Rossini: Photos - Themes 8, 162365, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 11, 2025 - March 11, 2025

Page Size: 230 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
76	Unidentified author	Working the fields, Bedouin encampment, c. 1900	c.1900	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 99.20
77		Portraits of young women, types: Arab spinner, young Bedouin, Bedouin with tattooed face ... c. 1900	c. 1900	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
78	Unidentified author (XIXdeg)	Study of female nudes indoors, c. 1880	c.1880	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
79		Academic, for painter, c. 1880	c.1880	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
80	Unidentified author (XIXdeg)	Family portraits of peasants in Roman provincial costume, Rome, Italy, c. 1870	c.1870	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
81	Unidentified author (XIXdeg) - Theater	Photographic staging, photographic game, egyptomania, religious scene, theatrical scene in costume (Bedouin, 18th century clothing, peasant woman with flower necklace, Egyptian men, Egyptian women) ... portrait, group portrait indoors ... c. 1880	c. 1880	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
82	Rene PETIT (XXdeg)	L'Apotheose, group portrait, young women in disguise, c. 1920	c.1920	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
83	DESGRANGES (XIXdeg)	Portraits of women in costume, Nice carnival, France, c. 1920-1930	c.1920-1930	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 186.00
84	Marie Delma	Portrait of the French actress in stage costume, c. 1900	c.1900	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
85	Madeleine Renaud	Portrait of the French actress in Alsatian dress, c. 1920	c.1920	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 80.60
86	Rejane	Portrait of the French actress, "Miarka a la fille de l'Ours", 1921	1921	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
87	Edmond Duquesne	Portrait of the actor as Napoleon in the play "Madame Sans-gene", c. 1893	c.1893	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 74.40
88	Emile Genevoix	French actor, "Returning from a bicycle ride, little Emile is reprimanded by his grandmother", c. 1934	c.1934	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
89	Rejane, Louis Mercanton and Richejuin	On their way to the Town Hall to declare the birth of Jean Mercanton, 1921	1921	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
90	ALBIN New-York	Portrait of a Young Woman, Crazy Year, c. 1920	c.1920	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 186.00
91	Mendoza	Glamour photograph, portrait of a black woman, c. 1920	c.1920	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
92		Miss Jengre Hopper Elected Miss Indian America, 1930	1930	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 74.40
93	Denise COLOMB (1902-2004)	Parisienne, solarization, 1957	1957	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
94	Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh	Portrait of the Royal Couple after the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953	1953	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 124.00
95		Princess of Wales. Lady Diana at the Wimbledon tennis tournament, August 10, 1981	1981	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
96	Paul Reynaud and Winston Churchill	A stroll in Roquebrune, March 1959		EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 105.40
97	Pascal BARIL (Born 1963)	Philippe Bouvard, Studio SFP, Paris, 1980	1980	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
98	Pascal BARIL (Born 1963)	Francois Mitterrand, Palais de l'Elysee, Paris, 1983	1983	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
99	Martha HOLMES (1923-2006)	Jackson Pollock, 1949	1949	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 248.00
100		Photographs of the Swiss painter Theo Meier, who lives between Bali and Thailand, portrait of the painter with his works, in the company of his models, Thai children, the artist painting ... c. 1970	c. 1970	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 434.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
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The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
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Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

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Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.

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Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000