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( \n ´sat. eve.´ ), to doctor percival. seward presents her grateful compliments to percival and remarks \n ´he is too good to her. his literary presents, always valuable, are now doubly so, from the pleasure she has receiv´d in his society, & in her introduction to mrs- percival, & his amiable family´ . some light dust staining and age wear to the edges, a few traces of former mounting to the verso, and one small area of paper loss, not affecting the text or signature, g"},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"1164","title":{"es":"seward anna: (1742-1809)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139627/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:52.495Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac300 - \u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":139627,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139628/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"southey robert: (1774-1843) english poet of the romantic school who served as poet laureate from 1813-43. a.l.s., r southey , one page, small 8vo, keswick, 7th june 1823, to a gentleman (annotated in pencil to the verso as being john gibson at whitehaven). southey states that he is obliged to his correspondent ´for transmitting mr. clarkson´s message´ , adding that it will probably not be too long before he sees him, and remarking ´meantime i shall gladly concur to petitioning for the abolition of slavery - without which i have long perceived that the abolition of the slave trade would be of little effect´ . in concluding southey returns some state papers and a pamphlet by mr. macaulay. some light, minor age wear, vg \n thomas clarkson (1760-1846) english abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the british empire.  \n thomas babington macaulay (1800-1859) english historian, poet and politician."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1165","title":{"es":"southey robert: (1774-1843)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139628/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":550,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:52.497Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139628,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139629/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139629/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"wordsworth william: (1770-1850) english romantic poet who served as poet laureate 1843-50. l.s., \n wm. wordsworth , one page, 8vo, rydal mount, 9th september 1840, to a gentleman. wordsworth responds to his correspondent´s application \n ´for payment of a small debt´ relating to the estate of henry harrison and explains that \n ´the money was sent to a friend in london to discharge it on the 26 of \n feb [ruar] \n y. last´ and adding that \n ´i am at a loss to account, under these circumstances, for its remaining on the bankrupt´s books´ . wordsworth concludes by remarking \n ´i will howevetr lose no time in making inquiry of the f [r] \n i [en] \n d to whom the money was paid over, who will no doubt attend to the matter´ . \n accompanied by a fine carte-de-visite photograph by bowness of ambleside, the sepia albumen print showing wordsworth´s home, rydal mount, in the lake district. a pencil annotation in an unidentified hand to the lower photographer´s mount and verso provides a date of september 1868. with the photographer´s imprint to the verso. some very light, minor age wear, vg, 2"},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"1166","title":{"es":"wordsworth william: (1770-1850)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139629/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":650,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:52.498Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":139629,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139630/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"tennyson alfred: (1809-1892) english poet laureate 1850-92. a.l.s., \n a tennyson , one page, 8vo, london, n.d. 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[thomas] southwood smith (' my dear dr. smith '). dickens states that he is sincerely obliged to both his correspondent and lord ashley for the trouble that they have taken (' the latter interprets my wish quite accurately ') and further remarks ' i will take a share in the permanent society. if you will kindly give the treasurer (whenever you may happen to see him) the cheque you hold on account, i will pay him the balance if he will communicate with me '. about ex \n thomas southwood smith (1788-1861) english physician and sanitary reformer.  anthony ashley-cooper (1801-1885) 7th earl of shaftesbury. lord ashley. english politician, philanthropist and social reformer."},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"1173","title":{"es":"dickens charles: (1812-1870)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139636/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1500,"soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:52.062Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,500 - \u20ac2,000","currency":"EUR","id":139636,"estimateMin":1500},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139637/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"barrie j. m.: (1860-1937) scottish novelist and playwright, remembered as the creator of peter pan. a.l.s., j m barrie , one page, 8vo, old cavendish street, cavendish square, london, 15th march 1891, to the editor of the fortnightly review . barrie writes, in full, ´i have to acknowledge with thanks receipt of cheque for £10 for article \"pro bono publico\" in the fortnightly ´ . with blank integral leaf. some very light, extremely minor age wear, vg \n frank harris (1856-1931) irish-american editor, novelist, short story writer, journalist and publisher who was editor of the fortnightly review from 1886-93.  \n pro bono publico has been described as ´a brilliant skit on biographers´."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1174","title":{"es":"barrie j. m.: (1860-1937)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139637/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":190,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:52.064Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139637,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139638/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139638/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"barrie j. m.: (1860-1937) scottish novelist and playwright, the creator of peter pan. a.l.s., with his initials \n jmb , one page, 8vo, adelphi terrace house, strand, london, 11th july 1930, to miss. jane lewis ( \n ´my dear jane´ ). barrie invites his correspondent to come for tea at 5pm on sunday if it suits her, and further remarks \n ´i am so sorry you have had to suffer by this newspaper amalgamation´ . accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by barrie. one small, very light circular stain to the lower half of the page, not affecting the text or signature, vg"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1175","title":{"es":"barrie j. m.: (1860-1937)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139638/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":130,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:52.065Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139638,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139639/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139639/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139639/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"milne a. a.: (1882-1956) english author, creator of winnie-the-pooh. a fine a.l.s., a. a. milne , one page, 8vo, mallord street, chelsea, london, 11th july 1932, to [maurice] evans. milne writes a warm letter to the actor, evidently in anticipation of an opening night, in full, ´good luck, and, in advance, thank you. i feel very happy about your performance to-night, and have felt so since your first rehearsal, however unhappy you may have been about yourself from time to time. the cooperation of a \"fashionable and distinguished auduence\" (including my parlour maid and boy friend) will give you all you want - to give me all i have ever hoped for´ . a letter of good content and association. together with david ffolkes (1912-1966) english costume and set designre for numerous stage productions and films. a.l.s., david , one page, 8vo, york buildings, adelphi, london, n.d. (annotated in another hand as received on 30th september 1935), to john homery folkes, evidently a relative, stating, in part, ´i forgot to send you this - a letter from a. a. milne to maurice some time ago at the 1st night of \"to see ourselves\". i think the play was written by a.a.m.....´ . with blank integral leaf. accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by folkes. vg, 2 \n maurice evans ( 1901-1989) english actor known for his interpretations of shakespearean characters, although perhaps best remembered for his role as maurice, samantha\u2019s father, in in the american fantasy sitcom television series  bewitched  (1964-72). in 1956 evans made a recording of stories from  winnie-the-pooh.  \n david ffolkes (later folkes) came to the united states of america as a set designer with maurice evans´shakespeare compnay before world war ii."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1176","title":{"es":"milne a. a.: (1882-1956)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139639/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":850,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:52.066Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":139639,"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139640/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"wells h.g.: (1866-1946) english writer, remembered for his science fiction novels. a.l.s., h. g. wells , one page, 8vo, spade house, sandgate (kent), 14th may 1904, to h. s. l. polak. wells writes, in full, ´i regret very much that i am unable to make any suggestions about your articles. i´m really quite an ostrich as regards journalism. all i know of the hunger (?) i get from barrie´s book \" when a man´s single \" `. vg \n henry polak (1882-1959) british-born lawyer, journalist and activist in south africa who worked in collaboration with mahatma gandhi against racial discrimination. polak served as an editor for the journal indian opinion and influenced theosophy.  \n j. m. barrie (1860-1937) scottish novelist and playwright. his fictional work when a man´s single was published in 1888 and the characters within the book spend a great deal of time discussing the do's and don'ts of creative writing. wells credited the book as teaching him how to write."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"1177","title":{"es":"wells h.g.: (1866-1946)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139640/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":340,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:52.067Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac300 - \u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":139640,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139641/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139641/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139641/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139641/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"wells h.g.: (1866-1946) english writer, remembered for his science fiction novels. an interesting a.l.s., h. g. wells , four pages, 8vo, spade house, sandgate (kent), 25th june 1904, to [john] brisben walker. wells expresses his regret at a misunderstanding that has arisen between his correspondent and an individual named parker (apparently wells´s american agent), remarking ´it is my opinion that an author should give his mind to his writing and not to the details of publication and so forth, and so i have done my best to keep clear of these complications´ , continuing ´i feel that there must have been a misconnection in the matter of \" mankind in the making \" for example, which, cut up as it was, was neither good for the cosmopolitan nor myself. i understood from parker that you had agreed to buy all my output for the period (with the right to sell it again) covered by the agreement between us. was this not so? if it was, were you under any misconception as to the nature of that prospective output? i have an idea that you must have been. if you were, i am anxious to put things straight between us. in matters of corn and pork and such like commodities a bargain is a bargain, but if you were under the impression that what i was writing was all matter after the style of the war of the worlds , it is natural that you should regard kipps as not after the sample´ and further stating ´there is, i understand, a considerable sum due to me upon what has already been used in the cosmopolitan . i do not see what this has to do with kipps , and i find some difficulty in discussing kipps with this other issue unsettled. were all the prior matters closed i would at the present moment write and cancel our agreement as far as kipps is concerned. but of course if some detestable hitch is to arise about all that other money, i suppose i must also press my claim in the matter of kipps ´ , adding that he finds the whole business unsavoury, and concluding ´i dislike the idea of forcing my writings upon anyone who does not want them and i hate the spirit that has come into all these transactions. in the past i have been crudely victimised by both editors and publishers, or i should not have mr. parker entering between editors and myself. even now, if i may do it without prejudice to any subsequent negotiations and proceedings, i will, say, make a full and complete settlement for \" mankind in the making \" and \" the force of the gods \" and i will take back kipps . in the future i shall take care that mr. parker concludes no bargains except for work finished, done and shown. it is the selling of unwritten books that lies at the root of all this trouble´ . a letter of fine literary content illustrating the dilemmas wells faced with editors and the publication of his work. some light age wear, traces of former mounting the upper edges of the second and third pages, and with a lengthy, neat split to the head of the central vertical fold in the bifolium, g \n john brisben walker (1847-1931) american magazine publisher and automobile entrepreneur who owned the cosmopolitan from 1889, transforming it into a literary magazine. today the magazine exists as a quarterly fashion and entertainment magazine for women.  \n wells´s science fiction novel the war of the worlds was first serialised in america in cosmopolitan magazine in 1897, before being published in book form the following year. of the other works wells makes reference to in the present letter, it is perhaps kipps that is most famous. wells had worked on the novel for seven years and completed the manuscript as it now exists in may 1904, the month prior to writing to walker. although kipps eventually became one of wells's most successful novels, at first it was slow to sell. while 12,000 copies had been sold by the end of 1905, more than a quarter of a million had been sold by the 1920s."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"1178","title":{"es":"wells h.g.: (1866-1946) with references to the war of the worlds and kipps"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139641/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:52.069Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac900","currency":"EUR","id":139641,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":2500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139642/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139642/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139642/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139642/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"tolkien j. r. r.: (1892-1973) english writer, author of the classic fantasy works the hobbit and the lord of the rings . t.l.s., j. r. r. tolkien , one page, 4to, headington, oxford, 24th november 1967, to miss. karen c. walker. tolkien commences his letter by asking ' am i right in thinking that your mother was cecile barbier? 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i am sick & tired of this carte correspondence´) and also updated his friend on the health of his wife, frances harriet hooker, who had just given birth to their son, reginald hawthorn hooker (´my wife goes on well but has a horrid face-ache - & reginald blooms & squeaks´). in the same letter hooker had made an assurance to darwin, ´by jove i will write out next mail to the governor of st. helena for boxes of earth; & you shall have them to grow´.  \n hooker´s letter, in its turn, had been written as a reply to darwin´s letter of 15th january 1867 in which darwin gently berated his friend, ´you have no faith, but if i knew any one who lived in st. helena i wd. supplicate him to send me home a cask or two of earth from a few inches beneath the surface from the upper parts of the island, & from any little dried up pond, & thus as sure as i am a wriggler i should revive a multitude of lost plants´.  \n in his origin of species darwin had described the viability of seeds in pond mud and seawater, writing ´i do not believe that botanists are aware how charged the mud of ponds is with seeds: i have tried several little experiments, but will here give only the most striking case: i took in february three table-spoonfuls of mud from three different points, beneath water, on the edge of a little pond; this mud when dry weighed only 6¾ ounces; i kept it covered up in my study for six months, pulling up and counting each plant as it grew; the plants were of many kinds, and were altogether 537 in number; and yet the viscid mud was all contained in a breakfast cup! considering these facts, i think it would be an inexplicable circumstance if water-birds did not transport the seeds of fresh-water plants to vast distances, and if consequently the range of these plants was not very great'.  \n hooker had published a lecture on ´insular floras´ in the gardeners' chronicle for 12th january 1867 in which he provided 'a brief outline of mr. darwin's arguments in favour of trans-oceanic migration'. the topic of st helena and its seed deposits resulted from this paper, hooker writing concerning the elimination of the island's flora: 'the botany of st. helena is thus most interesting; it resembles none other in the peculiarity of its indigenous vegetation, in the great rarity of the plants of other countries, or in the number of species that have actually disappeared within the memory of living men. in 1839 and 1843 i in vain searched for forest trees and shrubs that flourished in tens of thousands not a century before my visit, and still existed as individuals 20 years before that date. of these i saw in some cases no vestige, in others only blasted and lifeless trunks cresting the cliffs in inaccessible places. probably 100 st. helena plants have thus disappeared from the systema naturæ since the first introduction of goats on the island. every one of those was a link in the chain of created beings, which contained within itself evidence of the affinities of other species, both living and extinct, but which evidence is now irrecoverably lost. if such be the fate of organisms that lived in our day, what folly it is to found theories on the assumed perfection of a geological record which has witnessed revolutions in the vegetation of the globe, to which that of the flora of st. helena is as nothing'.  \n provenance: darwin´s letter was previously part of a collection of autograph letters formed by by hooker's uncle, rev dr dawson william turner (1815\u20131885), and has only appeared on the market once previously, having been discovered in 2019."},"estimateMax":8000,"lotNumber":"1211","title":{"es":"darwin charles: (1809-1882) ´ i could not distinguish commonest weed from the rarest now extinct plant´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139674/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":6000,"soldPrice":5500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:57.351Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac6,000 - 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only happy´ . to the verso wallis has written a further seven lines of text, ´i never say how much i owe to you - for all your friendship & wonderful support in times of trouble - we all seem to take you for granted as it were - but i do feel it, & am so deeply grateful to you - you have become a very large factor in my life´ . accompanied by the original envelope. vg \n baron leo d´erlanger (1898-1978) english merchant banker and air transport promoter, a co-founder of british airways. during world war ii d\u2019erlanger invested in military aircraft and worked with barnes wallis."},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1217","title":{"es":"wallis barnes: (1887-1979)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139680/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":280,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:57.362Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - \u20ac350","currency":"EUR","id":139680,"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139681/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"mountbatten louis: (1900-1979) british admiral of world war ii. a good t.l.s., louis mountbatten , with holograph salutation, subscription and postscript, one page, folio, headquarters, 25th august 1945, to her highness the dayang muda of sarawak, on the printed stationery of the supreme allied commander, south east asia. mountbatten writes to inform his correspondent of the arrangements for the relief of sarawak after its liberation, explaining that the requirements for a period of two years have been estimated by a committee under the chairmanship of sir hubert young and, in general, cover food, medical and veterinary supplies, agricultural supplies, soap, clothing and footwear etc., and clarifying that ´the general basis on which the estimates for the first period of six months have been compiled is that relief requirements should increase what it is anticipated will be found in the country, to the scale necessary to prevent disease and unrest among the civil population. for subsequent periods the general basis adopted is that standards should be high enough to enable local resources to be developed to the extent considered necessary for relief, and to enable the normal activity of the community to be progressively restored´. mountbatten further writes ´as you are aware, sarawak is only now being brought within the area of my command. i do not yet know what progress has been made in obtaining relief supplies for that country but i am finding out. in the case of burma and malaya, countries also covered by the young committee report, procurement of relief supplies for the first six months is a military responsibility. procurement of supplies for subsequent periods is the responsibility of the civil government concerned. it is likely that a similar military responsibility exists in the case of sarawak´ and concludes ´in view of the overall world shortage of relief supplies of all kinds, particularly food, and the heavy additional demands resulting from the capitulation of japan, it is unlikely that any appreciable stocks are now available for sarawak´ . a few minor stains, largely to the upper edge, otherwise vg \n gladys milton palmer (1884-1952) dayang muda of sarawak. british film producer and heiress, the wife of bertram brooke, the last heir apparent to the raj of sarawak."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1218","title":{"es":"mountbatten louis: (1900-1979) on the relief of liberated sarawak following the capitulation of japan"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139681/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":440,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:50:57.364Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - 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\u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":139683,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139684/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"world war ii: an original telex issued by major general daniel noce, one page, 4to, allied force headquarters, 7th may 1945, to the 15th army group (as well as british and american delegations in bulgaria, romania, hungary, and albania), numbered copy no. 249, and marked as a confidential outgoing message of priority. the document was issued following the signing of the first german instrument of surrender at general dwight d. eisenhower´s headquarters at reims and states, ´at 0241 hours 7th may, a representative of the german high command signed the unconditional surrender of all german land, sea and air forces in europe to the allied expeditionary force and simultaneously to the soviet high command. all forces under german control are to cease active operations at 0001b hours 9th may´ . some light creasing and minor age wear, a small, neat tear to the right edge, and one small staple hole to the upper edge. about vg \n daniel noce (1894-1976) american lieutenant general who planned and oversaw the engineer effort that supported military operations in the mediterranean theatre of operations 1944-45.  \n on 7th may 1945 general alfred jodl had signed the german instrument of surrender at reims in france, however it was not recognised by the soviet union, which demanded among other things that the act of surrender should take place at the seat of government of nazi germany from where german aggression had been initiated. therefore, another document needed to be signed. in addition, immediately after signing the first document, the german forces were ordered to cease fire in the west and continue fighting in the east. karl donitz, as the german head of state, agreed to the allied suggestion to sign a new document. the document was signed at the seat of the soviet military adminstration in berlin by representatives from the german oberkommando der wehrmacht (okw), the allied expeditionary force represented by the british, and the supreme high command of the soviet red army, with further french and american representatives signing as witnesses. this time field marshal wilhelm keitel was the highest ranking representative of germany at the signing ceremony. this surrender document also led to the de facto fall of nazi germany."},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"1221","title":{"es":"world war ii"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139684/view","tags":["escollectibles_militaria","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:04.637Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":139684,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139685/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"world war ii: an original telex issued on behalf of admiral chester w. nimitz, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 11th july 1945, on an official u. s. navy communication service amphibious forces, pacific, form, marked priority . the text states, ´secnav [james forrestal, united states secretary of the navy] has sent following message to commander third fleet quote my congratulations to the third fleet pilots and its crews for strike on japan x james forrestal unquote cincpac [chester w. nimitz, commander-in-chief, pacific fleet] passes this message, his gratification, and extends his congratulations´ . two file holes to the upper edge and a couple of stains, not affecting the text, otherwise about vg \n chester w. nimitz (1885-1966) american fleet admiral who served as commander-in-chief, united states pacific fleet 1941-45, playing a major role in the naval history of world war ii.  \n james forrestal (1892-1949) american politician who served as united states secretary of the navy 1944-47.  \n william f. halsey jr. (1882-1959) american fleet admiral of world war ii who commanded the united states third fleet from june 1944 to november 1945. leading the third fleet through the final stages of the war, halsey oversaw his officers striking targets on the japanese homeland itself. third fleet aircraft also conducted attacks upon tokyo, the naval base at kure, and the northern japanese island of hokkaido."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"1222","title":{"es":"world war ii"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139685/view","tags":["escollectibles_militaria","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":260,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:04.639Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac300 - \u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":139685,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139686/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"world war ii: an original telex issued by the united states naval communication service amphibious forces, pacific, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 9th august 1945. the telex relays important information received from the british broadcasting corporation (bbc) in london, in full, ´less than an hour ago an announcement was made through bbc london that ths soviet union had declared war against the japanese empire as of 9 august 1945. president truman announced in washington that russia had declared war against japan´ . with a pencil annotation to the centre, ´all hands´ . two file holes to the upper edge and a few areas of light age toning to the edges, otherwise vg \n just a few days before the present telex was generated america had bombed hiroshima, and on the morning of 9th august 1945 another atomic bomb was dropped over the japanese city of nagasaki. that same day saw the commencement of the soviet-japanese war with the invasion of manchuria. there has long been contentious debate between historians as to why japan surrendered in world war ii, with this moment in history forcing their decision. some believe their choice to surrender the following week was the result of the atomic bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki. it´s possible that these actions finally pushed emperor hirohito to break the deadlock in the supreme war council and accept the terms of the potsdam declaration for unconditional surrender issued by the allied leaders on 26th july 1945 (the declaration included a threat of ´prompt and utter destruction´ if the armed forces of japan didn´t surrender). however, other scholars have taken the view that japan surrendered because of the soviet union´s declaration of war on the japanese empire. it was only when the soviets, jockeying with the united states for post-war influence in asia, invaded manchuria that japan´s leaders capitulated to avoid falling under soviet dominance. in this theory, it is therefore believed that japanese leaders declared the atomic bomb had forced them to surrender as it was less embarrassing to admit defeat due to to a miracle weapon."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1223","title":{"es":"world war ii"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139686/view","tags":["escollectibles_militaria","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":400,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:04.640Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - 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\u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":139687,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139688/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139688/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"world war ii: an original telex issued by lieutenant commander [fred r.] salisbury (1914-1990) one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 15th august 1945, on an official uss salamaua printed form. the text states, in full, ´ cincpac [chester w. nimitz, commander-in-chief, pacific fleet] has received the following message from cinclant [ernest j. king, commander-in-chief, atlantic command] heartiest congratulations to you and the officers and men of your command on your dramatic successes culminating on this memorable day in complete victory x your operations in the pacific against our bitter enemy will be recorded as the most brilliant in history x we of the atlantic salute you´ . together with a 10 x 8 photograph of mamoru shigemitsu, the japanese minister of foreign affairs, signing the japanese instrument of surrender on board the uss missouri on 2nd september 1945. two file holes to the upper edge of the telex and the lower right corner neatly clipped, otherwise vg, 2 \n the present document is dated the day before emperor hirohito issued a decree ordering all japanese forces to cease fire. the uss missouri (bb63) was the last battleship commissioned by the united states and she was assigned to the pacific theatre during world war ii, participating in the battle of iwo jima. her quarterdeck was the site of the surrender of the empire of japan on 2nd september 1945 at the end of world war ii."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"1225","title":{"es":"world war ii"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139688/view","tags":["escollectibles_militaria","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:04.644Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac300 - \u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":139688,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139689/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139689/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"halevy fromental: (1799-1862) french composer. a very fine letter with good association, a.l.s., ` \n f halevy ´, one page, 8vo, n.p. [paris], friday 11th june, n.y., to alfred de musset, in french. halevy regrets having to leave for a short trip and postpone his meeting with musset, who he calls \n `mon cher poète´ (\" \n my dear poet\"), and suggests a further date for a lunch with him, stating \n `mon cher poète, une circonstance imprévue et tout à fait indépendante de ma volonté m´oblige à faire aujourd´hui un petit voyage. il me fait donc renoncer au plaisir de vous recevoir. je n´ai pas besoin de vous dire tous mes regrets. voulez-vous être assez bon pour me dédommager en venant dîner avec nous mardi prochain?... mon père m´a dit qu´il n´avait pas eu le plaisir de vous voir mardi dernier comme cela était convenu.\u2019 (translation: \" \n my dear poet, an unforeseen circumstance, completely beyond my control, obliges me to make a short trip today. it therefore forces me to renounce the pleasure of receiving you. i have no need to tell you all my regrets. will you be kind enough to compensate me by coming to dine with us next tuesday?... my father told me that he did not have the pleasure of seeing you last tuesday as agreed\") further and before concluding halevy asks musset about some verses he asked for, saying ` \n m´avez-vous cependant fait quelques vers? j´essaierai de ne pas trop les gâter, écrivez-moi deux lignes...´ (translation: \" \n have you written me some verses yet? i'll try not to spoil them too much, write me a couple of lines...\") with blank integral leaf. accompanied by the original envelope addressed to \"monsieur alfred de musset - membre de l´académie française\", bearing to the verso a red wax seal. g"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"1226","title":{"es":"halevy fromental: (1799-1862)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139689/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":85,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:04.645Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac100 - \u20ac150","currency":"EUR","id":139689,"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":1200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139690/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139690/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139690/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139690/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"franck cesar: (1822-1890) belgian-born french composer and pianist of the romantic period. a very good content a.l.s., ` cesar franck ´, four pages, 8vo, villa poyé, combs-la-ville-quincy, n.d. [september 1885], to french composer and colleague emmanuel chabrier, in french. franck deeply thanks his correspondent and refers with enthousiasm to his opera hulda, and states in part ` mille et mille fois merci de vos bonnes lettres et de ce que vous avez fait pour moi. grace à vous j´ai été admirablement reçu par mr. verdhurt. je lui ai fait entendre toute ma partition, je le crois épris de mon oeuvre et j´ai les plus grandes espérances, non pour cette année mais pour l´année prochaine. mon vif désir, mon cher chabrier, serait de vous faire faire connaissance avec ma hulda. il ne faut pas que l´oeuvre en faveur de laquelle vous avez plaidé si éloquemment vous reste plus longtemps inconnue´ (translation: \" thank you a thousand times for your kind letters and for what you have done for me. thanks to you i was admirably received by mr. verdhurt. i played my entire score to him, i believe he is in love with my work and i have the greatest hopes, not for this year but for next year. my keen desire, my dear chabrier, would be to introduce you to my hulda. the work in favor of which you have pleaded so eloquently must not remain unknown to you any longer.\") further franck tries to find the way to meet his colleague chabrier, stating in part ` je sais que vous travaillez beaucoup dans votre retraite. si cependant vous deviez dans le courant de ce mois de septembre passer un jour ou deux à paris et qu´il vous soit possible de distraire deux ou trois heures de votre temps en ma faveur...´ (translation: \" i know you work a lot into your retirement. if, however, during this month of september you were to spend a day or two in paris and it was possible for you to divert two or three hours of your time in my favor...\") before concluding franck reports on the performance of the ballet of hulda, saying ` j´ai eu une bonne exécution du ballet de hulda à anvers, ils ont été chaudement applaudis´ (translation: \" i had a good performance of the hulda ballet in antwerp, it was warmly applauded\") small overall age wear and toning, mostly to edges, with minor corner crease, otherwise g. \n emmanuel chabrier (1841-1894) french composer and pianist.  \n hulda is an opera by cesar franck. it is set in 11th-century norway, and is based on the play lame hulda  (1858) by norwegian writer bjornstjerne bjornson. the complete opera contains a prologue, three acts and an epilogue, and was composed between 1879 and 1885. franck died before the premiere of hulda which took place in montecarlo in1894."},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"1227","title":{"es":"franck cesar: (1822-1890)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139690/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1200,"soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:04.646Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,200 - \u20ac1,800","currency":"EUR","id":139690,"estimateMin":1200},{"startPrice":250,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139691/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"gounod charles: (1818-1893) french composer. a good signed 4.5 x 7 sepia cabinet photograph, the pierre petit image from november 1887 shows gounod seated in a formal half-length pose. signed ` \n ch. gounod ´ in bold black fountain pen ink to the lower white border. overall age toning with small age wear, mostly to the upper corners, otherwise g"},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1228","title":{"es":"gounod charles: (1818-1893)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139691/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":260,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:04.647Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - \u20ac350","currency":"EUR","id":139691,"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139692/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139692/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"gounod charles: (1818-1893) french composer. an excellent a.m.q.s., ` \n ch. gounod ´, folio musical score, two pages, n.p., n.d., with lyrics in french, entitled by gounod to the heading \n `adieu la marguerite!´, with lengthy and interesting inscription to madame irina bouland, stating at the base ` \n c´est ici qu´il faudrait trouver quelque chose de charmant; mais le moyen de ne pas mettre trop.. ou trop peu!...´ (translation: \" \n this is where i should find something charming; but the way not to put too much... or too little!...\") gounod has neatly and cleanly penned seventeen bars of music, on two staves, annotating to the heading the tempo \n `moderato´. gounod also adds the lyrics, saying ` \n adieu la marguerite. oh! pauvre jardinier - notre fille nous quitte, s´en va se marier. je veux sur son passage, pour orner le sentier, aller mettre  \n au pillage mon jardin tout entier. adieu. - chanter, chanter ma belle... chanter toujours!´ (translation: \" \n farewell, marguerite. oh! poor gardener - our daughter is leaving us, going to get married. i want to go and pillage my entire garden as she passes, to adorn the path. farewell. - sing, sing, my dear... sing always!\") very small minor age wear to the edges, otherwise g to vg"},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1229","title":{"es":"gounod charles: (1818-1893)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139692/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":950,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:04.649Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":139692,"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139693/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"delibes leo: (1836-1891) french romantic composer, best known for his operas and ballets. a.l.s., \n leo delibes , one page, 8vo, paris, n.d. ( \n 'mercredi soir' ; 1860s), to an unidentified correspondent, on the printed stationery of the \n theatre imperial de l'opera , in french. delibes informs his correspondent that a project has been formed and that he will \n 'aller demain prendre, un peu de fraicheur un peu de baignade et beaucoup de diner a la compagne (bougival croissy)' (translation: \n 'go tomorrow to take a little freshness, a little swimming and a lot of dinner in the countryside (bougival croissy)' ), adding that he will be collected from the opera at three o'clock and asking if his correspondent wishes to join them, remarking \n 'si tu veux qu'on parte plus tard on t'attendra' (translation: \n 'if you want us to leave later we'll wait for you' ). some very light creasing and minimal age toning to the edges, otherwise vg"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1230","title":{"es":"delibes leo: (1836-1891)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139693/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":130,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:04.650Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139693,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":800,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139694/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139694/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"bizet georges: (1838-1875) french composer. a.l.s., georges bizet , one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to louis orfila, in french. bizet explains to his correspondent that he is so busy with his work that he could´nt respond earlier, stating in part ` monsieur, mon existence des plus occupées m´a empêché de mettre à exécution le projet que je forme depuis un mois; je voulais vous aller voir et vous remercier de votre accueil si bienveillant et si cordial - je reçois à l´instant votre invitation... malheureusement j´ai accepté une dimanche 10... pourrai-je m´échapper et me donner le très vif plaisir de vous serrer la main?... ´ (translation: \" sir, my very busy life has prevented me from carrying out the project i have been forming for a month; i wanted to go and see you and thank you for your kind and cordial welcome - i have just received your invitation... unfortunately i accepted one for sunday the 10th... could i escape and give myself the very keen pleasure of shaking your hand?...\") neatly laid down. g to vg \n louis orfila, spanish professor at the parisian faculty of medicine. he was the nephew of mathieu orfila (1787-1853) spanish chemist and a renowned pioneer in the science of toxicology. president of the french academy of medicine, he was best known for testifying as an expert in criminal poisoning cases. orfila served as royal physician to king of france louis xviii. orfila became famous for two reasons: the musical evenings he organized in his salon and his participation in poisoning trials. the orfila family salon was a meeting place for powerful figures, doctors, lawyers, and young artists intending to make a career in the competitive parisian musical world. orfila was a member of musical societies, organized concerts, and sometimes sang excerpts from the most famous operas of the time."},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"1231","title":{"es":"bizet georges: (1838-1875)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139694/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":750,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.533Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,000","currency":"EUR","id":139694,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":120,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139695/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"saint-saens camille: (1835-1921) french composer. a good a.n.s., ` c.saint-saëns ´, one page, small 4to, london, 21st july 1906, in french. the short message is apparently addressed to sarah bernhardt, stating `à la grande amie, à la (grande?).... artiste, cordiales félicitations´ (translation: \" to the great friend, to the (great?)... artist, kind congratulations\") . saint saens travelled to many european locations during the 1906 summer to attend different performances of his own works, including london in june-july 1906. during that summer camille saint-saens and sarah bernhardt concurred in london. with blank integral leaf. g to vg \n sarah bernhardt (1844-1923) french stage actress. she played female as well as male roles, including shakespeare's hamlet . edmond rostand called her \"the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture\". she made several theatrical tours around the world, and she was one of the early prominent actresses to make sound recordings and to act in motion pictures."},"estimateMax":180,"lotNumber":"1232","title":{"es":"saint-saens camille: (1835-1921)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139695/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":120,"soldPrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.534Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac120 - \u20ac180","currency":"EUR","id":139695,"estimateMin":120},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139696/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"massenet jules: (1842-1912) french composer of the romantic era. a fine vintage signed and inscribed 8.75 x 10.5 engraved portrait of massenet, the image depicting the composer in a head and shoulders pose. signed in fountain pen ink to a clear area immediately beneath the image by massenet, with a warm inscription in french, ´à la charmante et eminente pianiste jane franquin, en chere admiration, massenet ´, and dated paris, october 1911 in his hand. laid down to thick backing card and with a thin strip of dicoloration to each of the edges, evidently the result of previous framing, g \n jane franquin was a pianist and music teacher, the daughter of merri franquin (1848-1934) french trumpeter, cornetist and flugelhornist who was professor of trumpet at the conservatoire de paris from 1894-1925."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"1233","title":{"es":"massenet jules: (1842-1912)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139696/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":380,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.536Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac500","currency":"EUR","id":139696,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139697/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139697/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"fauré gabriel: (1845-1924) french composer. a.l.s., \n gabriel fauré , two pages, 12mo card, n.p. [paris], n.d., on his professional printed stationery card, as director of the national conservatory, to a friend, in french. fauré refers to the musical contents to take place in the month of july, stating ` \n pour vous faire venir le plus tard possible, je ne vous avais pas inscrit aux concours de chant du 2 et 3 juillet, mais seulement aux concours du 4 (violonchelle...), du 6 (piano femmes), du 8 (violon), et du 11 (opéra). excusez-moi donc, cher ami...´ (translation: \" \n in order to make you come as late as possible, i did not register you for the singing contents of july 2nd and 3rd, but only for the contents of the 4th (cello, viola, bass), the 6th (women's piano), the 8th (violin), and the 11th (opera). so excuse me, dear friend...\") vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1234","title":{"es":"fauré gabriel: (1845-1924)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139697/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":240,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.537Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139697,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139698/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139698/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"dukas paul: (1865-1935) french composer. best known for his symphonic poem \n the sorcerer´s apprentice featured in disney´s film \n fantasia (1940). a good a.l.s., \n paul dukas , two pages, n.p., n.d. \n `dimanche´, 8vo, in french. a cleanly written letter in purple ink by dukas who regrets not having written his article as he should, with the limits of space available, understanding the problem created and apologizing for this, he states in part ` \n je vous renvoi mon article réduit à 10 pages regrettant comme vous de n´avoir pas su mieux m´arranger pour m´éviter cette modification car je comprends parfaitement les raisons que vous m´exposez et croyez bien que je ne demande qu´à en tenir compte. si quelquefois mon sujet m´entraine loin des limites qui me sont assignées je serai toujours prêt à l´y faire rentrer tout en sachant de m´éviter à l´avenir semblable besogne... toutefois je n´ai pu retrancher sans devenir inintelligible que les pages que vous trouverez rayées...´ (translation: \"` \n i am returning my article reduced to 10 pages, regretting, like you, not having been able to arrange it better to avoid this modification, because i fully understand the reasons you have given me and believe me, i am only asking to take them into account. if sometimes my subject takes me far from the limits assigned to me, i will always be ready to bring it back within them, while knowing that i will avoid similar work in the future... however, i was only able to remove, without becoming unintelligible, the pages that you will find crossed out...\" paper with an original oxford watermark. vg"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1235","title":{"es":"dukas paul: (1865-1935)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139698/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":150,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.539Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139698,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139699/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139699/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"ravel maurice: (1875-1937) french composer. a very good a.l.s., ` \n maurice ravel ´, signed twice, signing also to the verso ` \n conducteur ravel automobile déplacé ´, one page, 12mo, being a french card-letter, paris, 16th march 1917, to roland levy, brigadier, in french. at the time of the present letter, war-time, ravel had \n joined the thirteenth artillery regiment as a lorry driver, and for this reason he annotates as sender to the verso, `conducteur´ (\" driver\").  ravel refers in a funny way to his correspondent´s harem, stating ` \n heureux que vous soyez satisfait du gardien de votre harem . je tâcherai - si j´ose moi-même ainsi parler - de me maintenir à la hauteur de ma nouvelle situation. vous savez que cette attraction sensationelle - un harem présenté, en toute liberrté... - devait figurer à l´unique concert de la smi, dans une salle des quartiers de l´europe, bien entendu. maintenant que nous donnons 3 séances, je ne sais à laquelle on doit placer ce... numéro... ne vous en faites pas pour le turban de la sultane...´ (translation: \" \n glad that you're satisfied with the guardian of your harem . i'll try - if i dare say so myself - to live up to my new situation. you know that this sensational amusement - a harem presented, in complete freedom... - was to be featured at the only concert of the smi, in a hall in the european quarters, of course. now that we're giving 3 performances, i don't know where we should place this... number... don't worry about the sultana's turban...\") further ravel refers to a burial and to his own health, saying in part ` \n je regrette de ne m´être pas trouvé au cortège de suzanne ... ce jour-là, et ceux qui l´ont précédé, j´étais couché. je le suis encore, nonobstant que j´en ai marre...´ (translation: \" \n i regret not having been at susanna's funeral procession... that day, and those that preceded it, i was in bed. i still am, despite the fact that i'm fed up with it...\") small overall age wear, with few very small professional repairs, otherwise g"},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"1236","title":{"es":"ravel maurice: (1875-1937)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139699/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":850,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.540Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - 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\u20ac4,000","currency":"EUR","id":139700,"estimateMin":3000},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139701/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"poulenc francis: (1899-1963) french composer and pianist. a.l.s., \n francis poulenc , one page, 4to, noizay, n.d., to a friend, in french. poulenc writes an apologetic letter, \n 'quand je songe que je ne vous ai pas encore remercie pour votre si touchant parrainage je suis rouge de honte.  \n pardon. apres 2 mois de tournees je me suis tellement plonge dans le travail que j'ai tout neglige' (translation: \n 'when i think that i have not yet thanked you for your so touching sponsorship, i am red with shame. sorry. after 2 months of touring i got so immersed in work that i neglected everything' ). vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1238","title":{"es":"poulenc francis: (1899-1963)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139701/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":220,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.544Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - 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(2) and autograph statements signed by each of the composers collectively known as les six , a group of musicians informally associated with jean cocteau and erik satie, and who worked and lived in the montparnasse district of paris in the years following world war i. the lot comprises - \n (i) georges auric (1899-1983) french composer. autograph statement signed, georges auric , one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1951), in french. the composer writes, in full, ´voici donc \"le groupe des six\" une fois encore réuni, à la faveur d´une exposition dont l´intention est si charmante et si cordiale qu´elle nous permettra, je l´esperè, d´en parler sans etre aussitot accusé d´une fatuité ou d´une vanité qui seraient aujourd´hui assez irsupportables! remontant à cette occasion la machine à explorer le temps, que vois-je tout de suite qui, dans tout cela, me semble le plus saisissant? non plus un \"groupe\" de musiciens desireux, \"vingt ans après\", de reprendre je ne sais trop quelles controverses esthétiques. mais six camarades qui ont la très grande chance de se retrouver maintenant comme ils se retrouvaient naguère - et dont l´amitié n´a jamais changé. voila, me semble-t´il, la plus belle leçon de cette petite exposition. et c´est pourquoi je me rejouis d´y participer´ (translation: ´so here is the \u2018group of six\u2019 once again reunited, thanks to an exhibition whose intention is so charming and so cordial that it will allow us, i hope, to talk about it without immediately being accused of a conceit or vanity that would be quite unbearable today! going back to the time machine on this occasion, what do i see immediately that, in all this, seems to me the most striking? no longer a \u2018group\u2019 of musicians eager, \u2018twenty years later\u2019, to resume i don't know what aesthetic controversies. but six friends who are very lucky to be together now as they were in the past - and whose friendship has never changed. that, it seems to me, is the most important lesson of this little exhibition. and that is why i am delighted to be taking part ´). \n (ii) a.l.s., georges auric , to the recto of a printed correspondence card as president of the société des auteurs, compositeurs & éditeurs de musique , paris, 28th november 1972, to a friend, in french. auric writes, in part, ´merci pour cette réédition des \"bagatelles\" - qui me rajeunit singulierement. je souhaite vous exprimer tout cela beaucoup mieux que dans ces quelques lignes qui d´ailleurs vous parviendront dieu sait avec quel retard (parce qu´une nouvelle greve commence aujourd´hui!..)´ (translation: ´thank you for this reissue of \u2018bagatelles\u2019 - which makes me feel remarkably young. i would like to express all this to you much better than in these few lines, which will reach you god knows how late (because a new strike starts today!)