Back
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL: Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Timed Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Timed Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 304,787.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 91,710.00 |
| Sale Number | #51226 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 125,610.00 |
| Total Lots | 465 | ||
| Sold Lots | 103.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 322,220.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 22.15% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 431,010.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 362 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 70.71% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | A.L.S., Claude Monet |
1912 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 52,500.00 |
| 312 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | A.L.S., Claude Monet |
1912 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 52,500.00 |
| 310 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | A.L.S., Claude Monet |
1910 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 50,000.00 |
| 314 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | A.L.S., Claude Monet |
1917 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 40,000.00 |
| 313 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | A.L.S., Claude Monet |
1914 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 37,500.00 |
| 368 | James Joyce (1882-1941) | A.L.S. |
1939 | EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 18,750.00 |
| 290 | Franz Liszt (1811-1886) | Letter to Victor Wilder |
1886 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,250.00 |
| 99 | Maria Callas (1923-1977); Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921-2008); Tito Gobbi (1913-1984); Rolando Panerai (1924-2019) | Signed photograph |
1954 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 4,000.00 |
| 410 | Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) | Typed letter signed |
1942 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 4,000.00 |
| 308 | Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) | A.L.S., C. Pissarro |
1897 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 339 | Le Corbusier (1887-1965) | Un Homme Chez Lui |
1938 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 409 | Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) | Service contract |
1935 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 102 | Maria Callas (1923-1977) | Signed photograph |
N/A | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 259 | Bosco John (1815-1888) | A.L.S. to Countess Callori |
1870 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,500.00 |
| 438 | Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881) | Decree bestowing the Royal Order of Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Prince Vladimir |
1864 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,500.00 |
| 437 | Wladyslaw IV Vasa (1595-1648) | Letter to Archbishop of Larissa |
1635 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,187.50 |
| 439 | Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) | Letter to Madame Velly |
1830 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,062.50 |
| 66 | Gottfried John; John Cleese; Jonathan Pryce; Diana Rigg; Christopher Lee; Honor Blackman; Jane Seymour; Claudine Auger; Judi Dench; Louis Jourdan; Jeroem Krabbe; Richard Kiel; Burt Kwouk | 13 Books, including: Signed photographs by various James Bond film actors |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,000.00 |
| 315 | John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) | A.L.S., John S. Sargent |
1914 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,000.00 |
| 58 | Louis de Funes (1914-1983) | Vintage signed photograph |
1967 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 937.50 |
| 13 | Charles Chaplin (1889-1977) | Signed photograph of Charles Chaplin |
ND | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 812.50 |
| 244 | Agnetha Faltskog; Bjorn Ulvaeus; Benny Andersson; Anni-Frid Lyngstad | Set of four individually signed photographs by ABBA members |
N/A | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 812.50 |
| 131 | Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) | Autograph letter signed |
1879 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 687.50 |
| 65 | Gert Frobe (1913-1988) | Signed postcard photograph of Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger |
1964 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 376 | Henry Miller (1891-1980) | T.L.S. |
1937 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 575.00 |
-
-
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 -
