• Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 4. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map in Full Contemporary Color (1642) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 125. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $15,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 673. Rare Frontispiece in Full Contemporary Color with Gilt Highlights (1662) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 717. Complete Tanner Atlas with Important Maps of Texas & Iowa (1845) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 3. Henricus Hondius' Baroque-Style World Map (1641) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 258. Complete Set of De Bry's Native Virginians & Picts from Part I of Grands Voyages (1608) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 608. Superb Work on 18th Century Russia with over 100 Maps and Plates (1788) Est. $3,500 - $4,250
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 49. One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1556) Est. $5,000 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 706. Superb Image of the Annunciation in Contemporary Hand Color (1518) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 123. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 631. One of the Earliest Printed Maps of Afghanistan & Pakistan (1482) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 689. Proof Copy Engraving of the Senate Floor During the Compromise of 1850 (1855) Est. $1,500 - $1,800
  • Bonhams, June 15-25: 18th Century American Sea Captain's Journals of Voyages to Hawaii, China, and South America. $35,000 - $45,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Autograph Diary from Bolling Advance Base, Winter 1934. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Thoreau, Henry David. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Cellarius, Andreas. Harmonia macrocosmica seu atlas universalis et novus, totius universi creati cosmographiam generalem, et novam exhibens. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Nobelist George Stigler's Copy of Ricardo's Classic on the Science of Economics. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris: F. L. Schmied, 1927. $15,000 - $20,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Fine Copy of Walras's Classic on the Theory of Marginal Utility. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Arion Press Moby Dick. Melville, Herman. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Venegas, Miguel. Noticia de la California, y desu conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo presente. $7,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Carelton Watkins, Yosemite and the West. Portfolio of 21 imperial albumen prints. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: An Unpublished Archive of Thornton Wilder Correspondence to F.J. O'Neil. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Vesalius, Andreas. 1514-1564. Suorum de humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome. $100,000 - $150,000
  • Bonhams, June 25: Vesalius, Andreas. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. $200,000 - $300,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Gersdorff, Hans Von. 1455-1529. Feldtbuch der wundartzney. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Pare, Ambroise. C.1509-1590. La Methode Curative des Playes, et Fractures de la Teste humaine. Avec les pourtraits des Instruments necessaires pour la curation d'icelles. $25,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Reisch, Gregor. 1470-1525. Margarita Philosophica. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bright, Richard. 1789-1858. Reports of Medical Cases, Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Berengario da Carpi, Giacomo. C. 1460-1530. Tractatus de fractura calve sive cranei. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Vicq D'Azyr, Felix. 1748-1794. Traite d'antomie et de physiologie. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Croce, Giovanni Andrea Della. 1509?-1775. Chirurgia libri septem... $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bruno Da Longburgo. 1200-1286. La cyrogia di Maistro Bruno: Expertissimo in quella. Tradutta in vulgare. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Schwann, Theodor. 1810-1882. Mikroskopische Untersuchungen uber die Ubereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Cowper, William. 1666-1709. The Anatomy of Humane Bodies, with Figures Drawn after the Life… $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bidloo, Govard. 1649-1713. Anatomia humani corporis, centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiossis. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis. $6,000 - $9,000

Vermot de Pas: 500 Autographs, Photographs and Drawings, 151328, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 03, 2024 - April 03, 2024
Page Size: 500 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301

SIEGE DE PARIS 1870 / 1deg) Set of5 postcards "Par Ballon non monte", blank, presented on 2 collector sheets (held together by transparent photo corners, therefore not

 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 128.00
302

MISCELLANEOUS - The MAISONCELLE (Pas-de-Calais) Crime in 1933 - The facts: during the night of January 21-22, 1934, in Maisoncelle, Madame Cappe, 73, a pensioner, was

 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
303 Charles HARDINGE OF PENSHURST

INDIA - Charles HARDINGE OF PENSHURST (1858-1944, British diplomat and statesman,Vice King of Indiafrom 1910 to 1916) / Letter in Englishautograph signed, 2 p in-8, he

 1910 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
304 Francois Thomas de BACULARD d'ARNAUD