´ ). \n (iii) louis durey (1888-1979) french composer. autograph statement signed, louis durey , one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1951), in french. durey writes, in full, ´quoi qu´aient pu dire certains esprits chagrins, le groupe des six aura marqué une étape importante dans l´évolution de la musique francaise. significatif à cet égard, ce 34e anniversaire où chacun apporte le fruit de son labeur personnel à une petite communauté définitivement scellée par une amitié et une estime réciproque´ (translation: ´whatever some naysayers may have said, the group of six marked an important stage in the evolution of french music. significant in this respect is the 34th anniversary, when each member brings the fruit of his personal labour to a small community definitively sealed by friendship and mutual esteem´ ). \n (iv) a.l.s., louis durey , two pages, 8vo, rue boissonade, paris, 9th january 1952, to a gentleman, in french. durey writes to his correspondent following a telephone conversation and gives his full consent ´ pour que les documents que je vous ai confiés en vue de l´exposition du \"groupe des six\" figurent dans une série d´expositions à l´etranger´ (translation: ´for the documents that i entrusted to you for the \u2018groupe des six\u2019 exhibition to be included in a series of exhibitions abroad´ ), further adding ´toutefois je desirerais que les manuscrits de musique dont je ne possède pas de doubles soient photocopiés ou microfilmés avant leur départ. ce sont, par ordre de préférence: 1. la partition de \"l´occasion\" 2. la fantaisie concertante pour violoncelle et orchestre, ou les deux au cas où serait prévu l´envoi de plusieurs oeuvres. je désirerais d´autre part retenir les partitions des trois cantates: la guerre et la paix, la longue marche, paix aux hommes par millions dont je pourrais avoir à disposer ici´ (translation: ´however, i would like the music manuscripts, of which i do not have duplicates, to be photocopied or microfilmed before they are sent. these are, in order of preference: 1. the score of \u2018l'occasion\u2019 2. the fantaisie concertante for cello and orchestra. or both if several works are to be sent. i would also like to have the scores of the three cantatas: war and peace, the long march, peace to men by the millions that i may have available here´ ). two file holes to the left edge and with a few small, minor tears to the edges. \n (v) arthur honegger (1892-1955) swiss composer. autograph statement signed, a honegger , one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1951), in french. honegger writes, in full, ´voici ce que me suggére le trentieme anniversaire de notre groupe des six: d´abord la satisfaction de nous retrouver aussi amicalement liés que par le passé et toujours aussi different dans nos gouts et nos conceptions. de sentir chez certains cadets ou vieux critiques la confirmation de l´opinion que je me plais a repéter: en musique on passe sans transition de l´etat de jeune fumiste ou de jeune espoir à celui de vieux maitre ou de vieux fossile bon pour la retraite. que, fort heureusement les interessés n´en soupçonnent rien´ (translation: ´here is what the thirtieth anniversary of our group of six suggests to me: first, the satisfaction of finding ourselves as amicably connected as in the past and still as different in our tastes and conceptions. to feel in some younger or older critics confirmation of the opinion that i like to repeat: in music, one passes without transition from the state of young upstart or young hopeful to that of old master or old fossil good for retirement. that, fortunately, those concerned suspect nothing of this´ ). \n (vi) darius milhaud (1892-1974) french composer and conductor. autograph statement signed ,  milhaud , one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1951), in french. the composer writes, in full, ´grace à l´exposition de six organisée par le centre de documentation musique internationale, nous avons eu la joie de nous retrouver autour de cocteau comme au bon vieux temps. quelle joie d´évoquer ensemble en 1951 cette merveilleuse époque d´après 1919....´ (translation: ´thanks to the exhibition of the \u2018six\u2019 organised by the international music documentation centre, we had the pleasure of getting together around cocteau, just like in the good old days. what a joy to evoke together this marvellous period after 1919 in 1951´ ). \n (vii) francis poulenc (1899-1963) french composer and pianist. autograph statement signed, francis poulenc , to the recto of a plain correspondence card, n.p., december 1951, in french. poulenc writes, in full, ´je ne crois pas aux théories mais je crois de toutes mes forces à l´amitié. c´est pourquoi cette \"exposition-réunion de famille\" m´a été au coeur´ (translation: ´i don't believe in theories but i believe in friendship with all my heart. that's why this \u2018family reunion exhibition\u2019 was close to my heart´ ). \n (viii) germaine tailleferre (1892-1983) french composer, the only female member of les six . autograph statement signed, germaine tailleferre , one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1951), in french. tailleferre writes, in full, ´j´ai trouvé, au sein du groupe des six, une atmosphère de complicité qui m´a permis d´etre associée aux premières manifestations des plus grands compositeurs d´aujourd´hui. leur amitié fut pour moi déterminante´ (translation: ´within the group of six, i found an atmosphere of camaraderie that allowed me to be involved in the early events of today's greatest composers. their friendship was decisive for me´ ). \n (ix) a small group of ten unsigned pieces of printed ephemera relating to les six including a programme of exhibitions, conferences and concerts for le groupe des six in madrid organised by the institut francais en espagne, june 1952, two related concert programmes, invitation cards etc., several of which incorporate facsimile drawings and text by jean cocteau. \n a rare and unusual grouping, with some minor faults and age wear, generally g to vg, 8 + 10"},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"1239","title":{"es":"les six"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139702/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1500,"soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.545Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,500 - \u20ac2,000","currency":"EUR","id":139702,"estimateMin":1500},{"startPrice":250,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139703/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139703/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139703/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139703/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139703/005/005.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"sauguet henri: (1901-1989) french composer. sauguet formed the 'school of arcueil', named after the location of satie's home. in 1924 erik satie introduced sauguet to serge diaghilev, the flamboyant impresario of the ballets russes. in 1927 diaghilev's company produced the ballet la chatte (\" the cat \") with music by sauguet, who gained his greatest popularity with his ballets. a good a.l.s., ` henri sauguet´, four pages, 8vo, paris, 18th april 1977, to castor seibel, in french. sauguet returns from eastern holidays in gironde, and amusingly comments on the weather ` je suis rentré de gironde vendredi soir. séjour en alaska! gelées, neiges, vents glacials, soleil du pôle... ciels de plomb. enfin c´étaient des pâques aux tisons! je passias hier la hournée en champagne, boire du champagne et écouter des musiciensde l´harmonie populaire...´ (translation: \" i returned from gironde on friday evening. a trip to alaska! frost, snow, icy winds, polar sun... leaden skies. finally, it was easter with embers! i spent yesterday afternoon in champagne, drinking champagne and listening to folk band musicians...\") further sauguet explains to his correspondent that he will not be able to meet him on the date suggest because he won´t be in paris but having a tour giving a lecture about the russian ballets, saying ` le 22 je ne serai pas à paris, à 17h je fais une conférence à poitiers sur le ballet russe (que j´ai écouté pendant ces pâques à coutras). je pars le 21 et ne rentrerai que le 24 car je répète cette même conférence le 23 au mans, ou. en l´honneur des ballets russes on a fait une exposition et où l´on donne le 24 un concert au cours duquel sera exécuté la chatte! a quelques jours près des 50 années de sa création à monte carlo (le 30 avril 1927!)...´ (translation: \" on the 22nd i will not be in paris, at 5 p.m. i am giving a lecture in poitiers on the russian ballet (which i listened to during easter in coutras). i am leaving on the 21st and will not return until the 24th because i am repeating this same lecture on the 23rd in le mans, where in honor of the ballets russes they have held an exhibition and where they are giving a concert on the 24th during which la chatte will be performed! a few days before the 50th anniversary of its creation in monte carlo (april 30, 1927!)...\") accompanied by the original envelope postmarked and stamped. vg \n castor seibel (1934-2022) german writer, poet and art critic.a collector and expert in painting art.  \n la chatte (\"the cat\") is a ballet by henri sauguet, premiered in montecarlo in 1927, with serge lifar. the story is about a young man who falls in love with a cat, which assumes a human form through the intervention of aphrodite. as they make love, the cat-woman sees a mouse and cannot resist chasing it, whereupon she changes back into a cat. the work was choreographed by the young georg balanchine."},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1240","title":{"es":"sauguet henri: (1901-1989)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139703/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":240,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.547Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - \u20ac350","currency":"EUR","id":139703,"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139704/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"messiaen olivier: (1908-1992) french composer and organist. messiaen was made prisoner of war on the fall of france in 1940 during which time he composed his quatuor pour la fin du temps ('' quartet for the end of time' '). messiaen incorporated birdsong transcriptions into his music. a very fine a.l.s., ` olivier messiaen´, one page, 8vo, paris, 9th june 1939, in french. messiaen thanks his correspondent for having mediated in his favour and obtained satisfactory response, stating ` je suis très touché d´apprendre que vous avez parlé de moi à monsieur petrassi. je serai aussi très heureux de vous revoir. a quelle adressepeut-on vous rencontrer à paris? (monsieur petrassi m´a, en effet, écrit pour me demander de participer au festival de la simc à venise: je lui réponds par le même courirer)´ (translation: \" i am very touched to learn that you mentioned me to mr. petrassi. i will also be very happy to see you again. at what address can i meet you in paris? (mr. petrassi has, in fact, written to me to ask me to participate in the simc festival in venice: i am replying to him immediately.) less than a year later messiaen would be arrested by the nazis and imprisoned. vg \n messiaen was captured in 1940 at the fall of france, at verdun, where he was enlisted as a medical auxiliary because of his poor eyesight. he was taken to görlitz in may 1940, and imprisoned at the stalag viii-a prisoners camp."},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1241","title":{"es":"messiaen olivier: (1908-1992)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139704/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":260,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.327Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139704,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139705/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"vieuxtemps henri: (1820-1881) belgian composer and violinist. a.l.s., ` h. vieuxtemps´ , a bold and large signature with flourish, one page, 8vo, n.p., `thursday´, n.d., to paul de saint victor, in french. vieuxtemps thanks his correspondent for the article published about him, stating ` permettez-moi de venir vous remercier pour les lignes si flatteuses pour moi, que vous avez fait paraitre hier dans la liberté. je vous en exprime toute ma reconnaissance...´ (translation: \" allow me to thank you for the lines so flattering to me that you published yesterday in la liberté. i express my deepest gratitude to you...\") with blank integral leaf. vg \n paul de saint-victor (1827-1811) his real name being paul blins, comte de saint-victor. french author and critic. best known as a french cultural figure mentioned by marcel proust  in the novel  in search of lost time."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1242","title":{"es":"vieuxtemps henri: (1820-1881)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139705/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":220,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.330Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139705,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139706/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"gevaert francois-auguste: (1828-1908) belgian composer and musicologist. a very fine autograph letter of musical content containing a musical quote, a.l.s., ` f.a gevaert ´, one page, 8vo, mourning paper, ville d´avray, `wednesday afternoon´, n.d. [september 1864], to a friend and singer, in french. gevaert explains to his correspondent that he is very satisfied with the romance he has completed, stating ` ne m´attends pas demain matin: je suis empêché d´aller à paris, mais je t´envoie la nouvelle romance du 1er acte que je n´hésite pas à trouver très réussie.´ (translation: \" don't expect to meet me me tomorrow morning: i'm unable to go to paris, but i'm sending you the new romance from the first act, which i have no hesitation in finding very successful.\") further, gevaert refers to his working plan and to the second act saying `lundi matin (à moins de contre ordre de ta part) j´irai chez toi pour te faire travailler, et je t´apporterai différentes choses nouvelles, entre autres le final du 2º acte.´ (translation: \" on monday morning (unless you order to do otherwise) i will come to your house to make you work, and i will bring you various new things, among others the finale of the second act.\") further again and before concluding gevaert refers to a change made on a duo and expects that his correspondent will be able to sing a sentence in a higher pitch, stating ` j´ai trouvé le changement pour le duo avec galli-marié, cela va bien à condition que tu puisses chanter la phrase en sol / un ton et demi plus haut...´ (translation: \" i found the change for the duet with galli-marié to be fine, provided you can sing the phrase in g / a tone and a half higher...\") and following to that comment, gevaert adds beneath a two bars musical quote, adding two words of the lyrics beneath ` riant espoir´. with blank integral leaf. g to vg \n gevaert is most probably referring to his last opera le capitaine henriot (1864), an opéra-comique in three acts, with libretto by victorien sardou, premiered on 29th december 1864. captain henriot being henry iv king of france.  \n célestine galli-marié (1840-1905) french mezzo-soprano. best remembered for creating the title role in bizet´s opera carmen. galli-marié premiered the role of blanche d´etianges in gevaerrt´s opera le capitaine henriot (1864)  \n the letter is most probably addressed to leon achard (1831-1905) french tenor who performed the role of rené de mauléon at the premiere of le capitaine henriot (1864)"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1243","title":{"es":"gevaert francois-auguste: (1828-1908)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139706/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":150,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.332Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139706,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":250,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139707/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"spontini gaspare: (1774-1851) italian composer & conductor, a favourite of napoleon bonaparte. attractive signed front page of a musical score by spontini (circa 1835), the work was composed by bettina von arnim and was dedicated to spontini. the attractively printed front page, in french, with flourishes, states ` dédié à spontini - directeur général de la musique et premier maître de chapelle de s.m. le roi de prusse - par bettine arnim ´ (\" dedicated to spontini -  general director of the music and first chapel master of h.m. the king of prussia - by bettine arnim \". to the bottom right corner spontini, in bold black ink, donates it for a charity lottery ` offert pour la loterie du mont carmel par spontini ´. small overall minor staining, otherwise g t vgo \n bettina von arnim (1785-1859) countess of arnim, born elisabeth catharina brentano. german writer, novelist, composer, singer, patron of young talent and a social activist. she numbered among her closest friends goethe and beethoven. after 1831, she published a collection of seven songs in public support of prussian music director gaspare spontini under duress at the time."},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1244","title":{"es":"spontini gaspare: (1774-1851)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139707/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":360,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.334Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - \u20ac350","currency":"EUR","id":139707,"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":2500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139708/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"paganini niccolo: (1782-1840) italian violinist and composer. very rare a.l.s., \n nicolo paganini , one page, oblong 8vo, boulogne-sur-mer, 20th june 1832, to madame mangin, in italian. during his stay in france paganini had played at the royal theatre of versailles on 19th may 1832 and again at the royal academy of music in paris on 1st of june, and before his departure to london he performed one last time in boulogne-sur-mer on the 18th of june 1832, two days before the present letter was written. paganini stayed at madame mangin´m s home in boulogne-sur-mer those days, where other important artists had done so, including meyerbeer and heine. inn the present letter he warmly thanks his correspondent for her kind hospitality, stating ` \n signora mangin , \n io n \n on dimenticherò giammai le gentilezze ricevute in sua casa, e se provo molta pena allontanandomi dall´ egregia sua famiglia, mi consola la speranza di rivederli tutti al mio ritorno da londra. mi auguro pure il contento di... in italia per fargli godere il clima dolce della mia patria. le bacio la mano...´ (translation: \" \n mrs. mangin, i will never forget the kindnesses i received in your home, and if i feel very sorry to leave your esteemed family, i am consoled by the hope of seeing them all again when i return from london. i also hope that.... will be happy in italy to let him enjoy the sweet climate of my homeland. i kiss your hand..\") small overall minor age wear, otherwise g to vg"},"estimateMax":3500,"lotNumber":"1245","title":{"es":"paganini niccolo: (1782-1840)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139708/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":2500,"soldPrice":2600,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.336Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac2,500 - \u20ac3,500","currency":"EUR","id":139708,"estimateMin":2500},{"startPrice":500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139709/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139709/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"donizetti gaetano: (1797-1848) italian composer. a.l.s., donizetti,  one page, 8vo, n.p. (paris), n.d., to monsieur orfila, in french. donizetti informs his correspondent about the rehearsals of one of his operas, stating `j´ai l´honneur de  vous prévenir que ma r´épétition générale est fixée à mercredi 11 du mois à midi, et que les mêmes billets seront valables. je compte sur la faveur de votre présence, et vous monsieur, sur ma reconnaissance.´ (translation: \" i have the honour to inform you that my dress rehearsal is scheduled for wednesday, the 11th of the month, at noon, and that the same tickets will be valid. i count on the favour of your presence, and you, sir, on my gratitude.\") with blank integral leaf. neatly laid down. small overall minor creasing, otherwise g. \n mathieu orfila (1787-1853) spanish chemist and a renowned pioneer in the science of toxicology. president of the french academy of medicine, he was best known for testifying as an expert in criminal poisoning cases. orfila served as royal physician to king of france louis xviii. orfila became famous for two reasons: the musical evenings he organized in his salon and his participation in poisoning trials. the orfila family salon was a meeting place for powerful figures, doctors, lawyers, and young artists intending to make a career in the competitive parisian musical world. orfila was a member of musical societies, organized concerts, and sometimes sang excerpts from the most famous operas of the time."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1246","title":{"es":"donizetti gaetano: (1797-1848)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139709/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":500,"soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.338Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac500 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":139709,"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139710/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139710/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"rossini gioacchino: (1792-1868) italian composer. a prolific composer, known as 'the italian mozart', who until his retirement in 1829 had been the most popular opera composer in history. a very fine a.l., two pages, small 4to, n.p., [1851], to antonio duci, in italian. rossini reports how excited he is with the new musical instrument, the baristrato, stating in part ` i rejoice with you for the new instrument which i listened to thanks to your brother and which has just arrived here. the musical effect of this new mechanism is wonderful, the oscillating vibration of the low sounds which, in my opinion, are the first merit of this invention with much sense applied to sacred music\u2026´ rossini, fascinated by this new musical instrument, the baristrato, further concludes `.. they will bring a marvelous vigour to harmony..´ paper with watermark. very small overall minor age wear and creasing, otherwise vg \n  \n rossini´s correspondent is antonio duci, a piano trader from florence. rossini refers to antonio´s brother, carlo duci (1837-1900), a renowned pianist and composer. from liszt´s letters we have a good idea of the role of carlo ducci in the instrumental world of florence. in 1878 liszt wrote ` thanks to the kindness of m. carlo ducci, who between florence and rome has more than two hundred pianos for hire\u2026´"},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1247","title":{"es":"rossini gioacchino: (1792-1868)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139710/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":1600,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.339Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":139710,"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":800,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139711/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139711/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139711/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"bellini vincenzo: (1801-1835) italian composer. a leading figure of bel canto and a very influential and admired figure by other composers. bellini died at the very early age of 33. a very rare a.l.s., ` bellini ´, one page, 8vo, aux bains, 22nd february, n.y., to monsieur orfila, in paris, in italian. the letter bears a veynen blind embossed seal to the upper left corner. bellini states ` sono dolentissimo per non potere accettare il suo gentile invito, essendo di gia impegrato tanto per prango que per la sera. mi riserbo a venirla a ringraziare di persona; frattanto preposi i miei rispetti alla sua signora, ed ella mi creda´ (translation: \" i am very sorry that i cannot accept your kind invitation, as i am already busy with both lunch and the evening. i reserve my right to come and thank you in person; in the meantime i pay my respects to your wife, and hope may believe me. \") with address leaf. neatly laid down. overall small cxreasing, otherwise about g \n mathieu orfila (1787-1853) spanish chemist and a renowned pioneer in the science of toxicology. president of the french academy of medicine, he was best known for testifying as an expert in criminal poisoning cases. orfila served as royal physician to king of france louis xviii. orfila became famous for two reasons: the musical evenings he organized in his salon and his participation in poisoning trials. the orfila family salon was a meeting place for powerful figures, doctors, lawyers, and young artists intending to make a career in the competitive parisian musical world. orfila was a member of musical societies, organized concerts, and sometimes sang excerpts from the most famous operas of the time."},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"1248","title":{"es":"bellini vincenzo: (1801-1835)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139711/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":1300,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.340Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,000","currency":"EUR","id":139711,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139712/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139712/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"verdi giuseppe: (1813-1901) italian composer. a.l.s., ` g. verdi´, one page, 8vo, milan, monday, n.d. [1891], to giulio ricordi, in italian. verdi is just arrived to milan and writes to his musical editor and friend ricordi, stating ` caro giulio, siamo a milano! quando passate avanti l´hotel milan etc.. etc.. ci rallegriamo che sappiamo perché giuditta stia bene\u2026´ (translation: \" dear giulio, we are in milan! when will you pass by the hotel milan etc.. etc.. we are delighted because we know that giuditta is well\u2026\") with blank integral leaf. accompanied by the original 12mo envelope, addressed in verdi´s hand. vg \n  \n giulio ricordi (1840-1912) italian editor and musician. grandson of giovanni ricordi, the founder of the music publishing company of the same name \"casa ricordi\" which giulio leaded till his death."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1249","title":{"es":"verdi giuseppe: (1813-1901)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139712/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":950,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.342Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":139712,"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139713/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139713/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139713/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139713/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"boito arrigo: (1842-1918) italian composer, poet and novelist. a.l.s., ` \n arrigo boito ´, milan, 8th december, n.y., to sign. levi, in italian. boito congratulates his correspondent´s work and pariases the beauty of it, stating ` \n ho letto ora i vostri miraggi , pagina a pagina, senza interruzione, come si legge una musica, e come une musica bella e profonda lascia nella mente di chi l´ha udita una folata di reminiscenze oscillanti... quasi tutto il vostro libro e arte vero e intenso. siete poeta nell´anima e la citazione di goethe posta ad epigrafe delle vostre liriche puo essere citata in vostro elogio...´ (translation: \" \n i have now read your mirages , page after page, without interruption, as one reads a piece of music, and as a beautiful and profound music leaves in the mind of the one who has heard it a gust of oscillating reminiscences... almost all of your book is true and intense art. you are a poet in your soul and the quotation from goethe placed as an epigraph to your lyrics can be cited in your praise...\") further and before concluding boito encourages his correspondent to continue with that vision in his work, saying ` \n continuate a meditar, a contemplare, a sognare, adornate le intime visioni con paroli e con armonible cadenze... l´arte è il rimedio della vita.´ (translation: \" \n continue to meditate, to contemplate, to dream, adorn your intimate visions with words and harmonious cadences... the art is the remedy of life.\") overall minor age wear with fold professionally repaired and very small area of paper loss to the second page left corner. g"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"1250","title":{"es":"boito arrigo: (1842-1918)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139713/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:03.343Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac100 - \u20ac150","currency":"EUR","id":139713,"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139714/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139714/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"puccini giacomo: (1858-1924) italian composer. a.l.s., with abbreviated signature, to one side of a postcard, milan, 2 nd february 1921, to his brother-in-law raffaello franceschini, in italian. puccini in a friendly way states, in part, `vedi, io sono piu gentile di te - forse e una tortura\u2026 - tu ti struggi e io ti ayuto con i desideri inutili.  tu mi mandi la canna? caro mio quando te ne servi lo so, l´empi divino´ (translation: \" you see, i'm kinder than you - maybe it´s a torture\u2026 you yearn and i help you with your useless desires.  are you sending me the rod? hand addressed by puccini to franceschini in pescia, toscana. the postcard shows to the front an attractive colour image of a young lybian girl. postmarked and stamped. g \n  \n raffaello franceschini (1854-1942) husband of puccini´s one-year younger sister, ramelde puccini (1859-1912). franceschini was working as tax collector in pescia. puccini and his brother-in-law maintained a long-time friendly relationship, and used to share the hunting journeys."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"1251","title":{"es":"puccini giacomo"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139714/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":360,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:05.764Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac500","currency":"EUR","id":139714,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139715/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139715/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139715/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"giordano umberto: (1867-1948) italian composer. best known for his acclaimed opera \n andrea chenier (1896). a good a.l.s., ` \n umberto giordano ´, two pages, 8vo, baveno, 6th october 1923, to commendatore colosanti, in italian. giordano tries to explain to his correspondent how much he regrets having to postpone their meeting, stating ` \n sono sinceramente addolorado di doverti dire, ancora una volta, che mi é impossibile poter accettare il suo cortese invito. circostanze di famiglia, sorte in questi giorni, non mi permettono di poter disporre di me stesso in qualsiasi modo. ti prego di prestar fede a quanto ti dico e non supporre che vi siano altre ragioni. spero, lo spero con tutto il cuore, di poterti mostrare in avvenire tutto il grande affetto e la stima che ho per te...´ (translation: \" \n i am sincerely sorry to have to tell you, once again, that it is impossible for me to accept your kind invitation. family circumstances, which have arisen in recent days, do not allow me to dispose of myself in any way. i beg you to believe what i say and do not suppose that there are other reasons. i hope, i hope with all my heart, to be able to show you in the future all the great affection and esteem that i have for you...\") with blank integral leaf. accompanied by the original envelope addressed in giordano´s hand, postmarked and stamped. vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1252","title":{"es":"giordano umberto: (1867-1948)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139715/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":190,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:05.766Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139715,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139716/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"cilea francesco: (1866-1950) italian composer. best known for his operas \n adriana lecouvreur (1902) and \n l´arlesiana (1897) including his celebrated aria ` \n e la solita storia del pastore ´ also known as lamento di federico. a good and unusual d.s. ` \n f. cilea´, also annotating in his hand his full name, address and date \n `francesco cilea - via aianio 14, roma´, one page, oblong 4to, 29th may 1941, in italian. the partially printed document is a subscription card issued by g. ricordi & c., music editors of milan, signed by cilea, stating in part ` \n ...mi impegno di acquistare una copia del requiem di g. verdi nella riproduzione di 300 esemplari che e in corso di pubblicazione presso di voi, al prezzo di lire 500... ´ (translation: \". \n ..i undertake to purchase a copy of the requiem by g. verdi in the reproduction of 300 copies which is being published by you, at the price of 500 lire...\") the document bears to the verso an ink stamp of the g. ricirdi & c. - roma. vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1253","title":{"es":"cilea francesco: (1866-1950)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139716/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:05.768Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139716,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139717/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139717/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139717/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139717/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"falla manuel de: (1876-1946) spanish composer. a.l.s., ` manuel de falla´ , four pages, 8vo, paris, 5th november 1910, to g. jean aubry, in french. falla thanks his correspondent for his letter which has pleased him a lot, and states in part ` ce n´est pas vous qui doit remercier; c´est moi qui vous remercie bien sincèrement de l´accueil plein de bonté que vous et votre si aimable famille ont bien voulu me faire. j´en garderai toujours le meilleur souvenir... je vous envoie par ce même courrier le manuscrit de mes mélodies. c´est une bien petite chose qui n´a pas une autre valeur que d´être un témoignage de mon amitié.´ (translation: \" it is not you who should thank; it is me who thank you most sincerely for the welcome full of kindness that you and your dear family have been kind enough to give me. i will always keep the best memory of it... i am sending you by this same mail the manuscript of my melodies. it is a very small thing that has no other value than to be a testimony of my friendship.\") further, falla refers to his correspondent´s project and states ` j´apprends avec un vif plaisir vos nouveaux projets au sujet de la musique espagnole et je crois inutile de vous dire car vous le savez déjà, que je suis tout à votre disposition pour collaborer à votre oeuvre - merci de l´adresse de joaquin nin - voulez-vous me faire l´obligeance de m´indiquer les journaux (nº et date) qui ont parlé du concert?´ (translation: \" i am very pleased to learn about your new projects on the subject of spanish music and i think it is useless to tell you, as you already know, that i am at your disposal to collaborate on your work - thank you for joaquin nin's address - would you be so kind as to indicate to me the newspapers (number and date) that spoke of the concert?\") paper with an attractive balmoral watermark. vg \n georges jean-aubry was the pen-name of jean-frédéric-emile aubry (1882\u20131950) french music critic and translator. he was a friend, translator and biographer of joseph conrad and also close friend of debussy and ravel.  \n joaquín nin y castellanos  (1879-1949) cuban pianist and composer."},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"1254","title":{"es":"falla manuel de: (1876-1946)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139717/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":500,"soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:05.770Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac500 - \u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":139717,"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139718/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139718/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"hummel johann nepomuk: (1778-1837) austrian composer and pianist. hummel´s music reflects the transition from the classical to the romantic musical era. he was a pupil of mozart, salieri and haydn. hummel replaced the elderly haydn as kappelmeister at eisenstadt. he is widely recognized as a main figure who significantly influenced later piano music of the nineteenth century, such as chopin, liszt or mendelssohn. a very fine a.l.s., ` hummel´, two pages, 4to, weimar, 19th june 1821, to director fränzel, in munich, in german. hummel offers one of his opera compositions and fixes what he considers a very fair price, stating in part `... both as an individual and also as an artist... i offer you my opera \"mathilde von guise\", opera in three acts, for your court theater... as far as the fee is concerned... i therefore believe that i am not making an immodest request when i ask for 25 ducats...´ with address leaf. two small remnants of repairs to the left border, otherwise g to vg \n mathilde von guise is an opera composed by hummel in 1810. premiered in 1811 in vienna the opera was met with great acclaim. in 1821 hummel revised it for a new production."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1255","title":{"es":"hummel johann nepomuk: (1778-1837)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139718/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":850,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:05.771Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":139718,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":800,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139719/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"weber carl maria von: (1786-1826) german composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist. weber is widely considered a main figure in the development of german romantic opera. rare a.n.s., ` \n c.m. von weber´, one page, oblong 8vo, berlin, 26th march 1812, in german. weber, also on behalf of heinrich bärmann, acknolewdges a payment received, stating ` \n we humbly testify to have correctly received the sum of eight ducats from the royal valet de chambre, mr. timm, from the royal treasury´. small age tone to borders as a result of a former affixing, with very small remnants of it to the verso, otherwise g to vg"},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1256","title":{"es":"weber carl maria von: (1786-1826)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139719/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:05.773Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - 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'36' ) and with some instructions in english ( '\u2026.exactly in time, not ritard\u2026' ) and a number of erasures and autograph corrections. dated at the conclusion and again signed by neukomm with his monogram ( 'sn ') bound with string in the original dark brown wrappers. some light age wear and a few minor stains to the inside pages, the paper wrappers with some minor creases and a few small tears, about vg \n autograph musical manuscripts of neukomm very seldom appear at auction, the great majority of his manuscripts now being housed in the bibliotheque nationale in paris. septet was written for the royal philharmonic society in 1832."},"estimateMax":4000,"lotNumber":"1257","title":{"es":"neukomm sigismund von: (1778-1858)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139720/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":3000,"soldPrice":3000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:05.774Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac3,000 - 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\u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139721,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":2000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139722/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"mendelssohn bartholdy felix: (1809-1847) german composer of the early romantic period. a very fine a.l.s., felix mendelssohn bartholdy , a clean and attractive signature, one page, 4to, frankfurt, 26th may 1845, to ricordi, in french. mendelssohn acknowledges the sale of some of his works to the italian family musical editors ricordi, stating ` je soussigné déclare avoir vendu la propriété de mon oeuvre 67 (cahier de six romances sans paroles pour piano seul) pour l´italie à mr. j. ricordi de milan.´ (translation: \" i, the undersigned, declare that i have sold the ownership of my work 67 (notebo ok of six romances without words for piano only) for italy to mr. g. ricordi of milan.\") the letter bears to the upper part two printed italian tax stamps. vg \n songs without words, opus 67, (\"lieder ohne worte\") are a series of well-known and often performed short lyrical piano pieces by mendelssohn, written between 1829 and 1845.  \n g iovanni ricordi (1785-1853) italian violinist and the founder of the classical music publishing company casa ricordi, which classical repertoire represents one of the important sources in the world through its publishing of the work of the major 19th-century italian composers."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"1259","title":{"es":"mendelssohn bartholdy felix: (1809-1847)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139722/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":2000,"soldPrice":2000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:05.777Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac2,000 - \u20ac3,000","currency":"EUR","id":139722,"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":2000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139723/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"liszt franz: (1811-1886) hungarian composer and pianist of the romantic period. a very fine signed and inscribed sepia 9 x 11.5 photograph (22.8 cm x 29.7 cm) of liszt, signed only two months before passing away. the image showing the composer and pianist seated in a full-length pose before his piano. signed and inscribed to the lower mount ` \n a mon très cher belloni, imperturbable belloni \u2013 de 35 à 86, cordiale amitié, f. liszt´, also dated beneath may 86 in his hand. some age toning with small traces of former affixing to the edges, otherwise g"},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"1260","title":{"es":"liszt franz: (1811-1886)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139723/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":2000,"soldPrice":2200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:05.779Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac2,000 - 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\u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139724,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":2000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139725/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"berg alban: (1885-1935) austrian composer. a highly unusual signed hand-print, one page, 8vo (approximately 17 x 21 cm), n.p. (berlin), 14th december 1925. the black ink print is of the composer´s right hand and clearly displays the palmar flexion creases of his palm and fingers. signed ( ´aban berg´ ) in black fountain pen ink to the lower left and dated 14th december 1925 in his hand. with the purple ink stamp of m. rachig´s handarchiv to the upper right corner. a rare and visually appealing form of berg´s autograph. some light creasing and age wear, and with a few small tears to the edges (one close to, but not affecting, berg´s signature). g \n the extraordinary hand-print of berg was taken in berlin on the day of the premiere of wozzeck at the berlin state opera on 14th december 1925. the composer´s first opera, wozzeck is considered to be one of the most famous 20th-century modernist operas.  \n the hand-print was taken by the palmist marianne raschig and used by her in her book hand und persönlichkeit. einführung in das system der handlehre , (1931)."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"1262","title":{"es":"berg alban: (1885-1935)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139725/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":2000,"soldPrice":4400,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:07.600Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac2,000 - \u20ac3,000","currency":"EUR","id":139725,"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139726/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"strauss richard: (1864-1949) german composer. a highly unusual signed hand-print, one page, 8vo (approximately 16.5 x 21 cm), berlin, 21st april 1925. the black ink print is of the composer´s right hand and clearly displays the palmar flexion creases of his palm and fingers, and with a few light brown paint marks to the edges. signed ( ´dr. richard strauss´ ) in black fountain pen ink to the lower left, adding the place and date, berlin, 21st april 1925 in his hand. with the purple ink stamp of m. rachig´s handarchiv to the lower right corner. a rare and visually appealing form of strauss´s autograph. some light creasing and age wear, and with a few small tears to the right edge, g \n the remarkable hand-print of strauss was taken by the palmist marianne raschig and used by her in her book hand und persönlichkeit. einführung in das system der handlehre , (1931)."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"1263","title":{"es":"strauss richard: (1864-1949)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139726/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":3100,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:07.603Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - \u20ac1,500","currency":"EUR","id":139726,"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":80,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139727/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"reimann aribert: (1936-2024) german composer and pianist. best known for his opera \n lear (1978), based on shakespeare´s \n king lear, which he composed at the suggestion of dietrich fischer-dieskau, who performed the title role at the munich premiere. a very fine signed 8 x 10 photograph, the image showing reimannin a profile half-length pose. signed in bold black ink with his name alone to the lower white border of the image. ex"},"estimateMax":120,"lotNumber":"1264","title":{"es":"reimann aribert: (1936-2024)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139727/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":80,"soldPrice":70,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:07.604Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac80 - \u20ac120","currency":"EUR","id":139727,"estimateMin":80},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139728/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"part arvo: (1935- ) estonian composer of contemporary classical music. signed 5 x 7 photograph of part in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. signed by the composer in blue ink with his name alone to the base of the image. ex"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1265","title":{"es":"part arvo: (1935- )"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139728/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":180,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:07.606Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139728,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":4000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139729/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"glinka mikhail: (1804-1857) russian composer. widely regarded as the fountainhead of russian classical music, he strongly influenced future russian composers, notably the members of the five. very rare a.l.s., ` \n michele glinka ´, one page, 8vo, n.p., thursday 6th december, n.y., [1831-1833], in italian. glinka states ` \n avendovi pregato di farmi il piacere di venire oggi in casa mia per le due ore, ho affatto dimenticato di aver un impegno per le due e mezzo; perenini prego di anticipare d´una mezzora la vostra amabilissima visita...´ (translation: \" \n having asked you to do me the favor of coming to my house today for two o'clock, i completely forgot that i have an engagement for half past two; i therefore ask you to anticipate your most amiable visit by half an hour...\") glinka further sends his best regards to his correpondent´s wife ` \n mille saluti a l´amabilissima signore cirilla e credetimi...´ . overall age tone and creasing, otherwise g"},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"1266","title":{"es":"glinka mikhail: (1804-1857)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139729/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":4000,"soldPrice":4000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:07.607Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac4,000 - 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obliging the french to adapt to the russian poetry features, and not to accommodate the russian poetry to the french taste ´; further adding `... my remarks are our dear mr. stasov´s ones ´. with blank integral leaf. accompanied by the original envelope, hand addressed by the composer and signed by him in the return address. a letter of interesting content, possibly referring to the translation of his opera sadko. ex \n  \n mikhail delin (´mikhail ossipovitch´) french translator of rimsky-korsakov´s operas.  \n vladimir stasov (1824-1906) the most respected russian critic during his lifetime. he wanted russian art to liberate itself and served as an elder advisor to the group of russian composers known as \"the five\". the present letter in which rimsky-korsakov refers three times to stasov was written only a few months before stasov´s death."},"estimateMax":4000,"lotNumber":"1267","title":{"es":"rimsky-korsakov nikolai: (1844-1908)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139730/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":3000,"soldPrice":3000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:07.609Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac3,000 - \u20ac4,000","currency":"EUR","id":139730,"estimateMin":3000},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139731/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139731/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"rimsky-korsakov andrey: (1878-1940) russian musicologist, son of the composer nikolai rimsky-korsakov. a.l.s., \n a. rimsky korsakov , two pages, 4to, leningrad, 11th september 1937, to mikhail dmitrievitch, in cyrillic. rimsky-korsakov writes an informative letter, thanking his correspondent for their letter and a clipping from the \n musical times , observing \n ´it seems to me that the comparison between mussorgsky and tchaikovsky in their relationship with women is incorrect. in my book mussorgsky: letters and documents, introduction, page 18, i mention three women with whom mussorgsky, at different times, had affections akin to falling in love: n. p. opochinina, a. a. latysheva, and m. b. shilovskaya´ and further referring to a letter by vladimir stasov which he recalls \n ´mentions some defect of mussorgsky\u2019s male organ, whereby normal coitus was impeded, or something to that effect´ . rimsky-korsakov then proceeds to write at length regarding his own current writing projects, \n ´ \n my small work rimsky-korsakov and tchaikovsky. their personal relations and artistic attitudes (based on their correspondence) was considered \u201cunsatisfactory\u201d by the current head of the muzgiz [state music publishing house], \n grinberg (who also works at the art committee). i have included it in the next five-year plan for the state public library, where i hope to publish it in a somewhat modified form. i do not wish to send it abroad for its first publication, however, for reasons of backward patriotism.  \n i have just sent proof corrections of the fourth issue or volume of my book n. a. rimsky-korsakov. life and work. this issue comprises eleven printed sheets. i will send it to you as soon as it is printed. i hope, as usual, for your kind attention to it and informative notes in the english and perhaps also american and french press.  \n for the twentieth anniversary of the october revolution, the state public library is printing my small book (about five printed sheets) musical treasures of the manuscript department of the state public library. a detailed critical review (with quite comprehensive summary in french). additionally, the first volumes of the so-called academic edition of the complete works of n. a. rimsky-korsakov, edited by m. o. steinberg and myself, are being published.  \n i am 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quelques uns qui trouvent qu´après tschaikowsky la musique russe n´a produit rien d´important´ (translation: ´it seems that most of the german articles are quite favourable, except for a few which consider that russian music has produced nothing of importance since tchaikovsky´ ), further adding it was a pity that dimitriewitch was unable to come to leipzig or berlin as it would have been a great pleasure to have seen him, continuing ´vous me communiquez de beaucoup de conférences que vous allez faire et j´ai appris déjà de m. balakirew que vous avez eu un grand succès à bruxelles. j´admire votre activité infatigable et cette masse de travaux que vous avez a faire toujours´ (translation: ´you tell me of many lectures you are going to give, and i have already heard from mr balakirev that you were very successful in brussels. i admire your tireless activity and the huge amount of work you always have to do´ ), further writing that on his return to st. petersburg he had much of his own urgent work to attend to and apologising for the unintentional negligence and delay in writing his letter. lyapunov also makes a request of his correspondent, ´j´ai appris aussi de m. balakirew que vous allez lui envoyer votre photographie que vous trouvez bonne. si vous aviez la bonté de m´envoyer aussi une, ce serait un vif plaisir pour moi´ (translation: ´ i also learned from mr. balakirev that you are sending him a photograph of yourself that you like. if you would be so kind as to send me one as well, it would give me great pleasure´ ). vg \n mily balakirev (1837-1910) russian composer, pianist and conductor known for his work in promoting musical nationalism and for his encouragement of more famous russian composers, notably pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky. balakirev was also responsible, in the late 1850s and early 1860s, for bringing together the group of composers known as the five (the other four members being alexander borodin, césar cui, modest mussorgsky, and nikolai rimsky-korsokov).  \n lyapunov had travelled to st. petersburg in 1885 in search of balakirev, becoming the most important member of balakirev's latter-day circle. the elder composer took lyapunov under his wing, and oversaw his early compositions as closely as he had done with the members of the five. balakirev's influence remained the dominant influence in lyapunov´s creative life."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1269","title":{"es":"lyapunov sergei: (1859-1924)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139732/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":220,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:07.612Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - 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shall probably never be able to thank you enough for everything. along with this letter, i send you a letter of entrustment. i am so happy that my songs, both old and new, will be coloured by your masterful translation´ , and further remarking ´for a long time, i have been following your active promotion of russian music abroad and have long held you in high esteem. after my personal acquaintance with you this spring, i have grown to love you cordially for your sweet, responsive disposition´ . vg \n michel-dimitri calvocoressi (1877-1944) french-born music critic and musicologist of greek descent who was a british citizen and resident in england from 1914. calvocoressi translated song texts, opera librettos and books from russian and hungarian into french and english.  \n soeur béatrice (op. 50) is an opera composed by gretchaninov between 1908-10."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"1270","title":{"es":"gretchaninov alexander: 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anniversary of the premiere of le sacre du printemps (\u201cthe rite of spring\u201d) , stating in part ` we are leaving tomorrow for toronto where i will record zvezdolikii, my little cantata babel and 4 studies for orchestra. i was delighted with your letter (november 23rd) in which you tell me that boulez will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the performance of the rite [sacre] with a concert in june in which he will also play the 4 studies and \u201czvezdolikii\u201d.´ despite his joy for the news coming from paris and for the forthcoming performances and registering, stravinsky confesses his sadness for the treatment and incomprehension his new compositions receive in his new homeland, the united states. indeed, stravinsky got the french citizenship in 1934 after leaving russia, and would later get the american citizenship in 1945. he cannot understand why his new compositions are so badly welcomed in his new homeland, and why the history repeats itself fifty years later, as it happened with his first works also very badly welcomed in his previous homeland, france, and which are now worldwide acclaimed. with harsh words, stravinsky states ` these days beb has brilliantly conducted \"rake's progress\" here, with wonderful singers and horrible obscurantist insults in the ny press. the rage of these musically illiterate ignorant people towards \"rake\" and my current music is simply incomprehensible! there is something personal in this hatred against me and my music in my new \"homeland´. the postcards, intentionally chosen by the russian composer show two paintings of paul klee (1879-1940), the swiss artist who was also a close friend of stravinsky. vg to ex \n  \n piotr souvtchinsky (1892-1985) russian artistic patron and writer on music. the heir to a sugar fortune, he was the patron and co-publisher of the saint-petersburg musical journal muzikalniy sovremennik founded in 1915. souvtichinsky was a close friend of prokofiev and stravinsky and was the real author of the book la poétique musicale , published as by stravinsky.  \n pierre boulez (1925-2016) french composer and conductor. boulez, in his policy of paying tribute to the great avant-garde composers, was going to celebrate the 50th anniversary of tle sacre du printemps (\u201cthe rite of spring\u201d) with the paris orchestra in 1963.  \n stravinsky was a young, virtually unknown composer when diaghilev recruited him to create works for the ballets russes. le sacre du printemps was the third of such major projects, after the acclaimed firebird (1910) and petrushka (1911). le sacre du printemps is a ballet and orchestral concert work. the original choreography was by vaslav nijinsky. when first performed at the theatre des champs-elysées  on 29th may 1913, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused what many have called a \"riot\". the music achieved greater recognition as a concert piece and is widely considered to be one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century.  \n zvezdolikii, or \u201cthe king of the stars\u201d is a cantata by stravinsky, dedicated to claude debussy, and composed in 1911\u201312. it is set to a text by the russian poet konstantin balmont. the original russian title literally means \"star-face\" or \"the star-faced one\". long considered unplayable, the work is very rarely performed, primarily because it is written for an unusually large orchestra, (including quadruple woodwind, eight horns, three trumpets, three trombones, drums, tam-tam (the entire percussion section only plays in one measure), two harps and heavily divided strings, plus six-part men's chorus) and because it lasts barely five minutes and encompasses just 54 measures. the work was not performed in public until 1939."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"1272","title":{"es":"stravinsky igor: 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card, n.p., 18 th february 1979, to ann goddard. walton has carefully penned in bold blue ink a lengthy bar of music, which he entitles ` polka from façade´. vg \n façade is a series of poems by edith sitwell, best known as part of façade \u2013 an entertainment in which the poems are recited over an instrumental accompaniment by william walton. walton revised the music continually between its first performance in 1923 and the first publication of the full score in 1951. that definitive version of the sitwell-walton façade includes the polka that walton refers to in this musical quote."},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1274","title":{"es":"walton william (1902-1983)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139737/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":260,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:09.014Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - 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the musical situation in france, saying in part ` \n je sais qu´en france, le plus beau pays du monde, les choses ne vont pas toutes seules surtout lorsqu´il s´agit de musique. cependant je m´obstine à penser que 20 jours c´est beaucoup pour 11 concerts...´ ( \n \"i know that in france, the most beautiful country in the world, things don't go smoothly, especially when it comes to music. however, i still insist that 20 days is a long time for 11 concerts..\" further again, and in an amusing way, ysaye refers to locations that his correspondent has not considered ` \n vous ne comptez le cambodge, madagascar, et le kamchatka..?´ (translation: \" \n you are not considering cambodia, madagascar and the kamchatka..?) vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1292","title":{"es":"ysaye eugene: 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(post 1792), to monsieur de la loyauté, in french. vestris presents his compliments and continues ´a lui envoyé l´extrait de baptistaire de son epouse quoi qu´il soit en allemand. monsieur de la loyauté peut voir qu´elle est née le 4 8bre de l´année 1752´ (translation: ´he sends him his wife's baptismal certificate, even though it was in german. monsieur de la loyauté can see that she was born on 4th october 1752´ ). with blank integral leaf. some light age toning to the left edge, otherwise vg \n anna heinel - german ballerina who enjoyed a highly successful career in both paris and london, and is believed to have invented the pirouette. once a great rival of vestris, she retired from the stage in 1782 and the two dancers married a decade later, in 1792. many sources, including the oxford university press, cite the year of heinel´s birth as 1753, contradicting the present letter. she died in 1808, the same year as her husband."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1310","title":{"es":"vestris gaétan: (1729-1808)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139773/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":380,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:07.365Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - 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\u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":139782,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":1500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139783/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139783/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139783/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"courbet gustave: (1819-1877) french painter. an innovator who rejected academic convention and leaded the french realist movement. courbet was active in politics and was imprisoned in 1871 for his involvement with the paris commune, having to live in exile in switzerland until his death. an excellent content and rare a.l.s., ` \n g. courbet ´, two pages, 8vo, trouville-sur-mer, 8th september 1865, to mr. bain, in french. courbet refers to the multiple paintings and portraits he is working on and describes some of them, for these reasons he explains that he cannot return right now, stating in part ` \n je suis obligé de rester ici encore quelque temps, j´ai un ouvrage fou à faire, j´ai déjà fait deux portraits, commencé un grand tableau, j´ai fait deux paysages, et j´en ai encore à faire. j´ai fait par hasard le portrait d´une princesse hongroise, il a un tel succès que je ne peux plus travailler tant j´ai de visiteurs, toutes les autres dames me demandent les leurs, j´en ferai encore deux ou trois pour contenter les plus préssées...´ (translation: \" \n i have to stay here for a while longer, i have a crazy amount of work to do, i have already done two portraits, started a large painting, i have done two landscapes, and i still have more to do. i happened to do the portrait of a hungarian princess, it is such a success that i can no longer work because i have so many visitors, all the other ladies ask me for theirs, i will make two or three more to please the more pushing ones...\") further, courbet asks his correspondent to send him clothes and explains where to find them, ` \n il y a une caisse sous le piano..´ (\" \n there is a large box beneath the piano...\"), and before concluding explains that he will extend his stay at the hotel de france, saying `... \n je pense rester ici encore trois semaines, la mer est admirablement bonne...´ (translation: \" \n i think i'll stay here for another three weeks, the sea is wonderfully good.\") with address leaf, addressed in courbet´s hand, postmarked and stamped. small overall creasing, otherwise g to vg"},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"1320","title":{"es":"courbet gustave: (1819-1877)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139783/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1500,"soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:10.242Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,500 - 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\u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139784,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":2500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139785/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"manet edouard: (18[32-1883) french painter. manet is widely regarded as the founder of impressionism painting. a good a.l.s., ` e. manet ´, one page, n.p., n.d. [`friday´], to claude monet, in french. manet writes to his good friend and colleague monet, in full, \u2018 merci mon cher monet, mais je vous croyais plus... que cela. pour moi c´est comme un cauter sur une jambe de bois. je suis fâché de vous savoir malade, j´espère que cela ne sera rien, amitiés´ (translation: \" thank you my dear monet, but i thought you were more... than that. for me it is like a cautery on a wooden leg. i am sorry to know that you are ill, i hope it will be nothing, i send you my friendly regards\"). paper with atermark. vg \n claude monet (1840-1926) french impressionist painter."},"estimateMax":3500,"lotNumber":"1322","title":{"es":"manet edouard: (1832-1883)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139785/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":2500,"soldPrice":2800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:16.600Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac2,500 - \u20ac3,500","currency":"EUR","id":139785,"estimateMin":2500},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139786/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139786/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"pissarro camille: (1830-1903) french impressionist painter. a.l.s., c. pissarro , two pages, 8vo, hotel d'angleterre, rouen, 14th september 1898, to his wife ( 'ma chere julie' ), in french. pissarro writes on family and domestic matters, explaining that he has written to their son, rodolphe, 'je lui recommende fortement la gymnastique et je lui dis aussi qu'il ne faut pas qu'il s'attarde a londres' (translation: 'strongly recommending gymnastics and telling him not to linger in london' ), further providing the address of joseph lanegin and reminding his wife to ask a carpenter to fix the lock on a case, also making a reference to another of their sons, 'georges est ici, il a commence une grande toile de la rue de l'epicerie' (translation: 'georges is here, he has begun a large painting of the rue de l'epicerie' ) before concluding by referring to their two youngest children, 'embrasses paul et cocotte, dis a cocotte que j'ai des cartes postales de rouen pour elle, je lui enverai cela' (translation: 'give my love to paul and cocotte, and tell cocotte that i have some postcards from rouen for her, and i will send them to her' ). some very light, extremely minor age wear, vg \n in 1871 pissarro had married his mother's maid, julie vellay, with whom he had seven children. six would become painters and the four children referred to in the present letter are georges henri manzana pissarro (1871-1961), ludovic-rodo pissarro (1878-1952), jeanne 'cocotte' bonin-pissarro (1881-1948) and paul-emile pissarro (1884-1972).  \n in his older age pissarro began painting outdoor scenes while sitting by the window of hotel rooms in french cities including rouen. it was whilst in this city, situated on the river seine in the normandy area of northern france, that pissarro (as well as his son) painted the rue de l'epicerie in 1898."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1323","title":{"es":"pissarro camille: (1830-1903)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139786/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:16.601Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":139786,"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":8000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139787/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"gauguin paul: (1848-1903) french post-impressionist painter. a.l.s., p gauguin , one page, 8vo, finistere (breton), n.d. (c.1890), to [albert] aurier, in french. the artist writes, in full, 'j'avais demandé a bernard de m'envoyer la \u201cpleiade\u201d et numero ou est votre \u201csalon\u201d et \u201cle moderniste\u201d concernant a qui m'interesse. vous serez bien aimable de me l'envoyer ci inclus quelques timbres postes pour regler la depense approximative' (translation: 'i had asked bernard to send me the \u201dpleiade\u201d and the number where your \u201csalon\u201d is, and \u201cle moderniste\u201d about which interests me.  you will be very kind to send it to me, including some postage stamps, to pay the approximate expense' ). with blank integral leaf (minor traces of former mounting to the head of the verso). a letter of good association. some very light, extremely minor age wear, vg \n  \n albert aurier (1865-1892) french poet, art critic and painter associated with the symbolist movement. aurier's noted essays les isoles: vincent van gogh and le symbolisme en peinture: paul gauguin were both published in the mercure de france in the early 1890s.  \n  \n emile bernard (1868-1941) french post-impressionist painter and writer, a friend of gauguin, vincent van gogh and other artists."},"estimateMax":10000,"lotNumber":"1324","title":{"es":"gauguin paul: (1848-1903)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139787/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":8000,"soldPrice":8000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:16.602Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac8,000 - \u20ac10,000","currency":"EUR","id":139787,"estimateMin":8000},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139788/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139788/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"renoir pierre-auguste: (1841-1919) french impressionist artist. a.l.s., renoir , one page (folding letter card stationery), small 8vo, n.p. (paris), n.d. (12th october 1918), to [maurice] gangnat ( ´mon cher ami´ ), in french. renoir writes, in full, ´je suis tellement fatigue de tout, toujours souffrant, qui j´ai ete oblige de refuser la vente a trois marchands de tableaux qui se sont casses le nez. j´ai trop de peine pour ne pas faire grand chose que je ne laisserai pas sortir ma toile´ (translation: ´i'm so tired of everything, still suffering, that i've had to refuse to sell to three art dealers who wasted my time. i'm in too much pain not to be able to do much that i won't let my painting go´ ). addressed in another hand to the verso. a couple of very slightly irregular edges, otherwise vg \n maurice gangnat (1856-1924) french engineer and art collector who had his portrait painted by renoir in 1916."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1325","title":{"es":"renoir pierre-auguste: (1841-1919)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139788/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:16.604Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - 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´ the photograph based on the sketch i made of you is finished´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139789/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":7000,"soldPrice":6800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:16.605Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac7,000 - \u20ac9,000","currency":"EUR","id":139789,"estimateMin":7000},{"startPrice":8000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139790/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139790/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) french impressionist painter. a poignant a.l.s., claude monet , two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, rue moncey (paris), n.d., to a gentleman, in french. the artist, down on his luck, writes an anguished letter, commencing ´je suis confus et vous demande un peu d´indulgence pour un pauvre sans-le-sou mais je ne sais vraiment pas où donner de la tête et je viens vous demander de vouloir bien me prendre une ou deux de mes croûtes que je vous laisserai au prix que vous voudrez mettre, 50 fr, 40 ce que vous pourrez car je ne puis attendre plus longtemps´ (translation: ´i am confused and ask you for a little indulgence for a poor man without a penny, but i really don't know where to turn and i have come to ask you to kindly take one or two of my ugly paintings, which i will leave with you for whatever price you wish to pay, 50 francs, 40, whatever you can afford, as i cannot wait any longer´ ) and continuing ´je serai chez moi demain  samedi a rue moncey dès 3h et j´espère bien que vous ne me refuserez pas de venir. excusez je vous en prie mon indiscrètion et croyez à mes sentiments d´estimé´ (translation: ´i will be at home tomorrow , saturday , at rue moncey from 3pm, and i hope you will not refuse me. please excuse my indiscretion and accept my sincere regards´ ). a letter of moving content. a couple of very small, neat splits to the right edges of the central horizontal fold. vg \n monet had moved into his small apartment and studio at rue moncey, near the saint-lazare train station, in january 1877 with the assistance of gustave caillebotte who paid the annual rent of 700 francs."},"estimateMax":12000,"lotNumber":"1327","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) monet, without a penny, makes a desperate effort to sell one of his ´ ugly´ paintings"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139790/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":8000,"soldPrice":13000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:16.607Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac8,000 - \u20ac12,000","currency":"EUR","id":139790,"estimateMin":8000},{"startPrice":4000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139791/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139791/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) french impressionist painter. a.l.s., claude monet , two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, giverny par vernon, eure, 9th may 1885, to [georges] petit ( ´cher monsieur petit´ ), in french. monet states that he has received his correspondent´s letter, which had given him great pleasure, and continues ´je serai venu dès demain vous voir mais j\u2019ai quelque chose à terminer qui ne se peut pas remettre, mais mardi matin, je prendrai le premier train et serai chez vous dans la matinée vers 10 h.´ (translation: ´i would have come to see you tomorrow, but i have something to finish that cannot be postponed. however, on tuesday morning, i will take the first train and will be at your place around 10 a.m´ ). one light central vertical fold, vg \n georges petit (1856-1920) french art dealer, a key figure in the paris art world and an important promoter of impressionist artists.  \n despite the relatively routine nature in the content of monet´s letter, it is not without some significance, and evidently relates to a meeting with petit to finalise details around the international exhibition, which would open less than a week later. as daniel wildenstein states in his biography of monet, ´ever since 1882, when [monet] had seen paris society crowding around the paintings at the international exhibition, he had been attracted to the very beautiful georges petit gallery at 8 rue de sèze. at the time, there had been no question of monet taking part in this important event, which had been confined to twelve artists, including the inevitable (three) members of the institut de france. in 1885.....connections, which played an important part in this self-elected assembly, worked in monet´s favour; he was supported by cazin, who seems to have been on excellent terms with georges petit. on the other hand, georges petit´s interest in monet might equally explain how the latter came to be invited to take part in the fifth international exhibition. of the ten works of monet´s listed in the catalogue, five were of the normandy coast, three were views from the giverny area and two were souvenirs of his mediterranean trip. the exhibition was opened to the public on 15 may, on which date appeared the review most feared by the critics, that of albert wolff of le figaro ......the famous critic devoted his last paragraph to claude monet, whom he acknowledged to have \"much talent\" as a landscape artist......it was seascapes, however, at which monet particularly excelled, in wolff´s view, the best of his selection being a view from étretat and another from cap martin......the international exhibition made it clear to everyone that monet was of interest to a major art dealer other than durand-ruel, namely georges petit´  (from monet - the triumph of impressionism, 2023 edition published by taschen, pp. 258-259).  \n it is also worth noting events between monet and petit (as well as durand-ruel) that occurred towards the end of 1885. to return to monet´s biography, wildenstein writes ´after 1st of november 1885, monet was alone at étretat. but even now he could not devote all his time to painting, as he had to attend to his correspondence.....his relations with georges petit were closer now....and monet was the more tempted by a policy of sharing his production between durand-ruel and petit as \"durand\" had set out on a veritable crusade against forged pictures and was making many enemies among his fellow art dealers. his isolation meant that he was selling some paintings at a loss, and monet was furious with him, accusing him of making \"one blunder after another\"......on 10 december 1885, some days before returning to giverny, monet had to sit down and write a very awkward letter; he had to inform durand-ruel that he was defecting to georges petit. petit had brought him to this by a discreet form of blackmail, proposing to buy several paintings immediately and then offering monet a place in the next international exhibition on the express condition that no paintings belonging to durand-ruel be included. by accepting petit´s dictate, monet quite simply betrayed the man to whom he owed his living for the past five years´. (ibid, pp. 264-266)."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"1328","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) monet to petit, just days before the international exhibition of 1885"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139791/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":4000,"soldPrice":7000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:16.608Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac4,000 - \u20ac6,000","currency":"EUR","id":139791,"estimateMin":4000},{"startPrice":6000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139792/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139792/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) french impressionist painter. a good a.l.s., claude monet , two pages (written to the first and final sides of the bifolium), 8vo, giverny par vernon, eure, 10th july 1891, to mr. knoedler, in french. monet acknowledges receipt of his correspondent´s telegram and letter, and continues ´je ne puis que vous répéter ce que je vous ai deja ecrit, qu´il m´est impossible de faire une nouvelle concession que si vous voulez garder la création c´est au prix de quatre milles. si vous ne le pouvez pas, il faut me la renvoyer´ (translation: ´i can only repeat what i have already written to you, that it is impossible for me to make any further concession, that if you want to keep the painting it will be at the price of four thousand. if you cannot do that, you must send it back to me´ ), and in a postscript further remarks ´etant bien que cela fait douze mille pour les deux toiles prix offert par vous, j´ai du principe´ (translation: ´although it makes twelve thousand for the two paintings, the price offered by you, i have to act on principle´ ). with a contemporary blue pencil annotation to the upper left corner. a few random words within the text of the letter are somewhat light. vg \n m. knoedler & co. was an art dealership established in new york in 1846. the business was originally managed by michel (michael) knoedler (1823-1878) before being passed to his sons, roland (1856-1932), edmond and charles. when the gallery controversially closed in 2011 it was one of the oldest commercial art galleries in the united states, having been in operation for 165 years."},"estimateMax":8000,"lotNumber":"1329","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) monet, acting on his principles, attempts to strike a deal with an american art gallery"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139792/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":6000,"soldPrice":7500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:16.610Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac6,000 - \u20ac8,000","currency":"EUR","id":139792,"estimateMin":6000},{"startPrice":20000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139793/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139793/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139793/006/006.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) french impressionist painter. an excellent a.l.s., claude monet , two pages (written to the first and final sides of the bifolium), 8vo, giverny par vernon, eure, 17th october 1889, to [henri] guérard, in french. monet writes in his characteristic bold purple ink and states, in full, ´je m´occupe d´une souscription que nous faisons entre amis et admirateurs de manet pour acheter son olympia et l´offrir au louvre. c´est le plus bel hommage que nous puissions rendre à la memoire de notre ami et c´est en meme temps une facon discrète de venir en aide a madame manet puisque c´est à elle qu´appartient l´olympia, j´ai pensé que vous seriez heureux de vous joindre a nous en prenant part a cette manifestation. je vous demande donc de me repondre le plus tot possible en me disant pour quelle somme. je dois vous inscrire et si de votre coté vous connaissez d´autres personnes suceptibles de souscrire vous seriez bien aimable de vous en occuper ou de me donner leurs adresses. car il se peut que j´ai oublié des noms´ (translation: ´i am in charge of a subscription that we, friends and admirers of manet, are making to buy his olympia and offer it to the louvre. it is the finest tribute we can pay to the memory of our friend and at the same time a discreet way of helping madame manet, since she is the owner of the olympia. i thought you would be happy to join us in this endeavour. please let me know as soon as possible how much you would like to contribute. i have to register you and if you know of anyone else who might be interested in subscribing, please take care of it or give me their addresses. i may have forgotten some names´ ) and in a postscript further adds ´inclue la liste des souscriptions a ce jour. la somme à réaliser est 20,000 fr´ (translation: ´included is the list of subscriptions to date. the target amount is 20,000 francs´ ). together with monet´s autograph list of subscribers , one page, 4to, headed ´souscription pour acheter l´olympia à madame manet et l´offrir au louvre´ (translation: ´subscription to buy the olympia from mrs manet and offer it to the louvre´ ) and featuring an alphabetical list of thirty-four subscribers and the individual amounts that they have donated, totalling some 15,025 francs at the date of the letter, 17th october 1889. among the subscribers are monet himself, who is recorded as having given 1,000 francs, as well as other artists, writers, art collectors and gallery owners including paul-albert besnard (100 francs), jacques-émile blanche (500 francs), giovanni boldini (1,000 francs), félix bracquemond (50 francs), gustave caillebotte (1,000 francs), louis-robert carrier-belleuse (50 francs), emmanuel chabrier (50 francs), jules chéret (100 francs), théodore duret (1,000 francs), paul durand-ruel (200 francs), gustave geffroy (25 francs), paul gallimard (200 francs), joris-karl huysmans (25 francs), octave mirbeau (300 francs), étienne moreau-nélaton (500 francs), pierre puvis de chavannes (300 francs), jean-francois raffaelli (100 francs), alfred philippe roll (500 francs), henri rouart (1,000 francs), john singer sargent (1,000 francs) and others. a letter of fine content accompanied by the historically important list of subscribers solicited by monet. the letter with a neat split to the upper edge of the central vertical fold of the bifolium and the manuscript list with a couple of similar neat splits to the edges of the folds and with some light dust staining and minor creases to the edges. about vg, 2 \n henri guérard (1846-1897) french painter and printmaker. a friend of edouard manet, guérard posed for one of the artist´s paintings, au café , with the actress ellen andrée in 1879.  \n manet´s olympia (1863) was first exhibited at the 1865 paris salon where it immediately caused controversy. the subject of the painting, olympia, is a white prostitute, seen reclining in a full-length naked pose on her bed, while being attended to by her black maid. olympia´s confrontational gaze towards the viewer sparked shock amongst the public in 1865, however the painting later became appreciated as one of manet´s masterpieces. this was certainly the opinion of monet, who played the greatest part in the campaign intended to have olympia purchased through subscription and then to have it accepted by the french government for display in the louvre. monet´s campaign commenced in 1889 and by february 1890 the artist had raised around 20,000 francs for the acquisition of the painting. however, french law prevented the louvre from exhibiting works until their creators were ten years deceased (manet died in 1883) and therefore olympia was first kept in the musée du luxembourg. it finally entered the louvre in 1907, fulfilling monet´s wishes."},"estimateMax":30000,"lotNumber":"1330","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) monet provides a list of over thirty subscribers for the purchase of manet´´ s olympia"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139793/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":20000,"soldPrice":30000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:16.612Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac20,000 - \u20ac30,000","currency":"EUR","id":139793,"estimateMin":20000},{"startPrice":4000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139794/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139794/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) french impressionist painter. a.l.s., claude monet , one page, 8vo, giverny par vernon, eure, 20th december 1892, to gustave geffory ( ´cher ami´ ), in french. writing in his characteristic bold purple ink, monet writes, in full, ´ entendu pour jeudi je passerai vous prendre à la justice entre 6 et 6 ½´ (translation: ´agreed for thursday i will pick you up at la justice between 6 and 6.30´ ) and in a postscript remarks ´ tachez que chéret soit des nôtres´ (translation: ´ make sure chéret is with us´ ). with blank integral leaf. accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by monet. about ex \n gustave geffroy (1885-1926) french journalist, art critic and historian, a friend and champion of monet. geffroy, noted as one of the first historians of the impressionist art movement, had published his histoire de l'impressionnisme  in 1892, the same year as the present letter.  \n jules chéret (1836-1932) french painter and lithographer, a master of belle epoque poster art who is considered the father of the modern poster.  \n the present letter is written towards the end of 1892, which had been a productive year for monet, completing twenty-six paintings of rouen cathedral. it was also the year in which monet married alice hoschede (in july 1892), following the death of her estranged husband a year earlier."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"1331","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139794/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":4000,"soldPrice":5000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:18.351Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac4,000 - \u20ac6,000","currency":"EUR","id":139794,"estimateMin":4000},{"startPrice":6000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139795/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139795/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139795/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) french impressionist painter. a.l.s., claude monet , two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, giverny par vernon, eure, 22nd october 1892, to gustave geffroy ( ´cher ami´ ), in french. monet writes in his characteristic, bold purple ink and apologises to geffroy for not having thanked him earlier ´de votre obligeance pour le fameux échange du bouquin de botanique qui s\u2019est fait à la joie des jeunes gens´ (translation: ´for your kindness in exchanging the botany book, which was greatly appreciated by the young people´ ), remarking ´je suis un paresseux, vous le savez et ne m\u2019en voudrez pas´ (translation: ´i am lazy, as you know, and i hope you will not hold it against me´ ). the artist further expresses his desire to see geffroy in paris, where he believes he has permanently settled, and continues ´en attendant j\u2019ai un service, un renseignement à vous demander. nous faisons ici une pétition pour obtenir du ministère des postes une seconde distribution de lettres. ne m\u2019avez-vous pas dit dans le temps que pelletan était parent un ami du dit ministre. bref, voyez-vous la possibilité de faire appuyer ou remettre la dite pétition. vous serez bien aimable de m\u2019écrire un mot à ce sujet le plus tôt possible en m\u2019indiquant ce qu\u2019il faut faire´ (translation: ´in the meantime, i have a favour to ask of you. we are here collecting signatures for a petition to the ministry of post to obtain a second delivery of letters. did you not tell me some time ago that pelletan was related to a friend of the said minister? in short, do you see any possibility of getting support for or submitting the petition? i would be very grateful if you could write to me about this as soon as possible and let me know what needs to be done´ ). in a postscript monet informs geffroy ´mirbeau va quitter pont de l\u2019arche pour aller près de paris où il acheté une grande propriété´ (translation: ´mirbeau was leaving pont de l'arche to move to the paris area, where he had bought a large property´ ). accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by monet. vg \n gustave geffroy (1885-1926) french journalist, art critic and historian, a friend and champion of monet.  \n camille pelletan (1846-1915) french politician, historian and journalist.  \n octave mirbeau (1848-1917) french novelist and art critic, a close friend of monet. mirbeau had lived in les damps, close to pont-de-l\u2019arche, and not far from giverny, from 1889.  \n 1892, the year in which the present letter was written, had been a significant one for monet; the artist completed twenty-six of his famous paintings of rouen cathedral, and it was also the year in which monet married alice hoschede (in july 1892), following the death of her estranged husband a year earlier."},"estimateMax":8000,"lotNumber":"1332","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) ´ i am lazy, as you know, and i hope you will not hold it against 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(rouen), n.d. (7th april 1893), to alice hoschedé, in french. monet states that he will send a few words ´car il est tard et mon frère m´attend au café´ (translation: ´because it's late and my brother is waiting for me at the café´ ), lamenting the fact that he may have hurt her feelings, but is aware of his condition, ´j´ai un orgueil et un amour propre du diable´ (translation: ´ i have an ego and self-esteem like hell´ ). monet continues to write of his current work on the famous series of rouen cathedral paintings, ´je veux faire mieux et voudrais que ces cathédrales soient très bien, et je ne peux pas. je tatonne et m´acharne aux memes recherches, au détriment de beaucoup de choses, et quand il me faut constater après des journées de travail, que je n´avance pas d´un pas, il faut bien me rendre à l´évidence. c´est bien triste, et me ronge. il a fait un temps superbe aujourd´hui et j´ai travaillé comme un acharné. si le temps continue je me donne 8 jours et s´il n´y a pas progrès je lache´ (translation: ´i want to do better and want these cathedrals to be very good, and i can't. i flounder and struggle with the same searches, to the detriment of many things, and when i have to admit after days of work that i haven't made any progress, i have to face the facts. it's very sad, and it's eating away at me. the weather was superb today and i worked like a trojan. if the weather holds, i'll give it eight days, and if there's no progress, i'll give up´ ). in concluding the artist confirms that he will be in vernon early the following morning, unless the weather turns grey, and sends his kisses and best wishes to all. a couple of small, minor ink blots to the text. vg \n alice hoschedé monet (1844-1911) french artists' model, wife of the art collector ernest hoschedé and later of the impressionist painter claude monet (from 1892).  \n the famous series of paintings monet made of rouen cathedral - more than thirty in total - were created between 1892 and 1893 and then reworked in monet´s studio in 1894, before being exhibited in paris the following year. each of the paintings capture the facade of the cathedral at different times of the day and year and reflect changes in its appearance under different lighting conditions. historically, the series was well-timed. in the early 1890s, france was seeing a revival of interest in catholicism and the subject of one of its major cathedrals was well received. apart from its religious significance, rouen cathedral - built in the gothic style - could be seen as representing all that was best in french history and culture.  \n the present letter is also of interest for its reference to monet´s little-known elder brother, léon monet (1836-1917). léon monet, a chemist and industrialist with a factory in rouen, was one of the first patrons of the impressionist movement who not only supported his brother when he was poor and struggling to make his name, but also assisted other painters including pierre-auguste renoir, camille pissarro, and alfred sisley. léon monet built a remarkable collection of art and had his portrait painted by claude monet in 1874."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"1333","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) ´ i want to do better and want these cathedrals to be very good´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139796/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":12000,"soldPrice":16000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:18.355Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac12,000 - \u20ac15,000","currency":"EUR","id":139796,"estimateMin":12000},{"startPrice":10000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139797/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139797/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) french impressionist painter. a fine a.l.s., claude monet , two pages (written to the first and final sides of the bifolium), n.p. (rouen), n.d. ( ´mardi soir, 9h 1/2´ , 1892/93), to [alice hoschedé] ( ´ma cherie´ ), in french. monet states that he is sending a few lines so that his wife doesn´t worry and informs her that he has just finished dinner at deauville (?), remarking that he had promised to go at 6.30pm, but ´j´étais encore devant ma cathedrale, fievreux et assoncé de fatigue´ (translation: ´i was still in front of my cathedral, feverish and overcome with fatigue´ ) and adding ´ce ne sera pas faute d´energie si je n´en tire pas quelque chose. mais que de mal malgré cet admirable temps´ (translation: ´it won't be for lack of energy if i don't get something out of it. but what a pain, despite the wonderful weather´ ). monet also thanks his wife for all the trouble she is taking over an unfortunate piece of land and expresses his hope that the permission will be finally given to close it. the artist concludes his letter in affectionate terms and in a postscript makes a reference to his stepdaughter, ´c´est demain le retour de marthe que de choses elle aura à raconter´ (translation: ´marthe is coming back tomorrow; she will have so much to tell´ ). a letter of excellent content, conjuring up a wonderful image of monet at work on one of his famous series of paintings of rouen cathedral. about ex \n alice hoschedé monet (1844-1911) french artists' model, wife of the art collector ernest hoschedé and later of the impressionist painter claude monet (from 1892).  \n marthe hoschedé butler (1864-1925) was the daughter of alice and ernest hoschedé. in 1900 marthe married claude monet´s friend, the american impressionist painter theodore earl butler (1861-1936). butler had previously been married to marthe´s sister, suzanne, from 1892 until her death in 1899.  \n the famous series of paintings monet made of rouen cathedral - more than thirty in total - were created between 1892 and 1893 and then reworked in monet´s studio in 1894, before being exhibited in paris the following year. each of the paintings capture the facade of the cathedral at different times of the day and year and reflect changes in its appearance under different lighting conditions. historically, the series was well-timed. in the early 1890s, france was seeing a revival of interest in catholicism and the subject of one of its major cathedrals was well received. apart from its religious significance, rouen cathedral - built in the gothic style - could be seen as representing all that was best in french history and culture."},"estimateMax":12000,"lotNumber":"1334","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) ´´ i was still in front of my cathedral, feverish and overcome with fatigue ´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139797/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":10000,"soldPrice":16000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:18.357Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac10,000 - 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jours nous attendions le courrier en vain tous en retard causée par le mauvais temps, sont aussi pénibles pour toi que pour moi´ (translation: ´because for the last four days we had been waiting in vain for the post, all late due to the bad weather. this is as difficult for you as it is for me´ ) adding that he finally received her letters of 28th february and 2nd march, remarking ´je ne te cache pas que lorsque un jour passe sans lettre de toi je suis sans courage, car j\u2019ai plus que jamais besoin d\u2019appui, d\u2019encouragement´ (translation: ´i can't hide from you that when a day goes by without a letter from you i am discouraged, because i need support and encouragement more than ever´ ) and continuing to provide news of his painting and the conditions he faces, ´je travaille, mais que de perte de temps. bon dieu, chaque jour c\u2019est un incident un contre-temps imprévu. comme chaque jour je vois de plus belles choses, il a refait très froid après ces dernières chutes de neige, mais aujourd\u2019hui c\u2019est comme un dégel. le soleil devient d\u2019une ardeur extraordinaire et les jours grandissent d\u2019une manière inconnue chez nous et cela se concoit puisqu´en juin il n\u2019y aura pour ainsi dire plus de nuit. je ne sais vraiment pas si j\u2019arriverai à faire une seule toile possible. j\u2019en commence toujours sans jamais retrouver une seconde séance et cependant je sais bien que je vois et comprends mieux comment rendre cette nature. mais il faudrait des mois pour cela, et je redoute que d\u2019un jour à l\u2019autre le dégel soit complet. ce qu\u2019il y a de bête et de regretable c\u2019est de m\u2019être mis dans la tête de rapporter quelque chose, on ne vient pas ainsi dans un pays si différent se mettre à le peindre de but en blanc´ (translation: ´i work, but what a waste of time. good lord, every day there is an incident, an unforeseen setback. because each day i see new beautiful things. it has become very cold again after the last snowfall, but today it is like a thaw. the sun has become extraordinarily intense and the days are lengthening in a way we don't experience at home, and this makes sense since there will be no more nighttimes to come in june, so to speak. i really don't know if i'll be able to paint even a single canvas. i keep starting them, then find i can\u2019t take them into a second session, despite the knowledge i know i\u2019ve gained in how to better render this nature. but it could take months to master, and i fear that from one day to the next the thaw will end. what is stupid and regrettable is that i got it into my head that i was going to bring something back with me, but you can\u2019t just turn up in a country as different as this and find yourself able to start painting it at the drop of a hat\u2019 ), further lamenting the fact that he will have seen very little of norway, and only a small area surrounding christiania (i.e. oslo), and expressing his innermost thoughts, ´pardonnez-moi de ne pas pouvoir t´écrire que je suis dans la joie et content de ce que je fais.....mais tu me connais je ne puis dissimuler et à qui confier mes pensées mes impressions si ce n\u2019est à toi et je te demande de m´écrire le plus souvent possible. j\u2019ai besoin de ton soutien pour me remonter et puis ne te décourage pas peut-être demain serais-je plus satisfait plus heureux, hier je voyais tout d\u2019un bon œil....´ (translation: ´forgive me for not being able to write saying that i am happy and content with what i am doing......but as you know, i\u2019m not capable of hiding my thoughts and impressions, and with whom could i share them if not you, and i ask you to write to me as often as possible. i need your support to cheer me up and so don't be discouraged, maybes tomorrow i will be more satisfied, happier, yesterday i saw everything with a keen eye...´ ). monet further writes of his health, and that of his son-in-law jacques hoschede (with whom he was travelling in norway), makes a reference to his daughter-in-law, suzanne hoschede, and also displays a certain longing for his wife and home ´ de nos santés tu n´as pas à t´inquiéter nous nous portons tres bien. quand à notre chère suzanne ne te décourage pas il lui faut le beau temps......et toi avec tous tes ennuis comment es-tu, tu ne me parles jamais de ta santé. ecris-moi longuement et n´ai jamais de remords si une lettre est en retard ou perdue, car tu me dis n´avais pas recu de nouvelles de moi du lundi au samedi et c´est impossible, puis je t´en pris ne m´adresse pas des lignes si courtes que celle du 28 fev si laconique, une demie page, et qui ressemble a une punition et c´en est une je t´assure. je t\u2019aime ma chérie et pense sans cesse à toi à vous tous ne m\u2019en veux donc pas d\u2019être malheureux tu sais mon énergie mon courage, lorsque je suis au moins un peu favorisé par le temps. cela peut venir encore peut-etre. si j´avais la déveine d´ici quelques jours de voir le temps mauvais.....et enfin si je voyais l´impossibilite matérielle de rien faire et bien je songerai au départ´ (translation: ´you don't have to worry about our health. we are doing very well. as for our dear suzanne, don't be discouraged. she needs good weather......and you, with all your troubles, how are you? you never talk to me about your health. write to me at length and never feel guilty if a letter is late or lost, because you tell me you hadn't heard from me from monday to saturday and that's impossible, so please don't write me such short lines as the one on 28 february, so laconic, half a page, and which feels like a punishment and it is one, i assure you. i love you, my darling, and think of you and all of you constantly, so don't be cross with me for being unhappy. you know my energy and my courage when i'm at least a little favoured by the weather. it may come again, maybe. if i am unlucky and the weather turns bad in a few days' time... and if i realise that it is materially impossible for me to do anything, well, i will think about leaving´ ). the artist concludes his letter in affectionate terms, ´je t´embrasse et t´envoi toute mes pensées tout mon coeur baisers a tous a ma petite a ma grande.....´ (translation: ´i send you all my love and all my best wishes, kisses to everyone, to my little one, to my big one...´ ). a letter of excellent content, not least for its references to the difficulties monet endured during his painting expedition in norway. some very light, extremely minor age wear, vg \n alice hoschedé monet (1844-1911) french artists' model, wife of the art collector ernest hoschede and later of the impressionist painter claude monet (from 1892).  \n suzanne hoschedé (1868-1899) was the stepdaughter and favourite model of monet, and was the subject of his painting the woman with a parasol (1886).  \n claude monet\u2019s trip to norway in 1895 was perhaps the most physically taxing of all his many painting campaigns. touring the country with his stepson jacques hoschedé, who lived in christiania, he was awestruck but initially frustrated in his search for good subjects amid the snow as the present letter suggests. despite this discontent, monet painted twenty-nine norwegian scenes during his two-month stay."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"1335","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) ´ i really don't know if i'll be able to paint a single canvas. i keep starting them, then find i can\u2019t take them into a second session ´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139798/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":10000,"soldPrice":20000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:18.359Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac10,000 - 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( ´mardi soir ´; 10th december 1895), to gustave geffroy, in french. monet commences his letter by enquiring ´et puis mon cher geffroy, qu´est-ce que cette histoire de claude lantier qui n´est pas plus cézanne que manet bien que zola ait eu la pensée de peindre ce dernier et d´en faire un raté´ (translation: ´and then, my dear geffroy, what is this story about claude lantier, who is no more cézanne than manet, even though zola had the idea of painting the latter and making him a failure?´ ) and continues to remark ´plus j´y pense plus je vois là pour vous matière à un superbe article rétablissant en fait et rendant justice au pur artiste qu´est cezanne. mais je suis certain que vous avez pensé comme moi´ (translation: ´the more i think about it, the more i see material here for a superb article restoring the facts and doing justice to the pure artist that cézanne was. but i'm sure you've thought the same as me´ ). with blank integral leaf. accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by monet. a letter of wonderful content in praise and defence of paul cézanne. vg \n gustave geffroy (1885-1926) french journalist, art critic and historian, a friend and champion of monet.  \n paul cézanne (1839-1906) french post-impressionist painter.  \n the french novelist emile zola (1840-1902) had been a childhood friend of cézanne, encouraging the artist in the pursuit of his chosen career. cézanne was best man at zola´s wedding in paris in may 1870, however by the end of the decade the two men were growing more distant and the unassuming cézanne, aware of his inadequacies, began to doubt himself. in 1886 zola, who had become to regard his friend as a failure, published his roman à clef. l´oeuvre, the fourteenth novel of hus rougon-macquart series. the protagonist of the work is claude lantier, a revolutionary artist whose work is misunderstood by an art-going public hidebound by traditional subjects, techniques and representations. lantier does not achieve the realisation of his goals and commits suicide. the book is often blamed for ending the friendship between cézanne and zola. the story of a groundbreaking artist unable to live up to his potential must have seemed intensely personal to cézanne; no correspondence exists between the two after a letter in which cézanne thanks zola for sending him the novel."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"1336","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) monet on ´ doing justice to the pure artist that cézanne was´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139799/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":10000,"soldPrice":22000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:18.361Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac10,000 - 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s\u2019adressent au public´ (translation: ´ i am also very embarrassed to respond [assumedly to daurelle\u2019s questions] as i do not believe that my personality should be discussed outside of my works, the works being the only things intended for public consumption\u2019 ) and also remarking ´et puis je vous dirai franchement que tout en étant passionné de fleurs je ne vois pas bien l\u2019intérêt que cela peut avoir pour les lecteurs du figaro, et je ne saurai vraiment pas que vous dire à ce sujet vous fournissant matière à article´ (translation: ´furthermore, i must admit that, although i am passionate about flowers, i do not see how this could be of interest to readers of le figaro, and i would not know what to say to you on the subject to provide you with material for an article´ ). a letter of good content demonstrating monet´s desire for a private life, and only to have his paintings exposed to the public, and also expressing his affection for plants. a few very light, extremely minor creases, vg \n jacques daurelle (1863-1940) french writer and art critic who published a series of articles entitled chez les jeunes peintres. \n monet´s passion for flowers and the outdoors is, of course, well known. at giverny, where the artist lived and painted for 43 years, he spent many years transforming his gardens and planting thousands of flowers. monet believed that it was important to surround himself with nature, and his gardens served as a major inspiration for his paintings. indeed, his flower garden became the main focus of his artistic production during the last 31 years of his life, not least recorded in his famous series of water lily paintings. of his botanical passion, monet once observed ´what can you say about me, i ask you, a man who is interested in nothing in the world except his painting - and also his garden and his flowers´."},"estimateMax":12000,"lotNumber":"1337","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) ´ i do not believe that my 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in part, ´  en réponse à votre lettre du 15 ct j´ai l´honneur de vous répondre qu´il ne m´est pas possible de participer à la tombola que vous organisez en faveur des sinistrés du courrieres et n´ayant rien de possible à donner je vous ferai donc de recevoir ce modeste billet de cent fr. qui vous prouvera mon bon vouloir et la part que je prends à cette terrible catastrophe´ (translation: ´  in reply to your letter of the 15th inst. i have the honour to inform you that it is not possible for me to take part in the raffle that you are organising in aid of the victims of the courrieres disaster and as i have nothing to give, please accept this modest banknote for one hundred francs as proof of my goodwill and my sympathy in the face of this terrible catastrophe´ ). one very tiny pinhole to the upper edge of each page, vg \n gil blas was a parisian literary periodical founded in 1879 which serialised novels by emile zola and others, as well as publishing many short stories of guy de maupassant for the first time.  \n on 10 th march 1906 europe´s worst mining accident had occurred when the courrieres mining disaster caused the death of 1,099 miners in northern france."},"estimateMax":8000,"lotNumber":"1338","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139801/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":6000,"soldPrice":10000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:18.365Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac6,000 - 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paris and must have received my letter (sent several weeks ago already) since you sent me your beautiful volume of the louvre, for which i thank you very much´ ) and continues ´  mais cela ne me suffit pas et serai bien aise de recevoir un mot de donnant de vos nouvelles.....je veux esperer que vous allez bien vous et les votres´ (translation: ´  but that is not enough for me and i would be very happy to receive a note from you giving some news..... i hope that you and yours are well´ ). monet also sends his own news, ´  ici l´annee ne commence guere bien, ma femme assez souffrante vient d´etre appelee au chevet d´une de ses soeurs\u2026..  bref des soucis des inquietudes; c´est le lot de tous ceux qui avancent en age. je ne pense plus du tout au travail et vois tout en noir´ (translation: ´  the year is not starting well here, my wife, who is quite ill, has just been called to the bedside of one of her sisters\u2026..  in short, worries and concerns; it's the lot of everyone as they get older. i no longer think about work at all and see everything in black´ ) before concluding ´  comme je serai content de savoir qu´il n´en est pas de meme pour vous. c´est ce que je vous souhaite de tout coeur´ (translation: ´  i'd be delighted to know that it's not the same for you. that's what i wish you from the bottom of my heart´ ). accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by monet. some very light, extremely minor age wear, vg \n gustave geffroy (1855-1926) french journalist and art critic, a friend of monet and one of the first historians of the impressionist art movement. his book le palais du louvre: architecture-mobilier-objets had been published in 1909."