AUTOGRAPH LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
Tuesday 6 October 2020 at 14:00
9, rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
312 lots
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150 - SCORES. 6 printed or engraved scores. Enclosed is a dummy collection of programs, excerpts from reviews, press clippings (plus an a.s. by Marcel Labey who held the harpsichord part) composed by Thérèse Metman on the performances of Rameau's Dardanus in Dijon under the direction of Vincent d'Indy in December 1907 (blue semi-percaline rel.); plus a plate by Aug Sérieyx, Les Trois États de la Tonalité (1910) with an a.s. consignment to Marcel Labey. BEETHOVEN. - Christ on the Mount of Olives.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
151 - Jean-Paulin Habans, known as PAULUS (1845-1908) singer and actor. 23 L.A.S., 1875-1899, to his wife Rosa; 70 pages in various formats, 4 headed (Paulus Habans, Wine Proprietor, Paulus Publishing, Paulus Repertory, Eldorado), 4 envelopes, one address (defects, cracks and wetness). 3 L.A.S. are attached to his son Jean and his children (1908), a signed program of the Eldorado in Nice (1908), 2 cards, one signed and an attestation for a maid (1906). Plus 2 L.A.S. from Coquelin Cadet, one from Maur
Result €1,088Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
152 - Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924). L.A.S., London [June 8, 1920], to his friend Renzo Valcarenghi (director of Ricordi Editions); 2 pages small in-4 with Savoy Hotel letterhead; in Italian. He arrived in London two days ago and is trying to move fast: today rehearsals from 11am to 1am, and from 3am to 5am - the piano scenes. Soprano Gilda Dalla Rizza is back and the singers in Tosca are good, especially tenor Burke. The only one who worries him a little is the baritone Gilly, "but you can't have it
Result €1,088Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
153 - Serge RACHMANINOV (1873-1943). L.A.S., August 3, 1931, to his beloved Constantine Alexeevitch [Korovine]; 1 page in-8 on blue paper; in Russian. [Rachmaninov had known the painter Constantin Korovine (1861-1939) at the Moscow Private Opera, of which Korovine was one of the decorators; they remained close friends. ]He was very touched when he received Korovine's gift, and wants to thank him with all his soul! Moreover the "subject" is so close to his heart. He is leaving for Switzerland, where h
Result €1,152Estimate €500 - €700 -
154 - Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868). L.S. with autograph date, Bologna 29 October 1841, to Eugène Scribe; the letter is written by his wife, Olympe Pélissier; 1 page in-4, address. "He recommends his friend the knight Gabussi, who "recently had a brilliant success in Venice in Clemenza de Valois (translation by Gustave). This remarkable score makes me address a prayer to you, wouldn't it be possible that you entrust to Knight Gabussi one of your masterpieces, with the support of a European glory l
Estimate €600 - €800 -
155 - Gioacchino ROSSINI. P.A., Florence 3 June 1852; 1 oblong page in-8; in Italian. Receipt for the sum of 770.17 lire from Signori Jacobbe, Dr. Salomone and David Paolo Lampronti: early monthly maturity of the life benefit taking effect today by order of the contract .
