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Auction Name: Drawing Board
Auction Date: 05/17/2025 - 05/17/2025
Sale Number: #162979
Total Lots: 454
Sold Lots: 422
Lots Sold: 92.95%
Unsold Lots: 32

Total Sales (EUR): 188,392.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 95,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 134,350.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 104,290.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 147,410.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 127.80%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
804		Asterix and the Goths : Original French hardback edition.	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 4,224.00
803		Asterix the Gaul : Original French hardback edition.	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,136.00
566	Moebius	Dedication: Unpublished.	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 3,072.00
565	Moebius	Dedication: Superb color drawing of a running character (13.5x16.5)	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 2,304.00
791		Tintin - Set of 3 albums: Congo (B1, yellow spine, 1946), Amerique (B1, red spine, 1945), Lotus Bleu (B1 red spine 1946).	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 2,304.00
782B		Tintin - Visiophone : Superb talking telephone game which won the Oscar for toys in 1960 (Version with white horn).	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,176.00
850		Lucky Luke 12: The Dalton cousins.	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,920.00
853		Lucky Luke 13 (+ sheet): The Judge.	EUR 1,300.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,920.00
790		Tintin - Set of 6 albums: Tresor de Rackham Le Rouge (EO A24), Oreille cassee (EO A20), Ile noire (EO A20), Etoile mysterieuse (A18, title on 1st page), Secret de la Licorne (EO A20), Crabe aux pinces d'or (EO A22 dos rouge).	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,920.00
874		Lucky Luke 23 (with headband): The Dalton always run.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,792.00
795	Herge	Herge - Set of 7 B&W albums: Cigars of the Pharaoh (EO, incomplete without 4th plate), America (A14bis, incomplete), Black Island (A18, fine inside), Ear (A15), Sceptre (A18, missing up to page 7), Q&F 3rd series (P6, missing blue endpapers), Q&F 3rd seri	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,792.00
639	Lambil	Original drawing: Felt-tip drawing created for the ASBL, Les Amis Des Animaux (21x29.5)	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,792.00
564	Giraud	Dedication: Blueberry, La mine de l'Allemand perdu and Le Spectre aux balles d'or in 1 volume.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,792.00
692	Rosinski	Dedication: Thorgal 9.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,664.00
725		Spirou at the Piedboeuf brewery: Superb 4-page advertising leaflet, illustrated by Franquin and Jidehem in 1957.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,664.00
656	Lambil/Cauvin	Set of 15 dedications: Tuniques Bleues Rombaldi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (Cauvin drawing), 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 14 + Tome 6...	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 1,536.00
764	Herge	Greeting card 1973 : Greeting frieze with characters from the adventures of Tintin, signed by Herge.	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,408.00
703	Uderzo	Dedication: Rare drawing on free paper of Obelix, made during a chance meeting at the Novotel (10.5x15)	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,408.00
869		Lucky Luke 20: Billy the kid.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,408.00
863		Lucky Luke 17: On the trail of the Daltons.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,408.00

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