2026 - May 06, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 31,320.00 |
| Sale Number | #178805 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 48,490.00 |
| Total Lots | 97 | ||
| Sold Lots | 61.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 60,760.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 62.89% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 93,750.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 36 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 132.86% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | Croisiere Jaune, Expedition Citroen Centre-Asie, 3e mission G.M. Haardt Audouin-Dubreuil |
1931-1932 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 44,200.00 | |
| 92 | Edward Singleton Holden (1846-1914) | ATLAS PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA LUNE |
1897 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 14,300.00 |
| 72 | JAPON - CHINE Album : Japon construction du premier chemin de fer et ponts metalliques au Japon, ouvriers japonais sous la direction de chefs de chantier occidentaux, tunnels, fete d'inauguration, gare de Kyoto, gare de Tokyo, temples ; Chine : Shanghai p |
ca. 1868-1872 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 5,980.00 | |
| 43 | INDRE-ET-LOIRE - VIENNE - CHARENTE-MARITIME Album |
ca.1861 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,900.00 | |
| 74 | AUGUST SACHTLER 1839-1873 | Ensemble de photographies de Singapour et de Malaisie, certaines par Sachtler |
ca.1870-1890 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 3,640.00 |
| 25 | David Johnson | American Barque "Jane Tudor', Conway Bay |
ca.1855 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,250.00 |
| 28 | Plas Mawr, High Street, Conwy, Angleterre |
ca.1855 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,250.00 | |
| 93 | Charles Le Morvan (1865-1932) | CARTE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA LUNE |
1914 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,250.00 |
| 47 | GEORGES, COMTE DE LA PERSONNE | Bassin de Neptune, Chateau de Versailles |
ca.1862-1868 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,730.00 |
| 31 | IMPRIMERIE BLANQUART-EVRARD | Italiennes |
ca.1855 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,600.00 |
| 89 | AL-SAYYID ABD AL-GAFFAR | Pelerins sur le Mont Arafat, La Mecque |
ca.1888 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,470.00 |
| 59 | GEORGES, COMTE DE LA PERSONNE | Chateau de Saint-Cloud |
ca.1862-1868 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,210.00 |
| 49 | GEORGES, COMTE DE LA PERSONNE | Temple de l'Amour, Chateau de Versailles |
ca.1862-1868 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,080.00 |
| 98 | Jacques Ritz (1925-2005) | Fort ensemble de photographies de Paris |
ca.1950 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 2,080.00 |
| 87 | ESAKI REIJI 1845-1910 | Album presentant des portraits et paysages du Japon, la plupart par Esaki Reiji |
ca.1880 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,950.00 |
| 11 | John Beasley Greene | Boulaq, Mosquee fortifiee, Egypte |
1854 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,300.00 |
| 45 | GEORGES, COMTE DE LA PERSONNE | L'enlevement de Proserpine par Pluton, sculpture par Girardon, Chateau de Versailles |
ca.1862-1868 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,300.00 |
| 10 | Edward King-Tenison | Entree de la Chapelle royale, Grenade |
1854 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,235.00 |
| 46 | GEORGES, COMTE DE LA PERSONNE | Chateau de Versailles |
ca.1862-1868 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,170.00 |
| 12 | Baron Albert Fa S | Basilique Santa Maria della Salute, Venise |
1854 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,105.00 |
| 51 | GEORGES, COMTE DE LA PERSONNE | Tour de Marlborough et laiterie, Hameau de la Reine, Chateau de Versailles |
ca.1862-1868 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,105.00 |
| 14 | Thomas Sutton | Corn Exchange, Saint George's Hall, Liverpool |
1854 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,040.00 |
| 50 | GEORGES, COMTE DE LA PERSONNE | Bosquet de la Colonnade, Chateau de Versailles |
ca.1862-1868 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,040.00 |
| 69 | ANTONIO NESSI 1834-1907; GIORGIO SOMMER 1834-1914 | Vues d'Italie. Milan, Naples, Padoue |
ca. 1860-1880 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,040.00 |
| 77 | Album. Mexique : Compagnie du Boleo, entreprise qui exploita des mines de cuivre a Santa Rosalia au Mexique, a partir de 1885 : une vue de groupe des « Indiens du Boleo », une vue generale du site (transferts de caracteres typogr. sur cette image), une vu |
1871-1890 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,040.00 |
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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.