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Auction Name
Royalty at Versailles
Auction Date
05/18/2025 - 05/18/2025
Sale Number
#160602
Total Lots
24
Sold Lots
20
Lots Sold
83.33%
Unsold Lots
4
Total Sales (EUR)
50,516.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
18,350.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
24,450.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
104,850.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
132,050.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
38.26%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
60 MARIE-ANTOINETTE, Queen of France (1755-1793), attributed to

Bust portrait of Louis-Charles de France, dauphin of France, in the Temple prison

 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 10,948.00
61

MARIE-ANTOINETTE.

 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 9,660.00
180 GODART DE BERIGNY (Charles de).

GODART DE BERIGNY (Charles de). Manuscript entitled "Abrege de l'histoire de France".

 [Circa 1678]. EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 7,986.00
184 MARIE-ANTOINETTE D'AUTRICHE (Queen).

MARIE-ANTOINETTE D'AUTRICHE (Queen). Autograph Apostille signed (one word, "payez, Marie antoinette") on a signed piece (secretary, "Marie Antoinette")

April 1, 1783. EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,894.00
190B

From the library of the Countess of Provence [Genlis, Stephanie-Felicite Du Crest, comtesse de] Theatre a l'usage des jeunes personnes

 1780 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,864.00
183 LOUIS XVI.

LOUIS XVI. Letter signed "Louis" to the Queen of Spain.

April 15, 1792. EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,061.00
187 RICHELIEU (Armand-Jean Du Plessis de).

RICHELIEU (Armand-Jean Du Plessis de). Letter signed "Le card De Richelieu" to the bishop of Mende, Sylvestre Crugy de Marcillac.

May 10, 1636. EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,803.00
105 CHARLES PAR LA GRACE DE DIEU, ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE.

Brevet de nomination de Pair de France.

 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,739.00
106 CHARLES BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE.

Brevet de noblesse.

 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,095.00
188

KING'S BUILDINGS. - Set of 3 signed pieces; some defects.

 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,095.00
189

COLLECTION COMPLETE DES TABLEAUX HISTORIQUES DE LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE.

an XIII-1804. EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,030.00
186 PHILIPPE-EGALITE (Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orleans, dit).

PHILIPPE-EGALITE (Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orleans, dit). Letter signed "LPJ d'Orleans" TO JACQUES NECKER.

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 966.00
107 LOUIS PAR LA GRACE DE DIEU, ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE.

Brevet de nomination de Pair de France.

 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 773.00
190 TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD, Charles-Maurice (1754-1838)

Greeting card to "Monsieur Chauvin" dated January 12, 1823 and signed by the Prince.

 1823 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 773.00
185 MARLBOROUGH (John Churchill, Duke of).

MARLBOROUGH (John Churchill, Duke of). Signed document. Abbaye de Belian [near Mons, Belgium], September 17, 1709.

 1709 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 644.00
181 LOUIS XIV.

LOUIS XIV. Piece signed "Louis", countersigned by Jean-Baptiste COLBERT, addressed to the Marquis de Besmaux. "Au camp devant Cambray", March 27, 1677.

1677 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 489.00
104

Set of three pieces, ordinance, treatise, speech :

 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 258.00
179 CONDE (Louis-Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de).

CONDE (Louis-Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de). Autograph letter signed [to a minister, probably the Englishman William Pitt].

April 17, 1794. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 232.00
177 [COLBERT (family)]. - CHARRON DE MENARS (Marie).

[COLBERT (family)]. - CHARRON DE MENARS (Marie). Autograph letter signed to Madame de Matignon, Marie-Francoise Le Tellier de La Luthumiere.

 August 27, 1679. EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 167.00
178 MAZARIN (Paul-Jules de La Porte, duc de La Meilleraye et de).

COLLEGE DES QUATRE-NATIONS. - MAZARIN (Paul-Jules de La Porte, duc de La Meilleraye et de). Signed as protector of the College Mazarin, known as the College des Quatre-Nations.

February 24, 1729 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 39.00
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