Estimate €300 - €400 -
156 - Gioacchino ROSSINI. L.A.S., Paris 14 May 1861, to the lawyer Leopoldo Pini in Florence; 1 page in-4, address; in Italian (engraved and watercoloured portrait attached). He has just received the mail from the American aristocracy ("American aristocracy!!!") and will be busy answering it with courtesy. He thinks Bonani is wrong about the Fenzi life annuity titles. Rossini left all the deeds concerning his affairs in Florence, and Bonani should have gone to the notary to take the necessary steps t
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
157 - Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921). 14 L.A.S and an autograph poem, 1887-1917, [to his friend the musician Paul Dugas, or his son the painter Paul Steck]; 23 pages in various formats (slight defects in some letters). Friendly correspondence. February 19th, 1887. Disappointing results: "You see by the tone of the letter that there is no ill will. Would there be no way to get Paul to reform?"... Enghien September 26, 1887. "While I am sawing your back, I will add that you will fulfill my wishes if
Result €1,024Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
158 - Camille SAINT-SAËNS. 12 L.A.S. and 1 L.A., 1887-1920, [to his friend the musician Paul Dugas, or his son the painter Paul Steck] ; 20 pages various formats, one address. [1887]. "The little black cat will no doubt be happy to know that he will be taken care of. July 18, 1888. "You would be good, very kind to show yourself favorable to the request of Mr. Gabriel Sizes of Toulouse, who wishes to play in Biarritz my Concerto in G minor. He is a good friend of mine, and he is very talented...". B�
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
159 - Cécile SOREL (1873-1966) actress. 24 L.A. (including 12 signed with her first name, "So", "Ta", "ta tienne", "ta S", etc.), Paris and Lucerne 1904-1911, to Albert Flament; 80 pages most of them in-8, some with her crowned figure or Comédie Française letterhead, many envelopes or addresses. 18 l.a.s. or l.a. is attached to the same, [1911-1915], by Félicité de Lévis-Mirepoix, Comtesse Aynard de Chabrillan (1874-1948). Loving, then affectionate correspondence to the journalist and writer A
Result €1,280Estimate €600 - €800 -
160 - SPECTACLE. More than 70 miscellaneous documents, most of them L.A.S. Enclosed are 10 portraits (printed) dedicated to Émile Drain (1890-1966, a specialist in the role of Napoleon, which he played ten times in films); and a large poster of the film Eva by Joseph Losey, played by Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker and Virna Lisi (1962; 156 x 60 cm , dubbed). Eve Arden, Sylvanie Arnould-Plessy (3, plus portrait and letter from her husband), Félix Baumaine, Antony Béraud, Léon Bernard, Georges Berr,
Result €320Estimate €200 - €300 -
161 - SHOW. 52 photographs dedicated to Alain Feydeau and or signed; postcards or postcard format. Enclosed are 36 photos of artists (postcards), including Callas, many from Harcourt photographs. Arletty (6), Julien Bertheau, René Bianco (3), Louise Carletti, Mony Dalmès (5), Danielle Darrieux (3), Lise Delamare (2), Paulette Dubost, Annie Ducaux (2), Huguette Duflos, Béatrix Dussane (long dedication), Maurice Escande (2), Pierre Fresnay, Vera Korène, Robert Massard (2), Janine Micheau (2), Solan
Result €896Estimate €400 - €500 -
162 - Gaspare SPONTINI (1774-1851). Autograph musical manuscript, [Stances sur la mort de S.A.R. Mgr le duc de Berry, 1820] ; 6 pages in-fol. Lament on the assassination of the Duke of Berry, for two voices with piano or harp accompaniment. This song with words by Marc-Antoine Désaugiers was published by Mlles Érard. The same stanzas, widely distributed by the royalist press and bookshops, were set to music by Ferdinando Paër.] "Berry is no longer under a bloody arm... This generous Prince of Fran
Result €1,664Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
163 - Gaspare SPONTINI. P.A.S. "Spontini Comte de Sant' Andrea", Paris 10 March 1845; 3/4 page in-4, red wax seal. Official statement testifying "that since the time (before the end of the last century) when I saw the opera Matrimonio secreto, by one of my masters, Cimarosa, first staged, immediately after the theatre in Vienna, under the direction of the composer himself, at the Fiorentini theatre in Naples, finding myself then in the conservatory of music of the Pietà of this city, until the prese
Estimate €200 - €300 -
164 - Oscar STRAUS (1870-1954). Photograph with dedication a.s. and L.A.S., Paris and Bad Kissingen (Germany) 1928-1951; 28 x 19.5 cm and 3 pages in-4 to his number (one envelope enclosed). Beautiful portrait (G.L. Manuel frères), with 5 bars of music and a letter: "to the admirable singer André Baugé with the most friendly compliments of Oscar Straus", Paris 1928. - 29 April 1951, [to Albert Willemetz]. After going to Vienna to receive the Ring of Honour of the City, he and his wife went to the p
Estimate €150 - €200 -
165 - Ambroise THOMAS (1811-1896). 2 autograph music manuscripts, the first signed, Une nuit de Silvio Pellico, scène et air, and La Folle d'Yarmouth; title and 12 pages in-fol. in notebook, and 7 pages and a quarter in-fol. in notebook. (dirt and tears on the second). Two early vocal compositions for voice and piano. Une nuit by Silvio Pellico, to lyrics by Ernest Legouvé, dedicated to the great tenor Adolphe Nourrit, is a tribute to the author of Mes prisons. This 1831 composition was reported lo
Result €896Estimate €700 - €800 -
166 - Ambroise THOMAS. L.A.S., March 25, 1854, to a confrere [Antoine Clapisson]; 2 pages in-8. "I can't tell you how touched I am by the charming letter you've just written me! In calling you to the Academy, I was obeying my conscience first, as you know, and perhaps I was also yielding to an instinct that attracted me to you. Chance would have it that I was the first to offer you my hand, and you have just given me yours with a sympathy and affection for which I, in turn, am very happy and very gr
Result €89Estimate €100 - €120 -
167 - Léon VASSEUR (1844-1917). Signed autograph musical manuscript, La Famille Trouillat, [1874 ?] ; 236 pages oblong in-fol. Enclosed is a manuscript of George Street, Mignonnette, [operetta in 3 acts, 1896], orchestral score by a copyist with some passages arranged by Henri Casadesus (335 p. in-fol ., bound). Orchestral score of this operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Hector Crémieux and Ernest Blum, music by Léon Vasseur, first performed on September 10, 1874, at the Théâtre de la Renaissance.
