Auction Reports
L'Autographe Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- A Legacy in Ink: A Rare Book & Autograph Sale
- Auction Date
- 07/07/2025 - 07/07/2025
- Sale Number
- #6
- Total Lots
- 273
- Sold Lots
- 69
- Lots Sold
- 25.27%
- Unsold Lots
- 204
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 61,152.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 47,240.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 70,220.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 243,420.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 341,200.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 17.92%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222 | "FROM THE ARAB WORLD TO EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE - THE VERY FIRST LATIN EDITION OF PTOLEMY'S ALMAGEST" |
1515 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 28,600.00 | |
| 142 | Clausewitz in English - First Edition of On War, 1873 |
1873 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,160.00 | |
| 80 | "WAGNER FROM NAPLES | DREAMS OF TRIUMPH IN PARIS" |
16 Juli 1880 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,080.00 |
| 75 | "VERDI AND LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | THE HIDDEN STORY OF A REVISION" |
1868 -1869 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,950.00 |
| 17 | "NAPOLEON'S FURY | THE DOOR TO POWER LEFT UNGUARDED" |
le 19 fevrier 1811 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,560.00 |
| 91 | "MORSE AND THE REVOLUTION OF THOUGHT - TELEGRAPHY IN COLLAGES" |
March 6th 1845 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,430.00 | |
| 90 | "MARCONI TO MURRAY - THE SECRETS BEHIND THE BIRTH OF RADIO" |
(1889 ca.) | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,300.00 | |
| 21 | CARNERA Primo (Sequals, 1906-ib., 1967) | Full-figure photographic portrait with autograph dedication signed |
dated 29. 5. 1936 IV | GBP 200.00 - 350.00 | GBP 1,105.00 |
| 36 | "THE ROMANCE OF POLAND - A PASSIONATE TALE OF FREEDOM" |
(1846 ca.) | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 1,040.00 | |
| 20 | CARNERA Primo (Sequals, 1906-ib., 1967) | Full-figure photographic portrait with autograph signature |
GBP 150.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,040.00 | |
| 158 | Plague in Rome - Causes, Symptoms, and Secret Remedies |
1577 | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 910.00 | |
| 136 | Chronicles of the Rhineland - Lavish Annals of Julich and Berg |
1731 | GBP 800.00 - 1,300.00 | GBP 910.00 | |
| 125 | RARE FIRST EDITION OF AN ICONIC BAROQUE COOKBOOK --- A LANDMARK IN ITALIAN CULINARY HISTORY |
1692-94. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 910.00 | |
| 61 | "DONIZETTI AND THE PRICE OF ART | SECRET NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS" |
22. 8bre 1839 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 780.00 |
| 113 | Illuminated Doctorate on Vellum - Padua, 1630 |
1630 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 715.00 | |
| 192 | Ottoman Letters Revealed - Toderini's First-Hand Chronicle of Turkish Civilization (1787) |
1787 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 650.00 | |
| 206 | Unlocking Persian - The First Printed Grammar of an Ancient Tongue |
1639 | GBP 700.00 - 800.00 | GBP 650.00 | |
| 127 | Florentine Bookkeeping - A Rare Accounting Manual |
1774 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 520.00 | |
| 274 | Two Moons, Two Minds - Hevelius & Riccioli's Competing Visions of the Lunar Surface |
Undated, 1707 or 1742 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 520.00 | |
| 167 | Ethics & Economy - A Forgotten Italian Enlightenment Work |
1775 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 520.00 |
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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.")
