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Giquello: BOOKS - FROM THE LIBRARY OF DR HENRI POLAILLON - OLD BOOKS AND MILITARY COSTUMES

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Auction Name BOOKS - FROM THE LIBRARY OF DR HENRI POLAILLON - OLD BOOKS AND MILITARY COSTUMES Total Sales (EUR) 473,280.00
Auction Date July 08, 2020 - July 08, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 175,250.00
Sale Number #105966 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 275,320.00
Total Lots 191
Sold Lots 181 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 190,930.00
% of Lots Sold 94.76% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 300,170.00
Unsold Lots 10 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 157.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
120 MERCURIALE, Girolamo

De arte gymnastica libri sex, In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum genera,...

1573 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 36,343.00
116 MARTINET, Pierre [Troupes françaises, et autres]

Paris, Chez Martinet, rue du Coq, [1807-1814] 383 superbes planches de costumes...

1807-1814 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 30,077.00
61 EDWARDS, George

Gleanings of Natural history exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants......

1758-1760-1764 EUR 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 EUR 27,570.00
54 DU FOUILLOUX, Jacques

La Vénerie de Jacques du Fouilloux, Gentilhomme, Seigneur dudit lieu, pays de Gastine,...

1754 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 23,811.00
115 MARTINET, Pierre

Galerie des Enfans de Mars et Collection de divers Uniformes de tous les Corps composant...

1807-1814 EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 23,811.00
150 [REBOUL, Guillaume de, attr.]

Le Nouveau Panurge avec la Navigation en l'Isle imaginaire; son rajeunissement en...

1614-1616 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 21,304.00
97 LAVALLÉE, Joseph, marquis de Boisrobert

Annales nécrologiques de la Légion d'honneur ou notices sur la vie, les actions...

1807 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 14,036.00
162 SEELE, Johann Baptist et Johann VOLZ

[Characteristiche Darstellung der Vorzuglichsten Europaeischen Militairs] Augsbourg,...

1800-1810 EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 13,785.00
189 WEILAND, Carl Ferdinand

Représentation des uniformes de l'armée impériale et royale française et de ses...

1812 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 12,532.00
40

[CHRONICA CHRONICARUM]. Le Registre des ans passez puis la création du monde jusques...

1532 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 10,652.00
183 VALLÉE, Geoffroy

La Béatitude des chrétiens ou le Fléo de la Foy [Paris], [1760-1780] Un moment dans...

1760 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 9,660.00
187 VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet, dit

Œuvres complètes [Kehl], Société littéraire typographique, 1785-1789 Remarquable...

1785 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 8,772.00
165 SEYSSEL, Claude de

Histoire du Roy Loys Douziesme, Père du Peuple Paris, Chez Jacques du Puis, à la...

1587 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 7,519.00
33

[BIBLIOGRAPHIE]. [Cabinet du Roi]. Suite et arrangements des volumes d'estampes dont...

1727 EUR 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 7,269.00
30 BRUGUIÈRE, J.-T

L'Oiseau et le petit chien, conte historique, en quatre chants Paris, Le Normant,...

1810 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 6,266.00
105 LESAGE, Alain-René, Jacques-Philippe d'ORNEVAL et Louis Fuzelier

Le Théâtre de la foire ou l'opéra-comique. Contenant les meilleures pièces qui ont...

1737 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,266.00
145 [POTRELLE] [Garde des Consuls]

Paris, chez Potrelle, rue Saint Honoré et chez Niodot, rue de Thionville, [1799-1804]...

1799-1804 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,266.00
86 HORVARTH, Karl Christian

Uniformes de l'Armée de la République Française Potsdam, Chez Horvarth Libraire,...

c.1790? EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,765.00
1 AGOSTÍN, Antonio

I Discorsi sopra le medaglie et altre anticaglie divisi in XI dialoghi con l'agiunta...

1592 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,639.00
42 COLONNA, Fabio

Minus cognitarum rariorumque nostro coelo orientium stirpium ekphrasis... item de...

1616 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 5,639.00
121 MILLIN de GRANDMAISON, Aubin-Louis, chevalier

Histoire métallique de Napoléon ou Recueil des médailles et des monnaies qui ont...

1815, 1821 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,263.00
49 DORTOUS de MAIRAN, Jean-Jacques

Traité physique et historique de l'aurore boréale Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1733...

1733 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 5,013.00
184 [VERRUË, Jeanne-Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, comtesse de]

Catalogue des livres de feue madame la comtesse de Verruë dont la vente se fera...

1737 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 5,013.00
101 LE POIS, Antoine

Discours sur les medalles et graveures antiques, principalement Romaines Paris,...

1579 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,762.00
82 HERBERT, Thomas, 8e comte de PEMBROKE

Numismata Antiqua in tres partes divisa collegit olim et aeri incidi vivens curavit...

1746 EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,386.00
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
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