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Auction Name	Letters and Signed Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	339,812.50
Auction Date	June 16, 2025 - June 16, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	211,500.00
Sale Number	#165481	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	273,400.00
Total Lots	131
Sold Lots	80	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	367,400.00
% of Lots Sold	61.07%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	475,700.00
Unsold Lots	51	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	71.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
115	Guy de MAUPASSANT (1850-1893).	Autograph manuscript, Mont-Oriol, [1886]	1886	EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	EUR 75,000.00
25	Raoul Auger FEUILLET (1660-1710).	Choregraphie ou l'art de decrire la Dance, par caracteres, figures et signes demonstratifs, avec lequel on apprend facilement de soy-meme toutes sortes de Dances. Ouvrage tres-utile aux Maitres a Dancer & a toutes les personnes qui s'appliquent a la Dance	1700	EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 43,750.00
3	Charles BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867).	Autograph manuscript, [Le Calumet de paix]		EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 36,250.00
122	Camille PISSARRO (1830-1903).	L.A.S. with drawing, Rouen March 27, 1896, to his son Georges PISSARRO	1896	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 12,625.00
84	Stephane MALLARME.	L.A.S. "Stephane Mallarme" and autograph poem signed "SM", [Paris December 26, 1895], to Mery Laurent	1895	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 11,250.00
55	Stephane MALLARME.	Mr. Whistler's "Ten O'Clock". French translation by M. Stephane Mallarme. London/Paris (La Librairie de La Revue Independante), [late May] 1888	1888	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 8,750.00
64	Stephane Mallarme].	La Conque. Revue litteraire published from March 15, 1891 to (1892, on the cover), in 11 in-8 issues in ff. with yellow printed cover, flap slipcase, gold titled spine with wine-leather maroq. frame, antique pebbled paper, suede-lined interior (Roger Deva	1891 to (1892,	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 8,125.00
2	Leon BAKST (1866-1924).	Original drawing, signed and dated lower left "BAKST 1910"	1910	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 7,500.00
98	Stephane MALLARME.	A throw of the dice will never abolish Chance. The pre-original and the original.		EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 6,875.00
7	Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869).	Photograph with autograph dedication, 1863	1863	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 6,250.00
101	Stephane MALLARME.	Autograph manuscript, [L'ideal a vingt ans], Valvins near Fontainebleau August 17, 1898	1898	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,750.00
118	Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791).	Il Dissoluto Punito o sia il D. Giovanni. Drama giocoso. La Musica del Signore Wolffgango MOZARD, messa per il Piano Forte del Carlo ZULEHNER (Magonza [Mainz], B.Schott, [1791])	1791	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 5,750.00
45	Stephane MALLARME.	2 L.A.S. "Stephane Mallarme", [May-August 1887], to Edouard DUJARDIN	1887	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 4,750.00
57	Stephane MALLARME.	3 L.A.S. "Stephane Mallarme", 1889-1897, to Albert MOCKEL	1889-1897	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 4,750.00
70	Stephane MALLARME.	Corrected proof with autograph poem, Chansons bas, [1892]	1892	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 4,375.00
37	William BECKFORD].	Preface to Vathek / reprinted from Beckford's French original by Stephane Mallarme. Paris, chez l'Auteur [A. Labitte], 1876	1876	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 4,000.00
68	Stephane MALLARME.	Pages / Avec un frontispice a l'eau[-]forte par Renoir. A Bruxelles, chez l'Editeur Edmond Deman, [5 mai] 1891	1891	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 3,750.00
77	[Julie MANET?]	6 photographic portraits of Mallarme: the poet at Valvins on his "yole", 1896-1897.	1896-1897.	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 3,500.00
102	Stephane MALLARME.	L.A.S. "Stephane Mallarme", Paris 89 rue de Rome, Dimanche [March 10, 1895], to Felicien ROPS	1895	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,500.00
120	Francis PICABIA (1879-1953).	Autograph manuscript signed, Pour et Contre Bien et Beau, March 1950	1950	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,125.00
125	Jacques PREVERT (1900-1977).	Original collage, signed at bottom		EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,125.00
82	Stephane MALLARME.	L.A.S. "Stephane Mallarme", Paris 89 rue de Rome July 25, 1893, to Jules BOISSIERE	1893	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,875.00
5	Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869).	L.A.S., Paris December 6 [1855], to Theodore RITTER	1855	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
47	Felicien ROPS.	La Grande Lyre, with the inscription Ex Libris, photogravure frontispiece by the photoengraver [Paul Dujardin] for Poesies de la Revue Independante, 1887 [see above].	1887	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
80	[Mery LAURENT]. Henri MAIRET.	2 photographs by Mery Laurent		EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,500.00

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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