Auction Reports
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- French Literature & Illustrated
- Auction Date
- 09/04/2026 - 09/04/2026
- Sale Number
- #90426c
- Total Lots
- 21
- Sold Lots
- 5.0
- Lots Sold
- 23.81%
- Unsold Lots
- 16
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 5,657.10
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 23,225.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 28,750.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 77,300.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 89,750.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 6.30%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106114941 | Pablo Picasso/ Maurice Toesca | Six Contes Fantastiques [Archive of the 1944 Conception and 1953 Publication] |
1944 | EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 3,161.00 |
| 105946903 | Max Ernst | Reve d'une petite fille qui voulut entrer au carmel |
1930 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 1,308.00 |
| 106135362 | Signe ; Salvador Dali / Cervantes | Don Quichotte de la Manche [page de titre volante avec signature autographe] |
1957 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 105762245 | Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand / Louis Jou | Atala, Rene & le dernier Abencerage |
1948 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 337.90 |
| 105763839 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge & Valery Larbaud / Philippe Mohlitz | La chanson du vieux marin |
1975 | EUR 500.00 - 650.00 | EUR 196.20 |
| 106236444 | Jean Cocteau | Taureaux [Velin de Rives, 32 lithographies] |
1963 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 106231288 | Charles Baudelaire | Carnet inedit |
1920 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 106139176 | Claude Farrere | L'extraordinaire aventure d'Achmet Pacha Djemaleddine |
1921 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | Not Sold |
| 106088267 | Jean POITEVIN / P.-J. EMERY | La Rhapsodie en bleu. Poemes [EXEMPLAIRE UNIQUE – AQUARELLES ORIGINALES - 1/6 ex. n° H-C] |
1948 | EUR 500.00 - 550.00 | Not Sold |
| 106087194 | Michel de MONTAIGNE / DA ROS | Les Essais de Montaigne [1/26 ex. n° de Bibliophile avec 3 originaux, une decomposition & 2 suites] |
1974/1973 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | Not Sold |
| 106069092 | Signe ; Georges Hugnet / Pablo Picasso | La Chevre-Feuille [ex unique enrichi d'un dessin original en couleurs de Georges Hugnet] |
1943 | EUR 2,700.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 106036838 | [signe par la traductrice Tylia Caren] | Le Journal d'Anne Frank [RARISSIME 1ere traduction francaise — service de presse — envoi autographe |
1950 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 106025882 | Signe ; Salvador Dali / Mao Tse-Toung | Poemes [amplio dibujo original autografo certificado por la fundacion Gala Salvador Dali] |
1967 | EUR 13,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 105988978 | Raoul Dufy; Jean Witold | Concert des Anges [Deluxe edition] |
1963 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 105988909 | Cyrano de Bergerac; Bernard Buffet | Les Voyages Fantastiques [HC-6 out of 10] |
1958 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 105988899 | Charles d'Orleans; Henri Matisse | Poemes de Charles d'Orleans, manuscrits et illustres par Henri Matisse |
1950 | EUR 2,400.00 - 2,700.00 | Not Sold |
| 105987388 | L. F. Celine | Ed. Ori. - Casse Pipe / Foudres et Fleches / A l'Agite du Bocal / Scandale aux Abysses |
1950/1948 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 105959185 | Various authors and artists including Guillevic, Ubac, Aragon, Marc Chagall, Jean Paulhan, Braque, | Paroles peintes Vol 1 |
1962 | EUR 2,900.00 - 3,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 105803587 | Signe ; Jean Cocteau / Pablo Picasso | Picasso de 1916 a 1961 |
1962 | EUR 5,100.00 - 5,700.00 | Not Sold |
| 105803357 | Boccace; Salvador Dali | Le Decameron - In a very rare presentation and format |
1972 | EUR 9,400.00 - 10,400.00 | Not Sold |
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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.