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"1339","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) ´i no longer think about work at all and see everything in 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fine pair of a.ls.s. by monet to josse bernheim and members of his family, owners of one of the oldest art galleries in paris, the bernheim-jeune gallery. the two letters, written close to each other at a significant time in 1914, serve to demonstrate both monet´s ill temper and his warm generosity, two personality traits for which the painter is well-known. \n (i) a lengthy a.l.s., claude monet , seven pages, 8vo, giverny par vernon, eure, 2nd march 1914, to josse bernheim, on black bordered mourning stationery, in french. monet states that, now he has resumed his activities, ´je viens répondre à votre lettre du 6 février relative à la question georges bernheim, question que dans ma précédente lettre, je qualifierais d\u2019affaire, bien que dès le début il ne fut question grâce à votre aimable intervention que d\u2019une gracieuse obligeance pour éviter un gros chagrin à ma femme´ (translation: ´i am writing in response to your letter of 6th february concerning the georges bernheim matter, which i described in my previous letter as a \u2018case\u2019, although from the outset, thanks to your kind intervention, it was merely a matter of gracious obligation to spare my wife considerable distress´ ), and explaining ´vous m\u2019avez communiqué l\u2019aimable lettre pour laquelle votre cousin consentait à me rétrocéder les toiles qu\u2019il tenait de monsieur j. hoschedé au prix qu\u2019il les avait payées, soit 2000 frs que je vous ai aussitôt adressées en vous chargeant et remercier monsieur g. bernheim de sa si courtoise obligeance à ce moment j\u2019aurai dû comme je le devais et comme c\u2019était mon devoir envoyer un souvenir une esquisse de moi les tourments et les chagrins qui m\u2019ont accablés à cette époque m\u2019en ont seuls empêché´ (translation: ´you sent me the kind letter in which your cousin agreed to sell me the paintings he had acquired from mr j. hoschedé for the price he had paid for them, i.e. 2,000 francs, which i immediately sent to you, asking you to thank mr g. bernheim for his kind kindness. at that time, i should have, as was my duty, sent you a souvenir, a sketch of myself, but the torments and sorrows that overwhelmed me at that time prevented me from doing so´ ). monet further writes, ´le temps passa avec d\u2019autres inquiétudes pour ma vue lorsqu\u2019un jour vous m\u2019informiez que vous aviez bien du souci avec votre cousin à cause de moi.  vous me le répétez plus tard en me priant de vous adresser un mot que vous pourriez lui montrer et par lequel je promettais une toile et cela est un pré-engagement que vous m\u2019aurez fait reconnaissant et signé car jusque-là je n\u2019étais redevable de rien absolument, que d\u2019un manque de reconnaissance que seul j\u2019avais à juger. j\u2019ai donc eu le droit de traiter l\u2019affaire, ce qui jusque-là, j\u2019avais jugé courtoise obligeance´ (translation: ´time passed with other worries about my eyesight when one day you informed me that you were very concerned about your cousin because of me. you repeated this to me later, asking me to send you a note that you could show him, in which i promised a painting, and this is a preliminary commitment that you will have made me grateful for and signed, because until then i was not indebted to you in any way, except for a lack of gratitude that only i could judge. i therefore felt entitled to deal with the matter, which until then i had considered a courteous obligation´ ), adding that he hopes his account of the matter is entirely fair and accurate, and remarking ´quant à fixer moi-même de ce que vous appelez une indemnité je m\u2019y refuse absolument.que mr. g. bernheim le dise lui-même et si selon ce qu\u2019il exigera je le lui adresserai aussitôt où bien les choses resteront telles, il me restera un grand regret d\u2019avoir accepté un service et en plus grand de vous avoir causé tous ces ennuis´ (translation: ´as for setting what you call compensation myself, i absolutely refuse to do so. let mr. g. bernheim say it himself, and if he makes a demand, i will send it to him immediately, or else things will remain as they are, and i will be left with great regret for having accepted a service and, even more so, for having caused you all this trouble´ ). the artist closes his letter by writing ´croyez mon cher ami à tous mes regrets de vous parler si brutalement, mais moi aussi j\u2019ai été très attristé et de m\u2019être trompé´ (translation: ´believe me, my dear friend, i am very sorry to speak to you so bluntly, but i too have been very saddened and disappointed to have been mistaken´ ). accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by monet. two small pinholes to the upper left corners of the pages, and with a few small, minor tears and creases to the black borders. \n (ii) a.l.s., claude monet , two pages, 8vo, giverny par vernon, eure, 1st april (1914), to ´ chers amis´ [josse and gaston bernheim], on black-bordered mourning stationery, in french. monet writes in a sympathetic manner, in full, ´je voudrais bien avoir plus souvent des nouvelles du pauvre sacha bien que j\u2019en ai par lysès mais la pauvre femme doit être si diminué que je n\u2019ose abuser.  je vous demande donc d\u2019avoir l\u2019amitié de me tenir un peu au courant et de me dire ce qu\u2019il en est. michel, qui est à paris aujourd\u2019hui a du aller prendre des nouvelles qu\u2019il me rapportera ce soir, mais demain vous voudrez bien m\u2019envoyer un mot n\u2019est ce pas. je les aime tant tous les deux. merci d´avance et toutes mes amitiés pour ces dames et vous´ (translation: ´i would like to hear more often from poor sacha, although i do receive news from lysès, but the poor woman must be so weakened that i dare not take advantage of her. i therefore ask you to kindly keep me informed and let me know how things are going. michel, who is in paris today, had to go and get some news, which he will bring me this evening, but tomorrow you will send me a note, won't you? i love them both so much. thank you in advance and best wishes to the ladies and to you´ ). in a postscript monet returns to the subject of georges bernheim and his earlier letter, remarking ´ç´en est enfin terminé avec votre cousin. il ne peut en effet se plaindre´ (translation: ´it is finally over with your cousin. he really has nothing to complain about´ ). \n two interesting letters, contrasting in their contents, and written in the year in which monet suffered a number of personal setbacks in his life, although also returned to work on his famous series of water lily paintings. generally vg, 2 \n the brothers josse (1870-1941) and gaston (1870-1953) bernheim-jeune were two of the most prominent contemporary art dealers in paris during the early 20th century. working for the gallery their father, alexandre bernheim (1839-1915), had established in 1863, together they organised the first major exhibition of paintings by vincent van gogh in paris in 1901. earlier in the gallery´s history, bernheim had promoted the first impressionist and post-impressionist artists with exhibitions in 1874.  \n georges bernheim (1870-1958) french art dealer and gallery owner, the cousin of josse and gaston bernheim. whatever their differences at the time of the present letters, monet and bernheim enjoyed a successful business relationship, the dealer acquiring paintings directly from the artist, helping to establish and grow the market for impressionist art.  \n in the first letter monet writes of the ´torments and sorrows´ that had overwhelmed him, evidently a reference to the death of his eldest son, jean monet (1867-1914) which had occurred a little less than a month earlier, on 10 th february 1914 following a period of illness.  \n monet also refers to jacques hoschedé (1869-1941) in his march letter. jacques was the son of alice hoschedé, monet´s second wife, and was quite unlike the other hoschedé children, who were respectful and affectionate. jacques made unceasing demands for money from his mother, eventually leading to claude monet breaking his relationship with his stepson. the open hostility jacques showed towards his stepfather following the death of alice in 1911 had led to her personal estate being put up for sale by public auction in the autumn of 1912.  \n in the second letter monet writes of sacha guitry (1885-1957). the russian-born french stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright had first met claude monet in the summer of 1911 when they were introduced to each other by the bernheim-jeune brothers at their villa ´bois lurette´ in villers-sur-mer. the two men developed a close friendship and in 1915 monet was one of the subjects of guitry´s first cinematic film ceux de chez nous (´those of our home´). the twenty-two minute silent movie was first shown at the théatre des variétés on 22nd november 1915 and is often heralded as the first film about the process of art-making itself and thus the first true artist documentary. the film includes two- to three-minute-long appearances by claude monet and pierre-auguste renoir (both then around seventy-five years old), among other greats of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century french art scene, including the sculptor auguste rodin, the actors sarah bernhardt, andré antoine, and lucien guitry, the composer camille saint-saëns, and the writers anatole france, octave mirbeau, and edmond rostand. guitry\u2019s film helped immortalise monet at a time when cinema was still in its infancy, and the footage gives modern viewers a rare glimpse of monet in motion, painting in his beloved garden at giverny.  \n guitry was married five times, firstly to the actress charlotte lysès (1877-1956) whom monet also mentions in his second letter. guitry and lysès were married in 1907 and later divorced in 1915.  \n the fatal year of 1914 had not begun well for monet, although as he writes in his first letter, by early march he had resumed his activities. importantly, these activities included renewing work on what the artist described as his ´grand decorations´ - the monumental water lilies which would be donated to the musée de l'orangerie in 1922 .   \n as the artist´s biographer, daniel wildenstein, writes of monet in early 1914, ´a long period of near total inaction was drawing to a close. suddenly, abruptly, the need to paint made itself felt again with a new intensity. moreover, monet´s conception of the work ahead of him now took on a scale and an ambition which were unprecedented in the history of the impressionist movement´ (from monet - the triumph of impressionism , 2023 edition published by taschen, p.518)."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"1340","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) (x2) ´ i am very sorry to speak to you so bluntly, but i too have been very saddened and disappointed´ ; monet buys back his own paintings in 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gallery. monet makes reference to his friend sacha guitry in each of the letters, and the correspondence comprises - \n (i) a.l.s., claude monet , two pages, 8vo, giverney par vernon, eure, n.d. (c.1912/14), to a lady (most likely mathilde adler, the wife of josse bernheim), on black-bordered mourning stationery, in french. monet writes in his characteristic bold purple ink and states, in full, ´mille fois merci de votre si aimable invitation à laquelle malgré la sauvagerie que vous me connaissez, je ne manquerai pas de me rendre et ce me sera un double plaisir de revoir et d\u2019applaudir monsieur et madame sacha guitry.merci encore à vous quatre et recevez chère madame mes affectueux hommages ´ (translation: ´a thousand thanks for your kind invitation, which, despite my well-known savagery, i will not fail to accept. it will be a double pleasure for me to see and applaud mr. and mrs. sacha guitry again.  thank you again to all four of you. please accept, dear madam, my affectionate regards´ ). with blank integral leaf. \n (ii) a.l.s., claude monet , three pages, 8vo, giverny par vernon, 6th april n.y. ( ´lundi´ ; c. 1912/14), to josse [bernheim] ( ´cher monsieur josse´ ), on black-bordered mourning stationery, in french. monet thanks bernheim for having kept him informed each day with news about sacha guitry, remarking ´je suis confus de vous donner cette peine mais vous comprendrez mon désir d\u2019être tenu au c[ouran] t. pauvre sacha et pauvre lysès que je le plains et comme je pense à elle, mais que je serai donc heureux lorsque vous m\u2019annoncerez un mieux sensible´ (translation: ´i am sorry to cause you so much trouble, but you will understand my desire to be kept informed. poor sacha and poor lysès, i feel so sorry for her, and how i think of her, but i will be so happy when you tell me that he is feeling better´ ) and also informing his correspondent ´après demain mercredi je me rendrai à joinville pour y faire des plantations afin que lors de la convalescence de sacha ils trouvent un peu de plaisir dans leur nouveau jardin´ (translation: ´the day after tomorrow, wednesday, i will go to joinville to do some planting so that when sacha recovers, they will find some pleasure in their new garden´ ). monet conclues by sending his best regards to bernheim´s brother and their wives, and in a postscript makes a reference to his paintings, ´savez-vous si monsieur leprieur a décidé de prendre mes [tableaux],  au cas contraire je serai bien aise à ne pas les voir s\u2019égarer dans les greniers du louvre´ (translation: ´do you know if monsieur leprieur has decided to take my [paintings]. if not, i would be very glad not to see them lost in the attics of the louvre´ ). \n (iii) a.l.s., claude monet , two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), giverny par vernon, eure, n.d. ( ´vendredi 10´ ; c.1912/14), to ´messieurs et chers amis´ [josse and gaston bernheim], on black-bordered mourning stationery, in french. monet writes in response to having been informed of some positive news concerning sacha guitry, ´je n'ai pas besoin de vous dire comme j'étais heureux hier matin en recevant votre bonne dépêche et plus heureux encore aujourd'hui de savoir qu'enfin qu'il n'y a plus d'inquiétude à avoir, je m'en réjouis comme vous pour ces bons amis et vous remercie mille fois d'avoir bien voulu me tenir au courant´ (translation: ´i don't need to tell you how happy i was yesterday morning when i received your kind dispatch, and even happier today to know that there is finally no more cause for concern. i rejoice with you for these good friends and thank you a thousand times for keeping me informed´ ) further adding ´je compte venir voir sacha la semaine prochaine. je ne viendrai que pour quelques heures, ainsi m'arrangerai pour aller vous dire bonjour´ (translation: ´. i plan to come and see sacha next week. i will only be there for a few hours, so i will arrange to drop in and say hello´ ) and concluding by sending his warmest regards to his correspondent´s wives. \n a fine series of letters, each with good content and associations, vg, 3 \n the brothers josse (1870-1941) and gaston (1870-1953) bernheim-jeune were two of the most prominent contemporary art dealers in paris during the early 20th century. working for the gallery their father, alexandre bernheim (1839-1915), had established in 1863, together they organised the first major exhibition of paintings by vincent van gogh in paris in 1901. earlier in the gallery´s history, bernheim had promoted the first impressionist and post-impressionist artists with exhibitions in 1874.  \n josse married his cousin, mathilde adler (1882-1963) in 1901, while josse´s brother, gaston, would marry mathilde´s sister, suzanne (1883-1961). in september 1901 pierre-auguste renoir was commissioned by the bernheim-jeune brothers to paint a portrait of their young fiancées, and in 1910 the artist would again paint a portrait of mathilde accompanied by her young son, henry dauberville (1907-1988).  \n the russian-born french stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright sacha guitry (1885-1957) had first met claude monet in the summer of 1911 when they were introduced to each other by the bernheim-jeune brothers at their villa ´bois lurette´ in villers-sur-mer. the two men developed a close friendship and in 1915 monet was one of the subjects of guitry´s first cinematic film ceux de chez nous (´those of our home´). the twenty-two minute silent movie was f irst shown at the th é atre des vari é t é s on 22nd november 1915 and is often heralded as the first film about the process of art-making itself and thus the first true artist documentary. the film includes two- to three-minute-long appearances by claude monet and pierre-auguste renoir (both then around seventy-five years old), among other greats of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century french art scene, including the sculptor auguste rodin, the actors sarah bernhardt, andré antoine, and lucien guitry, the composer camille saint-saëns, and the writers anatole france, octave mirbeau, and edmond rostand. guitry\u2019s film helped immortalise monet at a time when cinema was still in its infancy, and the footage gives modern viewers a rare glimpse of monet in motion, painting in his beloved garden at giverny.   \n  guitry was married five times, firstly to the actress charlotte lysès (1877-1956) whom monet also mentions in the present letters. guitry and lysès were married in 1907 and later divorced in 1915.   \n  paul leprieur (1860-1918) was a curator of the louvre museum in paris, joining the department of sculptures in 1896 and nine years later becoming appointed curator of the department of paintings, a position he would hold until his death.  \n  monet´s reference to not wishing to have his paintings ´lost in the attics of the louvre´ was perhaps made a little playfully. the artist´s works were first exhibited at the museum in 1883 as part of the exposition des impressionnistes (exhibition of the impressionists). as a result monet achieved the respect of more established museums almost a decade after his works had been shown in the first impressionist exhibition of 1874. however, monet's paintings were not permanently displayed in the louvre until later in his career, with a more significant institutional acknowledgment happening in the early 20th century, after he had already become a major figure in the art world."},"estimateMax":20000,"lotNumber":"1341","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) (x3) two great french cultural icons: monet writes on sacha guitry"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139804/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":15000,"soldPrice":30000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:15.553Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac15,000 - \u20ac20,000","currency":"EUR","id":139804,"estimateMin":15000},{"startPrice":20000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139805/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139805/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) french impressionist painter. an exceptional illustrated a.l.s., claude monet , two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, giverny par vernon, eure, 11th january 1918, to madame [barillon], a supplier of artists´ materials, in french. monet, writing in bold pencil, makes an urgent request of his correspondent, ´je viens vous prier de me procurer une douzaine de brosses plates de bonne qualité de 11 - 23 dont voici du reste la dimensions exacte. trouvez les j´en ai absolument besoin et le plus vite possible´ (translation: ´i am writing to ask you to procure a dozen good quality flat brushes, sizes 11-23, the exact dimensions of which are given below. please find them as i need them urgently´ ), adding to the lower left corner of the page an original illustration of the head of a paint brush , the simple, yet effective and visually appealing sketch (approximately 4.5 x 6 cm) showing the most important part of a paint brush, the bristles, incorporating the toe, belly and heel, as well as part of the ferrule. the artist continues to write ´ d´autre part je vous demande de m´envoyer les dimensions des deux pieces de toile que vous m´avez reservées. j´ai égaré votre lettre où elles étaient mentionées et j´en ai besoin pour vous faire une commande chassie réponse le plus tôt possible´ (translation: ´i would also ask you to send me the dimensions of the two pieces of canvas you have reserved for me. i have misplaced the letter in which they were mentioned, and i need them to place an order as soon as possible´ ). to the second side of the bifolium appears a pencil annotation, evidently in the hand of the art supplier, recording the measurements of the two canvasses requested by monet as being 20 m and 16 m 30. a wonderful letter, enhanced by the extremely rare illustration. two file holes to the left edge, only very slightly affecting a couple of words of text, and not the illustration or signature. the final page has some light, uniform age toning, and a small area of paper loss to the upper right corner. one small, neat split to the lower edge of the central vertical fold of the bifolium. two small, light, thumb-sized smudges appear to the first page, quite possibly created by monet himself as a result of residue collected on his hands from having handled one of his brushes in order to accurately complete the drawing of it in his letter. about vg \n autograph letters by monet in which he discusses his art materials, including brushes and canvasses, are uncommon. as ashok roy observes in monet´s palette in the twentieth century: ´water-lilies´ and ´irises´ (national gallery technical bulletin, volume 28, 2007) , ´...in spite of many contemporary accounts of monet´s activities, documented interviews with the artist, correspondence and photographs taken in the studio.....there is frustratingly little on monet´s specific choices of painting materials´. the fact that the present letter also features an original illustration in monet´s hand makes it an even greater rarity. there are, for example, no illustrated letters by monet recorded in either the illustrated letter (1987) by charles hamilton, or artists´ letters (2019) by michael bird.  \n at the time of the present letter monet was working on a number of paintings of his famous water-lily pond within the garden at giverny, as well as several other paintings depicting a weeping willow tree growing at the edge of his water garden pond."},"estimateMax":30000,"lotNumber":"1342","title":{"es":"monet claude: (1840-1926) an extremely rare illustrated letter by monet to his art supplier"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139805/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":20000,"soldPrice":55000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:15.555Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac20,000 - \u20ac30,000","currency":"EUR","id":139805,"estimateMin":20000},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139806/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139806/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139806/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"hoschedé alice: (1844-1911) french artists' model, wife of the art collector ernest hoschedé and later of the impressionist painter claude monet. a.l.s., alice hoschedé , two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, giverny, 28th august 1891, to paul gallimard, on black-bordered mourning stationery, in french. hoschedé writes on the instructions of monet and states, in full, ´monsieur monet me charge de vous prevenir qu´il vous expédie aujourd´hui 1 panier de prunes en gare trouville-deauville. j´espère que vous et votre famille êtes en bonne santé et vous prie de recevoir mes meilleurs souvenirs´ (translation: ´mr. monet has asked me to inform you that he is sending you one basket of plums today to trouville-deauville station. i hope you and your family are well and send you my best regards´ ). accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by hoschedé. about ex \n paul gallimard (1850-1929) french art collector, bibliophile and theatre owner, the father of the publisher gaston gallimard."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"1343","title":{"es":"hoschedé alice: (1844-1911)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139806/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":460,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:15.557Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac300 - \u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":139806,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139807/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"durand-ruel paul: (1831-1922) french art dealer associated with the impressionists and the barbizon school, and an early champion of the artists claude monet, camille pissarro, and pierre-auguste renoir. a.l.s., durand-ruel , one page (square graph paper), 8vo, paris, 23rd september 1886. to a lady [alice hoschedé], in french. durand-ruel announces ´je vous envoi cinq cents francs que mr. monet me charge de vous faire remettre´ (translation: ´i am sending you five hundred francs that mr. monet has asked me to give you´ ) and asks that she acknowledge receipt of the payment. a few small, minor tears to the upper and lower edges, vg \n claude monet (1840-1926) french impressionist painter.  \n alice hoschedé (1844-1911) french artists' model, wife of the art collector ernest hoschede and later of the impressionist painter claude monet."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"1344","title":{"es":"durand-ruel paul: (1831-1922)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139807/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":420,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:15.558Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac300 - \u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":139807,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139808/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139808/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139808/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139808/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"cassatt mary: (1844-1926) american painter associated with the impressionists. a.l.s., mary cassatt , four pages, small 8vo, château de beaufresne, mesnil-theribus (oise), 29th may n.y., to [achille segard], in french. cassatt offers her correspondent congratulations on mrs. segard´s health having finally been restored, remarking ´je sais ce que c´est que les angoisses que cause la maladie de ceux qui nous sont chers´ (translation: ´i know what it is like to worry about the illness of those we love´ ) and continues to refer to her own health, ´pour moi le printemps a ete très dur, les brusques changements de temps m´ont fait beaucoup de mal. je suis ici depuis douze jours et j´ai en une rechute bien pénible causée par le froid et l´humidité. quand il y a du soleil je vais mieux mais pour le moment je ne suis pas encore assez remise pour aller a paris´ (translation: ´spring has been very difficult for me; the sudden changes in weather have been very hard on me. i have been here for twelve days and have had a painful relapse caused by the cold and damp. i feel better when the sun is out, but for the moment i am not well enough to go to paris´ ) further inviting her correspondent to visit her and discussing potential travel arrangements. cassatt also provides her correspondent with some information regarding her artworks ´quant au tableau de nus que vous voulez voir mme. mayer 5 rue lafille connait des amateurs ayant des tableaux de moi, et elle possède aussi quelques pastels. mes amis ronart sont morts, mais les hértiers vous montreront mes tableaux. je crois que m. durand-ruel peut arranger cela. la plupart de mes tableaux sont chez monsieur stillman 19 rue rembrandt qui vous les ferez voir, mais il est absent en ce moment mais seul de retour avant longtemps, et je vous aviserais aussitôt´ (translation: ´as for the nude painting you want to see, mrs mayer at 5 rue lafille knows some art lovers who have paintings of mine, and she also has a few pastels. my friends ronart are dead, but their heirs will show you my paintings. i think mr durand-ruel can arrange that. most of my paintings are at mr. stillman's, 19 rue rembrandt, who will show them to you, but he is away at the moment and will not be back for some time. i will let you know as soon as he returns´ ). a letter of good association. vg \n achille segard (1872-1936) french art critic and writer who published mary cassatt: un peintre des enfants et des mères in 1913, considered the earliest biography of the painter."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"1345","title":{"es":"cassatt mary: (1844-1926)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139808/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:15.560Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - \u20ac1,500","currency":"EUR","id":139808,"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139809/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139809/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"vuillard edouard: (1868-1940) french painter. a.l.s., e vuillard , one page, 8vo (folding letter card), n.p. (paris), 24th september 1918, to walter berry, in french. the artist writes, in full, ´j´ai vu dans un journal que l´etat francais modifiait, lui aussi, la tache rouge qu´il avait faite à votre vêtement, cela me réjouit et me rassure sur l´opportunité et la valeur des \"retouches\". en ai-je mis tant de complaisance´ (translation: ´i saw in a newspaper that the french government was also changing the red flaw it had put on your clothing, which makes me happy and reassures me about the appropriateness and value of \u2018retouching\u2019. i was so complacent in putting it there´ ). hand addressed by vuillard to the verso. a letter of interesting association. vg \n walter berry (1859-1927) american lawyer, diplomat and francophile who served as president of the american chamber of commerce in paris from 1916-23. berry was a close friend of the writers henry james, edith wharton, and marcel proust."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1346","title":{"es":"vuillard edouard: (1868-1940)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139809/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:15.561Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139809,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139810/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139810/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"bonnard pierre: (1867-1947) french painter, a leading figure in the transition from impressionism to modernism. a brief a.l.s., \n p bonnard , to the recto of a plain postcard, cannes, alpes-maritimes, n.d. (11th july 1944), to the art dealer [hector] brame, in french. the artist writes, in full, \n ´merci pour le petit flacon cela m´a bien dépanné. tout va a peu près bien ici. nous serons contents de vous revoir bientot´ (translation: \n ´thanks for the little bottle, it really helped out. everything is more or less fine here. we look forward to seeing you again soon´ ). hand addressed by bonnard to the verso, and again signed ( \n ´bonnard´ ) in the return address panel. one vertical central fold and some light age wear, about vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1347","title":{"es":"bonnard pierre: (1867-1947)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139810/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:15.563Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139810,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139811/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139811/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139811/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139811/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"dufy raoul: (1877-1953) french fauvist painter. a.l.s., raoul dufy , four pages, 8vo, paris, n.d. ( 'jeudi' ; 5 th october 1917), to jean emile laboureur, in french. dufy states that his despatch must have surprised his correspondent and continues to explain a delay in the printing of an almanac, which is to be so late that poiret wishes to abandon the idea for the present year, further writing of other work, 'je viens de terminer les gravures des elegies martiales et nous vous enverrons un exemplaire aussitot paru.  je vois avec plaisir que vous avez beaucoup travaille et je suis sur que vous avez amasse de quoi travailler longtemps. avez vous fait de la peinture? je me seus une furieuse envie de m'y remettre\u2026.' (translation: 'i have just finished the engravings of the elegies martiales and we will send you a copy as soon as it appears. i see with pleasure that you have worked a lot and i am sure that you have amassed enough to work for a long time. did you paint? i feel a furious desire to get back to it\u2026..' ) and also making reference to roger allard, 'vous apprendrez que notre ami allard vient de se blesser assez grievement. je viens de recevoir une lettre de lui est raide et immobile sur un lit d'hopital, il souffre blessures a la jambe gauche a la main droite, a la levre et brulures sur le corps. il faut attendre des precisions et esperer que ces blessures ne seront que legeres' (translation: 'you will learn that our friend allard has just been seriously injured.  i have just received a letter from him, he is stiff and motionless on a hospital bed, he suffered injuries to his left leg, right hand, lip and burns on his body. we have to wait for details and hope that these injuries will only be slight' ). accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by dufy. a couple of very light, extremely minor stains to the upper right edge of the first page, not affecting the text. vg \n  \n jean emile laboureur (1877-1943) french painter, designer, engraver, watercolourist, lithographer and illustrator.  \n  \n roger allard (1885-1961) french writer, art critic and translator whose book of poetry, les elegies martiales (1917), was illustrated with woodblock prints by dufy, and whose work l'appartement des jeunes filles (1919) was the first book which laboureur provided illustrations for."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"1348","title":{"es":"dufy raoul: (1877-1953)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139811/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:15.564Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac300 - \u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":139811,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139812/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"picabia francis: (1879-1953) french avant-garde painter associated with cubism. a.l.s., \n francis picabia , one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. ( \n ´dimanche???´ ), to a friend, in french. picabia informs his correspondent that he sent him seventeen paintings by express delivery a week ago, and hopes that they will arrive in good condition, further adding \n ´je compte partir pour paris dans quelques jours et allez vous voir de suite. je vais faire deux dessins et les apporterai avec moi´ (translation: \n ´i plan to leave for paris in a few days and will come to see you right away. i will make two drawings and bring them with me´ ). vg"},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"1349","title":{"es":"picabia francis: (1879-1953)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139812/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:15.566Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":139812,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139813/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139813/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139813/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"kisling moise: (1891-1953) polish-born french painter, a member of the parisian avant-garde also known as the school of paris. a.l.s., \n kiki , two pages, 4to (airmail stationery), central park south, new york, 2nd july 1945, to ruth thomas, in french. kisling thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks \n ´ \n enfin je vois que tu es de nouveau pas très gaie de retrouver hollywood et malgré la séparation de sept mois le pays ne te paraît pas très gai. mais que faire?´ (translation: \n ´ \n finally, i see that you're not very happy to be back in hollywood, and despite the seven-month separation, the country doesn't seem very cheerful to you. but what can you do?´ ), further stating \n ´ \n c'est encore mieux de s'embêter au soleil que rigoler dans une ville qui te tue.  \n j'espère que tu vas devenir une bonne californienne et peut-être pour quelques années encore vu que notre chère europe est et sera encore longtemps dans la merde.  \n moi qui a rêvé de prendre le premier bateau pour rentrer je suis toujours là et ne sais vraiment pas quand je partirai tellement les lettres que je reçois de là-bas sont effrayantes!´ (translation: \n ´ \n it's better to be bored in the sun than to laugh in a city that's killing you. i hope you'll become a good californian, maybe for a few more years, since our beloved europe is and will continue to be in the shit for a long time to come. \n i, who dreamed of taking the first boat home, am still here and have no idea when i'll leave, because the letters i receive from there are so frightening!´ ). kisling further writes of mutual friends, \n ´ \n même georges qui a vraiment besoin de rentrer de tous les points de vu - recule toujours son voyage et au dernier moment comme aujourd\u2019hui par exemple le bateau devait partir- il a encore reculé son voyage de quinze jours qu\u2019il dit !!  \n andré a raison d\u2019être faché contre moi mais vraiment je suis trop lache ! je ne sais pas comment expliquer mon silence après tant de lettres qu\u2019il m\u2019a envoyé.  \n au sujet de lettres que tu m'écris et que tu penses que madeleine peut les lire tu as tort - primo elle vient ici très rarement et même si elle vient elle sait que je lui aurais cassé la tête si elle aurait jeté un regard sur une lettre adressée à moi´ (translation: \n ´ \n even georges, who really needs to come home for all sorts of reasons, keeps putting off his trip, and at the last minute, like today for example, when the boat was about to leave, he postponed his trip again, for another fortnight, he says!  \n andré is right to be angry with me, but i'm really too cowardly! i don't know how to explain my silence after all the letters he has sent me.  \n as for the letters you write to me that you think madeleine might read, you're wrong - first of all, she hardly ever comes here, and even if she did, she knows i'd give her hell if she so much as glanced at a letter addressed to me´ ). accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by kisling. a letter of good content in which kisling, like many others, ponders the situation in france in the immediate aftermath of germany´s unconditional surrender of its armed forces, which had taken place in early may 1945. a couple of light creases and one very small, minor tear to the lower right corner, vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1350","title":{"es":"kisling moise: (1891-1953)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139813/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:15.568Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139813,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":700,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139814/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"kisling moise: (1891-1953) polish-born french painter, a member of the parisian avant-garde also known as the school of paris. a.l.s., \n m. kisling , one page, 4to, savary (var), 8th june 1926, to a friend, in french. kisling writes \n ´je viens de voir la première page de l´art vivant - comment vous remercier? je ne sais vraiment pas!´ (translation: \n ´i just saw the front page of art vivant - how can i thank you? i really don't know!´ ). some light creasing and age wear to the edges, and a few minor, neat splits to the edges of folds, g"},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"1351","title":{"es":"kisling moise: (1891-1953)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139814/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":700,"soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:19.846Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac700 - \u20ac900","currency":"EUR","id":139814,"estimateMin":700},{"startPrice":250,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139815/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"kisling moise: (1891-1953) polish-born french painter, a member of the parisian avant-garde also known as the school of paris. a good 8vo monochrome plate illustration, the image being of kisling´s portrait kiki, par kisling , removed from an edition of kiki souvenirs (1929), the autobiography of kiki de montparnasse. signed and inscribed by kisling in black ink to the lower white border, ´à thomas, à thomas, à thomas, m kisling´ . with a pencil annotation in an unidentified hand indicating that the inscription was made to henri thomas, 1929. neatly trimmed to the edges and laid down, g \n kiki de montparnasee (1901-1953) alice prin. french model, chanteuse, memoirist and painter. the lover of man ray, kiki was the model for the celebrated photographs le violon d´ingres (1924) and noire et blanche (1926)."},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1352","title":{"es":"kisling moise: (1891-1953)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139815/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":320,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:19.848Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - \u20ac350","currency":"EUR","id":139815,"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139816/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"montparnasse kiki de: (1901-1953) alice prin. french artist´s model, chanteuse, memoirist and painter. the lover of man ray, kiki was the model for the celebrated photographs \n le violon d´ingres (1924) and \n noire et blanche (1926). a scarce presentation inscription and signature ( \n ´kiki´ ) to an 8vo page, most likely the front free endpaper removed from an edition of her autobiography \n kiki souvenirs (1929), paris, 1929. kiki writes, \n ´a thomas, vingt sous le livre qui écrit de si beaux livres que le mien en palit de jalousie´ (translation: \n ´to thomas, twenty sous a book who writes such beautiful books that mine turns pale with envy´ ) and beneath her inscription adds an original drawing in her hand of a book with the title \n kiki souvenirs to one cover, and \n thomas? to the other. to the lower part of the page appears the signature and inscription ( \n ´a vous thomas. ami chic, bien sincerement, h broca´ ) of \n henri broca , a cartoonist, editor, and publisher of \n kiki souvenirs , as well as kiki´s lover for a period following the end of her relationship with man ray. some light creasing and minor age wear, neatly laid down. about vg"},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"1353","title":{"es":"montparnasse kiki de: (1901-1953)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139816/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":2200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:19.849Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac500","currency":"EUR","id":139816,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139817/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"ray man: (1890-1976) american visual artist, a significant contributor to the dada and surrealist movements and a renowned pioneering fashion and portrait photographer. a good, attractive small original pen and ink drawing signed by man ray on a small 8vo page removed from an autograph album, n.p. (geneva), 1952. within a white panel (approximately 5 x 6.5 cm) on the pale green page man ray has drawn a small head with two round eyes, which could be interpreted as either a human or animal, adding the word minettes across the top, possibly representing hair (or antlers?). the artist has framed the drawing with four straight lines, adding his signature and date to the lower right corner. some light age wear and one small area of paper loss to the upper left corner, not affecting the drawing or signature. about vg \n several ink annotations in an unidentified hand to the verso of the page indicate that the previous owner of the autograph album visited the café du palais and palais mascotte in geneva, and it is possible that man ray made his entry in the album whilst frequenting one of the establishments. the palais mascotte was one of the city's oldest cabarets, which saw most foreign artists passing through until it closed in the late 1990s. perhaps man ray´s image was intended to represent the young men and women (´minettes´) who patronised the palais mascotte, where people came from far and wide to spend a few \u2018naughty\u2019 hours."},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"1354","title":{"es":"ray man: (1890-1976)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139817/view","tags":["esart_drawings","escollectibles_autographs","esart","escollectibles_all","esart_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":3400,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:19.851Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":139817,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":250,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139818/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139818/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"matisse henri: (1869-1954) french artist and renowned painter. a leading figure in modern art. signed 5 x 4 piece, \n `h. matisse´, in bold blue ink. accompanied by the original envelope addressed in matisse´s hand, postmarked and stamped in nice, 12 \n th march 1951. vg"},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1355","title":{"es":"matisse henri: (1869-1954)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139818/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":240,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:19.852Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - \u20ac350","currency":"EUR","id":139818,"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139819/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"matisse henri: (1869-1954) french painter and artist. a.q.s., \n `henri matisse´, one page, folio, n.p., july 1936, in french. the head of the page is annotated in the hand of a collector, stating \"maximes de vie des grands peintres contemporains\" ('life maxims of the great contemporary writers\"). matisse annotates his reponse in large words and across the blank page, stating \n 'tout droit - henri matisse´ (translation: \" \n straight ahead - henri matisse\") a short and concise statement by matisse, explaining in his way what he considers a maxim of life, which is to keep on going and continue with your life and work following the path you established. some very minor, light age toning to the edges with very small crease, otherwise g"},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"1356","title":{"es":"matisse henri: (1869-1954)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139819/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":1200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:19.854Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":139819,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":800,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139820/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"matisse henri: (1869-1954) french artist. a very interesting content a.ns.s., `henri matisse´, one page, folio, n.p., 2nd august 1945, in french. matisse responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled \" enquete mondiale\" ('world enquiry' ) to the heading, with the researcher's manuscript interesting questions beneath, ' 1. vos debuts artistiques furent-il heureux ou difficiles? 2. des moyens d'existence (un second metier ou une fortune personelle) vous permirent-ils de vous faire un nom dans la peinture, ou ne vecutes-vous que de votre art? 3. quel ouvrage (ou quel tableau) vous fit-il le plus connaitre? lequel considerez-vous comme votre chef d'oeuvre? ' (translation: ' 1. were your artistic debuts happy or difficult? 2. did the means of existence (a second job or a personal fortune) allow you to make a name for yourself in the painting art, or do you only live from your art? 3. what work (or what painting) was the one that made you being known? which one do you consider your masterpiece? ). matisse provides his brief answers beneath, indicating which one is in his opinion the painting that made him well-known, saying in full, ' 1º difficiles. - 2º je n´ai fait que de la peinture. - 3º le bonheur de vivre.musée fondation barbes merion - philadelphie. - 4º je laisse ça au jugement des autres.´ (translation: \" 1st difficult. - 2nd i only did painting. - 3rd the joy of life. barbes merion foundation museum - philadelphia. - 4th i leave that to the judgment of others.\") very small minor age tone to the bottom edge, otherwise vg \n le bonheur de vivre (\" the joy of life \") is a 1906 painting by henri matisse. along with picasso´s les demoiselles d´avignon , le bonheur de vivre is regarded as one of the pillars of early modernism.  the monumental canvas was first exhibited at the salon des indépendants in paris in 1906, where its cadmium colors and spatial distortions caused a public expression of protest and outrage."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1357","title":{"es":"matisse henri: (1869-1954)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139820/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:19.855Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":139820,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139821/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"derain andre:   \n (1880-1954) french artist, painter and sculptor, a co-founder of fauvism with henri matisse. a.l.s.,  \n a derain \n , one page, 4to, rue d´arras, paris, 16th october 1943, to a gentleman, in french. the artist explains that his recent absence from paris has prevented him from immediately responding to his correspondent´s letter, and adds ´en conséquence je vous demanderai de me donner rendez-vous à mon atelier à partir de jeudi 21 octobre au jour et a l´heure qui vous plairons´ (translation: ´i would therefore ask you to arrange an appointment at my studio from thursday 21 october onwards, at a time that suits you´ ). two file holes to the left edge and a neat split to the right edge of the central horizontal fold, g"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1358","title":{"es":"derain andre: (1880-1954)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139821/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":170,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:19.856Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139821,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":250,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139822/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"leger fernand: (1881-1955) french painter, sculptor and filmmaker. a.l.s., with his initials fl , one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. ( ´samedi 22´ ), to some friends, in french. leger, writing in bold pencil, begins his letter by asking ´pensez-vous que ce dessin sans aucune légende puisse aller de ma part comme hommage à paul eluard?´ (translation: ´do you think this drawing without any caption could be sent by me as a tribute to paul eluard?´ ) and continues to remark ´il faudra faire attention au resultat du dichage qui est délicat: deux trames. l´une très, très foncée dans les parties bleu foncé, l´autre assez foncée dans tout le reste du dessin sauf l´ecriture et les flocons de neige´ (translation: ´you will have to pay attention to the result of the guessing game, which is tricky: two patterns. one is very, very dark in the dark blue parts, the other is quite dark in the rest of the drawing except for the writing and the snowflakes´ ). in a postscript leger adds that he is leaving for grenoble tonight and won´t return until tuesday. some light creasing and an area of paper loss to the lower right corner, not affecting the text or signature, g \n paul eluard (1895-1952) french poet, one of the founders of the surrealist movement."},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1359","title":{"es":"leger fernand: (1881-1955)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139822/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":240,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:19.858Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - \u20ac350","currency":"EUR","id":139822,"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139823/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139823/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"chagall marc: (1887-1985) russian-born french artist. a good book signed, incorporating several original pen and ink illustrations by chagall, being a softcover edition of \n lumières allumées by bella chagall, first edition of the french translation (by ida chagall), published by editions des trois collines, geneva-paris, 1948, and featuring forty-five illustrations by marc chagall. limited edition of 2690 numbered copies (this copy being no. 1426) printed on wood-free vellum paper. signed by chagall in blue ink to the front free endpaper and dated \n vence-bern, 1958 in his hand. above his signature chagall has added three simple, attractive original black pen and ink illustrations of spruce trees and, continuing with the christmas tree theme, has also added a pen and ink drawing of a bauble to the base of the page, incorporating an appealing self-caricature within the glass ornament. bound in the publisher´s illustrated paper wrappers. vg"},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"1360","title":{"es":"chagall marc: (1887-1985)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139823/view","tags":["escollectibles_booksmagazinespaper","escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:19.859Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - \u20ac1,500","currency":"EUR","id":139823,"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":800,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139824/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139824/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"utter andré: (1886-1948) french painter. best known for having been the second husband and manager of french painter suzanne valadon and the step-father of her son, maurice utrillo. the trio have also been called the \" trinité maudite\" (\"cursed trinity\") because of their quarrels, reconciliations, and alcoholism. a good letter of association, a.l.s., ` andré utter´, two pages, written to the first and fourth page of a bilofium, 8vo, st. bernard par anse, rhône, 6th october 1927, to jacques guenne, in french. utter refers to valandon and to utrillo, stating in part ` s.  valadon a bien reçu ce matin votre aimable lettre. nous devons venir demain vendredi 7 à paris pour y passer la journée de samedi. affaires! et repartir aussitôt pour ici où nous sommes encore utrillo et nous pour un temps assez long. s. valadon se dit contrariée de ce contre-temps...´ (translation: \" s. valadon received your kind letter this morning. we are due to come to paris tomorrow, friday the 7th, to spend saturday there. business! and leave immediately back here, where where we are still staying with utrillo for a fairly long time. s. valadon says she is upset because of this inconvenience...\") further, utter refers again to utrillo and to some portraits, saying ` vous serait-il possible, cher monsieur, de la faire passer avec utrillo, tout à la fin de la série de vos portraits d´artistes?...´ (translation: \" would it be possible for you, dear sir, to show it with utrillo, at the very end of your series of portraits of artists?...\")  \n jacques guenne (1896-1945) french writer and critic. founder of the french journal les nouvelles littéraires."},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"1361","title":{"es":"utter andré: (1886-1948)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139824/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.271Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,000","currency":"EUR","id":139824,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139825/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139825/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"utrillo valore lucie: (1878-1965) born lucie veau. also known as lucie utrillo after her marriage to maurice utrillo. french artist, painter and engraver. unusual card signed \n `lucie utrillo´,  to a 5.5 x 4 bifolium card, paris, 29th december 1955, in french. the card was issued a month after maurice utrillo passed away and was intended to be sent to close friends. the front cover shows a printed artistic sketch done by lucie valore showing maurice utrillo and herself. to the inside pages the facsimil text states ` \n en ces jours heureux n´oubliez pas le coup fatal du destin qui a brisé l´émouvant amour de maurice et lucie. elle vous remercie de tout son coeur meurtri de votre lettre´ (translation: \" \n in these happy days, do not forget the fatal blow of fate that shattered the moving love of maurice and lucie. she thanks you with all her heart, bruised for your letter.\") g"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1362","title":{"es":"valore lucie: (1878-1965)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139825/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":130,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.273Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139825,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139826/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139826/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"laurencin marie: (1883-1956) french painter, an important figure in the parisian avant-garde as a member of the cubists associated with the section d'or. a.l.s., ` \n marie laurencin ´, one page, 8vo, n.p. [paris], n.d., to jean denoel, to doctor marthe lamy, in french. laurencin writes on behalf of jacqueline granier an urgent message to her correspondent, a doctor, forwarding granier´s phone and address, stating ` \n jacqueline granier vient de téléphoner. fièvre 38. grippe. pauvre petite. elle pense à son travail, on ne la payera pas!!! alors elle vous téléphone, nous savons que vous n´êtes pas là le matin. aussitôt que vous pourrez aller - peut-être il y a de belles femmes couvertes de bijoux, mais les travailleuses - seules. j´ai honte tout à coup de mon jour de l´an´ (translation: \" \n jacqueline granier just called. fever 38. flu. poor little girl. she's thinking about her work, they won't pay her!!! so she's calling you, we know you're not there in the morning. as soon as you can go - maybe there are beautiful women covered in jewels, but the workers - alone. i'm suddenly ashamed of my new year's day.\") accompanied by the original envelope. vg"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1363","title":{"es":"laurencin marie: (1883-1956)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139826/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":130,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.274Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139826,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139827/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"vlaminck maurice de: (1876-1958) french painter, one of the principal figures of the fauve movement. a good a.l.s., ` vlaminck ', one page, 4to, on his « la tourilière rueil-la-galière, eure & loire » printed stationery, n.d. [juillet 1928], to monsieur guiot, in french. vlaminck refers to the engravings sold to his correspondent, stating ` par le même courrier je vous fais parvenir les deux paquets gravures signées. l´une : le carrefour à sotteville-les-rouen. l´autre : la place du marché à la ferté. vous serez aimable de me faire parvenir le montant convenu par chèque barré ´ («by the same shipment i send you the two signed engraving packages.  one of them containing: the crossroads at sotteville-les-rouen. the other one containing: the market square in la ferté. you will be kind enough to send me the agreed amount by crossed cheque ») very small tear to the left edge, otherwise g to vg \n  \n marcel guiot was a french editor and art dealer, owner of a well-known gallery at 4 rue volney in paris.  \n the engravings mentioned in the present letter are ` la ferté-alais, place du marché´ (1928), and ` le carrefour de sotteville-les-rouen´ (1928), both being drypoint etchings."},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1364","title":{"es":"vlaminck maurice de: (1876-1958)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139827/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.276Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139827,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139828/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"rouault georges: (1871-1958) french painter. vintage signed postcard photograph of the fauvist in a head and shoulders pose. photograph by yvonne chevalier and bearing her small black ink credit to the lower left corner. signed by rouault in blue ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. one very small, minor corner crease, otherwise vg \n yvonne chevalier (1899-1982) french photographer who opened a successful portrait studio in 1930 and also became rouault´s official photographer."