Auction Reports
Pierre Berge and Associes
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Books, Manuscripts & Autographs #1
- Auction Date
- 04/17/2025 - 04/17/2025
- Sale Number
- #160931
- Total Lots
- 342
- Sold Lots
- 239
- Lots Sold
- 69.88%
- Unsold Lots
- 103
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 304,943.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 133,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 186,140.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 181,350.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 251,910.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 121.05%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Handwritten leaves |
1200 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 14,950.00 | |
| 294 | Georges CADOUDAL. 1771-1804. Chouan general, conspirator in the infernal machine against Bonaparte. | L.A.S. (to Commodore Keats) |
-1793 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 13,650.00 |
| 38 | Charles BAUDELAIRE. 1821-1867. Writer and poet. | L.A.S. (to M. Grandguillot) |
1860 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 11,937.00 |
| 86 | [CUBA - SUGAR PLANTATIONS]. 1862-1940 |
1862-1940 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 7,800.00 | |
| 101 | Anne of BRITAIN. 1477-1514, Duchess of Brittany, Queen of France, wife of Louis XII | P.S. |
1509 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,630.00 |
| 176 | Catherine de MEDICIS. 1519-1589. Queen of France. | L.S. to M. de Fourquevaulx |
1570 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 6,500.00 |
| 134 | Philippe de VILLIERS de l'ISLE-ADAM. 1464-1534. Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, he defended the island of Rhodes, but had to capitulate to Suleiman the Magnificent after heroic resistance; first Grand Master to settle in Malta. | L.S. to the ambassador for the King before our Holy Father the Pope |
1532 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 5,850.00 |
| 30 | MATTIOLI (Pietro Andrea) & MEYERPECK (Wolfgang) |
1563 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,850.00 | |
| 29 | MATTIOLI (Pietro Andrea) & MEYERPECK (Wolfgang) |
1563 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,720.00 | |
| 37 | [ALBUM AMICORUM]. Livre d'Or du Bazar |
1966-1968 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 5,330.00 | |
| 219 | LOUIS XIII. 1601-1643. King of France. | L.A.S. for my cousin the Card(inal) de Richelieu |
1639 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,200.00 |
| 87 | [CUBA - Exploitation sucriere] |
1837-1878 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,200.00 | |
| 252 | Marie-Therese-Louise de Savoie-Carignan, Princess of LAMBALLE. 1749-1792. | L.A. to the Countess de Lage |
1784 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,940.00 |
| 7 | Hindu manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana, Kashmir, 19th century |
1900 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,680.00 | |
| 110 | Philippe de COMMYNES. 1447-1511. Former squire to the Dukes of Burgundy, advisor to Louis XI, then Charles VIII and Louis XII, famous chronicler of the kings of France. | L.S. |
-1498 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,550.00 |
| 260 | LOUIS XVI. 1754-1793. King of France. | L.A.S. to the Garde des Sceaux |
1775 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,160.00 |
| 9 | Koran folio |
late 15th century | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,900.00 | |
| 14 | [COPTIC PSALTER]. Manuscript |
1900 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,250.00 | |
| 8 | Fragmentary bi-folio of an Abbasid Koran, Mesopotamia or North Africa, 9th / 10th century |
9000 / 1000 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,250.00 | |
| 85 | [CUBA - SUGAR PLANTATIONS]. Approximately 200 documents |
EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,250.00 |
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
