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Auction Name
December Auction Day 2
Auction Date
12/12/2025 - 12/12/2025
Sale Number
#121225
Total Lots
347
Sold Lots
347.0
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (EUR)
337,675.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
124,600.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
163,720.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
124,600.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
163,720.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
206.25%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
845

Code Napoleon. Edition originale et seule officielle.

 1807 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 52,000.00
775 RADIGUET, Raymond

Le diable au corps. Roman.

 1923 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 16,250.00
629

Compagnie Imperiale des Chemins de Fer Chinois et Societe d'Etudes de Chemins de Fer en Chine. Ligne de Pekin-Hankow. Annees 1899-1905.

 1905 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 14,300.00
708 Edgard Tytgat

Le lendemain de la Saint-Nicolas. Conte et grave par Edgard Tijtgat. Preface de Louis Delattre.

 #NAME? EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 10,660.00
802

Amoris divini et humani effectus varii sacrae scripturae sanctorumq[ue] PP. sententiis ac Gallicis versibus illustrati.

 1626 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 7,800.00
722 BEAUVOIR, Simone de

3 editions originales en tirages de tete et reliures uniformes.

 (1958, 1960, 1963) EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 6,760.00
780

Les sept peches capitaux. Jean Giraudoux : l'orgueil. - Paul Morand : L'avarice. - Pierre Mac Orlan : La luxure. - Andre Salmon : L'envie. - Max Jacob : La gourmandise. - Jacques de Lacretelle : La colere. - Joseph Kessel : La paresse. Eaux-fortes...

 1926 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 EUR 5,980.00
887 RENOUARD, Antoine-Augustin

Notice sur la vie et les ouvrages des trois Manuce.

 [an] XII - 1803 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 5,850.00
679

Large collection of 215 glass stereoviews.

 C. 1855-1865 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 4,940.00
843 GAULLE, Charles de

Memoires de guerre. L'appel 1940-1942 [- L'Unite 1942-1944,- Le Salut 1944-1946].

 (1954-1959) EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,940.00
735 Max Elskamp

Dominical. Propitiatoirement orne par Henry Van de Velde.

 1892) EUR 250.00 - 400.00 EUR 4,940.00
759 Louis Legrand

Poemes a l'eau-forte.

 1914 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,160.00
577 Privat-Livemont

Manufacture Royale de corsets.

 1897 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 3,900.00
701 [LOUYS, Pierre]

Le crepuscule des nymphes. [Lithographies de Pierre Bonnard.

 1946] EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,250.00
687 Bernard Buffet

St Cast. Souvenirs d'enfance. Pointes-seches originales gravees par Bernard Buffet.

 1962 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,120.00
613 MORREN, Prosper

Cinquantenaire de l'Universite catholique de Louvain. 1834-1884. Vues du cortege historique.

 1884] EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,860.00
830 LA FONTAINE, Jean de

Contes et nouvelles en vers [...].

 1762 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,860.00
754 LA FONTAINE, Jean de

Oeuvres completes [...], precedees d'une nouvelle notice sur sa vie.

 1818 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,600.00
893 HERGE

Les aventures de Tintin. Le crabe aux pinces d'or.

 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,600.00
503 Manfred Mohr

Composition abstraite.

 1970 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,600.00
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  • Sotheby's Fine Books & ManuscriptsAvailable 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.
    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.
  • Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (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 50Watson (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 53Afghanistan.- 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 AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (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 100Ceylon.- 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 123D'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 139Gandhi (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 AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (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 195Madras.- 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 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 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
  • 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
    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