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1365","title":{"es":"rouault georges: (1871-1958)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139828/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":180,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.278Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139828,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":700,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139829/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139829/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"foujita tsuguharu: (1886-1968) japanese-french painter and printmaker. a charming illustrated a.l.s., foujita , one page, 8vo, villiers-le-bâcle, gif, 1st august 1963, to georges prade and his wife ( ´mon éternel voyageur´ ), in french. foujita writes, in full (spelling and grammatical errors retained) ´tu es vraiement coquet, tu me gate trop, les cartes par partout reims, davos, milan, suisse......etc. merci, merci, fait bonne vacance avec jip et jean noel. amuse toi bien, mange bien dormir beaucoup. il ne faut pas travailler car tu travaile trop en general, l´été c´est repos, fiche eu l´air, peter eu plein l´air. voila c´est bon conseil. moi est kimiyo est clovés a la village. je ne bouge pas je t´aime´ (translation: ´you're really cute, you're too much for me, cards from everywhere reims, davos, milan, switzerland...etc. thank you, thank you, have a good holiday with jip and jean noel. have fun, eat well and sleep a lot. you shouldn't work because you work too much in general. summer is for resting, enjoying the outdoors and getting some fresh air. that's good advice. kimiyo and i are crazy about the village. i'm not moving, i love you´ ). to the lower left corner of the page foujita has drawn an amusing self-caricature depicting him naked, lying prone in a garden of flowers and with a house in the background. a large nail is driven into foujita´s back, preventing him from moving. accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by foujita. vg \n georges prade (1904-1992) french journalist for the gastronomic press, and a commander of the order of the  coteaux de champagne."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"1366","title":{"es":"foujita tsuguharu: (1886-1968) illustrated with an amusing self-caricature"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139829/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":700,"soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.279Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac700 - \u20ac900","currency":"EUR","id":139829,"estimateMin":700},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139830/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"dubuffet jean: (1901-1985) french painter and sculptor. a good a.l.s., jean dubuffet , one page, 4to, le touquet, 26th july 1963, to noel arnaud, in french. the artist states ´j´ai reçu le tire a part de votre étude sur ménard, fortement impréssionné par l´attentive lecture que j´en ai faite. la brillante allégresse de votre ample texte, sa grande autorité, l´ampleur de la documentation sur laquelle il se fonde, me stupéfient positivement. je vous soupçonne aussi de collaborer aux célébrations érotologiques des \"crampes\"´ (translation: ´i received the excerpt from your study on ménard and was greatly impressed by my careful reading of it. the brilliant joyfulness of your extensive text, its great authority, and the breadth of the documentation on which it is based have positively astonished me. i also suspect you of collaborating in the erotological celebrations of les crampes´ ) and continues ´je voudrais bien connaitre le nom du médecin chef principal de l´hopital de maison blanche, en vue de solliciter qu´il m´autorise a prendre connaissance du dossier de mme. jeanne tripier, qui a été hospitalisée dans cet établissement a partir de 1935 et y est demeurée ensuite jusqu´a son décès. comme vous le savez je fais une étude approfondie des manuscrits de cette malade et ce serait pour moi très précieux de recueillir des informations sur sa biographie (et notamment sur les circonstances de sa vie antérieure à son internement)´ (translation: ´i would very much like to know the name of the chief physician at the maison blanche hospital, so that i may request permission to consult the file of mrs jeanne tripier, who was hospitalised there from 1935 until her death. as you know, i am conducting an in-depth study of this patient's manuscripts and it would be very valuable to me to gather information about her biography (particularly the circumstances of her life prior to her internment)´ ). a letter of good association, and also of interesting content for its reference to tripier. vg \n noel arnaud (1919-2003) french author, editor, and collector of almost all the artistic  20th century avant-garde movements.  \n jeanne tripier (1869-1944) french medium who produced works of text, drawing and embroidery under spiritualist influence. she is considered part of the art brut canon. dubuffet acquired tripier's work for his collection de l´art brut, today housed in the art museum at lausanne."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1367","title":{"es":"dubuffet jean: (1901-1985)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139830/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":400,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.281Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":139830,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139831/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139831/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139831/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"prassinos mario: (1916-1985) greek-italian-born french modernist painter, stage designer and writer. two autograph letters by prassinos, 8vo and 4to, grimaud, 20th july, n.d., and 17th september 1950 respectively, to his friend marcel, in french. prassinos states to the first letter ` \n nous entamons notre périple le 29 juillet. nous te serons donc reconnaissants de nous envoyer d´ici-là les bons d´essence empruntés - augmentés de quelques petits nouveaux-nés qui seraient bienvenus étant donné l´état des finances de l´expédition...´ (translation: \" \n we begin our journey on july 29th. we would therefore be grateful if you could send us the borrowed fuel vouchers by then - along with a few newborn babies, which would be welcome given the state of the expedition's finances...\") to the second autograph letter, prassinos first apologizes for his late response, satating ` \n pardon, pardon d´avoir tant tardé à t´accuser réception des gravures et épreuves tout bien arrivé en bon état, merci. j´ai eu bien des emmerdements épistolaires avec la suède (et ça n´est pas encore fini) à sorte qu´il me restait assez peu pour écrire aux amis...´ (translation: \" \n sorry, sorry for taking so long to acknowledge receipt of the prints and proofs, everything arrived in good condition, thank you. i've had a lot of epistolary hassles with sweden (and it's not over yet) so i had very little left to write to friends...\"), further prassinos refers to rome where his correspondent has been and to his stay on the countryside, stating ` \n ...à rome dans les palais et parmi les princesses (j´espère qu´il y a de bonnes histoires de cul à raconter sous le couvert de l´anonymat avec des initiales et des points de suspension, c´est le genre xixº en littérature. ça m´a toujours énormément séduit et je ne vois pas rome autrement que farcie d´intrigues mystérieuses et d´amours incognito.) moi je continue à me nourrir du néant monotone de la campagne. je n´ai pas besoin d´autre chose pour l´instant. au contraire je redoute le contact de paris...´ (translation: \"... \n in rome in the palaces and among the princesses (i hope there are some good sex stories to tell under the cover of anonymity with initials and ellipses, it's the 19th century genre in literature. it has always greatly seduced me and i don't see rome as anything other than stuffed with mysterious intrigues and incognito loves.) i continue to feed myself on the monotonous nothingness of the countryside. i don't need anything else for the moment. on the contrary, i dread contact with paris...\") further again prassinos refers to some exhibitions and to his wife improvements with the engravings, saying ` \n j´ai ces foutues expositions de belgique et hollande à préparer et ça me tracasse car je n´ai pas le droit de les rater... c´est une digne épouse de graveur...´ (translation: \" \n i have these damn exhibitions in belgium and holland to prepare and it worries me because i have no right to miss them... she's a worthy wife of engraver...\") vg, 2"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1368","title":{"es":"prassinos mario: (1916-1985)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139831/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":220,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.282Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139831,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":120,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139832/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139832/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"buffet bernard: (1928-1999) french painter. attractive signed colour postcard featuring to the front an image of a buffet´s work \n l´institut de france (1977). signed (` \n bernard buffet ´) by buffet to the verso, which features the first day cover of a french postage stamp of the same front image and two postal cancellations dated in paris, 4th february 1978. vg"},"estimateMax":180,"lotNumber":"1369","title":{"es":"buffet bernard: (1928-1999)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139832/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":120,"soldPrice":120,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.284Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac120 - \u20ac180","currency":"EUR","id":139832,"estimateMin":120},{"startPrice":60,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139833/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139833/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"mathieu georges: (1921-2012) french painter. one of the fathers of european lyrical abstraction. an attractive f.d.c., ` \n mathieu ´, one page, oblong 6 x 4 card, lille, 9th november 1980, in french. signed in bold black ink by mathieu across the front cover. the document is issued to commemorate the tenth anniversary of general de gaulle´s death date, presenting a 1,40 francs french republic stamp showing a mathieu´s work. vg"},"estimateMax":90,"lotNumber":"1370","title":{"es":"mathieu georges: (1921-2012)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139833/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":60,"soldPrice":60,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.285Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac60 - \u20ac90","currency":"EUR","id":139833,"estimateMin":60},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139834/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139834/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139834/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"mathieu georges: (1921-2012) french abstract painter. a.l.s., mathieu , three pages (separate leaves), 4to, avenue léopold, paris, 30th december 1991, to the widow of françois billetdoux, on printed stationery featuring a silver printed image of moult de parte (1949) at the head, in french. mathieu writes a sympathetic letter, commencing ´je serais, madame, a vous dire toute l´emotion que j´ai ressentie à l´annonce de la disparition de votre mari. je l´avais peu connu mais j´avais d´emblée eprouvé pour lui une veritable admiration et une réélle amitié´ (translation: ´i would like to express to you, madam, the emotion i felt upon hearing of your husband's passing. i did not know him well, but i immediately felt genuine admiration and friendship for him´ ) and continuing ´en dehors de la profondre originalité de som théatre, j´avais pu mesurer la qualité de sa sensibilité et de son intuition dans le merveilleux texte qu´il avait été sur ma personne et mon oeuvre pour le film que frédéric rossif m´avait consacré´ (translation: ´apart from the profound originality of his theatre, i was able to appreciate the quality of his sensitivity and intuition in the wonderful text he wrote about me and my work for the film that frédéric rossif dedicated to me´ ). mathieu concludes his letter by offering his most sincere condolences and asks that his deepest sympathy be conveyed to billetdoux´s daughters, raphaele and virginia. vg \n françois billetdoux (1927-1991) french dramatic author and novelist who provided the text for frédéric rossif´s documentary film georges mathieu ou la fureur d'être (1971)."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1371","title":{"es":"mathieu georges: (1921-2012)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139834/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":190,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.688Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139834,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139835/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"soulages pierre: (1919-2022) french painter and engraver. a very fine signed 8 x 10 colour photograph `amicalement, soulages´, the artistic image showing the french painter seated in a full-length pose. signed in bold white ink to a dark background to the lower left corner of the image. ex"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1372","title":{"es":"soulages pierre: (1919-2022)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139835/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":190,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.690Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139835,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139836/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"rops felicien: (1833-1898) belgian artist. a.l.s., \n felicien rops , one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to nys, in french. rops informs his correspondent that his letter is being delivered with his maid who has two tubes, asking \n 'remplissez moi un de ces tubes d'encre s'il vous plait. gardez l'autre' (translation: \n 'fill me one of these ink tubes please. keep the other' ) and further requesting that all of his brass is returned with the maid, before continuing \n 'il y en a un que vous n'avez pas tire.  \n la goutte (la petite planche avec des amours goutteux)...... j'attends les planches qui doivent m'arriver demain & je vous telegraphierai tout de suite.  \n je vous serre la main au galop' (translation: \n 'there's one you didn't shoot. la goutte (the little board with gouty cupids)\u2026..i am expecting the plates which should reach me tomorrow & i will telegraph you right away. i shake your hand at a gallop' ). some heavy overall foxing, fr"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1373","title":{"es":"rops felicien: (1833-1898)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139836/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":190,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.692Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139836,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":800,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139837/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139837/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"magritte rene: (1898-1967) belgian surrealist artist. an excellent a.l.s., \n rene , two pages, 8vo, rue des mimosas, brussels, 25 \n th august 1963, to his cousin, in french. magritte expresses his regret that he probably didn't explain himself very well in his last letter, explaining that he had thought, on reflection, \n 'pour obtenir un succes evident (et, helas, toujours incertain lorsqu'il s'agit d'etre apprecie pour le public des expositions et par les soi-disant critiques d'art) il aurait ete souhaitable de remettre ta premiere exposition a plus tard' (translation: \n 'to obtain an obvious success (and, alas, always being uncertain when it comes to being appreciated by the public at exhibitions and by the so-called art critics) it would have been desirable to postpone your first exhibition until later' ) and continuing to comment \n 'cela ne met pas en cause la qualite deja remarquable de tes travaux.  \n mais cela implique que de nouveaux travaux auriant plus de chances encore de rencontrer plus de succes\u2026\u2026. a la reflexion j'ai pense qu'il serait souhaitable d'avoir \"plus d'atouts dans tou jeu\" et je devair je pense, te le dire, ne croyant pas que la date de ton exposition est absolument irrevocable.  \n la preuve de mon interet pour les travaux me semble indiscutable' (translation: \n 'this does not call into question the already remarkable quality of your work. but this implies that new works would have even more chances of meeting with more success\u2026\u2026on reflection, i thought it would be more desirable to have \"more assets in your game\" and i should, i thought, tell you, not believing that the date of your exhibition is absolutely irrevocable. the proof of my interest in the works seems to me indisputable' ). the artist further writes in philosophical tones, \n 'pour ma part, je n'accorde aucune importance aux \"consequences\", le succes ou l'echecpublic......c'est uniquement de l'authenticite des oeuvres qu'il importe et celle de ton travail n'est pas douteuse pour moi. c'est en raison de cette authenticite, que l'on peut attendre de sa part une maitrise plus grande qu'a present. la partie de ta lettre relative a la joie et a la souffrance, je la comprends, je pense, tres bien. la vie n'est jamais un echec pour les imbeciles. si tu as retenu ce que j'ai ecrit dans un catalogue, tu dois savoir que je ne confonds pas l'importance des \"concourantes\" avec celle de la presence d'esprit indispensable a la conception d'une oeuvre d'art: j'ai ecrit \"l'inspiration est toujours possible - sinon presente - quels que solient le bonheur ou le malheur presents\"' (translation: \n 'for my part, i do not attach any importance to the \"consequences\", the success or the public failure\u2026\u2026it is only the authenticity of the works that matters and that of your work is not questionable to me.  \n it is because of this authenticity that we can expect greater mastery than at present. the part of your letter relating to joy and suffering, i understand, i think, very well. life is never a failure for fools. if you have remembered what i wrote in a catalogue, you must know that i do not confuse the importance of \"competitors\" with that of the presence of mind essential to the design of a work of art: i wrote \"inspiration is always possible - if not present - whatever happiness or unhappiness is present\"' ). a letter of fine content. vg"},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1374","title":{"es":"magritte rene: (1898-1967)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139837/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":700,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.695Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":139837,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":250,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139838/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139838/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"van dongen kees: (1877-1968) dutch-french painter. a.l.s., \n kees van dongen , two pages, 4to, villa said (paris), 5 \n th july n.y. (1940s), to a friend, in french. van dongen explains that he only received his friend's letter of 12 \n th june that day, explaining that it had not been forwarded from lyon and remarking \n 'voila l'unique raison pour laquelle vous n'avez pas plutot eu de moi un mot pour vous dire que je n'ecoute jamais les bavardages de femmes. mais on ne m'a jamais rien dit de malverillant sur vous' (translation: \n 'that's the only reason why you didn't hear a word from me to tell you that i never listen to the chatter of women. but i've never been told anything malicious about you' ) continuing \n 'nous sommes loin de l'autre - je suis souvent absent - je ne recois pas - c'est la guerre, et voila il me semble les raisons pour lesquelles on ne se voit guere' (translation: \n 'we are far from each other - i'm often absent - i don't receive - it's war, and here, it seems to me, are the reasons why we hardly see each other' ) and concluding by inviting his friend to call by his house for a cup of tea if he is ever in the neighbourhood. two small, light stains to the upper edge, otherwise vg"},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1375","title":{"es":"van dongen kees: (1877-1968)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139838/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.697Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - 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(december 1938?), to [max] pellequer, ( ´mon cher ami´), attractively written in bold blue crayon, in french. picasso writes, in full, ´impossible d´aller vous voir ce matin. vous pouvez donner la boite au porteur - et merci. bien à vous et à cette après-midi ou demain matin´ (translation: ´i won't be able to come and see you this morning. you can give the box to the delivery person - and thank you. best wishes for this afternoon or tomorrow morning´ ). vg \n max pellequer (1903-1973) french banker and art collector who would become picasso´s private banker, financial adviser and close friend. pellequer assembled an important collection of artworks in the 1920s and 1930s which included a number of significant early pieces by picasso, as well as works by paul cezanne, edgar degas, paul gauguin, henri matisse, joan miro and others. almost two hundred letters from pellequer to picasso are preserved in the musee national picasso in paris."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"1379","title":{"es":"picasso pablo: (1881-1973)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139842/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":4000,"soldPrice":3600,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:21.704Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac4,000 - 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(cannes, alpes-maritimes), n.d., april 1959. picasso´s striking design is his prototype for the front cover of one of gallimard´s famous série noire editions and features the standard black background, picasso adding his playful title a quatre pattes le cul de jatte  ( ´ on all fours, legless´ ) to the centre, beneath which appear the celebrated yellow dot and nrf logo. in his layout picasso also remains faithful to gallimard´s classic design, including the imaginary editor and author´s (richard) name, however they are subverted by picasso´s dancing graphics and freedom of line, and the surname of the author is lost in illegible writing reminiscent of hypergraphics. the design is gently laid down at the head to the centre of a larger (approximately 33 x 78 cm) piece of card, evidently for display and framing purposes. the backing card also features the original envelope (neatly split into two halves) which was decoratively hand addressed by picasso in a variety of coloured inks, the recto appearing above the book cover design and addressed to ´ marcel duhamel/ chez gallimard/ nrf/ 5 r. sebastien bottin/ paris - 7e arrdt´ , the verso of the envelope appearing beneath the design, ´envoi picasso - cannes/ a.m.´ to which the artist has also added an orange circle to the centre, representing a seal. a marvellous piece of original artwork by picasso, linking the legendary spanish artist with the major french publishing house of gallimard; two giants of european culture. vg \n marcel duhamel (1900-1977) french actor and screenwriter who was the founder of the série noire publishing imprint in 1945.  \n it was probably through jacques prévert (1900-1977), the french poet and screenwriter, that his lifelong friend duhamel met picasso (a photograph exists of the three men in enjoying each others company in cannes in 1959). during his frequent stays on the french riviera marcel duhamel became increasingly close to picasso, who gave him a sketchbook for his birthday, which duhamel published in 1964 under the title le picasso de poche. in his memoir, raconte pas ta vie (1972), duhamel recalls the present book cover design, ´little by little, the house filled up with souvenirs of this kind, autographed books, bouquets of flowers, and even a title for the série noire, painted on a black background: a quatre pattes le cul-de.jatte. i would love to be able to use it, because it says it all. but go and find a subject that fits it!´  \n the playful title devised by picasso was in keeping with those imagined by duhamel for the books in the série noire collection, most of which had no connection whatsoever with the originals. for example, raymond chandler´s the little sister appeared under the title fais pas ta rosière! (´don´t be a rose!´ ) and his masterpiece the long goodbye was given the title sur un air de navaja (´to the tune of a navaja´ ). with its absurb and provocative humour, a quatre pattes le cul-de-jatte would have been a jewel in the série noire collection and testifies to picasso´s inventive genius in all areas.  \n anglo-american literature forms the bulk of the série noire collection, which celebrated its 80th anniversary this year. it has released a collection of crime fiction of the hardboiled detective thrillers variety published by its parent company gallimard (formerly éditions de la nouvelle revue française - nrf) and its authors have included raymond chandler, dashiell hammett, ed mcbain, peter cheyney and others. the série noire name became a generic term for works of detective fiction, and is considered to have inspired the french critic nino frank to coin the phrase film noir in 1946, describing hollywood crime dramas. as for the covers used in the série noire, they evolved from the simplicity conditioned by the technical means of the 1940s to the current covers where photographic and digital composition media have unfortunately replaced the simplicity of the early period."},"estimateMax":35000,"lotNumber":"1382","title":{"es":"picasso pablo: (1881-1973) picasso´ s playful original cover design for an edition of the serie noire collection"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139845/view","tags":["esart_drawings","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":25000,"soldPrice":20000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.309Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac25,000 - \u20ac35,000","currency":"EUR","id":139845,"estimateMin":25000},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139846/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139846/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"roque jacqueline: (1926-1986) french model, muse and the second wife of pablo picasso from 1961. a.l.s., jacqueline , to the verso of a colour postcard (the recto featuring an image of picasso´s portrait la celéstine ), n.p., n.d., to max [pellequer], in french. roque writes, ´picasso me dit qu´il retrouve pas la derniere lettre de m. vaidis, voilà´ (translation: ´picasso tells me he can't find mr. vaidis' last letter. here it is´ ) and concludes by sending her warm regards. a few heavy creases to the left and right edges, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, g \n max pellequer (1903-1973) french banker and art collector who would become picasso´s private banker, financial adviser and close friend. pellequer assembled an important collection of artworks in the 1920s and 1930s which included a number of significant early pieces by picasso (including la celéstine), as well as works by paul cezanne, edgar degas, paul gauguin, henri matisse, joan miro and others. almost two hundred letters from pellequer to picasso are preserved in the musee national picasso in paris."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1383","title":{"es":"roque jacqueline: (1926-1986)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139846/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":950,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.311Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":139846,"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139847/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"roque jacqueline: (1926-1986) french model, muse and the second wife of pablo picasso from 1961. a moving a.l.s., jacqueline picasso , one page, small 8vo, n.p. 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(april 1973), to jean boissieu, in french. picasso´s widow writes, in full, ´nous sommes quittes...l´échange de larmes a eu lieu. vous à mougins et moi à vauvenargues en vous écoutant. en amitié´ (translation: ´we are even... the exchange of tears has taken place. you in mougins and me in vauvenargues, listening to you. with friendship´ ). the letter is written on a piece of light card, possibly neatly torn from a larger sheet by jacqueline herself, and with a slightly uneven lower edge. vg \n jean boissieu (1922-2009) french journalist, writer, art collector and, with his wife gisèle, the co.founder of the festival d´avignon. boissieu was a friend of many artists, including picasso, and was the author of an article published in le provençal describing picasso's funeral cortege leaving notre-dame de vie, the house in mougîns where the painter died.  \n agence-france-presse dispatches, and especially those for the day of the funeral, made it possible to follow events live from vauvenargues, and boissieu would have relayed information to pass on to paris, no doubt from a telephone booth or village café. as for jacqueline, she was waiting in vauvenargues for the painter's body to be laid to rest in the château grounds in a private ceremony. given the content of the letter, it seems highly probable that it was written on the day of picasso´s funeral, 11th april 1973.  \n picasso died, at the age of 91, on 8th april 1973 at his mas notre-dame-de-vie villa in mougins, near cannes. on the day of the artist´s funeral his coffin was taken from mougins to the château of vauvenargues, a property he had acquired in 1958 and occupied with jacqueline between 1959 and 1961. jacqueline picasso never recovered from the death of her husband. she had been frequenting picasso's grave on the eighth of every month and said that he wanted her to join him. she shot herself, with picasso\u2019s gun, on 15th october 1986, at mougins and was subsequently interred alongside her husband in the château of vauvenargues"},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1384","title":{"es":"roque jacqueline: (1926-1986) on the death of picasso - 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18th june (1933). the catalogue lists around seventy works that will be exhibited, arranged alphabetically by artist, including jean arp (three works), andré breton (  ´objet´ ), salvador dali (one of the largest contributors with eight pieces including harpe invisible, chaise atmosphérique, oeufs sur le plat atmosphériques, and buste de femme rétrospectif etc.), marcel duchamp ( ´pharmacie´ ), paul eluard ( ´objet basé sur la perversion des oreilles´ ), marie-berthe ernst (portraits of max ernst and andré breton), max ernst (seven pieces including vol nupital, un libertin attaqué d´une maladie mortelle..., une lettre, and objet sans prétention etc.), alberto giacometti (six pieces including mannequin and sucre minéral etc.), georges hugnet ( ´le poil de la bête´ ), valentine hugo (seven pieces including portrait d´achim d´arnim and la religieuse portugaise etc.), rene magritte (two pieces, both tables), joan miro ( ´objets´ ), man ray (six pieces including saucisse-artifice, oeil-métronome, portrait manqué etc.), yves tanguy (five pieces including un risque dans chaque main, l´obsession de la prophétie, and l´opinion des oiseaux etc.) and others. pablo picasso was also due to exhibit three sculptures, however his name and entries have been neatly covered with a small piece of contemporary paper, evidently having withdrawn the artworks from the exhibition. bound in the original brown paper wrappers with black printed title to the cover. about ex \n pierre colle (1909-1948) french art dealer, painter and poet, a close friend of max jacob. colle opened his second gallery on rue cambacérès where he organised notable exhibtions and was one of the first gallery owners to show the works of salvador dali."},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"1385","title":{"es":"[surrealism]"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139848/view","tags":["escollectibles_booksmagazinespaper","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":900,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.314Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - 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\u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":139849,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":2000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139850/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"dali salvador: (1904-1989) spanish surrealist artist. a large and unusual signed and inscribed 9.5 x 7 photograph by dali, the image showing the surrealist painter seated outdoors, in his home of cadaques, catalogne, in a full-length pose alongside his photographer and friend jean clemmer. artistically signed and inscribed in bold purple ink large letters by dali to the upper right corner, ` a jean clemmer, amicalement dali´, also dated beneath his signature, 1973. g to vg \n jean clemmer (1926-2001) swiss photographer."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"1387","title":{"es":"dali salvador: (1904-1989)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139850/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","esart_photography","esart","escollectibles_all","esart_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":2000,"soldPrice":1900,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.317Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac2,000 - 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( ´sat. morn [in] g´, c-1784?), to [richard] cosway. the artist writes a somewhat intriguing letter, in full, ´mr gainsborough presents his compliments to mr cosway; and he finds there has been a loss of iron betwixt us, he begs in case it must be repair´d with gold or silver , that he may be permitted to share the expence with mr. cosway´ . neatly laid down and with some very light, extremely minor age wear, vg \n richard cosway (1742-1821) english portrait painter of the georgian and regency eras, noted for his miniatures. cosway was married to maria cosway, the italian-born painter who was a close friend of thomas jefferson.  \n in 1784 the cosways, who led a conspicuous and scandalous social life, moved into schomberg house on pall mall, which became a fashionable salon for london society. gainsborough was one of their immediate neighbours at the time, and his reference to iron in the present letter may have been in connection with alterations to schomberg house, perhaps to the iron railings of the street facade."},"estimateMax":4500,"lotNumber":"1396","title":{"es":"gainsborough thomas: (1727-1788)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139859/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":3500,"soldPrice":3400,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:28.749Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac3,500 - \u20ac4,500","currency":"EUR","id":139859,"estimateMin":3500},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139860/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"sargent john singer: (1856-1925) american artist, considered the leading portrait painter of his generation. a brief a.l.s., john s. sargent , to the recto of a correspondence card, tite street, chelsea, n.d. ( ´saturday´ ), to [francis] derwent wood. sargent writes, in full, ´the enclosed explains itself. i am sorry´ . some light age wear, vg \n francis derwent wood (1871-1926) british sculptor."},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"1397","title":{"es":"sargent john singer: (1856-1925)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139860/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":180,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:28.751Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac100 - 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because i am struggling with a painting that is giving me a terrible headache´ ) and continuing to add that he has been late in writing due to a lack of news regarding \"pays\" , evidently a painting sargent had been entrusted with by his correspondent, explaining ´jusqu´à present pas d´acquéreur. le marchand que j´avais en vue n´est qu´un crétin. un autre qui aurait pu apprécier votre tableau a fait faillite, et l´amateur avait quitté londres quand j´y suis arrivé. je devais aller chez lui à la campagne...... mais il m´est arrivé de me fendre la crane contre une pierre en piquant ma tete dans une rivière, ce qui m´a invalidé pourtant quelque temps (je suis tout à fait bien maintenant). votre tableau est maintenant dans l´atelier d´abbey a londres où plusieures personnes l´ont admiré. si vous n´etes pas pressé de la faire revenir, voulez-vous que nous l´envoyons à l´institut, c´est l´exposition la plus importante de l´hiver? elle ouvre à la fin de novembre je crois. vous avez au moins un partisan assez influent dans le comité qui ferait son possible pour bien exposer le tableau´ (translation: ´so far, no buyer. the dealer i had in mind is just a moron. another who might have appreciated your painting went bankrupt, and the enthusiast had left london when i arrived. i was supposed to go to his house in the country... but i ended up splitting my skull on a rock when i stuck my head in a river, which left me incapacitated for a while (i'm perfectly fine now). your painting is now in abbey's studio in london where several people have admired it. if you are not in a hurry to have it returned, would you like us to send it to the institute, it is the most important exhibition of the winter? it opens at the end of november i believe. you have at least one fairly influential supporter on the committee who would do his best to ensure the painting is properly displayed´ ). in concluding sargent returns to the subject of his own troublesome painting, ´je fais un tableau dans un jardin avec des enfants et des fleurs. c´est le daible´ (translation: ´ i am painting a garden with children and flowers. it's the devil´ ). a letter of wonderful content, not least for its reference to sargent´s painting which, despite the apparent difficulties it was presenting the artist with, would become one of his finest, and the first of his works to be acquired by a public museum. some minor age toning to the edges, only very lightly touching some of the text and signature, otherwise vg \n john singer sargent made his first visit to broadway, the picturesque cotswolds village, in september 1885. little known and remote at the time, broadway was the home to a small colony of artists and sargent had been encouraged to visit to recuperate from a bad head wound, mentioned in the present letter. indeed, broadway had been recommended by sargent´s friend, the american artist edwin austin abbey (1852-1911) who is also referred to in the present letter, and who had permanently settled in london in 1883.  \n whilst in broadway, sargent commenced work on the painting (which he writes was giving him ´a terrible headache´) that would become one of his most admired works, carnation, lily, lily, rose (1885-86). the oil painting depicts two young girls, dolly and polly, the daughters of sargent´s friend, the illustrator frederick barnard. they are captured in the garden of farnham house, strewn with pink roses, accents of yellow carnations and tall white lilies, and the girls light paper lanterns as day turns to evening.  sargent wanted to capture the exact level of light at dusk, so he painted the picture en plein air in the impressionist manner. every day from september to november 1885, he painted outdoors in the few minutes when the light was perfect. sargent resumed work on the painting the following summer, again in broadway, and finally finished the painting by the end of october 1886.  \n carnation, lily, lily, rose was exhibited at the royal academy summer exhibition in 1887 and sir frederic leighton, president of the royal academy, encouraged the tate gallery to purchase the work later that year. it was the first of sargent's works to be acquired by a public museum, and today remains part of the tate collection, on display at tate britain."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1398","title":{"es":"sargent john singer: (1856-1925)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139861/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":2800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:28.752Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - 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day´ . with blank integral leaf. vg \n catherine d´erlanger (1874-1959) baroness marie rose antoinette catherine de robert d'aqueria de rochegude. french patron of the arts and hollywood nightclub owner, known as ´the flame´ (la fiamma) owing to her hair colour.  \n baba d´erlanger (1901-1945) french style icon and model of the 1920s, daughter of catherine d´erlanger.  \n paula gellibrand (1898-1986) english society beauty and mannequin, one of the favourite models of cecil beaton.  \n baba d´erlanger and paula gellibrand (whose surname is amusingly misspelt by john in the present letter) were lifelong and inseparable friends known as ´the twins´. john´s 1921 portrait of the two ladies, entitled baronne baba d\u2019erlanger and miss paula gellibrand was begun at deauville in 1919 whilst john was engaged as the official artist at the paris peace conference. the fine art dealer richard green wrote that john considered it ´much more fun to portray two young women´ and of the painting itself that ´despite their contrasting styles of beauty \u2013 baba dark and intense, paula shimmering and golden, john responds not only to their superb good looks but to the zeitgeist \u2013 their marcel-waved hair and simple dresses have a classical unfussiness that ushers in the jazz age, the roaring twenties. the brushwork has the witty fluidity of a foxtrot, while the composition is organized around bold blocks of colour: red, gold and deep sapphire´."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1399","title":{"es":"john augustus: (1878-1961)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139862/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:28.754Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - 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(1932-2023)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139864/view","tags":["esart_drawings","escollectibles_autographs","esart","escollectibles_all","esart_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.379Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac300 - \u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":139864,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139865/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139865/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139865/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"delaunay sonia: (1885-1979) russian-born french artist, a co-founder of the orphism art movement. small collection of two a.ls.s. and an autograph note by the artist, all dating from te 1960s and written in french, comprising (i) a.l.s., sonia delaunay , to the verso of a colour picture postcard of one of her artworks, n.p., n.d. (1964), to an unidentified correspondent, stating, in full, ´meilleurs voeux pour 1964 pour toute la famille! cet ouvrage a été fait en 1942 à grane pas le groupe d´amis et édité à paris après la guerre. mille merci pour le magnifique \"art de france\" 1963. amitiés´ (translation: ´best wishes for 1964 to the entire family! this work was created in 1942 in grane by a group of friends and published in paris after the war. many thanks for the magnificent \u2018art de france\u2019 1963. best regards´ ) (ii) a brief a.l.s., sonia delaunay , to the verso of a colour picture postcard of the ponte vecchio, n.p. (florence), n.d. (3rd may 1966), to pierre béres and his wife, stating, in full, ´vous embrasse tous les deux, rentre bientôt´ (translation: ´love to you both, come home soon´ ). immediately beneath delaunay´s message the french publisher jacques damase (1930-2014) has added a brief note of his own ( ´i am still waiting for you in florence...´ ) (iii) the personal printed small oblong 12mo visiting card of delaunay, unsigned, featuring her printed name ( ´madame robert delaunay ´) to the centre, with three lines of text in her hand, ´avec toutes ses amitiés et meilleurs voeux pour 1960´ (translation: ´with all his love and best wishes for 1960´ ). vg to ex, 3 \n pierre béres (1913-2008) russian-born french bookseller, antiquarian book collector, publisher and art collector."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1402","title":{"es":"delaunay sonia: (1885-1979) (x3)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139865/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":500,"soldPrice":450,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.380Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac500 - 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june 1937 and n.d. (2), to balbina barrera, an amateur artist and lam´s lover, in spanish. the correspondence comprises - \n (i) a.l.s., wifredo (twice), three pages, 4to, caldes de montbui, 16th may 1937. lam writes from the sanitorium where he was recovering after joining the republican side in the spanish civil war, making several references to barcelona and also stating ´i'm a little nervous but very hopeful that i'll get better soon. the doctor is coming tomorrow and we'll see what he says´ , and further adding ´they haven't brought me my paints yet, but when they do, i'll start working on my painting ´. lam closes his letter by writing ´what? are you going to the beach?´ beneath which he adds an original drawing of a slender woman lying full-length on a beach, with a sailing boat on the sea in the far distance, and the head of a man in profile, evidently a self-portrait, to the right.  \n (ii) a.l.s., wifredo lam , two pages, 4to, caldes de montbui, 12th june 1937. having received the paints he was waiting for, lam writes of a work that he is on the verge of completing, ´i have finished, or will finish this afternoon, a large painting that i really like because, although it has a certain effect, it is not bad for people to see the flaws, as this is proof that you are moving forward and that you are not a proud fool! if you knew how much progress i have made, you would be amazed and filled with joy, because it has taken me a lot of effort to see clearly how to paint´ , and continues, ´i think my illness was a consequence of my failed attempts, because every time i paint, i believe you are by my side, and it's true, because your portrait is always watching me from the wall, watching everything i do and every movement i make in front of my paintings!´ , further remarking ´now, don't go thinking that i have a museum, because although i work a lot, i also throw a lot away, as they are only sketches that i do on large sheets of paper, and the materials i use are glue and wall paint, so the work i do is for study and easy to transfer to a final form, as all the problems have been solved´ . lam also writes of his current situation and health, ´my dear, i have some bad news. i can't stay at the nursing home because the doctor told me that my condition is chronic... but now the nursing home is having difficulties and they are dismissing all the patients in one way or another... but i can't give this up for now, and i'll tell you why: cordón was here and he was very kind and asked me if i wanted to go to russia, and of course i told him that i would go as long as they would take better care of me there and cure me, even if i had to have an operation, but getting well soon is what matters to me, and we agreed on that. he left for madrid four days ago, and today i found out about the closure of the premises, which i must tell you has put me in a very bad mood, as i cannot leave barcelona´ . to the lower half of the second page lam has added an ink illustration which features a horse galloping on a sandy beach and with the sea in the distance, a lone woman lying on the sand close to the horse, and two naked lovers ( la pareja ; the couple) in full-length poses, the artist identifying various elements of the drawing, and in the left margin writing ´t  his is a new painting i have in mind. what do you think?´.  \n (iii) a.l.s., wifredo , two pages, 4to, caldes de montbui, 15th june 1937. lam provides his lover with an update on his health, and also reflects on the artistic career he has chosen, and his ambitions for the future, in part, ´today here in caldes, i'm feeling better, but a little annoyed because i don't know what to do: whether to stay in the nursing home or leave.......i have to keep studying, working on my projects, and i'll talk about this. as you know, all my dreams of going to paris to study have always failed, and this has always saddened me and lowered my morale, because i know very well that with a little study there, i would gain a great advantage over my competitors......i think that until i fulfil this need, i am and will remain bitter.......always and at all times, i will do and be as i set out to do when i chose this path in my life, and that is to fight with determination to achieve my goal......i don't like knowing that i have a chronic illness at all, i'm furious´ . to the second page lam has drawn two beautiful illustrations, each featuring full-length naked studies of two lovers, one almost identical to part of the drawing in his previous letter ( la pareja ; the couple), and the other depicting a lady seated with her back to the viewer, but with her face and breasts reflected in a mirror on the wall opposite, and with her male lover standing in a full-length pose before her. of the drawings lam writes ´you can't get any idea of the drawings other than that they all show a man and a woman, but as for their artistic and poetic meaning, of course not, because they are two very carefully studied sketches´ . \n (iv) a.l.s., with his initial w , two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. the artist writes of one of his works, which he appears to have sold, ´i saw the man from the painting and he gave me a bad feeling. he treated me very kindly and assured me that everything would be sorted out on friday. we'll see. for now, he has told me to choose the frame and tomorrow i will take the painting to his house. i think he means business´ and further writes ´if you only knew how much i've dreamed since i was a child of seeing and travelling the world, especially italy.....if it weren't for the italian-abyssinian-english conflict, i assure you that i would already be getting everything ready and i would be seeing you in italy´ . at the foot of the page lam has added illustrations of several figures, including three heads in profile, and the second page features two light pencil studies by the artist, over which he has drawn two further profile studies, one of a woman, in ink. in the margins lam writes ´i'm feeling better now, we'll see how i feel later´ . \n (v) a.l.s., with his initial w , two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. lam writes a somewhat downhearted letter, stating, in part, ´don't condemn me, i'm just thinking about loneliness, i'm feeling down, see you soon....well, tonight i'll write you a long letter because right now i'm feeling the emptiness of loneliness......don't be angry, i'm very upset, be patient..... i'm fed up. goodbye, see you tomorrow´ . to the first page lam has drawn an image of a lady standing in a full-length pose wearing a dress and, as the artist notes, a new belt. the second page is dominated by a wonderful self-portrait of lam standing in a half-length pose, holding a brush in one hand and his palette in the other, with his head turned in profile as he observes the painting that he is working on; a seascape featuring a lighthouse that rests on an easel. in the distance two figures can be seen, with a large bird flying above their heads, and several other figures appear to the right. \n an exceptional and extremely rare series of illustrated letters. the final letter has a small area of paper loss and a very lengthy split running across almost the whole width of the page, and the letter almost neatly divided into two separate halves. otherwise vg, 5 \n during the spanish civil war, lam, a fervent republican committed to the fight against franco, worked on the manufacture of anti-tank bombs. however, the artist was poisoned by the products he handled and in march 1937 was sent to convalesce at the sanitorium in caldes de montbui, north of barcelona.  \n two of the illustrations featured in the present letters represent lam´s paintings untitled (la pareja) and untitled , 37.32 and 37.34 in lou laurin-lam, wifredo lam catalogue raisonné of the painted work , volume i."},"estimateMax":12000,"lotNumber":"1417","title":{"es":"lam wifredo: (1902-1982) ´ every time i paint i feel you are by my side and it's true because your portrait is right on the wall looking at the space in which i move in front of my paintings´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139880/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","esart_drawings","esart","escollectibles_all","esart_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":10000,"soldPrice":10000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:27.341Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac10,000 - \u20ac12,000","currency":"EUR","id":139880,"estimateMin":10000},{"startPrice":4000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139881/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139881/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139881/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"lalique rene: (1860-1945) french jeweller and glass designer. a fine and attractive original preparatory drawing by lalique, unsigned, one page, 4to, n.p. (paris?), n.d. (c.1890-1900). the watercolour, gouache and pencil drawing, executed at the centre of a light brown sheet of bfk paper, represents lalique´s design for a brooch in the shape of a rounded lozenge, reminiscent of a heart, and features a central figure of a naked female in a full-length pose, her feet resting atop an emerald, and her arms oustretched to form the outline of the jewellery. to her left and right appear several other entwined naked females. a small work of art in its own right, despite being a preparatory study, the majestic central figure, with her slender waist, shapely body and long, slender legs is typical of the art nouveau aesthetics which lalique mastered. loosely contained within a double cream matt and gold borders, the window displaying an area of approximately 6 x 15 cm (including the complete design). some very light, minor age wear, vg \n provenance: previously with artepolis of nice, france, and with their printed exhibition title label femme bras tendu affixed to the verso of the mount."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"1418","title":{"es":"lalique rene: (1860-1945)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139881/view","tags":["esart_drawings","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":4000,"soldPrice":4000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:27.343Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac4,000 - 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\u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":139882,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139883/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"carpeaux jean-baptiste: (1827-1875) french sculptor and painter. a.l.s., ` \n j.b.carpeaux´, one page, 12mo, paris, 6th january 1874, in french. carpeaux sends a short and urgent message to his correspondent explaining that he will not be able to attend their meeting, and stating ` \n mon cher monsieur, une affaire importante m´oblige d´ajourner notre rendez-vous de ce matin. veuillez m´excuser et me croire votre bien dévoué´ (translation: \" \n my dear sir, an important matter obliges me to postpone our meeting this morning. please excuse me and believe me your devoted\") with blank integral leaf. vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1420","title":{"es":"carpeaux jean-baptiste: (1827-1875)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139883/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":320,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:27.346Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139883,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139884/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139884/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139884/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"rodin auguste: (1840-1917) french sculptor. a good and interesting a.l.s., ` aug rodin ´, three pages, the second and third being in rodin´s hand, 8vo, paris, 17th march 1915, to madame ambassador in rome, in french. rodin refers to seven drawings sent to his friend boni and to one he wishes to offer to his correspondent, stating to the first page and first few lines of the second page, written by a secretary a day earlier ` chère madame,  j\u2019ai fait parvenir à monsieur boni sept dessins parmi lesquels il y en a un pour vous.  le photographe doit reproduire ces originaux et j\u2019espère qu\u2019il vous en donnera des reproductions.  je vous adresse en même temps qu\u2019une lettre personnelle à monsieur l\u2019ambassadeur à rome, la copie de deux autres lettres que je vous serai obligé de vouloir bien lui faire parvenir.´  (translation: \" dear madam, i have sent mr. boni seven drawings, including one for you. the photographer is to reproduce these originals, and i hope he will give you reproductions. i am sending you, along with a personal letter to the ambassador in rome, copies of two other letters that i would be grateful if you could forward to him.\") further rodin writes in his hand confirming his wish and sends kind words to the ambassador´s wife, stating ` je vous envoie chère et grande amie ces quelques lettres que vous pouvez montrer à son excellence l\u2019ambassadeur pour montrer que l\u2019idée marche.  