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Auction Info

Auction Name
The Classics Paris
Auction Date
04/08/2025 - 04/08/2025
Sale Number
#30599
Total Lots
3
Sold Lots
1
Lots Sold
33.33%
Unsold Lots
2
Total Sales (EUR)
102,000.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
80,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
120,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
113,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
174,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
58.62%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
20 Christobal de Acuna

Nuevo descubrimiento del gran rio de las Amazonas,

1641 EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 EUR 102,000.00
18 COLONNA, Francesco.

HYPNEROTOMACHIA POLIPHILI': THE ENIGMATIC MASTERPIECE OF RENAISSANCE BOOK PRODUCTION.

1499 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
120 LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695).

Fables choisies, mises en vers.

1755-1759 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold

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