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Auction Info

Auction Name
Autographs and Manuscripts
Auction Date
12/13/2025 - 12/13/2025
Sale Number
#121325a
Total Lots
50
Sold Lots
31.0
Lots Sold
62.00%
Unsold Lots
19
Total Sales (EUR)
10,341.90
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
10,145.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
12,095.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
21,190.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
25,120.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
41.17%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99672178 Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)

Pablo Picasso adresse une curieuse photo erotique a Jaime Sabartes

 1960 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,800.00 EUR 3,272.18
99672606 Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907), compositeur norvegien

Edvard Grieg renonce a un concert a Nice

 1898 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 763.00
99672302 Georges BIZET (1838-1875), compositeur

Billet de Georges Bizet sur son opera Djamileh

 1872 EUR 550.00 - 625.00 EUR 523.20
99671306 Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1769-1859), naturaliste et explorateur allemand

Humboldt fait parvenir des livres a Aime Bonpland, son compagnon de voyage en Amerique du Sud

 1810 EUR 500.00 - 550.00 EUR 512.30
99673533 Georges GILLES DE LA TOURETTE (1857-1904), neurologue

Lettre du celebre neurologue Georges Gilles de La Tourette

 1900 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 479.60
99720513 Louise de France

Belle lettre de Louise de France "Madame Derniere", fille de Louis XV, au cardinal de Bernis

 1776 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 457.80
99695674 Charles de GAULLE (1890-1970)

Lettre intime de Charles de Gaulle apres la mort de sa marraine, Lucie Droulers

 1957 EUR 425.00 - 475.00 EUR 436.00
99673180 Louis PASTEUR

Photo originale de Pasteur par Nadar

 1878 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 348.80
99694692

Fragment de papyrus egyptien, en hieratique, de l'epoque ptolemaique

 50 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 348.80
99720534 JEAN II DE BLOIS-CHATILLON (v. 1340-1381)

Charte avec sceau de 1376 du comte Jean de Blois

 1376 EUR 450.00 - 500.00 EUR 348.80
99695910 Federico FELLINI (1920-1993)

Federico Fellini donne des nouvelles de Balthus et evoque le vide apres son dernier film

 1991 EUR 375.00 - 425.00 EUR 348.80
99720064 Charles GARNIER (1825-1879), architecte

2 lettres de Charles Garnier relatives a la construction du nouvel opera

 1867 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 347.71
99672712 Reynaldo HAHN (1874-1947), compositeur

Manuscrit musical de Reynaldo Hahn

 1910 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 272.50
99697154 Jahn Davison ROCKEFELLER junger (1874-1960), financier et philanthrope americain ; il fit construire

Lettre de John D. Rockefeller a Edouard Herriot sur l'Institut International de Cooperation

 1934 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 245.25
99719050 James FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851), romancier americain, auteur du Dernier des Mohicans

Lettre du romancier americain James Fenimore Copper a la princesse de Salm-Dyck

 1828 EUR 220.00 - 250.00 EUR 218.00
99674177 Famille BONAPARTE

Ensemble de 20 lettres et cartes de la famille BONAPARTE

 1890 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 174.40
99697415 Jean-Baptiste COLBERT marquis de Seigneley (1651-1690), secretaire d'Etat a la Marine, fils du grand

Marine : Colbert de Seigneley autorise la vente des marchandises provenant de la capture deux

 1690 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 164.59
99673351 Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)

Kees Van Dongen juge son article mieux ecrit que celui de Mirbeau Renoir

 1920 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 163.50
99673849 [Napoleon III]

Rare ordre du prefet de Police Maupas, date du 2 decembre 1851, jour du coup d'Etat de

 1851 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 122.08
99697873

Louis XII fait requisitionner une nef navigant sur la Charente

 1505 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 120.99
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  • <b><center>Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Balthus, Emily Brontë. <i>Wuthering Heights,</i> New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Charles Dickens. <i>Complete Works,</i> Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Winston Churchill. First edition of <i>War Speeches,</i> Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. <i>Holy Cats</i> First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Online: India<br>Ends 19th February 2026</center></b> <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 40<br>Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). <i>A Digest of the Different Castes of India,</i> 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 50<br>Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. <i>The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan,</i> 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 53<br>Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). <i>An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul,</i> first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 57<br>[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). <i>Views in the Mysore Country,</i> [1794]. £2,000-3,000 <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Online: India<br>Ends 19th February 2026</center></b> <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 76<br>Bird (James). <i>Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions...,</i> first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 100<br>Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). <i>A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 123<br>D'Oyly (Charles). <i>Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book,</i> lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 139<br>Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000 <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Online: India<br>Ends 19th February 2026</center></b> <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 140<br>Gantz (John). <i>Indian Microcosm,</i> first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 146<br>Grierson (Sir George Abraham). <i>Linguistic Survey of India,</i> 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 195<br>Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 205<br>Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. <i>The Monuments of Sanchi,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000