Francois Thomas de BACULARD d'ARNAUD (1718-1805, playwright and literary scholar, a protege of Voltaire's before the two men fell out) / Suite de 2 lettres autographes

 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
305

MAGIC LANTERN E. MAZO / Set of 12 views for magic lantern from the Maison Elie Mazo, transparent chromolithograph under glass (chaq 10 x 8.5 cm): complete series of "

 1912 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
306

FINISTERE (29) - TREGUENNEC / Set of 3 notarial deeds (expeditions) established according to the "uzement de Cornouaille" (custom) named "declaration a domaines" (lea

 1768, 1777, 1787 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 153.60
307 Docteur F. Thomas of Melun

COCAINOMANIE / Proofs of a scientific article, 5 p large in-8, by Docteur F. Thomas of Melun, from 1924: "La Cocainomanie: causes - effects - traitement", the text co

 1924 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
308 Christien OSTROWSKI

POLAND - Christien OSTROWSKI (1811-1882, Polish man of letters who took refuge in France from 1831 and was an activist for the Polish cause) / Suite of 2 autograph le

 1854 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 83.20
309

L'HISTOIRE EN DIRECT - Mirabeau's funeral at the new Pantheon in 1791 / Unsigned autograph letter (3 p in-8 plus address page) from a count deputy to the Estates-Gene

 1791 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 102.40
310

LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE EN DIRECT/ Rare first-hand account: autograph letter signed byCitoyen DUPON, writing from Paris on July 2, 1792, to his friendCitoyenJean-Bapt

 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 256.00
311 [Alain DELON]

[Alain DELON] / Catalogue of the sale by Maitre Cornette de Saint-Cyr at Drouot Montaigne on October 15, 2007 of the Alain Delon Collection devoted to the 50s: luxuri

 2007 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
312

ENFANTINA - Stereo photographs 1860s / Suite of 4 photographs on hand-colored albumen paper depicting children's scenes: "rocking the barrel", "the young chef forced

 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
313 Buppha Devi NORODOM

DANCE - Buppha Devi NORODOM (1943-2019, Cambodian princess, dancer and director of Les Ballets royauc du Cambodge and Minister of Culture of Cambodia) / Photograph (1

 2010 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
314 Ouri SAVIR

POLITIQUE INTERNATIONALE - ACCORDS D'OSLO / Suite de 2 autographes de negociateurs des Accords d'Oslo: 1deg) Ouri SAVIR (1953-2022, Israeli diplomat and politician, typ

 1993 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
315 Chas LABORDE

BEAUX-ARTS - Chas LABORDE (Charles Laborde dit, 1886-1941,Illustrator) / Suite of 3 original pencil drawings: 1deg) Etude d'une scene avec indications autographes (the d

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
316 His Majesty MOHAMED VI

His Majesty MOHAMED VI (born 1963, King of Morocco) / Typed letter signed by him in 2007, 1 p in-4

 2007 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 102.40
317

POLITIQUE ANNEES 30 / Set of 7 large original pen, gouache and watercolor drawings, signed Henri de BEAUFORT (24 x 33 cm): anti-British and anti-communist propaganda

 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
318 Jacques CHIRAC

Jacques CHIRAC (1932-2019, President of the French Republic from 1995 to 2007) / Original photograph dedicated and signed by him in 1992 to Jean Kaltenbach, President

 1992 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
319 Albert GUILLAUME

Albert GUILLAUME (1873-1942, painter, illustrator and poster artist) / Postcard signed by him, the card has traveled (1904)

 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
320 Theodore BOTREL

Theodore BOTREL (1868-1942, Breton bard, singer-songwriter) / Postcard signed by him in 1907 with a few autographed words, the card traveled that same year 1907.