j\u2019ai envoyé des dessins à boni pour qu\u2019il les fasse reproduire et que vous ayez la collection des 7 il y en a un spécial dessin pour vous, vous serez bien aimable de l\u2019accepter comme témoignage d\u2019un peu de reconnaissance que je vous dois et la profonde amitié que je vous porte. ecrivez moi un mot je serais si heureux et des nouvelles´ (translation: \" i am sending you, dear and great friend, these few letters that you can show to his excellency the ambassador to show that the idea works. i sent some drawings to boni so that he can reproduce them and that you have the collection of the 7, there is a special drawing for you, you will be kind enough to accept it as a token of a little gratitude that i owe you and the deep friendship that i have for you. write me a word, i would be so happy, and news\") some light stains and minor creasing, with two traces of former tears to the right edge, professionally repaired, not affecting the text or signature. g \n rodin executed almost all his drawings in his last years, between 1899 and 1915. it was in 1915 when he started the bust of pope benedict xv during a trip to rome but left the city without achieving it due to a disagreement with the pope.  \n livio boni (1884-1963) italian musician and friend of rodin."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1421","title":{"es":"rodin auguste: (1840-1917)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139884/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":500,"soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.640Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac500 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":139884,"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139885/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139885/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"zadkine ossip: (1888-1967 ) russian-born french sculptor. two a.ls.s., ` o zadkine ´, one page each, 8vo, paris, 20th may and 25th may 1963, on his personal printed stationery of 100 bis, rue d\u2019assas (paris), to jean lesquibe, in french. zadkine informs about a delivery he has received but is concerned because two important things are missing, stating in part `... voilà que commencent les complications: je n'étais pas là quand on a apporté la caisse avec la sculpture, mais ni la gouache ni le dessin n'étaient là. que c'est à dire? je vous prie d'alerter la maison dubois et fils pour qu'ils me rendent ces deux oeuvres.. .´ (translatioin: \"... this is where the complications begin: i wasn't there when the box with the sculpture was brought in, but neither the gouache nor the drawing were there. why is this so? i beg you to alert dubois & fils so they can return these two works to me...\") to the second letter zadkine is reassured and confirms safe receipt of the drawings, saying ` j'ai bien reçu les deux gouaches et dessins et vous merci. si vous venez un jour à paris ne manquez pas de venir me voir´ (translation: \" i received the two gouaches and drawings and thank you. if you ever come to paris, don't forget to come and see me.\") vg, 2 \n jean lesquibe (1910-1995) french master glassmaker and mosaicist."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1422","title":{"es":"zadkine ossip: (1888-1967)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139885/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.643Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - 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(1925) to miriam noel, his second wife, on the printed stationery of the michigan central railroad company, new york central lines. the architect pens a bitter letter, stating, in full, ´ you may be right about paris. i would have no security myself that would see you through with what you promised \u2014 promptly. i took your own suggestion in that matter at considerable increase of expense to myself. it seemed a quiet way out. remember you are in the hands of lawyers who in keeping hold of you expect to get me for a good fee. they too want money. they are no worse than most but i imagine from what you write about them they are not in this case for their health, nor yours \u2014 nor mine. a paris decree would take the case from them and their fee would be decreased accordingly. it would, nevertheless, be the most dignified dissolution for us both. i did not say i would never get a divorce on the grounds of desertion. but when judge fake said he thought i could not on those grounds i said there were other grounds upon which i might try. and these grounds in no way reflect upon your honor anymore than desertion does. they are technical steps purely and to be taken only in case you continue to make an unfair use of the \u201clegal\u201d instrument given you in good faith by me. in case you try to strike too hard with it \u2014­ you may find it crumbled in your hands. and whatever dignity is now yours by possession of it, gone too, winning or losing. as for honor, is it not true that those who become most excited about it have least?  i went to meet you at your lawyers office as you suggested and want to do my best for you. i did it and more. this new quibble is my reward. according to your statements \u2014 in writing \u2014 these lawyers betrayed me by exciting you to go back on your agreement with me and raising the spectre of the double-cross. i would keep any agreement i made with you as i always have. any testimony submitted by me in this coming trial would be certified to you. but few words would be necessary. no cause given -- except voluntary absence on your part for one year and no contest. your rights would be fully protected by the stipulation signed by you stating the terms and conditions upon which the divorce was to be granted. for the last time i have met you in this matter. it is useless to attempt to end our relations fairly. i am tired of quibbling about \u201chonor\u201d and payments and securities and pretexts ad nauseam . what i do now in this divorce matter or annulment of marriage to you \u2014 to protect myself from what has become unfair, obscene aggression far more than the traffic can bear \u2014 is my affair´ . accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by wright. vg \n frank lloyd wright had married his mistress, maude ´miriam´ noel (1869-1930), in november 1923. the marriage (wright´s second) was a tempestuous one, made worse by noel´s morphine addiction, and only lasted a year. their divorce was finally granted in 1927, by which time wright was already living at taliesin with olga lazović, whom he would marry in 1928."},"estimateMax":3500,"lotNumber":"1427","title":{"es":"wright frank lloyd: (1867-1959) ´ it is useless to attempt to end our relations fairly ´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139890/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":2500,"soldPrice":2800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.650Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac2,500 - \u20ac3,500","currency":"EUR","id":139890,"estimateMin":2500},{"startPrice":80,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139891/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"ando tadao: (1941- ) japanese architect. winner of the 1995 pritzker prize. signed 7 x 5 colour photograph by ando, the image showing the awarded architect standing in a half-length pose, raising his arm up. signed in bold blue ink to a lragely clear area across the image. vg"},"estimateMax":120,"lotNumber":"1428","title":{"es":"ando tadao: (1941- )"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139891/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":80,"soldPrice":80,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.652Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac80 - \u20ac120","currency":"EUR","id":139891,"estimateMin":80},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139892/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139892/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"nadar: (1820-1910) french photographer, caricaturist and balloonist. a good a.l.s., \n nadar , two pages, written to first and third page, 12mo, [paris], n.d. [1880], in french. nadar refers first to his lumbago ` \n je suis, mon ami, cloué depuis quelques jours par mon lumbago automnal périodique et je vous réponds comme je peux sur votre propre papier \u2026´ (\" \n i have been, my friend, unable to move for a few days because of my periodic automn lumbago and i answer to you in the best way i can and on your own paper...\") nadar refers to two debtors his correspondent´s asked him about, and informs him about the large amount of money lost by the first who in his opinion will not attend his debt, although thinks the second will pay, and further states `\u2026 \n j´ai\u2026 des choses à vous dire!  \n des bonnes  \n enfin!!!... mais c´est à la condition que je ne bouge point de ma boutique, et quoique sur le flanc, j´y reste\u2026. que vous series bon si vous veniez la journée finie à l´heure seule où il nous est permis de nous asseoir manger le boeuf avec nous..´  \n (\"\u2026i have\u2026 things to tell you! good finally !!!... but it is under the condition that i do not move from my shop, and although laying and resting, i stay there\u2026. how good you will be if you come at the end of the day at the time when we are allowed to sit and eat beef with us\u2026\") vg"},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1429","title":{"es":"nadar: (1820-1910)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139892/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":400,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.653Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":139892,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139893/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139893/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"adams ansel: (1902-1984) american landscaper photographer. signed postcard photograph, the image showing adams´ joshua trees and moon, joshua tree national monument in california. signed in bold black ink with his full name alone, to the verso. vg"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"1430","title":{"es":"adams ansel: (1902-1984)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139893/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":90,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.654Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac100 - \u20ac150","currency":"EUR","id":139893,"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139894/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139894/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139894/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139894/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"newton helmut: (1920-2004) german-australian fashion photographer. a.l.s., helmut , two pages, 4to, sunset boulevard, hollywood, california, 19th january 1984, to nicole [wisniak], on the printed stationery of the chateau marmont, in french. newton writes, ´voici une idée pour le prochaine \"egoist\". j\u2019ai vu la mise en page de vanity fair de mes photos de pina bunsch (compagne de danse de wuppertal) et le magazine a utilisé vraiment très peu des vraiment très intéressantes portraits etc. si ça t\u2019intéresses a avoir un assez important portfolio, pourquoi pas appeler alex l et lui demander la permission. léo était fouté à la port et maintenant tina bown est rédactrice en chef. le 3ème en mis d\u2019une année. laisse moi savoir qu\u2019est ce que tu penses. j\u2019ai aussi une text avec ca de 2 tappé à la machine, assez drôle\u2026..on a passé 4 jours dans le désert avec gibson, beaucoup de rigolades\u2026.est-ce que philippe est déjà à la tête du figaro ? est-ce qu\u2019il est devenu très fasciste?´ (translation: ´here's an idea for the next \u2018egoist\u2019. i saw the layout of vanity fair with my photos of pina bunsch (wuppertal's dance partner) and the magazine used very few of the really interesting portraits, etc. if you're interested in having a fairly large portfolio, why not call alex l and ask him for permission? léo was fired and now tina bown is editor-in-chief. the third in a year. let me know what you think. i also have a typed text with two of them, quite funny... we spent four days in the desert with gibson, lots of laughs... is philippe already head of le figaro? has he become very fascist?´ ). at the foot of the page the photographer´s wife, june newton (1923-2021) has added her own message to wisniak, in french and english, referring to a book, her and her husband´s travel plans, and also asking ´does billy wilder interest you? (\"some like it hot\"...\"sunset boulevard\" - among others) i´ll photograph him anyway! and we´ll see!´ . together with a second a.l.s., helmut , two pages, 4to, monte carlo, monaco, 3rd september 1987, also to nicole [wisniak], in french. newton writes ´ je suis un peu déçu dans tes promesses que tu n\u2019as pas tenue. soi gentille et envoi le plus vite possible tous tirages fait par junie et moi pour égoïste, également 4 exemplaires du dernier numéro au bureau de john\u2026..j\u2019ai besoin de ces exemplaires que tu as dis sont disponibles maintenant. tu peu te servir toujours des autres qui arrivent plus tard. mais j\u2019aimerais à avoir mes copies du magazine maintenant .´ (translation: ´ i'm a little disappointed that you didn't keep your promise. please be kind and send all the prints junie and i made for égoïste as soon as possible, as well as four copies of the latest issue to john's office... i need the copies you said were available now. you can always use the others that arrive later. but i'd like to have my copies of the magazine now .´ ) and in a postscript remarks ´ chérie, c\u2019est, après tous, la seule récompense que nous demandons. pas trop cher n\u2019est ce pas??´ (translation: ´ darling, after all, it's the only reward we ask for. not too much to ask, is it??´ ). vg, 2 \n nicole wisniak (1951- ) french journalist, creator and director of the magazine égoïste. newton  made contributions to the magazine, before being replaced by richard avedon."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"1431","title":{"es":"newton helmut: (1920-2004) (x2)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139894/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":440,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.860Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - 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(1990s). the amusing image depicts bugs bunny, dressed in a king´s ermine robes and wearing a crown, holding a spectre in one hand, with the sheriff of nottingham genuflecting before him, from the infamous ´knighting´ exchange in the \n merrie melodies cartoon \n rabbit hood (1949). signed by ross in pencil with his name alone to the base. vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1439","title":{"es":"ross virgil: (1907-1996)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139902/view","tags":["esart_drawings","escollectibles_autographs","esart","escollectibles_all","esart_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":190,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.872Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139902,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139903/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"ross virgil: (1907-1996) american cartoonist and animator, best known for his collaboration with friz freleng and for animating many of the warner bros. cartoons, particularly those featuring bugs bunny. a good original graphite and coloured pencils drawing executed and signed by virgil ross, one page (animation peg hole paper), oblong folio (approximately 32 x 27 cm), n.p., n.d. (1990s). the image depicts daffy duck in costume as robin hood, standing in a full-length pose opposite porky pig, in costume as friar tuck, from the \n merrie melodies cartoon \n robin hood daffy (1958). signed by ross in pencil with his name alone to the base. vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1440","title":{"es":"ross virgil: (1907-1996)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139903/view","tags":["esart_drawings","escollectibles_autographs","esart","escollectibles_all","esart_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.874Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139903,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139904/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"ross virgil: (1907-1996) american cartoonist and animator, best known for his collaboration with friz freleng and for animating many of the warner bros. cartoons, particularly those featuring bugs bunny. a good original graphite and coloured pencils drawing executed and signed by virgil ross, one page (animation peg hole paper), folio (approximately 32 x 27 cm), n.p., n.d. (1990s). the attractive drawing depicts hugo the abominable snowman holding bugs bunny in the palm of one hand and grasping marvin the martian in the other, from the warner bros. cartoon \n spaced out bunny (1980). signed by ross in pencil with his name alone to the base. vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1441","title":{"es":"ross virgil: (1907-1996)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139904/view","tags":["esart_drawings","escollectibles_autographs","esart","escollectibles_all","esart_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":240,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:33.550Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139904,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139905/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"lantz walter: (1899-1994) american cartoonist and animator, the creator of woody woodpecker. an original black pen and ink drawing signed and inscribed by lantz on an oblong 12mo page removed from an autograph album, n.p., 1982. the image depicts the head of woody woodpecker. signed by lantz immediately beneath the drawing. a few very light, minor creases to the edges, vg"},"estimateMax":120,"lotNumber":"1442","title":{"es":"lantz walter: (1899-1994)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139905/view","tags":["esart_drawings","escollectibles_autographs","esart","escollectibles_all","esart_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":110,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:33.552Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac100 - \u20ac120","currency":"EUR","id":139905,"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139906/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"hergé: (1907-1983) georges prosper remi. belgian cartoonist. best known for creating the series of comics ''the adventures of tintin''. an excellent t.l.s., ` \n hergé ´, one page, 4to, brussels, 27th february 1978, on his personal printed stationery, showing the printed heading `\"tudios hergé s.a\", to monsieur paul vankueken-oomen, in french. hergé thanks his correspondent for the comic page forwarded and sends a warm and friendly message, stating ` \n merci pour les pages 18bis and 18ter de \"tintin en amérique\", qui sont vraiment très drôles! pas un seul instant, croyez-le bien, je n´ai vu une critique dans vos \"fantaisies\". bien au contraire, je les ai vivement appréciées! je compatis sincèrement à votre douleur d´avoir perdu votre maman et je forme des voeux pour le rétablissement de votre père.´ (translation: \" \n thank you for pages 18bis and 18ter of \"tintin in america\", which are really very funny! not for a single moment, believe me, have i seen a criticism in your \u201cfantasies\u201d. on the contrary, i really appreciated them! i sincerely sympathize with your pain at having lost your mother and i wish you well for your father's recovery.\") before concluding hergé states ` \n et ne quittez jamais l´enfance, c´est à dire la vraie spontanéité!´ (translation: \" \n and never leave childhood, that is to say true spontaneity!\") accompanied by a printed comic page, 18ter, which hergé referes to in his letter. small overall minor age wear and creasing, otherwise g to vg"},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1443","title":{"es":"hergé: (1907-1983)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139906/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":500,"soldPrice":460,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:33.553Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac500 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":139906,"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139907/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139907/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139907/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139907/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139907/005/005.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"gus (1911-1997) gustave erlich. french cartoonist, illustrator and caricaturist. a good, small selection of five original pen, ink and blue pencil cartoons drawn and signed ( \n 'gus' ) by gus, each one page, oblong folio, n.p. (paris?), 1960-66. each of the single panel cartoons are related to john f. kennedy and american politics, one dated april 1961 and depicting charles de gaulle standing in a child´s room being decorated by two workmen, featuring the caption \n ´il faut que la chambre du jeune président kennedy soit prête pour 31 mai´ (translation; \n ´the young president kennedy's room must be ready by 31 may´ ); another depicting two men standing on a roof top opposite the empire state building (with wings attached to its sides), featuring the caption \n ´ils vont un peu, les russes, avec leur ridicule petit engin de six tonnes´ (translation: \n ´the russians are making some progress with their ridiculous little six-tonne vehicle´ ); and another of a disgruntled statue of liberty holding her torch above her head in an aggressive manner, with the caption \n ´je l´attends à la sortie´ (translation: \n ´i'm waiting for him at the exit´ ). each with various pencil and ink annotations and stamps etc., to 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the centre of the card steadman has produced a detailed illustration of a landscape with trees and other vegitation, amongst which appears the upper-half of the head of a rather mischievious and devilish looking creature, their eyes firmly gazed upon a rabbit resting quietly beneath one of the trees. signed by steadman with an excellent and bold example of his distinctive signature. the neat ink annotations of the autograph collector thomas scullion appear to the upper and lower edges. vg"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"1450","title":{"es":"steadman ralph: (1936- )"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139913/view","tags":["esart_drawings","escollectibles_autographs","esart","escollectibles_all","esart_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:33.564Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac100 - 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(approximately 20.5 x 29.5 cm), n.p., n.d. parker has drawn a full-length image of elementary school student stan marsh, one of the four central characters in \n south park . signed by parker with his name alone immediately beneath the drawing. vg, 2"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1451","title":{"es":"groening & parker (x2)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139914/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","esart_drawings","esart","escollectibles_all","esart_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":320,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.872Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":139914,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139915/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"de parthenay catherine: (1554-1631) viscountess and princess of rohan. french noblewoman, philosopher, poet, playwright, translator and mathematician who was considered one of the most brilliant women of the era. a rare l.s., catherine de parthenay , with holograph subscription ( ´vostre obeissante et plus affectionnee à vous servir´ ), one page, 4to, au parc, 28th october 1596, to madame duplessis, in french. de parthenay´s letter states, in full, ´je vous avois escrit ceste mesme lettre de ma main; mais, en la relisant, je l´ai trouvee si pleine de faultes, à cause que j´estois toute endormie, que j´ai esté contrainte de la faire rescrire; ce sera seulement pour vous dire que je vous ai beaucoup d´obligation de l´advis qu´il vous a pleu me donner du voyage de m. duplessis, et vous supplier me voulloir mander, par la premiere commidité, s´il sera bon que j´envoye vers lui et quand; et, oultre cela, si ung des deputés ou tous auront poinet charge de passer en bretaigne, pour ce que je vouldrois bien (si cela estoit) faire parler à eulx avant qu´ils eussent veu m. de mercoeur; s´il vous plaist prendre ce soing pour moi, en donnant vos lettres au capitaine [...] udoyn ,  il les fera tenir seurement. cependant faictes, s´il vous plaist, tousjours estat de moi, comme de celle qui demeurera à jamais, avec beaucoup d´affection´ (translation: ´i wrote this same letter to you in my own hand; but, on rereading it, i found it so full of mistakes, because i was half asleep, that i was forced to have it rewritten; it will only be to tell you that i am very much obliged to you for the advice you were so kind as to give me about mr duplessis, and to ask you to let me know, by the first opportunity, if and when it would be a good idea for me to send something to him; and also, if any or all of the deputies are planning to travel to brittany, because i would like (if it were possible) to get them to talk before they have seen mr de mercoeur; please take this care for me, by giving your letters to captain [...] udoyn, he will have them delivered safely. in the meantime, please always be assured of my esteem, as of one who will remain forever, with much affection´ ). with manuscript address panel to the verso. irregularly trimmed and torn to the left edge, with an area of paper loss affecting several words of text. g \n charlotte duplessis-mornay (1550-1606) french writer of the reformation, known for her first-person account of the st. bartholomew´s day massacre (1572), and for authoring the  memoires de messire philippes de mornay , about her husband, the french protestant writer philippe de mornay (1549-1623)."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1452","title":{"es":"de parthenay catherine: (1554-1631)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139915/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":2000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.873Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - 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facts that shed light on the circumstances of this letter start with a translation of bolingbroke's letters on history that had just been published, and in which the authenticity of the bible is attacked. formey provided, for the new german library, an extract from the pamphlets of zimmermann, \"the illustrious theologian of basel, \", and had chosen as his subject the dissertation on incredulity, in order to have the opportunity to make a sally against the incredulous. frederick, king of prussia continued his kindness to formey, but granted voltaire the privilege of printing a response. this appeared under the name of \"doctor goodnatur'd wellwisher, chaplain to the earl of chesterfield\" and was entitled defense of milord bolingbroke. the text caused a scandal because of its impiety. voltaire has no limits using his words and attacks his correspondent with humour mixed with harsch sentences, stating in part ` en vérité, monsieur, je ne vous croyais pas suisse. un illustre théologien de bâle écrit que milord bolingbroke a eu la chaude pisse et de là il tire la conséquence évidente que moïse est l\u2019auteur du pentateuque. on prétend que de bonnes lois et de bonnes troupes ne valent rien, si l\u2019on n\u2019a pas une foi vive pour les dogmes de zwingle et d\u2019ecolampade. or, comme titus, marc-aurèle, trajan, nerva, julien, etc., etc., avaient le malheur horrible de ne croire pas plus à zwingle qu\u2019au pape, et que cependant tout allait assez bien de leur temps, on a cru à potsdam ne devoir pas être tout à fait de l\u2019avis du révérend docteur suisse. le chapelain de milord chesterfield a pris en bon chrétien la cause de milord bolingbroke, il l\u2019a défendue dans une lettre pieuse et modeste. la traduction est parvenue ici avec la permission des supérieurs. le roi a beaucoup ri: faites-en de même. il paye bien les docteurs, et se moque des disputes théologiques, métaphysiques, phoronomiques, et dynamiques. soyez très tranquille, vivez gaiement de l\u2019évangile et de la philosophie, et laissez les profanes douter de la chronologie de moïse, et des monades. tâchez de conserver la vôtre; faites-vous couvrir de poix-résine; essayez de vous mettre de grandes épingles dans le cul, suivant l\u2019avis de l\u2019auteur des nouvelles lettres. tâtez des forces centrifuges, ou plutôt faites-vous embaumer tout vivant, afin de n\u2019attraper que dans sept ou huit cents ans ce point de maturité qui est la mort.´ (translation: \" in truth, sir, i did not believe you were swiss. an illustrious theologian from basel writes that lord bolingbroke had the piss hot, and from this he draws the obvious conclusion that moses is the author of the pentateuch. it is claimed that good laws and good troops are worthless if one does not have a lively faith in the dogmas of zwinglius and ecolampadius. now, since titus, marcus aurelius, trajan, nerva, julian, etc., etc., had the horrible misfortune of believing no more in zwingli than in the pope, and yet everything was going quite well in their time, it was believed in potsdam that they should not be entirely of the opinion of the reverend swiss doctor. lord chesterfield's chaplain took up lord bolingbroke's cause as a good christian, and defended it in a pious and modest letter. the translation has reached us here with the permission of the superiors. the king laughed heartily: do the same. he pays the doctors well, and laughs at theological, metaphysical, phoronomic, and dynamic disputes. be very calm, live happily on the gospel and philosophy, and let the profane doubt the chronology of moses, and the monads. try to preserve yours; have yourself covered with pitch-resin; try to put large pins in your ass, following the advice of the author of the new letters. feel centrifugal forces, or rather have yourself embalmed while still alive, so as not to reach that point of maturity which is death until seven or eight hundred years from now.\") further, voltaire continues with his mockery and using his deep knowledge, ridicules his correspondent relentlessly saying ` pour moi, si je peux jamais rattraper ma jeunesse, je compte aller faire un tour aux terres australes avec dalichamp. il dissèquera des cervelles de géants hauts de douze pieds, et des hommes velus comme des ours avec des queues de singe. alors nous saurons des nouvelles positives de la nature de l\u2019âme; j\u2019exalte ici la mienne pour vous prédire l\u2019avenir: car vous savez qu\u2019un peu d\u2019exaltation fait voir le futur comme le passé. je vous prédis donc que ceux qui tourneront les sottises de ce monde en raillerie seront toujours les plus heureux, et, pour revenir du futur au passé, je vous jure que démocrite avait raison et qu\u2019héraclite avait tort. croyez-moi, ne mettez aux choses que leur prix, et ne prenez point de grosses balances pour peser des toiles d\u2019araignée. il y a mille occasions où un vaudeville vaut mieux qu\u2019une lamentation de jérémie...´ (translation: \" as for me, if i can ever regain my youth, i intend to take a tour of the southern lands with dalichamp. he will dissect the brains of twelve-foot-tall giants, and men as hairy as bears with monkey tails. then we will know positive news about the nature of the soul; i exalt mine here to predict the future for you: for you know that a little exaltation makes you see the future as the past. i predict to you, then, that those who turn the foolishness of this world into mockery will always be the happiest, and, to return from the future to the past, i swear to you that democritus was right and heraclitus was wrong. believe me, put only their price on things, and do not take large scales to weigh cobwebs. there are a thousand occasions when a vaudeville is worth more than a lamentation by jeremiah...\") paper with an hr watermark. spine lightly and professionally reinforced and a very small tear to the bottom edge, otherwise g to vg \n the present letter shows several interesting small variations from the published text of voltaire´s correspondences.  \n johann heinrich samuel formey (1711-1797) german pastor and man of letters. although formey fought against the ideas of philosophers, he was in contact with voltaire, who published several short texts in his journal l\u2019abeille du parnasse . he became known in particular by publishing an anti-emile, which refuted rousseau\u2019s ideas on education point by point. voltaire and formey soon fell out, which can easily be deduced from reading this letter.  \n the present letter shows several interesting small variations from the published text of voltaire´s correspondences."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"1453","title":{"es":"voltaire: (1694-1778)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139916/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":12000,"soldPrice":12000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.875Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac12,000 - \u20ac15,000","currency":"EUR","id":139916,"estimateMin":12000},{"startPrice":800,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139917/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"rousseau jean-jacques: (1712-1778) french writer and philosopher. an interesting autograph manuscript page by rousseau, 4to, n.p., [paris], n.d. (c.1745), in french. the manuscript page, in rousseau's hand, is from his unpublished work relating to the history of women and laws which he prepared between 1745-51 for his benefactress louise marie madeleine dupin. rousseau, in an unusual clean writing, states ` on assure qu´actuellement il y a en provence deux couvents de religieuses chartreuses qui reçoivent de l´´evêque l´imposition des mains, avec les principaux attributs du diaconat \u2013 savoir poser l´étole, et chanter l´évangile. a éclaircir´ (\u201c it has been assured that currently there are in provence two convents of carthusian nuns who receive the imposition of hands from the bishop, with the main attributes of the diaconate \u2013 knowing how to put on the stole, and sing the gospel. to clarify\u201d) with right and bottom edges slightly trimmed and a small area of paper loss to the left edge, not affecting the text. g \n  \n louise-marie-madeleine fontaine (1706-1799) madame dupin. french saloniste, famed for her spirit and beauty who hosted a famous literary salon in paris from 1733-82 and owned the chateau de chenonceau, known as the centre of the most famous french philosophers of the age of enlightenment. dupin employed rousseau as her secretary and tutor of her son from 1745-51. at the time rousseau wrote these pages, he was also working as secretary to his benefactress louise madame dupin. the present text corresponds to rousseau´s work about the history of women, written between 1745 and 1751 for mrs dupin, and which would never be published."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1454","title":{"es":"rousseau jean-jacques: (1712-1778)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139917/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.876Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":139917,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":1400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139918/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139918/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"rousseau jean-jacques: (1712-1778) french writer and philosopher. a very interesting autograph manuscript, two pages, 4to, n.p., [paris], n.d. (c.1745), in french. the manuscript, in rousseau's hand, is part of his unpublished work relating to the history of women and laws which he prepared between 1745 and 1751 for his benefactress louise marie madeleine dupin, born fontaine. on this occasion, this manuscript do not seem to be a copied text but more a manuscript where rousseau adds his own style because he used to write his text in the right part of the page, and the left side was reserved for additional notes relating to the provenance of the information, which on this occasion do not figure, leaving the left side blank. rousseau refers to the egyptian queen cleopatra, stating in part `... \n elle épousa depuis un prince de la plus grande réputation qu´il y eut en orient.... ptolomée fit tuer la reine, sa fille et les plus riches du pays, s´empara de leurs biens et mourut possesseur de l´egypte peu de temps après cette horrible action...sa principale volonté était que son fils épousa sa soeur, l´ainée des filles qui lui restaient, celle-ci fut la belle cleopatre, qui après la mort de son mari obtint de césar la restitution de son royaume qu´un autre de ses frères avait usurpé. après la mort de cette dernière cléopatre, l´egypte ne fut plus qu´une province de la dépendance de l´empire romain´ (translation: \"..... \n she married a prince of the greatest reputation in the east.... ptolemy had the queen, her daughter and the richest people in the country killed, seized their property and died as the owner of egypt shortly after this horrible action... his main wish was that his son marry his sister, the eldest of his remaining daughters, the beautiful cleopatra, who after the death of her husband obtained from caesar the restitution of her kingdom that another of her brothers had usurped. after the death of this last cleopatra, egypt was nothing more than a province of dependency of the roman empire\") very slightly uneven right and bottom edge, otherwise vg"},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"1455","title":{"es":"rousseau jean-jacques: (1712-1778)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139918/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1400,"soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.877Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,400 - \u20ac1,800","currency":"EUR","id":139918,"estimateMin":1400},{"startPrice":6000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139919/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139919/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"rousseau jean-jacques: (1712-1778) french writer and philosopher who influenced the progress of the age of enlightenment throughout europe. an extremely rare a.l.s., ` \n j.j. rousseau ´, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 24th april 1762, in french. an excellent autograph letter by rousseau, referring to his wound and to his encyclopedia, stating in part ` \n dans la supposition qu´il vous a plu de faire, monsieur, que ma blessure n´était qu´une piqure d´aiguille, vous avez eu raison de trouver étrange que je tardasse à vous remercier de ce que vous avez bien voulu faire pour mon encyclopédie; mais quand je vous aurai dit que je souffre encore de ma main et que j´écris avec peine, j´espère que vous excuserez ce retard qui très assurément ne viens point d´ingratitude.´ (translation: \" \n in the supposition that you were pleased to say, sir, that my wound was only a needle prick, you were right to find it strange that i was slow in thanking you for what you were kind enough to do for my encyclopedia; but when i have told you that i still suffer from my hand and that i write with difficulty, i hope that you will excuse this delay which most assuredly does not come from ingratitude.\") further, rousseau comments on the mistakes and errata to sort out on the new volumes before sending copies of the work, saying ` \n en relisant ce que j´ai des deux derniers volumes, je vois qu´ils fourmillent de fautes, et qu´ils peuvent encore moins se passer d´un errata que les deux premiers... heureusement nous avons tout le temps d´en prendre à notre aise, et je vois de plus en plus que cette affaire ne sera pas sitôt besogne faite. ainsi je prends insensiblement mon parti...´ (translation: \" \n rereading what i have of the last two volumes, i see that there are plenty of errors, and that they cannot be issued so, do even less without an errata than the first two... fortunately we have plenty of time to take it easy, and i see more and more that this matter will not be done so soon. so i am gradually making up my mind...\") before concluding rousseau states in part ` \n je ne vous envoye point encore mon encyclopédie parce qu´il faut l´envelopper, faire des paquets, travail qui effraye beaucoup...´ (translation: \" \n i am not sending you my encyclopedia yet because it needs to be wrapped and packaged, a very frightening task...\") paper with watermark. with blank integral leaf. very small minor age wear, otherwise g to vg"},"estimateMax":9000,"lotNumber":"1456","title":{"es":"rousseau jean-jacques: (1712-1778)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139919/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":6000,"soldPrice":6500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.878Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac6,000 - \u20ac9,000","currency":"EUR","id":139919,"estimateMin":6000},{"startPrice":10000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139920/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139920/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"schiller friedrich: (1759-1805) german poet, philosopher and playwright. a rare fragment of an autograph letter, lacking the signature, one page, slim oblong 8vo (approximately 18.5 x 7.5 cm), n.p., n.d. (c.1785-90), in german. the fragment, evidently excised from a longer letter to a fellow writer, comprises eight complete lines of text to the recto, and a further eight to the verso, stating (recto) ´ meinung von mir gegeben, die mich zu der hofnung, bewertigen, dass zwischen uns eine verwandtschaft des geistes sich fine, die der lebendige umgang zur freundschaft erhofen wird. ich will also den himmel bitten, dass er die bediegung sobald moglich erfullern moge, unter welches die letztern so gut als entschieden ist. einstweilen lassen sie mich hoffen, zuweilen einen laut von ihnen zu erhalten, der mir zeigt, dass.....´ (translation: ´ i have given my opinion, which leads me to hope that there is a spiritual affinity between us that will grow into friendship through lively interaction. so i will ask heaven to fulfil the condition as soon as possible, under which the latter is as good as decided. in the meantime, let me hope to receive a sound from you from time to time that shows me that...´ ) and continuing (verso) ´ubersendte ihn......zu bitten, mein verehrtestes freund, zu den kleinem ausarbeitungen, die sie fur das publikum bestimmen, auch fernerhin den canal meiner thalia zu erwahlen. ich mochte unser neue bekanntschaft nicht gerne mit einer zudringlichkeit eroffnen, aber wie sehr sie mich und jeden leser der thalia dadurch verpflichten, wird wohl meines gestandnisses nicht erst bedfurfen´ (translation: ´please send it to... my most esteemed friend, i request that you continue to choose the channel of my thalia for the little works you intend to address to the public. i would not like to intrude in opening our new acquaintance, but how much you and every reader of the thalia thereby oblige me is something that my confession will presumably not require´ ). with a contemporary ink annotation ´schiller 46´ in the margin of the recto. very slightly irregularly trimmed to the upper and lower edges, otherwise vg \n thalia was a german magazine centred on history, theatre, culture, philosophy, literature and politics, that was founded by schiller in 1784. his poem an die freude (´ode to joy´ ) was first published in thalia in 1786."},"estimateMax":12000,"lotNumber":"1457","title":{"es":"schiller friedrich: (1759-1805) ´ i request that you continue to choose......my thalia for the little works you intend to address to the public´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139920/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":10000,"soldPrice":10000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.880Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac10,000 - \u20ac12,000","currency":"EUR","id":139920,"estimateMin":10000},{"startPrice":30000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139921/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"marx karl: (1818-1883) german-born philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist and revolutionary socialist. a good, amusing a.l.s., karl marx , one page, 8vo, n.p. (london), 14th october 1871, to [edward spencer beesly] ( ´my dear sir´ ), in english and french. marx encloses a photograph (no longer present) for beesly´s wife, and continues ´the christian name of the illustrious greenwood is frederick ´ , further explaining, in french, ´ce n\u2019est pas frederic le grande. vous savez que voltaire, dans sa retraite suisse, avait auprès de lui un jésuite, nommé adam, qu\u2019il était accoutumé à représenter à ses visiteurs en disant: ce n\u2019est pas le premier des hommes!´ (translation: ´it's not frederick the great. you know that voltaire, in his swiss retreat, had a jesuit named adam with him, whom he was accustomed to introduce to his visitors by saying: he is not the first of men!´ ). marx returns to english to conclude his letter, confirming that jenny [von westphalen] will have the pleasure to call on mrs. beesly the following wednesday, at around 1 o´clock. a wonderful and rare autograph letter by marx, displaying his austere sense of humour, and with a good association. some light age toning, predominantly to the left and right edges (the latter also with two tiny holes), not significantly affecting the text or signature, g \n edward spencer beesly (1831-1915) english positivist, trades union activist, and historian. his wife, emily, shared some of her husband´s political and historical interests, and became president of the women's liberal association of paddington in 1886. both edward and emily beesly were friends of karl marx and his wife, and also became acquainted with marx´s circle, including lafargue and engels.  \n jenny von westphalen (1814-1881) german theatre critic and political activist, the wife of karl marx from 1843.  \n frederick greeenwood (1830-1909) english journalist, editor, and man of letters.  \n four months prior to the date of the present letter, marx had written to the pall mall gazette (of which greenwood was editor) to protest against a report that suggested that marx held himself accountable for the charges that had been brought against the french statesman, jules favre; his letter to greenwood was published in the journal \u2013 it closed with the lines, `it is no fault of mine that you are as ignorant as arrogant. if we lived on the continent, i should call you to account in another way.´"},"estimateMax":40000,"lotNumber":"1458","title":{"es":"marx karl: (1818-1883) marx displays his austere sense of humour"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139921/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":30000,"soldPrice":28000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.881Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac30,000 - \u20ac40,000","currency":"EUR","id":139921,"estimateMin":30000},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139922/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139922/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139922/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"bentham jeremy: (1748-1832) english philosopher, jurist and social reformer. a fine, long l.s., jeremy bentham, with several holograph corrections, five pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (post 1802), to baron de lessert. in an elegantly penned letter bentham writes to introduce his friend edward blaquierre, ' now for the occasion: eyes such as yours are of course continually in their travels over the habitable globe viewed through a french medium, the scene exhibited by the regeneration of spain can not but be familiar to you: not so, perhaps, through an english one. edward blaquierre, a most serviceable friend of mine, is in no inconsiderable degree, qualified to satisfy any curiosity which that scene may have left unsatisfied. he is of the noble irish family of that name. the head of the family - a sir john blaquierre - being a parliamentary leader and one of the proprietors of seats in the house of commons ', also explaining that edward blaquierre is a naval lieutenant and was in command of a ship in the mediterranean ' and in that capacity distinguished himself in various ways, amongst them by saving a bey of tunis from an insurrection' and that 'in the world of letters he is known to advantage by several works: one of them entitled \" letters from the mediterranean \"in which some mention, i believe, is made of the tunis adventure' and further commenting 'there is a good deal of the irish enthusiasm and a little more than enough of the irish impetuosity and eccentricity in his turn of mind....amongst his eccentricities was that of sticking into that work of his an enthusiastic passage or two about the delight of codification coupled with the mention of a name so little worth it as that which began this already too long letter'. bentham also informs his correspondent that he had not heard from blaquierre for some years when he received a letter from him 'on the point of embarkation on a visit to spain with two declared objects: one of these was the giving in that country what notoriety he could to my works: the other, not then explained, but which has since turned out to be, the writing a history of the revolution, the news of which had just arrived here. not only unpaid but unasked by me, or anybody else, he has been working for me with as much zeal as the highest paid ambassador could manifest in the service of his monarch: and to that zeal, i am indebted for that notice from the cortes, of which some not very correct accounts, i believe, have found their way into some of your well-disciplined and well-purified newspapers. he continues full of gratitude for all the service he has done me '. bentham states that blaquierre has been married for a year and is currently residing in paris ('a place of abode which the state of his finances renders a rather more convenient one than london' ) and is occupied in the completion of his history of the spanish revolution, continuing 'the liberty, i am thus taking with you, is, on his part, altogether unasked and unexpected. it would be a real satisfaction to me to bring together two men so worthy of each other: but my respect for both of you forbad my annoying either of you by a letter of introduction, which i have no title to give, and which it might be unpleasant to the one to receive, or the other to deliver: should, therefore, any intercourse have place, it is with you that it will commence' . the philosopher also writes of blaquierre's proposed renovation of a property near montpellier and continues to reflect on previous meetings with his correspondent and their wife at their home in paris in 1802 as well as pleasant days 'at a place i had for four or five years in devonshire ', remarking 'madame la baronne, your wife, who was then skipping about from room to room in a state of maiden innocence, can not possibly have had cognizance of my existence, unless it were by the gloom with which the sight of a stupid old man, with deaf and aching ears, may have damped the gaiety of the rest of the company' and also writes of a mr. garnier, whom he believes has now been made a marquis, observing ' if he is a man like other men, and in particular like other frenchmen, the evidence i gave him of the impression made upon me by his discoveries in relation to the monetary system of ancient rome, as detailed in his translation of adam smith, did something for me. should mr. blaquierre become known to you, perhaps you might give him the additional honour of being known to mr. garnier '. bentham concludes his letter with an anecdote concerning his correspondent's mother, ' one person of your family, the remembrance of whom (would you think it?) is still a source rather of uneasiness to me than satisfaction, is madame de lessert, your mother. yes; for the chance of breaking your ladies with a laugh, i will give them matter for one, though it be at my own expense. at that dinner of which i partook at your house, there were, i suppose, not so few as twenty in company, all of the masculine gender - all of them compleatly unknown to me. as we marched in procession from the drawing room to the dining room, i observed madame de lessert's hand stuck by her side, waiting for some other to take hold of it. it had never entered into my conception that the honour could be designed for any such insignificant person as myself: observing, however that the hand still remained single, i perceived my mistake: but it was then too late to attempt repairing it, without encreasing, instead of obliterating, the ridicule. if the lady be still giving the family the benefit of those virtues, of which i heard so much, and to which the evidences were so visible in her countenance, lay me at her feet. i beg of you, communicate to her this my confession, and, if she gives me absolution, blaquierre, without trouble to your pen, might be the bearer of it´ . some extremely light, very minor age wear, vg \n jules paul benjamin delessert ( 1773-1847) french banker & naturalist.  \n john blaquiere (1732-1812) 1 st baron de blaquiere.  british soldier, diplomat and politician of french descent. chief secretary for ireland 1772-76. blaquiere fathered three daughters and four sons, including edward blaquiere, the subject of the present letter.  \n jeremy bentham is considered as the founder of the modern utilitarianism."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"1459","title":{"es":"bentham jeremy: (1748-1832)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139922/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":950,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.882Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":139922,"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139923/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"destutt de tracy antoine: (1754-1836) french enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher who coined the term ´ideology´. l-s., \n le cte. destutt de tracy, pair de france , one page, 4to, paris, 23rd june 1829, to a gentleman, in french. destutt de tracy acknowledges receipt of his correspondent´s letter \n ´à l´occasion d´un crime commis jadis en normandie par un sieur de tracy´ (translation: \n ´concerning a crime committed long ago in normandy by a certain mr. de tracy´ ), remarking \n ´je ne puis rien vous dire à ce sujet. si ce n´est que cela ne me regarde et ne m´interesse en rien´ (translation: \n ´i can tell you nothing about this matter, except that it does not concern me and is of no interest to me´ ) and continuing to explain \n ´tracy est le nom de la terre que je possède dans le dept. de la nièvre, mais ce n´est pas celui de ma famille, je m´appelle destutt, nous sommes originairer ecossais, venus pour la conduite du connetable d´eope pour secourir charles vii encore dauphin, contre les anglais et il nous a donné pour récompense de nos services le titre d´assay en berry que possède encore une branche de ma famille´ (translation: \n ´tracy is the name of the land i own in the department of nièvre, but it is not my family name. my name is destutt, and we are originally from scotland, having come of nièvre, we came to france at the behest of the constable of eope to help charles vii, then still dauphin, against the english, and he rewarded us for our services with the title of d'assay en berry, which is still held by a branch of my family´ ). destutt de tracy concludes by writing \n ´je sais qu´il a existé en normandie d´anciens gentilhommes dont le nom etait réellement tracy et qui même ont passé en angleterre. mais encore une fois je n´ai rien de commun avec eux et si quelqu´un de leurs angétres a commis un crime, cela m´est totalement étranger et indifferent´ (translation: \n ´i know that there were former gentlemen in normandy whose name was actually tracy and who even went to england. but once again, i have nothing in common with them, and if any of their ancestors committed a crime, it is completely foreign and indifferent to me´ ). some light overall foxing, otherwise vg"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1460","title":{"es":"destutt de tracy antoine: (1754-1836)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139923/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":150,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:31.884Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139923,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139924/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"comte auguste: (1798-1857) french philosopher, mathematician and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism and is often regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term. a rare a.l.s., \n auguste comte , one page, paris, 14th july 18505, to monsieur auguste guyard, in french. writing in his meticulous clean small hand comte interestingly refers to his reading daily practice, and states ` \n ayant bientôt reconnu que, chez les modernes, la lecture nuit beaucoup à la méditation, j´ai, depuis longues années. contracté l´habitude de ne lire que les grands poètes occidentaux. je lis chaque matin un chapitre de l´imitation et chaque soir un chant de dante, en réservant pour mes instants de loisir mes autres lectures poétiques, de manière à relire annuellement tous les chefs d´oeuvre. ce régime cérébral m´ayant toujours été très salutaire, je m´y suis tellement attaché que je n´y puis admettre que de rares et courtes exceptions, motivées d´après l´importance extraordinaire de quelques ouvrages, quoique je me trouve aussi privé de communications intéressantes´ (translation: \" \n having soon recognized that, among modern writers, reading is very detrimental to meditation, i have, for many years, acquired the habit of reading only the great western poets. every morning i read a chapter of l´imitation and every evening a song of dante, reserving my other poetic readings for my moments of leisure, so as to reread all the masterpieces annually. this cerebral regimen having always been very beneficial to me, i have become so attached to it that i can only admit rare and short exceptions, justified by the extraordinary importance of certain works, although i also find myself deprived of interesting communications.\") after detailing his daily reading methods comte explains that for this precise reason he cannot read his correspondent´s work, saying ` \n d´après cette explication, je ne puis aucunement vous promettre la lecture de l´écrit que vous avez bien voulu me soumettre. mais je chargerai de son examen l´un de mes meilleurs disciples, qui m´en rendra soigneusement compte.´ (translation: \" \n according to this explanation, i cannot in any way promise you the reading of the document that you have kindly submitted to me. but i will entrust its examination to one of my best disciples, who will report back to me carefully.