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Auction Name: Autographs and Manuscripts
Auction Date: 01/07/2026 - 01/07/2026
Sale Number: #10726
Total Lots: 85
Sold Lots: 70.0
Lots Sold: 82.35%
Unsold Lots: 15

Total Sales (EUR): 14,553.70
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 12,680.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 16,165.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 16,420.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 20,585.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 70.70%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
100140515	Signed ; Che Guevara	Battlefield Letter	1958	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 4,802.54
100140977	Fidel Castro	manuscript how to form constructions Brigades	1990	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 828.40
100152223	Hermann HESSE (1877-1962) Schriftsteller mit Nobelpreis	Brief mit Originalunterschrift an seinen Vertrauten und Verleger Karl Rauch (1897-1966)	1951	EUR 400.00 - 450.00	EUR 457.80
100041676	Anoniem	Original Manuscript from a Latin Psalter - [France - ca. 15th century]	1450	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 438.18
100196304	Che Guevara	Very Rare Check From The Chase Manhattan Bank ,checked by Che in La Cabana ,March 25	1959	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 355.34
100229271	French scriptorium of the Middle Ages	Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum France 14th Cent. Beautiful filigree initials in red and blue	1350/1400	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 327.00
100143319	Signed ; Che Guevara	Letter sent To Bienvenido Ponce and Approved by Che Guevara - Octuber 12	1961	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 327.00
100193618	Albert Houel / Paul Xardel	[Manuscrit] Cours de Mathematiques. Geometrie, Trigonometrie.	1882/1883	EUR 325.00 - 375.00	EUR 305.20
100182224	A set of two Margaret Thatcher hand-signed bookplates from 90s	Margaret Thatcher	1990	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 283.40
100116998	Anoniem	[Nederlands] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 14th century	1380	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 261.60
100093736	Manuscript	Manuscript from a French Book of Hours - ca. 15th century	1450	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 258.33
98831473	Anoniem	[Tours - Rouen] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 15th century	1450	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 258.33
100179894	COLETTE	Lettre autographe signee de COLETTE a son medecin Marthe LAMY	1951	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 245.25
100229347	Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages	Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy initial with burnished gold and colours	1450/1480	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 219.09
100180206	Copiste ethiopien	Fragment en velin d'une large bible ethiopienne	1800	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 218.00
100139778	Signe; Leonor Fini & Gerard Vie	[Menu pour le restaurant Les Trois Marches a Versailles ; avec envoi de l'artiste]	1991	EUR 200.00 - 220.00	EUR 196.20
100219633	Che Guevara	he Sends a letter from La Fortaleza de La Cabana to Captain Omar Fernadez Canizares	1959	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 196.20
100248231		Hand-signed photo of H.H. 14th Dalai Lama		EUR 350.00 - 400.00	EUR 190.75
100185103	Regno delle Due Sicilie	Soppressione di Santa Chiara di Napoli e passaggio dei beni allo Stato Borbonico	1833	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 179.85
100234667	Seljuks sljwqyn , Khan Alp Arslan, Wesir Nezam al-Molk	Quran manuscript, Oghuz tribe of the Kinik, Crusades, Sultanate of Konya	1250/1280	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50

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Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.