Estimate €600 - €800 -
168 - Léon VASSEUR (1844-1917). Signed autograph musical manuscript, Le Voyage de Suzette, [1890]; 127 pages oblong in-fol. Two autograph musical manuscripts by Paul BASTIDE are enclosed: Act III of the lyric drama La Vannina and its supplement (345 and 45 p.), [1925]; and Edmond DIET: Jour de fête, opéra-comique en un acte (168 p., rel . toile). Orchestral score of Le Voyage de Suzette, operetta in three acts by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot, music by Léon Vasseur, premiered on January 20, 1890 a
Result €768Estimate €600 - €800 -
169 - Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901). L.A.S., Bussetto 31 January 1861, to Francesco Adorni, cello teacher in Parma; 1 page 3/4 in-8, address, traces of red wax stamp (small repair); in Italian. He is very saddened by the loss of Mori, who was both an excellent artist and a perfectly honest man. In a short time art has made great losses: first Giovanni, then Sebastiani, and now poor Mori! All very distinguished artists ("Distintissimi artisti tutti"), and not yet at the age when every mortal must pay his
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
170 - Giuseppe VERDI. L.A.S., Sant'Agata di Villanova June 2, 1881, at an "Eccellenza"; 2 and a half pages in-4; in Italian. Nice letter on music education. He has the honour to present the operations made by Mr. Serrao on the regulations for music schools ("Regolamento per le scuole musicale") for the last ten years. As for him, he would not know how to add or change anything to it. It is necessary to put a man of very high value at the head of all music schools ("un' uomo di altissimo valore alla t
Result €1,536Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
171 - Giuseppe VERDI. L.A.S., Sant'Agata 12 November 1890, to the shoemaker Giovanni Zaffignani in Piacenza; 3/4 page in-8, envelope; in Italian. Sending of a payment order for 94 lira in payment for the shoes for his wife and for him.
