Auction session in Sydney entirely dedicated to a special collection of books “Bibliothèque littéraire Raoul Simonson – Albert et Monique Kies – Première partie”, which closed with a total of 3,946,532 EUR.
The auction involved the first part of the book collection belonging to Raoul Simonson (1896-1965), a well-known Belgian bookseller of the 20th century. The second part will be presented next December 2013 with books from the 20th century.
Among the authors, to name a few: Balzac, Banville, Baudelaire, Descardes, Diderot, Erasmus, Flaubert, Hugo, La Fontaine, La Rochefoucauld, Moliere, Rosseau, Nostradamus, Zola, for 343 books in the catalogue.
Definitely a new trend that not only involves men of letters and bibliophiles, but also collectors who aspire to first editions (perhaps with notes or an autograph dedication by the writer himself) of authors already present in their childhood memories, those who have not read Charles Baudelaire or Victor Hugo or the “Salomèby Oscar Wilde?
Top lots:
Baudelaire. BOTH Twilight. THE EVENING. THE MORNING. From 1853 to 1854. POEMS M. .. – Estimate: 150,000 250,000 – Sold 613,500 EUR
Verlaine. Collection of poems 56 AS (62 FF IN VOL. IN-8, REL. MOROCCO …-Estimate: 200,000-300,000 -Sold 385,500 Euros
HUGO. Contemplations. LÉVY 1856. 2 VOL. IN-8 (Mercier). SEND AT CHRISTMAS… Estimate: €60.000-80.000 - Sold €289,500
Verlaine. Mobilely. SIGNED MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH. 10 POEMS – Estimate: 50,000-70,000 – Sold 223,500 EUR
Baudelaire. THE HEAUTONTIMOROUMENOS]. MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH SIGNED 1855 ….- Estimate: 40.000-60.000 euros Sold 211,500 EUR
Stendhal. HISTORY OF PAINTING IN ITALY. 1817. 2 VOL. IN-8. HALF MONTON …- Estimate: 60.000-80.000 – Sold 133,500 EUR
Verlaine. Autograph manuscript “Arthur Rimbaud a sketch about HIM …- Estimate: 20.000-30.000 – Sold 121,500 EUR
Baudelaire. The Flowers of Evil. 1857. IN-12. FORMER. IN THE NETHERLANDS. REL. CUZIN …. – Estimate: 80.000-120.000 Sold 85,500 EUR
Baudelaire. LAS to Mrs PAOLO MEURICE. 1865/02/03. 9 pp. IN-8 ON 2 DOUBLE … Estimate: 30.000-40.000 – Sold 79,500 EUR
WILD. SALOME. PARIS, 1893. IN-8. March BLUE (GRAY & SON). SEND TO R. Tristam …- Estimate: 30.000-40.000– Sold 63,900 EUR
NERVAL. Scenes from EAST Life, 1848-1850, Vol. 2. LARGE IN-8 HALF MOROCCO … – Estimate: 6,000-8,000 – Sold 55,500 EUR
Verlaine. MY PRISON 1893. IN-12. Bradel half VEAL. ONE OF 25 H. + BUT … – Estimate: 12.000-15.000 – Sold 49,500 EUR
Verlaine . WOMEN (BRUX., 1890). IN-8 (MOROCCO ROSE GRUEL). From 6 pieces… – Estimate: 12.000-15.000 Sold 48,300 EUR
