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Pierre Berge and Associes: Antiquarian & Modern Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Antiquarian & Modern Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 3,022.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 10, 2026 - June 10, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 2,210.00 |
| Sale Number | #181243 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 3,070.00 |
| Total Lots | 124 | ||
| Sold Lots | 18.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 12,540.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 14.52% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 17,570.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 106 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 17.20% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Bacon Francis; Bodin Jean | Histoire Naturelle; Les Six Livres de la Republique |
1631; 1579 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 520.00 |
| 38 | Apoux Joseph | Vierges sages, vierges folles |
s.d. | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 312.00 |
| 6 | Bayle Pierre; Des Maizeaux | Historical and critical dictionary |
1740 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 260.00 |
| 27 | Plaute | Plauti Comoediae viginti |
1566 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 260.00 |
| 34 | Apulee; Du Fail Noel | Thresor des recreations; De l'Ane dore; Propos rustiques |
1605; 1584; 1842 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 260.00 |
| 86 | Tripon J.-B. | Cours elementaire de lavis |
1848 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 214.50 |
| 75 | Recueil illustree |
1869-1881 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 143.00 | |
| 13 | Delisle de Sales Jean Baptiste Claude | De la Philosophie de la nature |
1789 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 130.00 |
| 14 | D'Holbach; Mirabaud | Systeme de la Nature |
1781 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 130.00 |
| 94 | Alain-Fournier | Le Grand Meaulnes |
1965 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 130.00 |
| 29 | Ravisi Jean Textor de | Epitheta |
1623 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 104.00 |
| 92 | Pardo Joseph | Les Romans de la Table ronde |
1967-1979 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 104.00 |
| 119 | Rabelais Francois | Oeuvres completes |
1964-1966 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 104.00 |
| 58 | Guizot Francois | Histoire d'Angleterre |
1878 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 78.00 |
| 108 | Malraux Andre; Breton Andre; Maurois Andre | 3 Books, including: Les Antimemoires |
1967; (1945); 1930 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 78.00 |
| 109 | Tocqueville Alexis de; Saint-Pierre Michel de | 2 Books, including: De la Democratie en Amerique |
1961; 1967 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 78.00 |
| 19 | Froissart J.; Witt Mme de | 2 Books, including: Les Chroniques de J. Froissart |
1881; 1895 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 65.00 |
| 24 | Oudot | Eulogy for Monsieur le Comte de Guerchy |
1768 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 52.00 |
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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. -
Forum Auctions
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