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Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers: Dr. Zara's Poetic Library
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| Auction Name | Dr. Zara's Poetic Library | Total Sales (EUR) | 1,520,867.10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 20, 2026 - March 20, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 536,610.00 |
| Sale Number | #174533 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 760,160.00 |
| Total Lots | 367 | ||
| Sold Lots | 340.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 546,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.64% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 789,070.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 27 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 192.74% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. | Le Bestiaire ou Cortege d'Orphee. |
1910-1911 | EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 151,890.00 |
| 75 | Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, | Case d'armons. Aux Armees de la Republique, June 17, 1915. |
1915 | EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | EUR 80,925.00 |
| 96 | Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. | Les Mamelles de Tiresias. |
1918 | EUR 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | EUR 77,190.00 |
| 251 | Paul ELUARD. | Capitale de la douleur. |
1926 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 65,985.00 |
| 91 | Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. | Autograph letters and cards signed to Louis de Gonzague Frick (9 of which 3 with envelope). |
1908-1914. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 49,800.00 |
| 255 | Paul ELUARD and Hans BELLMER. | Les Jeux de la poupee illustrated with texts by Paul Eluard. |
1949 | EUR 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | EUR 43,575.00 |
| 70 | Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. | Le Bestiaire ou Cortege d'Orphee, Illustrated with woodcuts by Raoul Dufy. |
1911 | EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | EUR 37,350.00 |
| 253 | Paul ELUARD. | Defense de savoir. |
1928 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 37,350.00 |
| 72 | Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, | Calligrammes. Poemes de la paix et de la guerre (1913-1916)... |
1918 | EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 31,125.00 |
| 124 | Louis ARAGON. | Lewis Carroll. |
S.d. (ca 1928). | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 27,390.00 |
| 30 | Arthur RIMBAUD. | A Season in Hell. |
1873 | EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 20,542.50 |
| 206 | Rene CHAR. | Feuillets d'Hypnos. |
1946 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 20,542.50 |
| 92 | Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. | Autograph letter signed to Louis de Gonzague Frick. |
S.d. (August 20 1915). | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 19,920.00 |
| 31 | [Donation Alphonse Francois, marquis de SADE]. | Justine, ou les malheurs de la vertu. |
1791 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 19,297.50 |
| 39 | Paul VERLAINE. | Dedications. |
N/A | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 19,297.50 |
| 74 | Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, | Calligrammes. |
1930 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 18,675.00 |
| 239 | Jean COCTEAU. | Plainchant. Poem. Autograph manuscript. |
October 1922. | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 18,675.00 |
| 263 | Paul ELUARD. | Solidarite. |
April 1938. | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 18,675.00 |
| 93 | Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. | 35 autograph letters signed to Ange-Toussaint Luca. |
1899-1918. | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 18,052.50 |
| 136 | Antonin ARTAUD. | Galapagos. |
1955 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 18,052.50 |
| 264 | Paul ELUARD. | A poem in every book. |
1956 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 18,052.50 |
| 325 | MINOTAURE. Artistic and literary magazine published five times a year. Visual arts - poetry - music - architecture - ethnography and mythology - entertainment - psychoanalytical studies and observations. From issue 1 to issue 13 with 2 double issues 3/4 a |
June 1933 - May 1939. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 17,430.00 | |
| 172 | Andre BRETON, Rene CHAR and Paul ELUARD. | Ralentir travaux. |
1930 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 16,185.00 |
| 167 | Andre BRETON. | Clair de terre. |
1923 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 13,695.00 |
| 331 | Benjamin PERET, Louis ARAGON and Man RAY. | 1929 |
n.d. (1929). | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 13,695.00 |
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
