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Rossini: Antique & Modern Books, Lithographs, Including a Collection of Artists' Books from the Hôtel D'Agar, Cavaillon
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Antique & Modern Books, Lithographs, Including a Collection of Artists' Books from the Hôtel D'Agar, Cavaillon | Total Sales (EUR) | 146,431.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 04, 2026 - June 04, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 72,005.00 |
| Sale Number | #180955 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 103,915.00 |
| Total Lots | 271 | ||
| Sold Lots | 169.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 106,395.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 62.36% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 153,565.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 102 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 95.36% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | Bourgeois Louise | Ode a ma mere |
1995 | EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 29,760.00 |
| 175 | Michaux Henri | Henri Michaux's reading of eight lithographs by Zao Wou Ki |
1950 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 10,664.00 |
| 11 | Diderot Denis; D'Alembert Jean Le Rond | Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers |
1751-1772 | EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 10,540.00 |
| 162 | Pierre Jose; Tovar Ivan | What is Therese? C'est les maronniers en fleurs |
1974 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,712.00 |
| 174 | Caillois Roger | Randonnees |
1974 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,224.00 |
| 176 | Zao Wou-Ki | Lithograph 353 |
1991 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,100.00 |
| 129 | Tapies Antoni; Debre Olivier; Saura Antonio; Hajdu Etienne; Viallat Claude; Capdeville Jean; Degottex Jean; Capdeville Jacques; Arnaudies Michel; Lunal Serge; Meyer Himhoff B.; Maregiano Monique; Perez Mathias; Badin Georges; Bertrand Michel; Fevrier Bern | El Tretze vents |
1983 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,914.00 |
| 186 | Meireles Cecilia | Poetry |
1967 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,604.00 |
| 220 | Bacon Francis | Vincent Van Gogh Arles 1888-1988 |
N/A | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,604.00 |
| 138 | Le Brun Annie; Toyen | Sur le champ |
1967 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,418.00 |
| 238 | Chilida Eduardo | Casa de Goya |
1983 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,232.00 |
| 98 | Gilbert-Lecomte Roger; Sima Joseph | Sacre et massacre de l'amour |
1960 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,108.00 |
| 188 | Badet Andre de | Contes au clair de lune |
1948 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,860.00 |
| 79 | Rodde Michel;Desnoyer Francois;Manguin;Derain;Marquet;Camoin;Daragnes;Humblot Robert;Utrillo Maurice;Lhote Andre;Neillot Louis;Cavailles;Villon Jacques;Clave;Lurcat Jean;Brayer Yves;Frelaut Jean;Oudot Roland;Asselin Maurice;Gromaire;Van Dongen;Mainssieux | 24 Books, including: Michel Rodde |
N/A | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,736.00 |
| 217 | Tapies Antoni | Petrificada petrificante |
1978 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,736.00 |
| 106 | Proust Marcel; Alechinsky Pierre | Un amour de Swann |
2013 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,612.00 |
| 152 | Debre Olivier | Anatomy of the smile |
1993 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,612.00 |
| 72 | Mourey Gabriel | Fetes foraines de Paris |
1906 | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | EUR 1,488.00 |
| 78 | Rey Robert | Portrait of Kiyoshi Hasegawa |
[1963] | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,302.00 |
| 19 | Dahlberg Erik | Suecia antiqua et hodierna |
1691-1714 (1726) | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,240.00 |
| 151 | Noel Bernard; Debre Olivier | Sur un pli du temps |
1988 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,240.00 |
| 155 | Noel Bernard; Debre Olivier | Sur le peu de corps |
1990 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,240.00 |
| 158 | Chopin Henri | L'alphabet latin : quelques possibles |
1991 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,240.00 |
| 219 | Batache Eddy | Requiem pour la fin des temps |
1978 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,240.00 |
| 96 | Ivsic Radovan; Toyen | Tir - Les grandes tenebres du tir, sans tympans, sans tambours |
1973 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,215.20 |
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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