\") with blank integral leaf. vg"},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"1461","title":{"es":"comte auguste: (1798-1857)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139924/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":2400,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:30.655Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":139924,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139925/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139925/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139925/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139925/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"proudhon pierre-joseph: (1809-1865) french philosopher, socialist and politician, the founder of mutualist philosophy and the first person to declare himself an anarchist. a very interesting a.l.s., ` p.-j. proudhon ´, three pages, 12mo, ixelles, 7th april, n.y., to j. herzel, in french. proudhon writes to the parisian editor herzel, and comments on his just finished work, stating in part ` enfin, j´ai fini. les deux dernières feuilles du tome ii sont sous presse. le tout formera environ 22 feuilles, non compris titres et tables, soit chaque volume 400 pages, ce qui va bien. il y a un chapitre dont je suis peu satisfait: toutefois, et malgré cette tâche, qui tient essentiellement à la rédaction, non au fond, je crois que vous trouverez comme moi que l´intérêt se soutient jusqu´au bout et que le dénoument n´est pas trop malheureux. j´attends demain les dernières épreuves.´ (translation: \" finally, i've finished. the last two pages of volume ii are in print. the whole thing will be about 22 sheets, not including titles and tables, that is 400 pages per volume, which is about right. there is one chapter i'm not very happy with: however, and despite this task, which is essentially a matter of editing, not substance, i believe you will find, as i did, that the interest is sustained right to the end and that the outcome is not too unfortunate. i'm waiting for the final proofs tomorrow.' proudhon further refers to editing, proof sheets and recommended ways of presenting it, and further again adds few very interesting comments including the emperor napoleon iii and madame pompadour, stating ` il est un point sur lequel je pourrais bien me trouver d´accord avec le gouverneur plus qu´avec nos pseudo-démocrates. c´est l´unité italienne , à laquelle je n ai pas fui, que je ne saurais approuver ni comme..., ni comme révolutionnaire, et que le gouverneur impérial ne doit pas aimer plus que moi. c´est par ce côté-là que les cavouriens du siécle et de l´opinion nationale travaillent à ... la guerre, en poussant napoléon iii à une nouvelle descente. en 1755 c´était madame de pompadour qui faisait la guerre et la paix; aujourd´hui c´est une coterie.... est-ce qu´on ne démasquera pas cette intrigue?´(translation: \" there is one point on which i could well find myself in agreement with the governor more than with our pseudo-democrats. it is the italian unity,  which i did not flee, which i did not say i approved either as..., or as a revolutionary, and which the imperial governor must not love more than i do. it is from this angle that the cavourians of the siècle and of the opinion nationale , work at ... war, by pushing napoleon iii to a new descent. in 1755 it was madame de pompadour who made war and peace; today it is a clique.... will this intrigue not be unmasked?\") with address leaf in proudhon´s hand bearing remants of a seal and a small corner area of paper loss due to the opening, but not affecting the text or signature, otherwise g \n  \n proudhon´s work war and peace (1865), whose title inspired tolstoy's famous novel, nevertheless constitutes one of his major works, a true nexus making it possible to establish a link between his philosophy of justice and his theory of federalism."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1462","title":{"es":"proudhon pierre-joseph: (1809-1865)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139925/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":750,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:30.657Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":139925,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139926/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"bachelard gaston: (1884-1962) french philosopher. a.l.s., \n bachelard , one page, 8vo, paris, 1st february 1943, to a gentleman, in french. bachelard thanks his correspondent for their new submission and continues \n ´puisque vous assistez à mon cours du mercredi, venez donc me voir apres le dernier cours. je serai très heureux de faire votre connaissance et de vous dire de vive voix la joie que j´ai eu de lire vos poèmes´ (translation: \n ´since you attend my wednesday class, please come and see me after the last lesson. i would be delighted to meet you and tell you in person how much i enjoyed reading your poems´ ). a couple of small pinholes and minor rust stain to the upper left corner, vg"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1463","title":{"es":"bachelard gaston: (1884-1962)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139926/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":130,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:30.658Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139926,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139927/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"junger ernst: (1895-1998) german philosopher, author and soldier, known for his world war i memoir \n storm of steel . signed and inscribed 6 x 4.5 postcard photograph of junger in a head and shoulders pose with a budgerigar perched on his shoulder. signed in black ink to a light area of the image and dated 3rd may 1995 in his hand. ex"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"1464","title":{"es":"junger ernst: (1895-1998)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139927/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":110,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:30.660Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac100 - 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vg"},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"1465","title":{"es":"gadamer hans-georg: (1900-2002)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139928/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":360,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:30.662Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac500","currency":"EUR","id":139928,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139929/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"beaumarchais pierre-agustin (1732-1799) french playwright and diplomat, best known for his three \n figaro plays. beaumarchais was also a watchmaker, inventor, musician, revolutionary participant in the early stages of the 1789 french revolution and even spy. he was influential in the court of louis xv king of france. as a strong supporter of american independence, he lobbied the french government on behalf of the american rebels seeking for arms and financial assistance. d.s., ` \n beaumarchais´, with flourish, one page, oblong 4to, paris, 31st january 1798, in french. the document being a bill of exchange, beaumarchais granting a payment before a fixed date, stating ` \n bon pour deux cent livres que je payerai au citoyen quitton ou à son fondé de pouvoir le douze messidor prochain, à paris ce 12 pluviose an 6. beaumarchais´ (translation: \" \n bond for two hundred pounds that i will pay to citizen quitton or his attorney on the twelfth of messidor next, in paris this 12 pluviose year 6. beaumarchais´ bearing an ink tax stamp to the heading, and to the verso a cancellation annotation \n `pour acquis´ indicating that the payment was done. beaumarchais´ signature is crossed with three lines, done at the time of the payment. neatly laid down. g"},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"1466","title":{"es":"beaumarchais pierre-agustin 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which evidently originally accompanied a gift souvenir, features a tricolour ribbon neatly tied in a bow through a small cutting in the lower left corner. about vg \n from 1864 ibsen had lived in italy and germany for almost thirty years, chiefly in rome, dresden and munich, before moving to kristiania in 1881."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"1467","title":{"es":"ibsen henrik: (1828-1906)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139930/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1200,"soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:30.664Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,200 - \u20ac1,500","currency":"EUR","id":139930,"estimateMin":1200},{"startPrice":80,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139931/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"mamet david: (1947- ) american playwright, screenwriter and 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of enlightenment. very rare a.l.s., ` \n diderot´,  one page, 4to, paris, 21st september 1779, to ` \n monsieur l´abbé galliani, in naples´ addressed in diderot´s hand, in french. diderot states ` \n monsieur et très aimable abbé, mr. de meunier, qui vous présentera ce billet, est là, debout à côté de ma table, en bottes, le fouet à la main, tout prêt à partir, et bien résolu de ne partir qu´avec un mot de moi qui vous le recommande. mr de meunier est homme de lettres, homme d´esprit, honnête homme, c´est l´ami de vos amis. il voyage par curiosité. je vous supplie de lui rendre tous les bons offices que vos protégés obtiendront de moi.´ (translation: \" \n sir, and very kind abbot, mr. de meunier, who will present this letter to you, is here, standing next to my table, wearing boots, whip in hand, ready to go, and fully resolved to leave only with a word from me recommending him to you. mr. de meunier is a man of letters, a man of wit, an honest man. he is the friend of your friends. he travels by curiosity. i beg you to return to him all the good offices that your protégés will obtain from me.\") further, diderot refers to the figure and trace left by his correspondent, stating ` \n vous ne pensez pas quelquefois à des hommes qui ne vous oublieront jamais, parce que personne ne remplira jamais le vide que vous avez laissé dans leur société!´ (translation: \" \n you don't sometimes think of men who will never forget you, because no one will ever fill the void you left in their society!\") before concluding diderot sends a funny farewell comment, saying ` \n vous êtes le plus ingrât de la race humaine´ (\" \n you are the most ungrateful of the human race.\") with address leaf in diderot´s hand, bearing an attractive small red wax seal in fine condition. corner clipped to the adress leaf and very small creasing, otherwise g to vg"},"estimateMax":9000,"lotNumber":"1469","title":{"es":"diderot denis: (1713-1784)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139932/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":6000,"soldPrice":6000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:30.667Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac6,000 - \u20ac9,000","currency":"EUR","id":139932,"estimateMin":6000},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139933/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"sade marquis de : (1740-1814) donatien alphonse françois de sade. french writer and philosopher. rare a.l.s., ` sade´, one page, small 4to, charenton, 14 th august 1809, in french. sade acknowledges receipt stating ` je reconnais avoir reçu de monsieur de coulmier directeur de la maison de charenton, cinq cordes de bois à moi fournies en detail dans l´hiver de mil huit cent huit à mil huit cent neuf à charenton ce 14 août mil huit cent neuf´ (\"i acknowledge having received from mr. de coulmier, director of the house of charenton, five bags of wood provided to me in the winter of one thousand eight hundred and eight to one thousand eight hundred and nine at charenton, august 14th, one thousand eight hundred and nine\") small overall minor age wear, with a small hole to the lower border, not affecting the text or signature. g \n  \n françois-simonet des coulmiers (1741-1818) des coulmiers was the  last abbot of the french national constituent assembly and the first director of the national house, or nursing house, of charenton. he had a very good and friendly relationship with sade. sade always expressed a boundless passion for the theatre, and des coulmiers built a theatre in the nursing home. the bleachers were intended to receive about forty mental patients, chosen among the least agitated. the rest of the room could accommodate about two hundred spectators, exclusively recruited by invitation. sade wrote plays for 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judgment on shakespeare and milton, the so-called poets of the night and of the tombs, walter scott and lord byron. the written text annotated and corrected by chateaubriand, including amendments and words crossed, also written in part by his secretary hyacinthe pilorge. chateaubriand states in part ` \n lorsqu\u2019au commencement de ma vie, l\u2019angleterre me servit de refuge, je traduisis quelques uns de... pages pour subvenir aux besoins de l\u2019exil; aujourd\u2019hui rentré dans ma patrie, approchant de la fin de ma carrière, je te demande du pain... tu ne tiens pas plus riche que moi...  \n assis entre tes deux filles, bien chéries, privé de la clarté du soleil, mais éclairé du flambeau de ton génie, tu leurs dictais tes...  \n je n\u2019ai point de filles, je puis encore contempler l\u2019astre du jour, mais je ne puis dire comme toi...  \n soleil ! j\u2019eusse autrefois éclipsé ta lumière!...´ (translation: \" \n when, at the beginning of my life, england served as my refuge, i translated some of... pages to meet the needs of exile; today, having returned to my homeland, approaching the end of my career, i ask you for bread... you are no richer than i am... sitting between your two beloved daughters, deprived of the brightness of the sun, but illuminated by the torch of your genius, you dictated to them your... i have no daughters, i can still contemplate the star of the day, but i cannot say like you... sun! i would once have eclipsed your light!...\") and before concluding chateaubriand states in part `... \n tu servit cromwell, j´ai combattu (bonaparte) napoleon ´ (translation: \n \"...you served cromwell, i fought against (bonaparte) napoleon\") very small hole to the upper left corner, only affecting one word, otherwise g to vg"},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"1471","title":{"es":"chateaubriand francois-rene de: (1768-1848)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139934/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.645Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,000","currency":"EUR","id":139934,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139935/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"lamartine alphonse de: (1790-1869) french author, poet and statesman, instrumental in the foundation of the french second republic and the continuation of the tricolore as the flag of france. a.l.s., \n lamartine , one page, 8vo, n.p., 6th may 1857, in french. lamartine states in part \u2018 \n votre lettre me fait plaisir; ce qui retentit dans votre bon sens et dans votre bon goût doit retentir ailleurs...´ (translation: \" \n your letter pleases me; what resonates in your good sense and in your good taste must resonate elsewhere...\") with blank integral leaf. small overall minor creasing, otherwise g"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"1472","title":{"es":"lamartine alphonse de: (1790-1869)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139935/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":90,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.647Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac100 - \u20ac150","currency":"EUR","id":139935,"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139936/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139936/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139936/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139936/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"vigny alfred de: (1797-1863) french poet, playwright and novelist. a good content a.l.s., ` alfred de vigny ´, three pages, 4to, n.p., 7th november 1826, to adolphe de saint valry, in french. vigny refers to his meeting with walter scott, making interesting comments about him and explaining what were his first impressions, and starts his letter praising his correspondent´s poems, referring to lafontaine and perrault and stating ` vous ne voulez donc pas revenir? je suis las de vous attendre, je ne tiens pas au désir qui tonne en moi de vous exprimer le plaisir que m\u2019ont fait vos deux poèmes, et puisque je ne puis vous le dire, je vous écris qu\u2019ils sont pleins d\u2019une grâce naïve qui n\u2019appartient qu\u2019à vous dans la famille des poètes ; votre abandon n\u2019est jamais négligence et c\u2019est de quoi je m\u2019étonnerais si j\u2019en avais le temps, mais en vous disant, la poésie m\u2019emporte et j\u2019oublie mes projets de faire des remarques, toutes les fois que je reprends votre livre trop petit mais précurseur, j\u2019espère de quelque autre et vous qu´on passerait doucement sa vie à s\u2019entendre conter si bien de si jolies choses! vous me faites rêver de lafontaine et de perrault, et je me mêle à vos jolis petits enfans l\u2019un sur l\u2019autre penchés, mais je suis fort tenter de les embrasser et point du tout de m\u2019endormir. il ne fallut pas moins que vous et madame tatsu pour me tirer de toutes mes tristesses\u2026venez donc me voir bientôt\u2026´ (translation: \" so you don't want to come back? i'm tired of waiting for you, i don't care for the desire that thunders within me to express to you the pleasure that your two poems gave me, and since i can't tell you, i write to you that they are full of a naive grace that belongs only to you in the family of poets; your abandonment is never negligence and that's what would surprise me if i had the time, but in telling you, poetry carries me away and i forget my plans to make remarks, every time i take up your book, too small but precursory, i hope for some other and you that one would spend one's life sweetly hearing such beautiful things told to oneself! you make me dream of lafontaine and perrault, and i mingle with your pretty little children leaning over each other, but i am very tempted to kiss them and not at all to fall asleep. it took no less than you and madame tatsu to pull me out of all my sadness...so come to see me soon...\") further referring to the poor health of his wife and how difficult time they are having, and to a postscriptum vigny interestingly states ` j\u2019ai passé hier quelque temps avec sir walter scott.  l\u2019oncle de ma femme son compatriote me l\u2019a fait connaître. je vous dirai tout ce que j\u2019ai observé dans cet illustre vieillard, l\u2019écrire serait trop long ; je l\u2019ai trouvé affectueux et modeste, presque timide ; mais souffrant, mais affligé mais trop âgé, ce que je n\u2019attendais pas. cela m\u2019a fait peine´ (translation: \" i spent some time yesterday with sir walter scott. my wife's uncle, his compatriot, introduced me to him. i will tell you everything i observed in this illustrious old man; to write it would take too long; i found him affectionate and modest, almost timid; but suffering, but afflicted, but too old, which i did not expect. it made me sad.\") a letter of excellent association. with addressee in vigny´s hand to the back page, bearing remnants of a former red wax seal. a bath blind embossed seal to the upper left front page corner. small overall minor staining and creasing, with a small tear to the right fold edge, otherwise g \n walter scott (1771-1832) scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright & historian.  \n it was on november 7th 1826, that walter scott left paris after receiving the day before, from its author, a signed copy of alfred de vigny's cinq-mars . vigny was accompanied by the uncle of lydia, the young englishwoman he had married in 1825. vigny was not yet fluent in english, nor scott in french."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"1473","title":{"es":"vigny alfred de: (1797-1863)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139936/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":320,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.648Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac300 - 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ne retardera le paiement de ce que je pourrai vous devoir de nouveau´ (\"\u2026for some business that i need as soon as possible.  the small account settled between us will not prevent or delay the payment of what i may owe you again\") with address leaf in de musset´s hand, bearing several postmarks. very small overall minor creasing, otherwise g \n  \n at the time of the present letter, alfred de musset was living at the 21 quai voltaire, together with his mother and sister. few days earlier, musset had composed his well-known work rhin allemand, six strophes full of lyrism which made him popular."},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"1474","title":{"es":"musset alfred de: (1810-1857)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139937/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":1300,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.650Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - 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auprès du lit de ma pauvre femme qui est véritablement malade et qui a grand besoin de soins. auriez-vous la bonté de lui écrire...´ (translation: \" my dear julie, i only just received your letter of yesterday morning; it is ten thirty. my aunt martine is at the bedside of my poor wife who is truly ill and in great need of care. would you be so kind as to write to her...\") further, hugo reproaches his sister-in-law´s behaviour as he believes that his aunt, who has behaved in a manner worthy of praise, deserves better and recommends julie how she should proceed, stating in part `\u2026 je regrette qu\u2019après notre longue conversation de l\u2019autre jour, vous ne rendiez pas plus de justice à la bonne, à l\u2019excellente conduite de martine dans cette affaire. deux intimations lui avaient été faites, 1°, de remettre la clef du rez-de-chaussée au concierge et à nul autre, 2°, et très expressément, de ne point vous parler de cette affaire, et de vous avertir en rien...  les deux intimations étaient formelles, et au cas où elle manquerait à l\u2019une d\u2019elles, martine était menacée de n\u2019être point logée dans l\u2019hôtel . martine a manqué à toutes deux. elle vous a avertie, elle s\u2019est exposée à se voir mettre sur le pavé. il y a mieux, elle a refusé de remettre la clef à d\u2019autres qu\u2019à vous, et a remis en vos mains, tout à fait en vos mains, dans un moment où elle pouvait vous supposer peut-être peu bienveillante pour elle, la question de décider si elle aurait un asile ou non. cette question, qui est presque de vie ou de mort pour elle, elle vous l\u2019a laissé résoudre en toute liberté et selon votre bon plaisir. votre bon plaisir ne pouvait être que généreux, je n\u2019en ai jamais douté; mais enfin, la conduite délicate, reconnaissante et désintéressée de martine méritait peut-être un remerciement de vou s...´ (translation: \"... i regret that after our long conversation of few days ago, you do not do more justice to martine's good, excellent behaviour in this matter. two warnings were given to her: 1- to give the ground floor key to the concierge and to no one else, 2- and very expressly, not to speak to you about this matter, and not to warn you in any way... both warnings were formal, and if she failed to comply with one of them, martine was threatened with not being housed in the hotel. martine failed in both. she warned you, she exposed herself to being put out on the street. what is worse, she refused to give the key to anyone but you, and she did put in your hands, completely in your hands, at a time when she might have thought you were perhaps not very kind to her, the matter of deciding whether she would have an asylum or not. this question, which is almost a matter of life or death for her, she left to you to resolve in complete freedom and according to your good decision. your good decision could only be generous, i have never doubted it; but finally, martine's delicate, grateful and disinterested conduct perhaps deserved a thank you from you...\") before concluding hugo sends a direct message to julie indicating what she expects from her, saying ` vous êtes faite pour comprendre ce qui est bien et pour en tenir compte, ou vous serez bien changée, ce que je ne crois pas \u2026 .´ (translation: \" you are made to understand what is good and to take it into account, or you have changed a lot, which i do not believe is so...\") adressed to `j. hugo´ in hugo´s hand to the bottom half fourth page. very small clipped corner only affecting one word. g to vg \n julie hugo (1797-1865) born louise rose julie duvidal de montferrier. french painter. she was a student of françois gerard. julie married victor hugo´s elder brother abel hugo. julie was the art tutor for adele foucher, the wife of victor hugo. at first victor hugo viewed julie hugo as a negative influence on his wife due to her role as an artist, but following julie´s marriage to his brother, they were eventually 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[paris], n.d., to his editor alexandre cadot, in french. dumas, as usual, is in search of money and in some way scolds his editor for not having paid him more money in advance, stating ` \n voulez-vous remettre le manuscrit qui fait suite à la mort de louis xvi, les 100 pages vous savez que je vous ai donné, contre mille francs - j´ai quelque chose à y voir. je crois avoir bien éclairci la question hier - je regrette beaucoup que vous ne donniez pas les huit feuilletons à l´ordre, vous auriez pu garder 300 fr pour vous et me liquider de 500..´ (translation: \" \n would you like to hand me over the manuscript following the death of louis xvi, the 100 pages, you know, that i gave you, for a thousand francs? - i have something to do with it. i think i clarified the matter well yesterday. - i very much regret that you are not giving the eight feuilletons to the order, you could have kept 300 francs for yourself and paid me 500..\") edges with creases and a tear, not affecting the text. about g"},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1476","title":{"es":"dumas alexandre: père (1802-1870)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139939/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":260,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.654Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - \u20ac350","currency":"EUR","id":139939,"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":250,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139940/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"dumas alexandre: pere (1802-1870) french novelist and playwright whose works include the three musketeers (1844). a good a.l.s., ` al. dumas´ , one page, 12mo, black bordered paper, n.p. [paris], n.d., to mr. porcher, in french. dumas, as usual and one more time asks for money even if it´s just to pay off debts, stating ` mon cher porcher, donnez-moi 100 fr. dont j´ai besoin pour achever le paiement d´un billet...´ (translation: \" my dear porcher, give me 100 francs which i need to complete the payment of a debt. \" further and to a postscriptum, dumas says ` vous savez que bocage rentre par la tour de nesle.´ (translation: \" you know that bocage starts with the tour de nesle\") small stain, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise g \n bocage (1799-1862) his real name being pierre-martinien tousez, known as bocage, french popular actor. a talented but undisciplined artist born into a poor family. bocage often used his position to have the odéon´s performances serve revolutionary propaganda, being fired from this theater in 1848 for anti-government activities.  \n la tour de nesle is a drama in five acts, based on the circumstances of the tour de nesle affair. the play premiered at the theatre de la porte-saint-martin on 29th may 1832."},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1477","title":{"es":"dumas alexandre: pere (1802-1870)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139940/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":260,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.655Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - \u20ac350","currency":"EUR","id":139940,"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":3500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139941/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139941/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139941/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139941/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139941/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139941/006/006.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139941/007/007.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139941/008/008.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139941/009/009.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"dumas alexandre: père (1802-1870) french writer whose works include the three musketeers. an extremely interesting and lengthy manuscript by dumas, related to his travel impressions during his stay in vienna in 1865, and which would be later published. autograph manuscript signed ` a. dumas´, nine pages, 4.5 x 8.5, vienna, n.d. [november 1865], in french. the nine pages manuscript are written only to front pages, to nine sheets of paper. the pages of this account of his stay in vienna are pure dumas, at his most delicious, linking anecdotes, portraits, geographical, ethnographic, moral, historical and artistic considerations, with a lot of humour and references to his father and even to napoleon. dumas starts referring to hunting on the banks of the danube, and further holds forth one of his favourite topics, women, stating in part ` les viennois sont certainement de tous les peuples d'allemagne, celui qui par sa gaîté et ses manières ressemble le plus au peuple français \u2013 les femmes y sont ravissantes de beauté et cette beauté toute poétique qui rappelle les héroïnes des ballades d'uhlaud, les tragédies de schiller et les poèmes de goethe, ne ressemble en rien à la beauté, mobile et railleuse des parisiennes... ´ (translation: \" the viennese are certainly of all the peoples of germany, the one who in their gaiety and manners most resembles the french people \u2013 the women there are ravishingly beautiful and this very poetic beauty which recalls the heroines of uhlaud's ballads, the tragedies of schiller and the poems of goethe, resembles in no way the mobile and mocking beauty of the parisian women...\") and looking for the reason for such beauty, he puts forward this hypothesis `j'en trouverais peut-être la cause dans la fusion des plus belles races du globe. vienne est le creuset où viennent se jeter bohème, hongrie, grèce, italie, allemagne \u2013 et même turquie... il est évident que les croisements de races doivent donner de merveilleux produits.´ translation: \" i would perhaps find the cause in the fusion of the most beautiful races of the globe. vienna is the melting pot into which bohemia, hungary, greece, italy, germany \u2013 and even turkey \u2013 come to throw themselves... it is obvious that crossbreeding must produce wonderful products.\" ) further, dumas refers to schlegel and to theatre actresses, saying `... apr è s ducis, schlegel est certainement un des plus habiles mutilateurs que je connaisse...  l'allemagne est le seul pays où les soirées littéraires ne soient pas ridicules à cause de la poésie native des femmes. cherchez parmi toutes nos parisiennes une actrice qui puisse jouer juliette et vous ne la trouverez pas...´ (translation: \"... after ducis, schlegel is certainly one of the most skillful mutilators i know... germany is the only country where literary evenings are not ridiculous because of the native poetry of women. look among all our parisian women for an actress who can play juliet and you will not find her...\") further again dumas makes very interesting comments relating to his father, the republicain general, and compares his arrival at vienna to the one napoleon did, stating in part ` je ne sais si vous serez de mon avis, mais je trouve qu'il est assez curieux pour un français fils d'un général républicain qui a fait contre l'autriche les campagnes de 96 et 97 \u2013 de chasser le matin sur les bords du danube... d'entrevoir à travers les saules et les peupliers dépouillés de leurs feuilles le champ de bataille de wagram \u2013 et après palestro, magenta, solférino... d'être attendu le soir chez la première artiste dramatique de vienne, qui a rassemblé les plus jolies femmes des quatre ou cinq théâtres de la capitale pour lui faire fête. si glorieuse que soit l'entrée de napoléon à vienne, j'aime mieux la mienne.´ (translation \" i don't know if you will agree with me, but i find it rather curious for a frenchman, son of a republican general who fought in the campaigns of 96 and 97 against austria, to hunt in the morning on the banks of the danube... to glimpse through the willows and poplars stripped of their leaves the battlefield of wagram - and after palestro, magenta, solferino... to be expected in the evening at the home of the leading dramatic artist in vienna, who has gathered the prettiest women from the four or five theaters in the capital to celebrate him. however glorious napoleon's entry into vienna may have been, i prefer mine...\") before concluding, dumas describes a very amusing scene, saying ` ce matin un monsieur parfaitement vêtu, suivi d'un chien de l'espèce des griffons me fait passer sa carte. je le prends pour un gentleman quelconque, je lui ouvre la porte, je vais au-devant de lui, je l'invite à entrer lui et son animal. le monsieur me fait un long discours auquel je ne comprends rien... le monsieur transporte tout ce qui occupe le milieu du salon sur le piano et les consoles, puis il met une chaise sur la table dégarnie, cherche de tous les côtés, et découvre un tabouret qu'il met sur la chaise. après quoi il couche tous les fauteuils du salon à distance égale les uns des autres... quand son aménagement est fini il fait signe à son chien qui se dresse sur ses pattes de derrière, se met à sauter par-dessus les fauteuils, puis sur la table, puis sur la chaise, puis enfin sur le tabouret où il s'assied gravement...´ (translation: \" this morning a perfectly dressed gentleman, followed by a dog, a griffon, gave me his card. i took him for any gentleman, i opened the door, i went to meet him, i invited him and his animal to come in. the gentleman gave me a long speech which i didn't understand at all... the gentleman moved everything that occupied the middle of the living room onto the piano, then he put a chair on the table, searched all over, and discovered a stool which he placed on the chair. after which he laid all the armchairs in the living room at equal distances from each other... when his arrangement was finished he signaled to his dog who stood up on his hind legs, began to jump over the armchairs, then onto the table, then onto the chair, then finally onto the stool where he sat down gravely...\") an amazing manuscript full of fantasy. very small overall minor age wear, otherwise g to vg \n in november 1865 dumas travelled to austria and hungary together with his daughter to give a series of lectures. as expected, he took advantage of this stay to share his travel impressions with newspapers. these appeared in french in vienna in die debatte and, in france, in the newspaper les nouvelles."},"estimateMax":4500,"lotNumber":"1478","title":{"es":"dumas alexandre: père (1802-1870)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139941/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":3500,"soldPrice":3600,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:29.657Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac3,500 - 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[1882], in french. dumas writes this lengthy letter to a correspondent who has just lost his brother and whose mother cannot overcome her grief. dumas tries to encourage him and sends him wise advices, stating in part. \" mon cher enfant... je ne puis douter que votre chère mère guérira. tous les phénomènes que vous constatez et qui vous effraient seraient les mêmes dans la raison complète...  je ne puis que vous dire, dans toute la tendresse et dans toute la sympathie de mon cœur, ces deux mots, les seuls qui aient jamais eu raison en pareil cas: courage, patience. je suis convaincu, certain, que ce grand ébranlement s\u2019équilibrera progressivement, que vous ne tarderez pas à percevoir certaines lueurs d\u2019un jour nouveau. ce ne sera jamais l\u2019oubli, heureusement\u2026 le mort continuera à la hanter, mais moins il quittera son esprit, plus il fera lien entre ceux qui restent, lien indestructible, puisque, par un bout, il touche déjà à l\u2019éternité\u2026´ (translation: \" my dear child... i cannot doubt that your dear mother will recover. all the phenomena that you observe and that frighten you would be the same in complete reason...i can only tell you, with all the tenderness and sympathy of my heart, these two words, the only ones that have ever been right in such a case: courage, patience. i am convinced, certain, that this great shock will gradually balance out, that you will soon perceive certain glimmers of a new day. it will never be oblivion, fortunately... the dead will continue to haunt her, but the less he leaves her mind, the more he will form a link between those who remain, an indestructible link, since, at one end, he already touches eternity...\") vg \n  \n ...i can only tell you, with all the tenderness and sympathy of my heart, these two words, the only ones that have ever been right in such a case: courage, patience. i am convinced, certain, that this great shock will gradually balance out, that you will soon perceive certain glimmers of a new day. it will never be oblivion, fortunately (...) the dead will continue to haunt her, but the less he leaves her mind, the more he will form a link between those who remain, an indestructible link, since, at one end, he already touches eternity... \n  \n à un correspondant qui vient de perdre son frère et dont la mère ne parvient pas à surmonter sa douleur. « \u2026 je ne puis que vous dire, dans toute la tendresse et dans toues la sympathie de mon, cœur, ces deux mots, les seuls qui aient jamais eu raison en pareil cas : courage, patience. je suis convaincu, certain, que ce grand ébranlement s\u2019équilibrera progressivement, que vous ne tarderez pas à percevoir certaines lueurs d\u2019un jour nouveau. ce ne sera jamais l\u2019oubli, heureusement  (\u2026)  le mort continuera à la hanter, mais moins il quittera son esprit, plus il fera lien entre ceux qui restent, lien indestructible, puisque, par un bout, il touche déjà à l\u2019éternité \u2026 » 8p in-8, bon état."},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1481","title":{"es":"dumas alexandre: fils (1824-1895)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139944/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":140,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:35.328Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac200","currency":"EUR","id":139944,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":800,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139945/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139945/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139945/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139945/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"dumas alexandre: fils (1824-1895) french author and dramatist. an exceptional and lengthy a.l.s., a dumas , four pages, 8vo, grid paper, naples, 5th april 1861, to victor hugo, in french. dumas refers to his father´s work the count of montecristo and to a former correspondence between hugo and his father, stating ` croyez-vous, mon très grand et très cher maitre, que c'est aujourd'hui seulement... que je lis, par hazard, en feuilletant une collection du monte cristo, votre excellente lettre à mon père du 22 décembre 1859.´, (\"can you believe my very great and very dear master that it is only today\u2026 that i read, by chance, and while flipping through a collection of monte cristo, your excellent letter addressed to my father last 22nd december 1859.´ dumas wonders how could he miss such letter and explains where he was at the time of the letter, saying ` comment se fait-il qu´une lettre de vous où il est question de moi dans de pareils termes ne me tombe sous la main qu´au bout de dix-huit mois, et quel nom bizarre et mérité aves.vous du donner a mon silence?  le 22 décembre 1859, j'étais à rome où j'essayais de me reposer des fatigues de cette pièce qui a eu le bonheur de vous plaire.´, (\"how could this happen that a letter of you, where you refer to me with such terms, does not come to my hands until after eighteen months, and what a weird and deserved name may have you given to my silence?\") hugo was referring in his letter to dumas´ work un pere prodigue, created in 1859. dumas further refers to his father´s traditions when keeping this letter in such a way, to the fact that his father is not so much appreciated in rome, and further again states `..si je n´avais pas eu l´idée de venir a naples, respirer l´air chaud d´une terre nouvellement libre, où mon même père habite tranquillement un palais du roi françois ii apres y avoir brûlé du sucre. c´est là, en feuilletant le monte cristo que je trouve votre lettre..´, (\" .. if i hadn't had the idea of coming to naples, to breathe the warm air of a newly free land, where even my father quietly lives in a palace of king francis ii after having burned sugar there. it is there, leafing through monte cristo, that i find your letter\u2026\") before concluding dumas states ` enfin!  mon cher maitre, jetez encore de beaux vers à cette pauvre terre de france.  elle en a besoin - sa prose est triste..´, (\"finally! my dear master, throw more beautiful verses into this poor land of france. they need it - their prose is sad..\" a letter of very interesting content and excellent association. small overall minora ge wear and creasing, otherwise g \n  \n the letter that victor hugo wrote to alexandre dumas father was saying in part ` c'est vous, heureux et cher dumas, c'est vous que je veux féliciter du succès, et de tous les succès de votre fils. vous faites un couple admirable, le père mêlé au rayonnement du fils, le fils mêlé à l'auréole du père. oui, vous êtes un père prodigue, vous lui avez tout donné, drame saisissant, passion chaude, dialogue vrai, style étincelant, et en même temps, miracle tout simple dans l'art, vous avez tout gardé. vous l'avez fait riche en restant opulent.´, (\"it is you, happy and dear dumas, it is you that i want to congratulate on the success, and all the successes of your son. you make an admirable couple, the father mixed with the radiance of the son, the son mixed with the halo of the father. yes, you are an unsparing father, you gave him everything, thrilling drama, ardent passion, true dialogue, gleaming style, and at the same time, a simple miracle in art, you kept it all. you made him rich while remaining opulent\")"},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"1482","title":{"es":"dumas alexandre: fils (1824-1895)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139945/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":750,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:35.330Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,000","currency":"EUR","id":139945,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139946/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139946/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139946/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139946/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"sand george: (1804-1876) french novelist. a very fine a.l.s., g sand , four pages, 8vo, palaiseau, 30th november (1866), to [gustave flaubert] ( ´mon camarade´ ), in french. the novelist writes, in full, ´il y aurait bien à dire sur tout ça, mon camrade. mon cascaret - j´appelle ainsi le fiancé en question - se garde pour sa fiancée. elle lui a dit: attendons que vous ayez réalisté certaines questions de travail, et il travaille. elle lui a dit: gardons nos puretés l´une pour l´autre, et il se garde. ce n´est pas le spiritualisme catholique qui l´étouffe, mais il se fait un grand idéal de l´amour, et porquoi lui conseillerait-on d´aller le perdre quand il met sa conscience et son mérite à le garder? il y a un équilibre que la nature, notre souveraine, met elle-même dans nos instincts et elle pose vite la limite de nos appétits. les grandes natures ne sont pas les plus robustes. nous ne sommes pas développés dans tous les sens par une éducation bien logique. on nous comprime de toutes façons et nous poussons nos racines et nos branches où et comme nous pouvons. aussi les grands artistes sont-ils souvent infirmes et plusieurs ont été impuissants. quelques-uns trop puissants par le désir se sont épuisés vite. en général, je crois que nous avons des joies et des peines trop intenses, nous qui travaillons du cerveau. le paysan, qui fait nuit et jour une rude besogne avec la terre et avec sa femme, n´est pas une nature puissante. son cerveau est des plus faibles. se développer dans tous les sens, vous dites? pas à la fois, ni sans repos, allez! ceux qui s´en vantent blaguent un peu, ou s´ils mènent tout à la fois, tout est manqué. si l´amour est por eux un petit pot-au-feu et l´art un petit gagne-pain, à la bonne heure; mais, s´ils ont le plaisir immense, touchant à l´infini. et le travail ardent, touchant à l´enthousiasme, il ne les alternent pas comme la veille et le sommeil. moi je ne crois pas à ces don juan qui sont en même temps des byron. don juan ne faisait pas de poèmes et byron faisait, dit-on, bien mal l´amour. il a dû avoir quelquefois - un peut compter ces émotions-là dans la vie - l´extase complète par le coeur, l´esprit et les sens; il en a connu assez pour être un des poètes de l´amour. il n´en faut pas davantage aux instruments de notre vibration. le vent continuel des petits appétits les briserait. essayez de faire quelque jour un roman dont l´artiste (le vrai) sera le héros, vous verrez quelle sève énorme, mais délicate et contenue, comme il verra toute chose d´un oeil attentif, curieux et tranquille, et comme ses entraînements vers les choses qu´il examine et pénètre seronts rares et sérieux. vous verrez aussi comme il se craint lui-même, comme il sait qu´il ne peut se livrer sans s´anéantir, et comme une profonde pudeur des trésors de son âme l´empêche de les répandre et de les gaspiller. l´artiste est un si beau type à faire, que je n´ai jamais osé le faire réellement. je ne me sentais pas digne de toucher à cette figure trop belle et trop compliquée. c´est viser trop haut pour une simple femme. mais ça pourra bien vous tenter quelque jour, et ça en vaudra la peine. où est le modèle? je ne sais pas. je n´en ai pas connu à fond qui n´eût quelque tache au soleil, je veux dire quelque côté par où cette artiste touchait à l´épicier. vous n´avez peut-être pas cette tache, vous devirez vous peindre. moi je l´ai. j´aime les classifications, je touche au pédagogue. j´aime à coudre et à torcher les enfants, je touche à la servante. j´ai des distractions et je touche à l´idiot. et puis enfin, je n´aimerais pas la perfection. je la sens et ne saurais la manifester. mais on pourrait bien lui donner des défauts dans sa nature: quels? nous chercherons ça quelque jour, ça n´est pas dans votre sujet actuel et je ne dois pas vous en distraire. ayez donc moins de cruauté envers vous, mais allez de l´avant, et quand le souffle aura tout produit, vous remonterez le ton général et sacrifierez ce qui ne doit pas venir au premier plan. est-ce que ça ne se peut pas? il me semble qui si. ce que vous faites paraît si facile, si abondant, c´est un trop-plein perpétuel. je ne comprends rien à votre angoisse. bonsoir cher frère. mes tendresses à tous les votres. je suis revenue à ma solitude de palaiseau. je l´aime. je m´en retourne à paris lundi. je vous embrasse bien fort. travaillez bien´ (translation: ´there would be a good deal to say on all that, my comrade. my cascaret, that is to say, the fiance in question, keeps himself for his fiancee. she said to him, \u201clet us wait till you have accomplished certain definite work, \u201d and he works. she said to him, \u201clet us keep ourselves pure for each other, \u201d and he keeps himself pure. it is not that he is choked by catholic spiritualism; but he has a high ideal of love, and why counsel him to go and lose it when his conscience and his honour depend on keeping it? there is an equilibrium which nature, our ruler, herself puts in our instincts, and she sets the limit to our appetites. great natures are not the most robust. we are not developed in all our senses by a very logical education. we are compressed in every way, and we thrust out our roots and branches when and how we can. great artists are often weak also, and many are impotent. some too strong in desire are quickly exhausted. in general i think that we have too intense joys and sorrows, we who work with our brains. the labourer who works his land and his wife hard by day and night is not a forceful nature. his brain is very feeble. you say to develop one\u2019s self in every direction? come, not all at the same time, not without rest. those who brag of that, are bluffing a bit, or if they do everything, do everything ill. if love for them is a little bread-and-butter and art a little pot-boiler, all right; but if their pleasure is great, verging on the infinite, and their work eager, verging on enthusiasm, they do not alternate these as in sleeping and waking. as for me, i don\u2019t believe in these don juans who are byrons at the same time. don juan did not make poems and byron made, so they say, very poor love. he must have had sometimes\u2014­one can count such emotions in one\u2019s life\u2014­a complete ecstasy of heart, mind and senses. he knew enough about them to be one of the poets of love. nothing else is necessary for the instrument of our vibration. the continual wind of little appetites breaks them. try some day to write a novel in which the artist (the real artist) is the hero, you will see what great, but delicate and restrained, vigour is in it, how he will see everything with an attentive eye, curious and tranquil, and how his infatuations with the things he examines and delves into, will be rare and serious. you will see also how he fears himself, how he knows that he can not surrender himself without exhaustion, and how a profound modesty in regard to the treasures of his soul prevents him from scattering and wasting them. the artist is such a fine type to do, that i have never dared really to do him. i do not consider myself worthy to touch that beautiful and very complicated figure; that is aiming too high for a mere woman. but if it could certainly tempt you some day, it would be worth while. where is the model? i don\u2019t know, i have never really known any one who did not show some blemish in the sunlight, i mean some side where the artist verged on the philistine. perhaps you have not that blemish; you ought to paint yourself. as for me i have it. i love classifications, i verge on the pedagogue. i love to sew and to care for children, i verge on the servant. i am easily distracted and verge on the idiot. and then i should not like perfection; i feel it but i shouldn\u2019t know how to show it. but one could give him some faults in his nature. what ones? we shall hunt for them some day. that is not really what you are working on now and i ought not to distract you from it. be less cruel to yourself. go ahead and when the afflatus shall have produced everything you must elevate the general tone and cut out what ought not to come down front stage. can\u2019t that be done? it seems to me that it can. what you do appears so easy, so abundant! it is a perpetual overflow, i do not understand your anguish. good night, dear brother, my love to all yours. i have returned to my solitude at palaiseau, i love it. i leave it for paris, monday. i embrace you warmly. good luck to your work´ ). a letter of wonderful content and excellent association. a couple of small, light stains, and a small area of paper loss affecting a few words of text, otherwise about vg \n  gustave flaubert (1821-1880) french novelist and a close friend of sand despite their differences in temperament and aesthetic preference.  \n  sand had dedicated her novel  le dernier amour  to flaubert in 1866, the same year as the present letter.   \n the ´cascaret´ whom sand refers to at the beginning of the present letter is understood to be her adopted son, francis laur (1844-1934), an inventor, industrialist and politician."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"1483","title":{"es":"sand george: (1804-1876) ´ i don\u2019t believe in these don juans who are byrons at the same time.  don juan did not make poems and byron made, so they say, very poor love´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139946/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:35.332Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac900","currency":"EUR","id":139946,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":4000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139947/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139947/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139947/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139947/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139947/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139947/006/006.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139947/007/007.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"zola emile: (1840-1902) french novelist. an excellent autograph manuscript signed, \n emile zola , seven pages (separate leaves, written to the rectos only), 8vo, mèdan, 15th january 1882, in french. the working manuscript, with extensive corrections and deletions by zola, is entitled \n préface , and states, in part, ´ \n je réunis dans ce volume les articles que j´ai donnés au figaro , pendant ma campagne d´une année. pourtant, ou ne les y trouvera pas tous, car j´ai cru devoir mettre à part les pures fantaisies, les airs de flûte, que je jouais entre deux battailles et que je réserve pour un autre recueil. j´ai gardé uniquement les articles de polémique. aujourd´hui, me voila dans la retraite. depuis quatre mois, j´ai quitté la presse, et je compte bien n´y point rentrer.......il me semble deja qu´un peu de paix se fait sur mes livres et sur mon nom, un peu de justice aussi. sans doute, lorsqu´on ne m´apercevra plus à travers les colères de la lutte qu´on verra uniquement en moi le travailleur enfermé dans l´effort......j´ai donc recueilli ces etudes, je les ai groupées en volumes; aujourd´hui, voici le dernier, qui porte à sept le nombre de ces volumes: mes haines, le roman expérimental, les romanciers naturalistes, documents litteraires, le naturalisme au théâtre, nos auteurs dramatiques, une campagne. tout est là.......jamais je ne me suis dérobé, ni à droite, ni à gauche. je n´ai pas une ligne à effacer pas une opinion à regretter, pas une conclusion à reprendre.....j´ai toujours voulu la lumière par les mêmes moyens et dans le même besoin de vérite.......ou m´a reproché ma passion. c´est vrai, je suis un passionné, et j´ai du être injuste parfois. ma faute est là......n´est-ce donc rien la passion qui flambe, la passion qui tient le coeur chaud? ah! vivre indigné, vivre enragé, contre les talents mensongers, contre les réputations volées, contre la médiocrité universelle!.......donc je me retire egoistement dans mon coin, un peu écoeuré je le confesse, et je n´ai plus qu´un souhait à faire: c´est qu´il nous vienne des critiques passionnées.......la france oubliera au moins pour un jour les torchons sales des partis! (translation: \n ´in this volume, i have collected the articles i wrote for le figaro during my year-long campaign. however, not all of them are included, as i felt it necessary to set aside the pure fantasies, the flute tunes that i played between battles and which i am reserving for another collection. i have kept only the polemical articles. today, i am in retirement. i left the press four months ago, and i have no intention of returning......it already seems to me that a little peace is settling on my books and on my name, and a little justice too. no doubt, when i am no longer seen through the anger of the struggle, people will see in me only the worker locked in effort......i have therefore collected these studies and grouped them into volumes; today, here is the last one, which brings the number of volumes to seven: mes haines, le roman expérimental, les romanciers naturalistes, documents littéraires, le naturalisme au théâtre, nos auteurs dramatiques, une campagne. everything is there.......i have never shied away, neither to the right nor to the left. i have not a line to erase, not an opinion to regret, not a conclusion to take back......i have always sought the light by the same means and with the same need for truth......i have been reproached for my passion. it is true, i am passionate, and i have sometimes been unfair. that is my fault......is passion that burns brightly, passion that keeps the heart warm, nothing? ah! to live indignant, to live enraged, against false talent, against stolen reputations, against universal mediocrity!......so i am selfishly retreating to my corner, a little sickened, i confess, and i have only one wish left: that passionate critics will come to us......france will at least forget the dirty rags of the parties for a day! ). a manuscript of very fine content. some light overall foxing and minor age wear, g"},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"1484","title":{"es":"zola emile: (1840-1902) ´ i have not a line to erase, not an opinion to regret, not a conclusion to take back.´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139947/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":4000,"soldPrice":4000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:35.333Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac4,000 - \u20ac6,000","currency":"EUR","id":139947,"estimateMin":4000},{"startPrice":500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139948/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139948/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"verlaine paul: (1844-1896) french poet. signed twice a.l.s., verlaine , two pages, in pencil, 12mo, n.p., n.d., in french. verlaine writes in the third person, stating in part ` verlaine voudrait savoir si on a retrouvé ses manuscrits laissés à broussais, parmi lesquels se trouveraient une nouvelle 2 mots d´une fille dont vanier a le brouillon - l´épilogue commencé d´amour , et la copie au net de la nouvelle série des mémoires d´un veuf dont vanier doit avoir le brouillon. verlaine a des livres et son portrait à vendre. si vanier se chargeait de cette vente?... prière de lui remettre les illuminations  et si possible les  mémoires d´un veuf ´ (translation: \" verlaine would like to know if anyone has found his manuscripts left at broussais, among which there is a short story \"2 mots d´une fille\" of which vanier has the draft - the begun epilogue of amour, and the clean copy of the new series of memoirs of a widower of which vanier must have the draft. verlaine has books and his portrait to sell. if vanier were to take charge of this sale?... please give him the illuminations and if possible the memoirs of a widower\") g  \n léon vanier (1847-1896) french bookseller and verlaine´s editor.  \n les mémoires d´un veuf (1886) (\"the memoirs of a widower\") is an album of verses and prose."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1485","title":{"es":"verlaine paul: (1844-1896)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139948/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":500,"soldPrice":420,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:35.335Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac500 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":139948,"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":1200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139949/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"apollinaire guillaume: (1880-1918) french poet, playwright, novelist and art critic. autograph manuscript, unsigned, one page, 8vo, n.p. [paris], n.d. [1914], in french. the fragment of manuscript, features over twenty lines of text in apollinaire's hand, being notes taken from the introduction he wrote himself in 1914 for the reedition of fanny hill: or the memoirs of a woman of pleasure,  the famous erotic novel by john cleland. the manuscript text bears multiple corrections, amendments and crossed words, stating in part ` 5º le jeu de colin-maillard - 6º le jeu des lèvres de grenouilles - 7º une hôtesse de wapping, avec des matelots qui débarquent - 8º le jeu des épingles, et le mari grondé par sa femme, qui lui enfonce des épingles dans le menton... les peintures, les allées, les statues, les cyprès, les ifs, les cèdres et les tupiliers... la prairie défendue par un haha pour empêcher qu´on n´y entre...´ (translation: \" 5th blind man's buff - 6th the frogs' lips game - 7th a wapping stewardess, with sailors landing - 8th the pin game, and the husband scolded by his wife, who sticks pins in his chin... the paintings, the paths, the statues, the cypresses, the yews, the cedars and the tupilus trees... the meadow protected by a haha to prevent one from entering...\") further and before concluding, apollinaire refers to the prices of wine and champagne in the mentioned gardens, saying ` le prix des denrées qu´on peut avoir dans ces jardins. une bouteille de bourgogne - 7.6 shellings, une de champagne - 10,6 shellings, de frontignac - 7 shellings´ (translation: \" the price of the goods that can be found in these gardens. a bottle of burgundy - 7.6 shillings, one of champagne - 10.6 shillings, one of frontignac - 7 shillings\") overall age wear, with repairs to the verso, and with upper edge with few small tears and very small areas of paper loss. f to g \n john cleland (1709-1789) english novelist best known for his fictional erotic novel fanny hill: or the memoirs of a woman of pleasure (1748) , whose eroticism led to his arrest.  \n apollinaire wrote to the conclusion of his introduction to the reedition of the novel : \"le seul ouvrage qui garde de l´oubli le nom de john cleland, c´est le roman de fanny hill, la soeur anglaise de manon lescaut, mais moins malheureuse, et le livre où elle parait la saveur voluptueuse des récits que faisait chéhérazade.´ (translation: \" the only work that preserves the name of john cleland from oblivion is the novel of fanny hill, the english sister of manon lescaut, but less unhappy, and the book in which she adorns the voluptuous flavour of the stories that cheherazade told\")"},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"1486","title":{"es":"apollinaire guillaume: (1880-1918)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139949/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":1200,"soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:35.336Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,200 - \u20ac1,800","currency":"EUR","id":139949,"estimateMin":1200},{"startPrice":800,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139950/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"verne jules: (1828-1905) french novelist. best known for his science fiction and adventures novels. a fine a.l.s., \n jules verne , one page, 12mo, amiens, 19th january 1886, in french. verne, in his usual very small and clean writing responds to his correspondent´s enquiry, stating ` \n j´ai reçu votre aimable letter, et je m´empresse d´y répondre. mais je ne peux le faire qu´en vous priant de vous adresser directement à mon éditeur, mr. helzre, 18 rue jaccob, paris.  \n lui seul peut vous donner toute facilité pour venir ena ide à votre bibliothèque de l´école communale\u2026´ (translation: \u201c \n i have received your kind letter, and i hasten to reply. but i can only do so by asking you to contact my publisher directly, mr. hetzel, 18 rue jaccob, paris. he can himself give you every facility to help your municipal school library\u2026´) with blank integral leaf. very small age toning to edges, otherwise g to vg"},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"1487","title":{"es":"verne jules: (1828-1905)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139950/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:35.338Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,000","currency":"EUR","id":139950,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139951/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139951/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139951/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139951/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"péladan joséphin: (1858-1918) french novelist. péladan was a rosicrucian. two a.l.s., péladan, two 4tos, two and one page, paris, 4th november 1912 and no date respectively, to mademoiselle blanche taylor, in french. to the first letter, péladan apologizes for being late in responding to her letter, also on behalf of his wife, and invites her for lunch, and further refers to the return of some money he was owing her, and states in part ` excusez-moi aussi d´avoir oublié de vous adresser plus tôt le billet de cent francs que je vous dois et que voici. puisque nous espérons vous voir d´ici une douzaine de jours, je ne vous parle du saint français: mes conférences du foyer commencent le 14 courant et j´ai sur les bras tout ce que j´ai négligé depuis de longs mois.´ (translation: \" please also excuse me for forgetting to send you earlier the hundred francs note that i owe you and which is here. since we hope to see you in a dozen days, i will not speak to you about the french saint: my conferences at the foyer begin on the 14th of this month and i have on my hands everything that i have neglected for many months.\") to the second autograph letter, péladan confirms having received his correspondent´s shipment but asks for a translation which he needs urgently, saying `... mais non votre traduction, ni le texte. j´aurai besoin de ce texte et il est inutile qu´il y en ait deux copies en angleterre...´ (translation: \"... but not your translation, nor the text. i will need this text and it is useless to have two copies in england...\") the first letter is accompanied by the original envelope in péladan´s hand, declaring the value of the 100 francs note originally included, postmarked and stamped, bearing to the verso five black wax seals. g , 2 \n péladan´s father was a journalist who had written on prophecies, and professed an esoteric-aesthetic form of rosicrucianism and universalist catholicism. he established the slon de la rose + croix for painters, writers, and musicians sharing his artistic ideals, the symbolists in particular"},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"1488","title":{"es":"péladan joséphin: (1858-1918)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139951/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:35.339Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - 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\u20ac350","currency":"EUR","id":139953,"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139954/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"cendrars blaise: (1887-1961) swiss-born french novelist and poet, a writer of considerable influence in the european modernist movement. manuscript d.s., \n lu et approuvé, blaise cendrars , one page, 4to, rue saint-sulpice, paris, 1st february 1953, on the attractive printed stationery of \n les amis de l´originale ( \n ´collection d´oeures inédites des meilleurs auteurs contemporains a tirage limite´ ), in french. the document, drawn up in the hand of robert cayla, founder and president of \n les amis de l´originale , is a contract regarding the publication of \n noël aux 4 coins du monde , and comprises four simple clauses, stating that the print run will not exceed five hundred copies (five of which will be for the author himself); that cendrars will receive a lump sum payment of twenty thousand francs upon delivery of the manuscript; that cendrars has complete freedom to publish the same text with a publisher in a standard edition; and that there will be a mention of the title \n noel aux 4 coins du monde in the list of works published by the same author. signed by cendrars at the conclusion, and countersigned by cayla. vg"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1491","title":{"es":"cendrars blaise: (1887-1961)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139954/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":130,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:36.994Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - 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\u20ac150","currency":"EUR","id":139955,"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139956/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"cocteau jean: (1889-1963) french poet, playwright, novelist, artist, filmmaker and critic. a.l.s., jean , with his familiar star beneath, one page, 8vo, kitzbuhel, austria, 1st march 1954, to ´ma tres chere marianne ´ (marianne oswald), in french. cocteau writes, in part, ´vive la reine si elle te décore. et vive franju s´il t´a bien comprise. c´est la seule poigne capable d´un travail de ce genre. (je l´aiderai)........ici j´ai une malade et doudou boite (apres le chute peu grave et sky). je rentre la semaine prochaine et je t´embrasse´ (translation: ´long live the queen if she decorates you. and long live franju if he understood you correctly. she is the only hand capable of a job like this. (i will help her)........here i have a patient and doudou is limping (after the minor fall and skiing). i will be back next week and send you my love´ ). the letter is split into two halves at the central horizontal fold, and with frayed edges and light overall age wear, p \n marianne oswald (1901-1985) french singer and actress, a friend of cocteau, as well as jacques prévert, françois mauriac, and albert camus. oswald was also a source of inspiration for the composers francis poulenc and arthur honegger.  \n georges franju (1912-1987) french film director and screenwriter.  \n édouard dermit (1925-1995) french actor and painter, affectionately known as doudou. dermit was jean cocteau´s last lover (from 1947-63). adopted by cocteau in the last years of his life and having become his universal legatee, dermit shared his life between the writer's residences located in paris and milly-la-forêt."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1493","title":{"es":"cocteau jean: (1889-1963)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139956/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":190,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:36.997Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - 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je t´aime comme un arbre et comme un animal - et la terre et le vent savent faire du mal - sans vouloir, sans savoir, en remuant la sève- en entassant sur nous des montagnes de rêve. - soyons oub¡verts jeannot et soyoens enfermés - aimons nous mieux encore que tous les bien aimés. - soyons cet impossible auquel je crois - que dis-je?...´ (translation: \" \n as king mark loved the beautiful tristan - i love you and my love cuts my throat while saddening me. - never be angry with me, it is the heart of an artist - to be a heart so joyful that it seems to be sad - i love you like a tree and like an animal - and the earth and the wind know how to do harm - without wanting, without knowing, by stirring the sap - by piling up mountains of dreams on us. - let us be open, jeannot, and let us be closed - let us love each other better than all the beloved. - let us be this impossible in which i believe - what am i saying?...- \") further, cocteau concludes his love declaration poem with the following passioned last four verses ` \n je veux être ta main qui joue et qui dessinne - et s´il le faut ta bonne main qui m´assassine. - car je croyais aimer je me croyais fini - sage, et me voilà fou. fou de toi. sois béni.´ (translation: \" \n i want to be your hand that plays and draws - and if necessary your good hand that murders me. - because i thought i was loving, i thought i was finished - wise, and here i am mad. mad about you. be blessed.\") a poem with very attractive presentation and in very fine condition, vg to ex"},"estimateMax":3500,"lotNumber":"1494","title":{"es":"cocteau jean: (1889-1963)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139957/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":2500,"soldPrice":2000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:36.999Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac2,500 - \u20ac3,500","currency":"EUR","id":139957,"estimateMin":2500},{"startPrice":500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139958/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139958/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"breton andre: (1896-1966) french writer and poet, the co-founder, leader and principal theorist of surrealism. a.l.s., \n andre breton , also signed to the enveloppe, one page, 4to, paris, 9th december 1956, to the librarian monsieur moncharmont, in french. breton sends a cheque to his correspondent for the payment of the books he has bought, including \n le grand livre de la natureou l´apocalypse philosophique et hermétique by osward wirth, a work related to occult philosophy and hieroglyphs, and \n le vase sacré et ce qu´il contient dans l´inde la perse et la grèce et dans l´eglise chrétienne. breton states ` \n veuillez trouver ci-joint un chèque correspondant au montant de ma dette envers vous. je m´excuse d´avoir un peu tardé mais je viens seulement de rentrer à paris.´ (translation: \" \n please find enclosed a check for the amount of my debt to you. i apologize for being a little late, but i have only just returned to paris.\") accompanied by the original enveloppe, addressed in breton´s hand, postmarked and stamped and with the sender´s name and address to the verso. small overall foxing stains, otherwise g to vg"},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1495","title":{"es":"breton andre: (1896-1966)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139958/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":500,"soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:37.001Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac500 - 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[monte-carlo], n.d., on his printed statonery as consul of portugal to monaco, in french. pagnol sends a list of questions to his correspondent, stating in part ` \n n´oublie pas de donner à willy redingote et valise... où est la copie de travail?... ci-joint contrat à faire signer par tony d´urgence. j´ai envie de faire développer par galliano, qui est d´une gentillesse remarquable. toujours pas de nouvelles de korda, qui doit arriver de johannesburg. didelot a t-il reçu de l´argent de potten? bouckaert dit avoir envoyé 140.000 francs belges... hemme dit avoir envoyé à bujon tous les renseignements demandés sur les chevaux en particulier. tout va bien ici.´ (translation: \" \n don't forget to give willy the frock coat and suitcase... where's the working copy?... enclosed is a contract to be signed by tony urgently. i want to have it developed by galliano, who is remarkably kind. still no news from korda, who is due to arrive from johannesburg. has didelot received any money from potten? bouckaert says he sent 140,000 belgian francs... hemme says he sent bujon all the information requested, specifically about the horses. everything's fine here.\") creasing. g to vg"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1497","title":{"es":"pagnol marcel: (1895-1974)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139960/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":150,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:37.004Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - 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(1980s). the seven-line quotation is identified as being from ardabiola (1981) and commences ´his eyes were closed, tortured by lack of sleep, his face thrown back to face the sun. it had been a long time since he had lain in the sun with his eyes closed, with warm sand under his head....´ . signed by yevtushenko in blue ink at the conclusion, further adding three symbols, including that of the roman goddess venus, in his hand beneath his signature. vg \n ardabiola is a fantastical story about ardabiev, a scientist who managed to criss-cross the genes of a rare species of flower from the siberia with that of an african fly. the offspring is a flower that contains an elixir-like healing quality that can cure cancer."},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"1525","title":{"es":"yevtushenko yevgeny: (1933-2017)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139988/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":150,"soldPrice":140,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:41.404Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - 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(c.1825). scott has written a series of manuscript notes on various topics, including a play about queen elizabeth i ( ´if you know not me, you know nobody; or the troubles of queen  elizabeth ´ by thomas heywood) ,  inventions, universal corruption, and historical events, being extracts taken from samuel pepys's famous diaries, in part, ' they cannot for example but be delighted to learn that the account of the new play queen elizabeth's troubles and the history of eighty eight which is very curious as it seems to have consisted almost entirely in scenery.....the queens elizabeth and mary appeared dressed in the costumes of their age and stood on the stage and explained the meaning of the action to the audience. pepys was much affected with the sad story of queen elizabeth which he had sucked in from his cradle but fully as much as to see krupp dance among the milkmaids and come out in the night-gown with no locks on but her bare face and hair only tied up in a knot.....the play as well as the very peculiar mode of representation seem to have escaped the industry of isaac rush......as a member of the useful arts may also remark that the introduction of the most successful inventions are not always successful in the commencement. such was the case with the sort of carriages now most commonly in use and called at their first introduction glass coaches. lady ashly debated upon their bad qualities to mr. pepys......there were several men killed on the side of the french, one or two on that of the spaniards & an englishman by a bullet.....a similar commotion during the protectorate cromwell brought to trial and cut of [f] the head of don pantaleon for the brother of the portuguese ambassador. corruption was universal. all offices were made subject to open traffick.....the slightest promise of service required such an acknowledgement and which round sums of money, silver porringers, gold cups and so forth were.....among the rich and noble, the ´smallest donation´ accepted and expected from those who had no more to give. upon a bare civil speech from....sir george downing, pepys dispatched a porter for his best fur cap that he might bestow it on sir george as in duty bound. but the porter tarried so long on the way that the principal had sailed before his arrival and so the cap returned its place in mr. pepys wardrobe......what should we now think of the courtesy of a clerk who in return for some favourable speech of his master made his willing principal in the abundance of his gratitude a present of his best beaver hat.....such were ´good king charles´s golden days´. however such great scourges upon the land to punish as it served their enormous wickedness. war, pestilence and conflagration ravaged england by turns. of these.....calamaties many and highly curious particulars are preserved in the memoirs, pepys having been called upon by situation to exert himself actively during them all and having uniformly displayed both sagacity and firmness. if quitting the broad path of history we seek for.....information causes may account manners & customs the progress of arts and sciences and the various branches of antiquity we have never seen a source so rich as the volumes before us absolutely resemble the general cauldrons at the wielding of camacho....´. rare in this form. some light age wear and minor staining, and a small strip of former mounting to the upper left edge, otherwise about vg \n samuel pepys (1633-1703) english writer and politician, most remembered today for the diary he kept for almost a decade.  \n in july 1825 scott had acquired a copy of the diary of samuel pepys , which had just been published for the first time. scott´s son-in-law john gibson lockhart declared that he had not seen scott ´ more delighted with any book whatsoever´. inspired by pepys´s diaries, and an 1821 journal by lord byron, scott began his own new diary on 20th november 1825 and, with a few breaks, continued to make entries in it until april 1832. since its first complete publication in 1890,  the journal of sir walter scott  has attracted high praise, being considered by many critics one of the finest diaries in the english language."},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"1531","title":{"es":"scott walter: (1771-1832)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139994/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":1600,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:39.498Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - 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( ´friday´, may? 1854), to reverend robert maxwell hanna ( ´my dear mr. hanna´ ). barrett browning begins by introducing mrs. hamilton and her daughter ( ´country-women of your own´ ) and remarks ´i think, for better & closer reasons still, mrs. hamilton is much interested in the religious state of italy & whatever you can tell her about tuscany in this relation will be listened to anxiously. if you can give her a convert as a cameriera, by the way, you will do something very acceptable. she has asked me if i knew of such a person, and i could only refer her to you´ . the poet continues to refer to mrs. fotheringham, whom they have not seen yet ( ´having attained simply to the exchanging of cards´ ) and also reports on their surroundings, ´rome is very crowded, & not enchanting..to me at least. i shall not drink of the fountain of trevi when i go away. dear florence keeps the first place with me still, & i wouldn´t exchange our florentine cypresses for the roman stone pines, not with st peters thrown in. yet we have all been well here, thank god´ , before concluding by sending her husband´s cordial regards. with blank integral leaf. accompanied by the original black bordered mourning envelope hand addressed by barrett browning and bearing a small plain black circular wax seal to the verso. one small tape stain to the upper right corner and with a neat split to the right edge of a central horizontal fold, only very slightly affecting a couple of words of text. about vg \n robert maxwell hanna (1821-1857) pastor of the free scotch church at florence. hanna died at the early age of 36, most likely from tuberculosis, and robert browning performed the sad office of chief mourner at his funeral."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"1533","title":{"es":"barrett browning elizabeth: (1806-1861) ´ rome is very crowded, & not enchanting..to me at least´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139996/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":2000,"soldPrice":5100,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:39.512Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac2,000 - \u20ac3,000","currency":"EUR","id":139996,"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":250,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139997/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139997/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"browning robert: (1812-1889) english poet and playwright. a charming a.l.s., with his initials rb , one page, 12mo, n.p., n.d., to clara jessup moore ( ´dear friend´ ). browning commences his letter with some literary advice, ´your lines want little alteration: you will see what i suggest - so as to perhaps bring out the thought with more clearness´ and concludes in an amusing manner, ´the luncheon was only too delightful - it effectively spoiled my dinner´ . to the verso of the integral leaf appears an undated a.l.s. ( ´aunt clara´ ) by moore to a relative, in full, ´i have never given away but one of mr. browning´s notes to me because he generally always  signs himself affectionately etc. etc. but if you would like to have this with his correction of two verses in one of my recent poems, pray keep it´ . vg \n clara jessup moore (1824-1899) american philanthropist and philosopher who published miscellaneous poems in 1875."},"estimateMax":350,"lotNumber":"1534","title":{"es":"browning robert: (1812-1889)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139997/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":250,"soldPrice":360,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:39.520Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac250 - \u20ac350","currency":"EUR","id":139997,"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139998/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139998/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139998/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"browning robert: (1812-1889) english poet and playwright. a fine a.l.s., robert browning , three pages, 8vo, warwick crescent, london, 14th february 1882, to [frederic] leighton ( ´my dear leighton´ ). brwoning commences his letter by writing ´i do more indeed than \"care to have\" a copy of that address which i certainly had \"interest enough in to listen to\". i think, did the case relate to any other than yourself, you would readily imagine - i must say, the pride one cannot but feel at finding that, all one ventured to foretell of a painter´s capabilities both literary and artistic some quarter of a century ago has been fulfilled and perhaps exceeded by his subsequent performance. i hope that you may go on and give sir joshua´s [reynolds] lectures the supplement of which they stand in need - but i do not wish this - a single page of it - to be written at the expense of a picture´s production´ . browning continues ´i wonder whether it is worth while to say that i read with disgust enough a recent article in which, after the fashion of such critics, it was found impossible to crown one great painter without robbing another of his rights - and the consolatory answer that occurred to me was that, in grateful remembrance, i fancied myself taking mr. [harry] quilter by the ears (an excellent hold-fast) and putting his face before picture after picture in a gallery of my fancy, and asking whether his eyes played him as falsely as his memory (to take the more charitable supposition) would seem to have done´ and concludes his impassioned letter by remarking ´even this brief notice of a plain injustice is so many words too much: but the artist himself is clearly debarred from speaking on such an occasion - and an outsider may take the liberty perhaps: at any rate you will forgive an old friend, and (quite apart from influences arising from that circumstance) a still older lover of art who is not insensible to injustice done to those who have best deserved in its exercise´ . a letter of excellent content and good association. a few very minor, extremely light traces of former mounting, otherwise vg \n frederic leighton (1830-1896) 1st baron leighton. british victorian painter in the academic style whose pictures were enormously popular, and expensive, during his lifetime. leighton served as president of the royal academy from 1878-96 and earlier, in 1861, had designed elizabeth barrett browning´s tomb for robert browning at the english cemetery in florence.  leighton, the first painter to be made a baronet, was the bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day his hereditary peerage became extinct upon his death.  \n joshua reynolds (1723-1792) english portrait painter, a founder and first president of the royal academy of arts. between 1769 and 1790 reynolds delivered a series of lectures, known as his discourses , which were recognised for their sensitivity and perception.  \n harry quilter (1851-1907) english art critic, writer and artist who, from 1879-87, lectured on art and literature in london and the provinces. after browning´s death, quilter illustrated an 1898 edition of the poet´s pied piper of hamelin."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"1535","title":{"es":"browning robert: (1812-1889) browning to leighton on the injustice of art critics"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139998/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":1800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:39.527Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac900","currency":"EUR","id":139998,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":2500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139999/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/139999/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"dickens charles: (1812-1870) english novelist. a good a.l.s., charles dickens (a fine example, with paraph), two pages (separate leaves), 8vo, easthorpe park, near malton, yorkshire, 3rd july 1843, to ´my dear mrs. hood´ . dickens states that he is staying in yorkshire for a fortnight, but that before he left london ´i saw chapman and hall upon the proposition i had made to them a week or so before´ , further explaining ´they said that they objected to all continuations, as being objectionable in their nature \u2013 considered as business speculations \u2013 and unlikely to succeed. that for this reason they did not feel disposed to entertain hood\u2019s proposal in reference to down the rhine; but that they would be extremely glad to arrange with him, if they could, for a new book \u2013 more particularly if it were a poem in the miss kilmansegg vein´ . dickens further adds ´it occurs to me that possibly hood might like to negociate with them.....and that he might choose such a subject as would still give him an autumnal trip. tell him, with my best regards that i shall be anxious to hear what he thinks about it´ and concludes by sending his best remembrances, in which his wife catherine ( ´kate´ ) joins him. some very light, minor age toning to the edges, and a very small area of paper loss to the lower edge of the first page, not affecting the text. about vg \n thomas hood (1799-1845) english poet, author and humorist, husband of jane reynolds (1791\u20131846) from 1824.  \n hood had published his european travelogue up the rhine in 1840 and was the author of the poem miss killmansegg and her precious leg. a legend. \n at the time of the present letter dickens was finishing and releasing installments of his ongoing serial novel the life and adventures of martin chuzzlewit , informing one friend that he considered it his best work thus far."},"estimateMax":3500,"lotNumber":"1536","title":{"es":"dickens charles: (1812-1870)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/139999/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":2500,"soldPrice":2400,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:39.533Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac2,500 - \u20ac3,500","currency":"EUR","id":139999,"estimateMin":2500},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140000/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"ruskin john: (1819-1900) english writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath. a.n.s., \n mr ruskin , in the third person, one pahe, 8vo, oxford, 10th february 1876, on the red printed stationery of corpus christi college. ruskin sends his compliments to the recipient. some light foxing, otherwise vg"},"estimateMax":120,"lotNumber":"1537","title":{"es":"ruskin john: (1819-1900)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/140000/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:39.541Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac100 - \u20ac120","currency":"EUR","id":140000,"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":5000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/006/006.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/007/007.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/008/008.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/009/009.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/010/010.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/011/011.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140001/012/012.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"james henry: (1843-1916) american-born british author. an excellent, lengthy a.l.s., henry james , twelve pages, 8vo, grand hotel de turin, 16th may n.y. ( ´thursday´ ; annotated as 1907 in pencil in another hand), to his nephew, william james ( ´dearest bill´ ). james states that he is writing ( ´a little shamefully, only tonight´ ) three or four hours before he leaves for rome ´by the night xpress, which i am taking to avoid too many otherwise too hot & too dusty hours on the so perpetually tunnelled & yet so ensoleillé genoa - pisa road´ , adding that he has spent five days ´in this very comfortable, if not particularly thrilling place´ where he has rejoiced in not having an acquaintance, but that he must move on, providing the address of the hotel in rome where he will be staying for ten or twelve days, and remarking of his coming to italy from france ´the state of it is all charming again, but a growing homesickness breaks through.....paris fades away into  phantasmagoria gold & rose colours & what i most feel, as yet, i fear, is that i couldn´t have borne another day of it on that \"keyed-up\" basis´ . the novelist continues to express his relief at knowing that william is still in paris in order that he can be of assistance, explaining why and how in some detail, ´i thank the lord that you are there to do me a little service that my stupidity & inadvertence at the last (in packing) have rendered necessary i shall ask of you. i put away (instead of bringing with me) a set of proofs (with a blue ticket on the 1st page of the set) of a part of the princess   casamassima , which i am revising for my \"big\" edition, but i helpless to say if they are in the trunk or in the suitcase i left with you - for there are a mass of proofs, duplicates of those returned, which i haven´t wished for prudence to destroy.....the \"set\" i mean, at any rate, a folded series with the latest ( highest ) number of pageing - i forget how high - ought to be near the top - or on top - of either accumulation, as they must have absentmindedly [been] chucked in at the last & it, the \"set\", is certainly identifiable by its being the only one with h. o. houghton´s riverside press small blue label aforesaid, with date of sending out attached [to] the 1st sheet (there will be in the trunk a duplicate set (of these last sheets) without the label but it is the labelled set please i want, & as i say, it must be the only one. kindly make sure it´s all in the little folded ( once folded) sheaf - i mean by seeing that the highest paged number is in with it. only you needn´t in the least to rummage wearily in the mass in the trunk to make this out - as i remember the little lot i want were still on my table after i had put those others well away.....there! i think i have made the thing clear - as to what i want. now they should be sent carefully to.....rome, & to this end, the italian post being, one is assured, far from impeccable, should be enclosed in an envelope, a stout one.....& registered . i enclose the envelope that will take it & that should be sealed! i think the proofs will just fit in......but i send a 2nd envelope on the other chance. it will certainly take them, but try the blue one, from london, 1st & as far as the postage, rather heavy, 3 francs or so, i will refund it the instant i return to you´ . james concludes by remarking that he has other letters to write now, and signs-off ´i keep a blessing of you & am......your fond old uncle´ . in a postscript, partially cross-written to the upper half of the first page, james remarks ´my journey from paris was excellent & easy - & in a \"lit-salon\" to myself, by good luck´ and also urges his nephew to ´ call on the whartons before they leave, or rather if they have left.....call on them at her brother´s, mr. henry jones´s, 5 (i think, or at any rate 2 doors below where the white´s are) place des etats unis and leave card for jones´ . a wonderful, and apparently unpublished, letter. vg \n william james (1882-1961) was the son of the american philosopher and psychologist william james (1842-1910), the elder brother of henry james.  \n edith wharton (1862-1937) american writer who mixed with the cream of american literary society and was a close friend of henry james. her brother was henry edward jones (1850-1922).  \n the novel the princess casamassima was first published as a serial in the atlantic monthly  in 1885 and 1886 and then as a book in 1886. it is the story of an intelligent but confused young london bookbinder, hyacinth robinson, who becomes involved in radical politics and a terrorist assassination plot. the book is unusual in the jamesian canon for dealing with such a violent political subject.  \n the ´big´ edition of his works which james refers to in the present letter is known as the new york edition, a 24-volume collection of the writer´s novels, novellas and short stories originally published in the united states and the united kingdom between 1907 and 1909. two more volumes containing james' unfinished novels, the ivory tower and the sense of the past  were issued in 1917 in a format consistent with the original set. the entire collection was republished during the 1960s by charles scribner´s sons. the official title of the set was the novels and tales of henry james, though the more informal title was suggested by james himself and appears as a subtitle on the series title page in each volume."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"1538","title":{"es":"james henry: (1843-1916) ´ paris fades away into phantasmagoria gold & rose colours´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/140001/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":5000,"soldPrice":4800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:39.548Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac5,000 - \u20ac6,000","currency":"EUR","id":140001,"estimateMin":5000},{"startPrice":3000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140002/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140002/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"conrad joseph: (1857-1924) polish-british novelist. a highly poignant a.l.s., jph. conrad , two pages, 4to, the pent, n.d. ( ´saturday´ , june 1903), to edward [garnett] ( ´my dearest edward´ ). conrad writes a moving letter to his friend following the death of their mother, commencing ´do not ascribe my silence to callousness. indeed it has quite another cause; for i who have now not a single soul living in my past have been profoundly touched by your loss. i heard of it in winchelsea where i had gone to work. i went on working, thinking of you my dear fellow and nor a little of your father - thinking and saying nothing because death, you know, takes all the virtue out of the words - the best meant the truest to the feeling. and now as you see i am saying nothing, taking refuge as it were in myself before your affliction´ and further writing ´but i hope and trust that you´ll find it not utterly distasteful to come here as we had planned in the fortunate ignorance of our hearts. verity we who remain are most tenderly treated till the very moment of execution´ . conrad adds that he had heard a little news from ford madox ford about garnett and his family, although asks for more, remarking ´for your poor father and your sister olive my concern is the greatest - 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( \n ´6.20 pm´ ), to an unidentified correspondent. betjeman writes, in full, \n ´what about the catholic writers´ guild? i have clearly mistaken the date. cannot come again this week. am all for it, if it will have me´ . with a pencil note to the foot ( \n ´this was left last night´ ) written and initialled by an unidentified individual. one very small, minor paperclip rust stain to the upper edge, vg"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"1554","title":{"es":"betjeman john: (1906-1984)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/140017/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:42.497Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac100 - \u20ac150","currency":"EUR","id":140017,"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140018/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140018/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"longfellow henry w.: (1807-1882) american poet. a.l.s., henry w. longfellow,  to one side of a plain oblong 12mo postcard, cambridge, massachusetts, 17th april 1880, to william j. suplee. longfellow writes, in full, ' in answer to your question, i would inform you that the ''golden legend'' is not a translation '. some traces of former mounting to the upper edge of the verso, otherwise vg \n the golden legend is a poem by longfellow, published in 1851."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1555","title":{"es":"longfellow henry w.: (1807-1882)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/140018/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":170,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:42.498Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":140018,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140019/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140019/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140019/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140019/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"wallace lew: (1827-1905) american lawyer, union general in the american civil war, politician, diplomat, and author of the historical adventure story ben-hur: a tale of the christ (1880). a.l.s., lew wallace , four pages, 8vo, rome, 11th june 1885, to mrs. berdan. wallace states that he had left constantinople with ´the most confident expectation´ of meeting his correspondent in paris ´where according to general b [erdan] you were about arriving from stockholm´ , continuing to express his surprise and regret to learn that she was en route to sorrento, and explaining ´i had intended in paris answering in person your interesting letters, and you will never be able to say that would not have been more agreeable than the receipt of half dozen proxy replies by post. my purpose was to tall you in full what i had done for your husband, and how in my last interview with the sultan he ordered conditions to be drawn for presentation to the general; 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dans les bibliothèques les partitions des maitres, qu´il n´avait jamais pu composer de musique qu´en prenant sur ses nuits ... avec une femme qui ne comprenait rien à la musique... la première fois qu´il est venu me voir, il m´a apporté un opéra, dont il avait écrit la musique, le poème, et dessiné le frontspiece... le dessin était ridicule, le poème très mauvais, la musique était saine, robuste, pleine de fougue et de vie. je lui ai fait entendre de la musique, je l´ai mis en rapport avec d´autres personnes. a présent... on lui a fait quitter sa compagnie de l´ouest... durand lui publie sa musique, il est en bonne voie... mais il faut lire les souffrances qu´il avait endurées avant... depuis il a écrit des suites, des quatuors à cordes, une charmante sérénade... c´est un homme d´une passion exubérante, et le plus beau caractère, le plus pur, le plus droit, impossible de ne pas l´aimer.´ (translation: \" it is one of the most astonishing artistic cases one can find. i told his story in an article in the music magazine s.i.m. of december 15, 1908, entitled paul dupin ... imagine that this paul dupin, who is a musician by race, was, when i knew him, employed by the western railways, that he had never been able to hear a beethoven symphony (being 40 years old!), that he had never been able to learn music except by taking time off from his meals to read the scores of the masters in libraries, that he had never been able to compose music except by taking time off from his nights... with a woman who understands nothing about music... the first time he came to see me, he brought me an opera, for which he had written the music, the poem, and drawn the frontspiece... the drawing was ridiculous, the poem very bad, the music was healthy, robust, full of passion and life. i introduced him to music, i put him in touch with other people. now... he has been made to leave his work with western railways... durand publishes his music, he is on the right track... but you have to read the suffering he had endured before... since then he has written suites, string quartets, a charming serenade... he is a man of exuberant passion, and the most beautiful character, the purest, the most upright, impossible not to love him.\") the two bifolium pages have been professionally and lightly united. vg \n paul dupin (1865-1949) french composer. dupin wrotes alone, instinctively, while continuing to learn composition on his own. since romain rolland devoted a laudatory article to him in the review of the société internationale de musique (sim) on december 15, 1908, as explained by rolland in the present letter, his works were published and he became a full time composer. even so, dupin ends his life in misery."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1610","title":{"es":"rolland romain: 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(annotated in pencil in an unidentified hand 1938), to martin e. brown. yeats informs his correspondent, in full, ' i named the characters in my play harts & bruins to the best of my memory because their names were common in the village, rossess (sic) at rossess (sic) point, sligo. there were pilots & inkeepers (sic) of the name of bruins & probably also of the name of hart though in the case of the harts my memory is more vague ', and in a postscript further writes ' my memory is that about half the village was called bruins. i lived there a good deal when a child '. accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by yeats. some light age wear, a few very minor, small pinholes and a couple of small tears to the edges of the folds, g \n the bruin family and father hart are the main characters in yeats' play the land of heart's desire which was first performed in the spring of 1894 at the avenue theatre in london. it was the first professional performance of one of yeats' plays. the play's title is included on the coat of arms of county sligo, ireland, where the play is set."},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"1614","title":{"es":"yeats w. b.: (1865-1939)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/140077/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":650,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:49.306Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":140077,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140078/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140078/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"deledda grazia: (1871-1936) italian writer, nobel prize winner for literature, 1926. a.l.s., grazia deledda , two pages, 8vo, rome, 23rd october 1906, to [lucio?] d´ambra, in italian. deledda states that it was only that day that she had been able to read her correspondent´s wonderful article on la via del male , which had been forwarded to her, and expresses her regret at not having thanked d´ambra earlier, remarking ´ your article is truly wonderful; 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mais l´issue n´est pas douteuse, et peut-être même est-elle plus proche que nous ne le pensons. l´énergie morale de l´allemagne réside tout entière dans la conscience qu´elle a de sa force matérielle. le jour où elle doutera sérieusement de cette force (et cela parait commencer déjà) le découragement viendra, et les choses iront vite à partir de ce moment là: nous puisons notre courage, nous, à des sources plus profondes´ (translation: \n ´the struggle is terrible. it exceeds anything you could have imagined, but the outcome is not in doubt, and perhaps it is even closer than we think. germany's moral energy lies entirely in its awareness of its material strength. the day it seriously doubts that strength (and this already seems to be beginning), discouragement will set in, and things will move quickly from that point on. we, however, draw our courage from deeper sources´ ). a letter of good content written in the second year of world war i. vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1616","title":{"es":"bergson henri: (1859-1941)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/140079/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:49.309Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":140079,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":800,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140080/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140080/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"mann thomas: (1875-1955) german novelist, nobel prize winner for literature, 1929. a good t.l.s., \n thomas mann , two pages, 4to, munich, 28th april 1930, to a professor, in german. mann apologises for the delay in replying to his correspondents letter \n ´in which you speak so warmly of the poet max ludwig´ , explaining that he has been travelling extensively for two months and his correspondence has fallen into disarray, and adding \n ´what you say in your letter and hold dear to your heart comes at a most inopportune moment for me. my long life of wandering, which was followed by illness, has left me terribly behind with all my work and duties. my literary household is in great disorder, and i am struggling to get back on track´ . mann further states \n ´i have a great deal of required reading to do, and i cannot find the peace of mind to delve into ludwig's works, as you urge me to do in your letter and the enclosed essay. as my taste has become increasingly discerning and personal over the years, it is impossible to predict whether i will be able to develop a relationship with ludwig's works that would justify and compel me to publicly advocate for them´ and concludes by writing \n ´ in any case, i intend to study his books as soon as my own life allows me to do so, and above all i hope to have the opportunity soon with the managing director of the albert langen publishing house, who has been a friend of mine since my youth and who published these books, to talk about ludwig's life and work and to hear from him whether there might be ways and means of drawing the public's attention back to the life's work of this poet´ . a letter of fine content. vg"},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"1617","title":{"es":"mann thomas: (1875-1955) ´ my taste has become increasingly discerning and personal over the years´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/140080/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:49.311Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,000","currency":"EUR","id":140080,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140081/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140081/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"lewis sinclair: (1885-1951) american novelist, short-story writer and playwright, nobel prize winner for literature, 1930. a.l.s., \n sinclair lewis , two pages (separate leaves), 8vo, coley, lyndhurst, hampshire, n.d. ( \n ´sunday, 2pm´ , annotated \n 1927 in pencil in another hand to the head of the page), to padre. lewis writes, in full, \n ´we´re going to stay with mr. vachell for dinner, so we shan´t be with you for supper, but we´ll appear at nine most cheerily, if we may´ . two file holes to the left edge of each page, not affecting the text or signature. about vg"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"1618","title":{"es":"lewis sinclair: (1885-1951)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/140081/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:49.312Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":140081,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/iaa/cloned-images/140082/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-06-19","available":false,"description":{"es":"galsworthy john: (1867-1933) english novelist and playwright, nobel prize winner for literature, 1932. a.l.s., \n john galsworthy , one page, small 4to, adelphi terrace house, london, 9th april 1928, to mr. o. m. corkins. galsworthy states that his correspondent has been misinformed, explaining \n ´i have written no books on criminology. possibly my play \"justice\" published by charles scribners, fifth avenue at 48th street, has given rise to such a notion´ . vg"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"1619","title":{"es":"galsworthy john: (1867-1933)"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/140082/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:49.313Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac100 - 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but i can imagine from seeing mouse [patrick, his second son] with his head not working and uncle gus failing and my father dead because of my mother. you saw that one yourself. but you should have a good cheerful visit with beatie and then we´ll be good homing kittens again´ , further referring to the weather and the ship´s doctor, ´jean monnier giving me intravenous or double fesse every day. he is very happy to see the liver down almost a third. he says it is a miracle. pressure down to 145 over 85 today. he made the borescope today and the aorta is enlarged\u2026\u2026.but he says that will be controlled by lowering and keeping down pressure. but all the don´ts re-established. but will try to be good and disciplined for my kitten´ , describing life on the ship as being akin to a submarine, ´it´s a little like that when the portholes are closed but tomorrow we get to martinique and that will be new and lovely´ . hemingway further writes ´want to see everything now and must be good to see it and grudge everything i do not see with you, when i come home i will try to be such good, loving hard training kitten and never think about myself and always about you and still working (?) good and happy. when we have our own house again we can eat well and just what we want and we will have time to read and choose our own music. we´ll get the best, and i´ll not be introspective´ , returning again to the subject of his health ( ´dr. monnier took me off seco or anything else which was a little rough. but what the hell ´) and the weather ( ´it is squally and stifling rain now and we can´t see the passage or the hills of the islands ´), before discussing his immediate plans ´we are due in tomorrow at 07.00 and george and i and monnier plan to go off before eight on that trip he told us about. i miss you and i know you would love the new places but you wouldn´t love the way it is necessary to live. but everyone is cheerful and the food is as lovely as ever´ . hemingway resumes his letter after a break, this time writing in ink, ´had to stop as peoples kept talking to me while was writing. we saw the first land after lunch and came through sombrero passage. land lying island looks like elbow key sort of but longer and leaner but obviously british no matter how uninhabited. then saba on the right \u2013 like a hill from the sierra de organos behind paraiso stuck up out of the ocean with its harbour (invisible) on the hill (western shore) then some more islands, miniatures of those before. it is blowing a se breeze \u2013 hot but very strong´, and decides to finish his letter ( ´i better stop dearest kitten. noise is like the bronx zoo´ ), concluding in affectionate terms ´please be happy and good as always and brave like you are and give my best to beatie. monnier was going to write you how good i was. he is very happy about results.....all my true love my blessed kitten\u2026\u2026.i love you and you only and you always, and you are my triple blessed. love, big kitten´ . alongside his signature hemingway has added an ink self-portrait, in the form of a cat´s head. at the base of the second page appears a note in the hand of george brown, hemingway´s friend, boxing coach and spearfishing partner, in part, ´hell´o mary, well here we are at sea and without you the trip is not as it should be. ernest is at his very best \u2013 training like a fighter....geo´ . accompanied by the original envelope, postmarked at grenada, and hand addressed by hemingway to his wife ( ´mrs. ernest hemingway ´) in chicago, illinois. one small tear to the right edge, only very slightly affecting one word of text, otherwise vg \n mary hemingway (1908-1986) american journalist and author, the fourth wife and widow of ernest hemingway.  \n george brown, who owned a gymnasium in new york, was a friend of hemingway´s for more than a quarter of a century and coached the writer in the sport of boxing. it was brown who drove hemingway home to idaho from the mayo clinic in 1961 shortly before the nobel prize winner committed suicide. brown was also one of the pallbearers at hemingway´s funeral."},"estimateMax":10000,"lotNumber":"1626","title":{"es":"hemingway ernest: (1899-1961) a rare illustrated letter by hemingway, his wife´ s ´ big kitten´"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/iaa/source/catalog/auction/60955/lot/140089/view","tags":["escollectibles_autographs","escollectibles_all","escollectibles"],"directSalePrice":8000,"soldPrice":8000,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-01T05:51:49.524Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac8,000 - 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