 1907 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
321 Jean-Jacques HENNER

BEAUX-ARTS / Set of 2 autographs: 1deg) Jean-Jacques HENNER (1829-1905, painter), postcard signed by himself, the card traveled in 1904 / Leon BONNAT (1833-1922, painter)

 1904 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
322 Marquis de SILLERY

SOMME (80) - Marquis de SILLERY (1737-1793, Charles-Alexis-Pierre Brulart Marquis de Sillery Comte de Genlis, husband of Madame de Genlis, the woman of letters and pr

 1792 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
323 GUILLAUME III de CHEISOLME

COMTAT-VENAISSIN - GUILLAUME III de CHEISOLME (1547-1629, Bishop of Vaison-la-Romaine from 1585 to 1629 and Rector of Comtat Venaissin in 1593) / Autograph receipt sig

 1616 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
324 Theodore DUBOIS

MUSIC / Set of 2 autographs: 1deg) Theodore DUBOIS (1837-1924, composer and organist), postcard signed by himself, the card traveled in 1907 [N.B. N.B.: the autograph an

 1907 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
325 Lucien MURATORE

OPERA / Set of 2 autographs: 1deg) Lucien MURATORE (1876-1954, opera singer), photo on postcard signed by himself, the card has traveled (1910s) / 2deg) Felia LITVINNE (186

 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Keats, John] Spenser, Edmund: The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. $50,000 - $80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: (Walton, Izaak): The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Thomas, Gabriel: An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. $25,000 - $35,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Carroll, Lewis]: The Game of Alice in Wonderland. $2,000 - $3,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Athias, Joseph, et al.: Biblia Hebraica. $7,000 - $10,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Warhol, Andy, and Jens Quistgaard] Dansk Designs Salesman's Presentation Catalogue. $2,500 - $3,500.
  • Sotheby’s, June 26: Poe, Edgar Allan. Tamerlane — the most poignant rarity in American literature. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: The Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." 2,500,000 - 5,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: William Blake. “Poems with very wild and interesting pictures” 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Thomas Taylor [artist]. The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 19: Lot 70 - Warner (Robert). The Orchid Album, 11 volumes, 1882-1897. £5,000 to £8,000
    Dominic Winter, June 19: Lot 151 - United States. Melish (John), Map of the United States with..., British & Spanish Possessions, 1816. £40,000 to £60,000
    Dominic Winter, June 19: Lot 159 - World. Speed (John), A New and Accurat Map of the World, 1676. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 503 - American Civil War playing cards. Union Cards, New York: American Card Co., 1862. £500 to £800
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 573 - Shepard (Ernest Howard), 'The Hour is Come’, original watercolour, [1959]. £10,000 to £15,000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 922 - Wilde (Oscar). An Ideal Husband, large paper limited issue, 1899. £4,000 to £6,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 744 - Disney (Walt). “Sketch Book” [of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs], 1938. £700 to £1,000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 771 - Auden (Wystan Hugh). Portrait of the head of W. H. Auden, 1970. £1,000 to £1,500
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 822 - Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st edition, signed by the author, 1959. £6,000 to £8,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 895 - Rowling (J. K.). A complete inscribed set of Harry Potter books plus ephemera. £8,000 to £12,0000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 883 - Orwell (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. £3,000 to £5,000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 700 - Ashendene Press. T. Lucreti Cari De Rerium Natura Libri Sex, Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1913. £4,000 to £6,000
  • Heritage Auctions, June 27
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Great Gatsby
    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Mary Shelley
    Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus
    London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    J. R. R. Tolkien
    The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again
    London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1937
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Jane Austen
    Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice," &c. &c.
    London: Printed for John Murray, 1816
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    An Inland Voyage
    London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1878
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Ernest Hemingway
    Three Stories & Ten Poems
    Paris: Contact Publishing Co., 1923
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
    History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark
    Philadelphia, 1814
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Emily Dickinson
    Autograph letter signed ("Emily and Vinnie"), to Mary Adelaide Hills
    Amherst, MA, Late April, 1880
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    John Keats
    Autograph letter signed ("John Keats"), to Mrs. Jeffrey
    Honiton 4 or 5 May 1818
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Samuel Johnson
    A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are deduced from their Originals…
    London, 1765
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    H. P. Lovecraft
    Small archive of nine lengthy autograph letters signed variously over a period of six years to J. Vernon Shea.
    Various places, 1931-1937
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Izaak Walton
    The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation…
    London: T. homas Maxey for Rich. ard Marriot, 1653
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