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Vermot de Pas: 500 Autographs

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Auction Name	500 Autographs	Total Sales (EUR)	8,415.02
Auction Date	April 17, 2024 - April 17, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	6,400.00
Sale Number	#151833	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,630.00
Total Lots	500
Sold Lots	101	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	79,740.00
% of Lots Sold	20.20%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	89,820.00
Unsold Lots	399	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	9.37%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
259	Louis FRICK	PRESS DRAWING - Louis FRICK (1898-1984, cartoonist) / Original drawing executed and signed in his own hand	1940	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 419.10
44	BOXING - Mohamed ALI	BOXING - Mohamed ALI (Cassius Clay dit, 1942-2016, American boxer) / Original photograph signed and dated October 20, 1994	1994	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 317.50
343	Maurice BELLONTE	AVIATION- Maurice BELLONTE (1896-1984)/ Commemorative philatelic postcard signed		EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 292.10
412	Henri LAVEDAN	LITERARY MANUSCRIT - Henri LAVEDAN (Orleans 1859-1940, journalist and playwright	1897	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 215.90
277	Mary Augusta WARD	Mary Augusta WARD (nee Arnold in Australia, 1851-1920, British woman of letters) / Important correspondence in English	1900s	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 209.55
453		OPERA COMIQUE / Set of 6 postcard photographs of Opera-Comique opera singers with autographs	1900	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 209.55
70	MONACO - Henri LAURENDEAU de JUNIAC	MONACO - Henri LAURENDEAU de JUNIAC (Aide de Camp to Prince Albert 1st of Monaco) / Correspondence of 4 signed autograph letters	1911	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 203.20
278	Comtesse DASH	Comtesse DASH (Gabrielle de Cisternes de Courtiras dite, 1804-1872) / Correspondence of 40 signed autograph letters	1830-40	EUR 180.00 - 200.00	EUR 190.50
211	[Pierre LOTI] - Jean DARGENE	[Pierre LOTI] - Jean DARGENE (pseudonym) / Autograph manuscript signed	1909	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 165.10
127		EXPOSITION COLONIALE 1931 / Vintage satirical publication		EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 146.05
163	Maurice CHEVALIER - Alex ALSTONE	Maurice CHEVALIER (1888-1972) - Alex ALSTONE (1903-1982) / Moving souvenir: important autograph musical manuscript signed and dedicated	1947	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 133.35
4	Jean LORRAIN	Jean LORRAIN (1855-1906, writer) / Autograph letter signed	1901	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 127.00
356	Count Louis de CHEVIGNE	STORYTELLER - Count Louis de CHEVIGNE (1793-1876) / Signed manuscript of a tale entitled "Les Saints du Paradis"	1865	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 127.00
463	[GRIMOD DE LA REYNIERE]	[GRIMOD DE LA REYNIERE] / Set of 3 signed autograph letters addressed to the famous gastronome	1794	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 127.00
19	Bibliotheque de l'ARSENAL - Louis LOVIOT	Bibliotheque de l'ARSENAL - Louis LOVIOT (1885-1918, librarian at the Arsenal and historian	1906-1907	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 114.30
429	Godefroy HERMANT	JANSENISM - BEAUVAIS (60) - Godefroy HERMANT (Beauvais 1617-1690) / Autograph letter		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 114.30
462	Felicie ROUVIERE	GASTRONOMY - [GRIMOD DE LA REYNIERE] / Felicie ROUVIERE (wife of Docteur Rouviere) signed autograph letter	1812	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 114.30
491	Cecile CHAMINADE	MUSIC - Cecile CHAMINADE (1857-1944, composer and pianist) / Postcard signed in her own hand with autographed music	1904	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 114.30
53	FASHION - Rene GRUAU	FASHION - Rene GRUAU (1909-2004, fashion designer	1989	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 107.95
99	SPECTACLE - Suzy SOLIDOR	SPECTACLE - Suzy SOLIDOR (1900-1983, actress and singer) / Original photograph by Laure Albin-Guyot dedicated and signed	1937	EUR 70.00 - 90.00	EUR 107.95
158	RACHEL	THEATRE - RACHEL (Rachel Felix dite, 1821-1858) / Autograph letter signed		EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 101.60
269	Marcel JOUHANDEAU	Marcel JOUHANDEAU (1888-1979, writer) / Correspondence of 12 autograph letters signed to his former student the journalist Maurice Dalinval	1955 to1971	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 101.60
276	Beatrice HARRADEN	FEMINISM - Beatrice HARRADEN (1864-1936, British feminist suffragist writer) / Correspondence in English of 9 autograph letters signed and 2 autograph postcards signed	1900	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 101.60
378	MISTINGUETT	MISTINGUETT / Set of 11 documents: table easel (photo by Walery in silhouette) advertising postcard for the magazine "En douce!..."	1931	EUR 70.00 - 90.00	EUR 101.60
455		OPERA / Set of 4 postcard photographs of opera singers with autographs	1900	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 101.60

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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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