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Artcurial: Archeology and Oriental Arts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Archeology and Oriental Arts | Total Sales (EUR) | 57,991.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 29,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #6425 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 39,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 16 | ||
| Sold Lots | 9.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 43,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 56.25% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 61,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 7 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 94.91% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 335 | Rare and Fine Mughal Qur'an Section (Manzil) for Recitation |
1658-1707 | EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 21,184.00 | |
| 387 | Zakariya al-Qazwini (1283) | Folio from Al-Qazwini's 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat Depicting the Mythical Bird Al-'Anqa, a Magpie and a Raven |
c. 1640-43 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 14,564.00 |
| 334 | Large Ilkhanid Qur'an Section |
14th century | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 4,634.00 | |
| 337 | 19th Century Kashmir Qur'an |
19th century | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,237.00 | |
| 338 | Sulayman al-Jazuli (1465); 'Abd Rabbuh Muhammad Tahir b. al-hajj Ahmad Jalloul al-Fassi | Dala'il al-Khayrat |
1798 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,707.00 |
| 388 | Zakariya al-Qazwini (1283) | Safavid Manuscript Folio Depicting a Giraffe |
17th century | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,178.00 |
| 339 | Half Qur'an |
1794 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,251.00 | |
| 332 | Kufic Qur'an Bifolio |
10th century | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,118.00 | |
| 336 | al-Jazuli (1465); Ibn al-Jazari (1429) | Three Moroccan Religious Works |
c. 1900 | EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,118.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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 -
