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Auction Name
Ancient Books
Auction Date
07/09/2025 - 07/09/2025
Sale Number
#160429
Total Lots
183
Sold Lots
180
Lots Sold
98.36%
Unsold Lots
3
Total Sales (EUR)
357,300.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
146,300.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
188,450.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
149,400.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
192,750.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
185.37%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
222 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny October 12, 1912, to his son-in-law Jean-Pierre HOSCHEDE

 1912 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 21,250.00
217 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny April 5, 1899, to Francois DEPEAUX

 1899 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
224 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny May 12, 1925, to Andre BARBIER

 1925 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 16,250.00
216 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Pourville "lundi pour mardi 9" [February 1897], to his wife Alice MONET, "ma bonne cherie"

 1897 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
219 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude", Giverny February 24, 1902, to HIS WIFE Alice MONET

 1902 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
218 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny April 27, 1899, to Francois DEPEAUX

 1899 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
272 DIAGHILEV Serge de

DIAGHILEV Serge de (1872-1929). L.A.S. "SD", Warsaw Wednesday [1926?], to Serge LIFAR

 1926? EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 12,125.00
189 GAUGUIN Paul

GAUGUIN Paul (1848-1903). L.A.S. "Paul Gauguin"), [Tahiti] July [1901], to Ambroise VOLLARD

 1901 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 11,875.00
220 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny January 11, 1909, to Gustave GEFFROY

 1909 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 11,250.00
273 FELLINI Federico

FELLINI Federico (1920-1993). original DRAWING

 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 9,375.00
215 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Rouen February 26, 1892, to Gustave GEFFROY

 1892 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
214 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny February 7, 1892, to M. HAMMAN

 1892 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
213 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926). L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny November 1, 1889, to Edmond BAZIRE

 1889 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 7,500.00
271 DIAGHILEV Serge de

DIAGHILEV Serge de (1872-1929). L.A.S. "SD", Thursday [1925], to Serge LIFAR

 1925 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,875.00
221 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926) L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny April 12, 1909

 1909 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 6,250.00
223 MONET Claude

MONET Claude (1840-1926) L.A.S. "Claude Monet",Giverny July 17, 1916, to a young lady

 1916 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 5,000.00
195 KLIMT Gustav

KLIMT Gustav (1862-1918). postcard a.s. "Gustav", [Kammer am Attersee] July 1909, to his mother Anna KLIMT in Sieghartskirchen

 1909 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,875.00
203 MANESSIER Alfred

MANESSIER Alfred (1911-1993). 24 L.A.S. "Alfred Manessier", "Manessier" or "Alfred", 1946-1989, to Abbe Maurice MOREL

 1946-1989 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,250.00
297 RAVEL Maurice

RAVEL Maurice (1875-1937). L.A.S. "Maurice Ravel", Saint-Cloud August 29, 1919, to Leon VALLAS

 1919 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,250.00
296 RAVEL Maurice

RAVEL Maurice (1875-1937). L.A.S. "Maurice Ravel", Megeve February 9, 1919, to Marguerite LONG

 1919 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,250.00
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    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.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
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