Estimate €600 - €800 -
172 - Richard WAGNER (1813-1883). L.A.S., [Paris 26 June 1860], to his publisher Gustave Flaxland; 1 page in-8 on pink peel paper (tabbed with old English translation); in German. He's annoying Flaxland again! He is very busy today; his servant is very stupid and doesn't understand French. Wagner knows that there is a lot of chicanery associated with sending music, but in any case the publisher has to have someone who takes care of these things properly. So he begs him to be so kind as to unravel the
Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
173 - Richard WAGNER. L.A.S., Bayreuth 15 December 1874, to the impresario Carl Voltz; 3 pages in-8; in German. Trouble with his theatrical agents Voltz and Batz, while Wagner struggles with the problems to create the Bayreuth Festival. Voltz's letter convinced him again of the lack of attention Batz pays to the contents of his letters, and Wagner is really tired of always having to respond to counter-affirmations which, given what he says, are meaningless. With respect to his last letter, which Volt
Result €3,584Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
174 - Cosima WAGNER (1837-1930). 2 L.A.S. and 1 L.S., 1871-1889; 12 pages in-8; in German. Tribschen 24 May 1871, to a friend [probably Malwida von Meysenburg. Cosima had married Wagner the year before, and they settled in Tribschen on Lake Lucerne]. She and Richard are like two lonely people lost in the world ("zwei Einsiedlern [...] die sich gar sonderbar in der Welt vorkommen"). She thanks her friend for sending her book [Memoirs of an Idealist], which made her understand her spiritual and sentime
Result €1,024Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
175 - Charles-Marie WIDOR (1844-1937). Signed autograph manuscript, Report. Billi-Decker Conflict, [February 1925]; 3 pages in-fol. plus title. Enclosed is an a.s. note giving an appointment at the Institute, February 3, 1925; plus 4 letters (mostly a.s.) by Henry Bauër, Jean Casimir-Périer (l.s.), Georges Hüe and René Waldeck-Rousseau . Widor recalls the origin of sound ("the vibrations of the air shaken by the shock of two bodies"), and the tradition of harmonics known for centuries to organbui
Result €512Estimate €400 - €500 -
176 - Marie d'AGOULT (1805-1876). L.A. et L.A.S., [1857] et seq.; 4 pages and 1 page and a half in-8. Nice 13 November [1857], to "Christina mia", his daughter Claire de Charnacé. She humorously recounts the return home of his "Corsican Corsica", and the continuation of his trip to Nice, which she does not appreciate: "This road to the cornice is of indescribable beauty. But Nice! what an ugly and silly place! and that the most philistine stupidity is still surpassed by the choice of such a place of
Result €384Estimate €300 - €400 -
177 - [Marie d'AGOULT]. Claire d'Agoult, marquise de CHARNACÉ (1830-1912) daughter of Marie d'Agoult, writer and journalist. 7 L.A.S; 9 pages in-8, 2 addresses. An L.A.S. of Louis de Ronchaud is attached. - 4 to the painter Jean Gigoux. Every day she proposes to go and see him, but obligations prevent her from doing so. She is looking for a plot of land in her neighbourhood: "Flameng has returned to rue St Jacques, he must always go and see you with my sketch and his engraving. I wish for him as muc
Result €128Estimate €100 - €120 -
178 - Jean Le Rond d'ALEMBERT (1717-1783). L.A., Monday evening 29, at Bernardin de Saint-Pierre; 1 page in-8, address with black wax seal with the weapons (light freckles, trace of miter). "Miss de Lespinasse is touched by the marks of confidence of the Knight of St Peter. She answered with the greatest desire to oblige him; she gave her letter to Mr. de Condorcet who sees Mr. Turgot at every moment, and who will make of this letter all the use that the Knight of St. Peter can desire. We are sure th
Result €1,408Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
179 - Jean ANOUILH (1910-1987). L.A.S., Chesnières-sur-Ollon (Switzerland), [September ? 1960, to Léonce Peillard, director of Livres de France] ; 2 pages in-fol. On a project for a special issue of the monthly Livres de France (October 1960). He thanks for the bibliographical note: "I have never learned so much about myself. The only thing I advise you to delete is Cavalcade d'amour. It is a vague film, with a funny story. It was the time of Nathan and the prodigy producers! - We were only able to
Result €192Estimate €200 - €300 -
180 - Guillaume APOLLINAIRE (1880-1918). 7 autograph postcards, 6 of which are signed with his real name " Wilhelm de Kostrowitzky " (or "W. Kostrowitzky ", 1901-1902, to Miss Émilie Gaillet, in Paris; illustrated cards, addresses on the spine, tabbed in one volume in-12 with impr. text opposite, black half-box binding, red title along the spine (D. Montecot). Beautiful set of postcards written during the poet's first stay in Germany, which would profoundly mark his work, particularly in the "Rhinel
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000 -
181 - Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. L.A.S., 9 rue Henner [circa 1908], a "dear poet"; 3 and a half pages in-8. "Yesterday I was very embarrassed when you left. I would have liked to keep you but as you did not tell me about your acceptance or refusal I did not dare to talk to you about it. My friend told me that maybe I didn't even dare to talk about it. It is indeed possible, and if this has led to a double manifestation of shyness, I am sorry. I thought mine surpassed anything that one can imagine in this
Result €1,024Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
182 - Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. L.A. (minute), [May 1918], to the art critic Louis Dimier; 4 pages in-8, heading Ministère des Colonies. Office of the Minister. Very interesting letter on its place in modern letters and arts. He thanks Dimier for his "excellent article. I read your articles with great pleasure and I think they are very profitable. I come from a generation that did not cause trouble in the arts and letters, but we were born in trouble, if we have not put everything in order, at least we
Result €2,304Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
183 - Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. L.A.S., Paris July 8, 1918, [to Misia Sert]; 4 pages small in-8, heading Ministère des Colonies, Cabinet of the Minister (small slit repaired to one fold). Superb letter, a few months before his death, in which he defends and explains his collection Calligrammes, which Misia Sert had judged without reading it carefully. "The letter I wanted to write to you was only intended to thank you for your frankness and also to protest very gently against this judgment on a book th
Result €4,480Estimate €3,500 - €4,000 -
184 - Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. Autograph poem, "O my dearest love"... ; 1 page in-8. Working manuscript of this very beautiful sonnet, collected in Il y a. Untitled here, this sonnet was published in 1912 by Apollinaire under two different titles: in February 1912 under the title Per te præsentit aruspex (title preserved in Il y a) in the first issue of his review Les Soirées de Paris, with Le Pont Mirabeau; and the same year in the n° 3 of the review Arthénice, under the title Immortalité. Anothe
Estimate €5,000 - €7,000 -
185 - Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. Autograph poem, Pleasures; 1 page small in-4 on wrapping paper. Working manuscript of this 17-line poem written in 1917, and which concludes the collection Le Guetteur mélancolique (1952; Œuvres poétiques, Pléiade, p. 603). Untitled in the collection, the poem is here entitled Plaisirs. The first three quatrains conform to the published text, except for the beginning of the 12th verse where "Celui" is crossed out and replaced by "L'Amour". The last quatrain and the fi
Estimate €4,000 - €5,000 -
186 - Louis ARAGON (1897-1982). Poem signed "A.", Le Passe-temps, with a.s. consignment; 1 page in-4 typed. Poem collected untitled in Le Roman inachevé (1956), which became famous thanks to Léo Ferré: "I sing to pass the time... "In the margin, dispatch from Aragon: "For the twenty-six of Hug from François this copy of a poem still unpublished. Gently Aragon ".
Result €320Estimate €200 - €250 -
187 - Louis ARAGON. Corrected proofs, with title and 6 autograph lines, Les Voies aériennes de Boris Pasternak, [1966]; fold-out blindfolded placard (65 x 15 cm.). Article published in Les Lettres Françaises, May 12, 1966, on the occasion of the publication by Gallimard of four short stories by Boris Pasternak under the title Les Voies Aériennes. On this proof, which he corrected with turquoise ink, Aragon added the title and wrote the cap himself: "The collection Littératures soviétiques that
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
188 - Antonin ARTAUD (1896-1948). L.A.S., Friday; 1 page in-8. "Monday I turn. I certainly won't leave the studio before 7am and won't be able to be in Paris before 8.30am. ". He sets an appointment after dinner for 9:30 " at the Select des Champs-Élysées " .
