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International Autograph Auctions Europe SL: Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts

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Auction Name Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 963,400.00
Auction Date March 12, 2025 - March 13, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 662,480.00
Sale Number #31225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 934,460.00
Total Lots 1348
Sold Lots 1348 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 662,480.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 934,460.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 103.10%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
962

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet on his quest to have Olympia purchased for the state ' I can assure you that I will not be discouraged and that I will do everything to achieve our goal'

EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 57,500.00
978

PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973)

EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 30,000.00
980

PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Illustrated with an original colourful drawing of the beautiful Cote d' Azur

EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 28,750.00
979

PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973)

EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 27,500.00
1144

JOBS STEVE: (1955-2011) '' We hope you share our feeling that the journey is the reward'

EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 27,500.00
1126

EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) ' Even solving the variation problem......is too complicated for me'

EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 25,000.00
1033

RAY MAN: (1890-1976)

EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 21,250.00
961

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet to Pissarro - ' No matter how many times I've had canvases put up for all weathers, I can't finish one'

EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
958

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 16,250.00
959

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) (x2) Monet hesitates to authenticate one of his own paintings

EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 16,250.00
960

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) On Sisley''' s orphans '- ' my main concern is the responsibility that makes it our duty to advise these children'

EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 13,750.00
947

DELACROIX EUGENE: (1798-1863)

EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
1350

GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) ' I am an optimist. Not a single good thought goes to waste'

EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 11,875.00
984

MIRO JOAN: (1893-1983) An extremely rare example of one of Miro' s most iconic designs

EUR 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
1263

PETER I: (1672-1725)

EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
864

LAGERFELD KARL: (1933-2019) Icons of Fashion - Lagerfeld draws Chanel

EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 9,000.00
1237

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 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,000.00
1040

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778)

EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
1041

DIDEROT DENIS: (1713-1784)

EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
1043

BALZAC HONORE DE: (1799-1850) Balzac gets engaged to produce and supply a work in short term.

EUR 7,500.00 - 9,500.00 EUR 8,750.00
451

CHAPLIN CHARLES: (1889-1977)

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 7,500.00
830

CHAMPOLLION JEAN-FRANCOIS: (1790-1832)

EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
1140

FREUD SIGMUND: (1856-1939)

EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
767

HENDRIX JIMI: (1942-1970)

EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,250.00
1204

TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD CHARLES MAURICE DE: (1754-1838)

EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 6,875.00
  • 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.
    Forum Auctions
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    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.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    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.
    Swann
    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