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OSENAT: The Empire at Fontainbleau

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Auction Name	The Empire at Fontainbleau	Total Sales (EUR)	63,895.00
Auction Date	April 27, 2025 - April 27, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	34,150.00
Sale Number	#164823	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	45,000.00
Total Lots	54
Sold Lots	47	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	53,850.00
% of Lots Sold	87.04%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	70,950.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	90.06%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
312	APPERT (Nicolas).	L'Art de conserver, pendant plusieurs annees, toutes les substances animales et vegetales.	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 10,400.00
212	Bonaparte (Napoleon)	Bonaparte (Napoleon). Letter signed "Bonaparte" as General-in-Chief of the Army of the East to General Charles-Francois-Joseph Dugua	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 9,230.00
224		EXPEDITION FROM EGYPT and miscellaneous. - Set of 14 letters and pieces.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 5,460.00
211	BONAPARTE (Napoleon)	BONAPARTE (Napoleon). Autograph Apostille signed "Buonaparte" as brigadier general (2 autograph words, "certifie conforme") on the handwritten copy of a decree of the conventionnels on mission in the Midi.	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 4,420.00
223	ENGHIEN (Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon, Duc d')	ENGHIEN (Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon, Duc d'). Autograph manuscript.	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,770.00
295		The 1st Consul passes through Lyon, 26 Nivose an 10.	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,600.00
416		French Army. Album containing twenty photographs by Cremallere et Cie Halfstaengl 28 rue Laval in Paris.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,275.00
206	BERTHIER (Louis-Alexandre)	BERTHIER (Louis-Alexandre). Letter signed "mal Ale Berthier" as major-general of the Grande Armee, addressed to Jerome Bonaparte.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,210.00
214	BONAPARTE (Pauline)	BONAPARTE (Pauline). Autograph letter signed to Jean-Jacques Regis Cambaceres.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 2,145.00
217	DANTON (Georges-Jacques)	DANTON (Georges-Jacques). Signed as a member of the Provisional Executive Council.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,950.00
289		Napoleon by the grace of God and the Constitutions, Emperor of the French. Letter patent on parchment.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,430.00
288		Letter of pardon signed by Emperor Napoleon I.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,300.00
320	Napoleon Louis Bonaparte.	Fragmens historiques 1688 et 1830 by Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte.	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,300.00
222	DUMOURIEZ (Charles-Francois)	DUMOURIEZ (Charles-Francois). Correspondence of 9 letters, 8 autographed signed and one autographed, addressed to Louis de Sade.	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,170.00
286		Captain's certificate for "Cen FOURNIER Francois" with details of services, campaigns, actions and wounds.	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	EUR 975.00
376		Special license number 92 and 11 34	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 910.00
216	CAULAINCOURT (Auguste-Jean-Gabriel de)	CAULAINCOURT (Auguste-Jean-Gabriel de). Autograph letter signed as Grand Esquuyer of the Kingdom of Holland to the Grand Master of the Household of King Louis Bonaparte, Paul-Gabriel d'Alichoux de Senegra.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 845.00
218	DAVOUT (Louis-Nicolas)	DAVOUT (Louis-Nicolas). Autograph letter signed to his wife Aimee Leclerc.	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 845.00
220	DAVOUT (Louis-Nicolas)	DAVOUT (Louis-Nicolas). Autograph letter signed to his wife Aimee Leclerc.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 780.00
285		French Republic. Brevet sur parchemin de chef de bataillon, for citizen "CHARRIERE Louis" with details of services, campaigns, actions and wounds.	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 780.00
314	G.H Bellassis	Six views of St. Helena by G.H Bellassis 1815	EUR 600.00 - 700.00	EUR 650.00
418B		Moving notebook.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 650.00
208	BONAPARTE (Elisa)	>BONAPARTE (Elisa). Letter signed to Hortense de Beauharnais.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 598.00
205	BEAUHARNAIS (Eugene de)	BEAUHARNAIS (Eugene de). Letter signed "Eugene Napoleon" as Viceroy of Italy, addressed to the future Marshal Jacques-Alexandre-Bernard Law de Lauriston.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 585.00
219	DAVOUT (Louis-Nicolas)	DAVOUT (Louis-Nicolas). Autograph letter signed to his wife Aimee Leclerc.	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 585.00

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Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR