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Auction Name: Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Day 2
Auction Date: 06/18/2025 - 06/18/2025
Sale Number: #61825
Total Lots: 560
Sold Lots: 556
Lots Sold: 99.29%
Unsold Lots: 4

Total Sales (EUR): 804,284.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 590,330.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 811,750.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 595,760.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 819,300.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 98.17%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
703	RADISSON PIERRE-ESPRIT: (1636/40-1710) The extraordinarily rare signature of the equally extraordinary Radisson	EUR 70,000.00 - 90,000.00	EUR 78,000.00
1064	GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) A highly symbolic signed photograph	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 24,700.00
1006	LENIN VLADIMIR: (1870-1924)	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 23,400.00
794	COOK JAMES: (1728-1779) The extraordinarily rare signature of Captain Cook	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 22,100.00
980	SUN YAT-SEN: (1866-1925)	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 19,500.00
904	MARIE ANTOINETTE: (1755-1793)	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 18,200.00
936	FREDERICK II: (1712-1786)	EUR 14,000.00 - 18,000.00	EUR 15,600.00
903	LOUIS XVI: (1754-1793)	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
782	HAHNEMANN SAMUEL: (1755-1843) Hahnemann makes recommendations for a patient, including a ' sparse supper' and ' exercise in the open air'	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
682	PIUS III: (1439-1503)	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
957	EMPRESS ALEXANDRA & DAUGHTERS:	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
990	[PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE]: The Council of Four to Nansen ' That such a course would involve cessation of all hostilities within definitive lines in the territory of Russia is obvious'	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 10,400.00
892	HENRY III: (1551-1589) Henry III makes a plea to avoid conflict with his brother, Francis, by seeking the intervention of their mother, Catherine de' Medici	EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 9,100.00
739	CHANEL GABRIELLE ' COCO': (1883-1971) A letter of the utmost rarity	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 9,100.00
851	NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821)	EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 8,840.00
858	NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805)	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,800.00
653	HENDRIX JIMI: (1942-1970)	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,150.00
1137	EICHMANN ADOLF: (1906-1962)	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,150.00
740	LAGERFELD KARL: (1933-2019) Icons of Fashion - Lagerfeld draws Chanel	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,150.00
906	NAPOLEON II: (1811-1832)	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,150.00

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