Result €512Estimate €300 - €350 -
189 - Theodore de BANVILLE (1823-1891). L.A.S., Villa Banville, Lucenay-les-Aix (Nièvre) June 17, 1887, to Paul Meurice; 3 pages in-8. We enclose the ex-libris of Théodore de Banville, engraved by Emile Royer; and his obituary notice . He read with delight the Dream of Love, "among the flowers and in the shade of the leaves. What a delightful idyll you have written, and what a tragedy! What tact and art in the preparations, which in short, are everything! A long time ago, centuries ago, when I firs
Estimate €120 - €150 -
190 - Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (1808-1889). L.A.S., October 31, 1867, [to Frédérick Lemaître]; 2 pages in-8. Superb letter of admiration to the great actor, who had created the title role of Père Gachette (Folies-Dramatiques, June 13, 1867; Barbey had praised him in Le Nain jaune of July 11). This letter seems unpublished. He thanks the actor for his photographs. "But believe that the most beautiful one, - for this one is colorful and fiery, - I have it there, in my head, full of you! Tell Mr. Ca
Result €1,408Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
191 - Maurice BARRèS (1862-1923). 49 L.A.S. (one incomplete) and 17 L.S., 1911-1923, to Henry Cochin; 100 pages in-4 or in-8, many Chamber of Deputies headings, envelopes. Enclosed is a business card, and a copy of an article on H. Cochin and Lamartine at Bergues (1913); plus 15 L.A.S. of his wife Paule Barrès, one of his son Philippe, and various documents. Beautiful and interesting correspondence to his friend Henry Cochin (1854-1926), his colleague in the House (député du Nord, 1893-1914), wri
Result €1,920Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
192 - Charles BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867). L.A.S., August 1 [for September] 1854, to Narcisse Ancelle; 2-3 of page in-8, address "Monsieur Ancelle" initialed "CB". Violent letter to his judicial council, about his debt to the antique dealer Arondel, from whom he bought many paintings and furniture. "The Town Hall must be renounced; from today, I am obliged to return to my busy life. - I don't know if by the 5th I will find a few hundred francs to flee Arondel; but, in any case, I can't stay, like the play
Result €3,072Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
193 - Charles BAUDELAIRE. L.A.S., [1862 or early 1863], to Arsène Houssaye; 2 pages and a quarter in-8. One joins a portrait (engraved wood) by Félix Vallotton, signed by the artist; and various documents. Beautiful unpublished letter. Baudelaire finally sends to Houssaye "something to which I perhaps attach an exaggerated importance, because of the trouble I have gone to, to do well. Finally I figure that there is something new here, as a sensation or as an expression. The deplorable life I've bee
Result €2,688Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
194 - Charles BAUDELAIRE. L.A.S. "C.B.", [Brussels] Monday 17 [July 1865], to Narcisse Ancelle; 2 pages in-8 with printed heading of Prosper Crabbe stuck at the head of the 1st page (some light corrosions of ink, small lack at the upper corner of the 2nd f. without loss of text). Financial affairs. He has just spoken to stockbroker Prosper Crabbe, whose contact details he pastes at the top of the letter: "I explained it to him. - A duplicate that he will receive from you, which he will have to colla
Result €1,664Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
195 - Pierre-Augustin Caron de BEAUMARCHAIS (1732-1799). P.S. "Caron De Beaumarchais", in the margin of the copy of his "Circular letter of Mr. de Beaumarchais to the seven Maritime Chambers of Commerce", July 1, 1788; 1 page in-fol. Supporting document prepared in the case against Bergasse and Kornmann (a list of documents is annexed to the Court Memorial, pending the other, by P.A. Caron de Beaumarchais. On the defamation complaint which he has just rendered of a new Libelle which appears against h
Result €217Estimate €200 - €250 -
196 - Simone de BEAUVOIR (1908-1986). Autograph manuscripts (fragments) [for Faut-il brûler Sade, 1951] ; 7 pages in-4 on graph paper. Carbon copies of a period typing of these pages are attached . Replacement pages to be typed for inclusion in this essay on Sade which will be published in December 1951 in No. 74 of Les Temps modernes, reprinted with two others in Privilèges (Gallimard, 1955), and since then collected with the same, under the title Faut-il brûler Sade ? The text of the manuscript
Estimate €400 - €500 -
197 - Simone de BEAUVOIR. Autograph manuscript (fragment) for La Longue Marche. Essay on China, [1955-1957] ; 12 pages in-4 on squared paper. About China. Fragments of the account of the official trip she made with Jean-Paul Sartre to China from September 6 to October 6, 1955. Entire passages are crossed out; elsewhere there are small corrections. The first manuscript is headed: "September 2 to 5, 1955", and is paginated 25 to 30 (with an "a"). It opens with observations of travellers in the waiting
Estimate €600 - €800 -
198 - Simone de BEAUVOIR. Autograph manuscript of an interview, [Où en est la révolution cubaine ?], [in early April 1960], with L.A.S. to be sent to a typist; 20 and a half pages in-4 with erasures and corrections, on squared paper. Answers to an interview on the Cuban revolution, on his return from his stay of more than a month in Cuba. Beauvoir's remarks, numbered from 1 to 19, correspond to questions by Claude Julien; the interview will be published in France-Observateur on April 7, 1960. The
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
199 - Paterne BERRICHON (1855-1922) poet, painter and sculptor, Rimbaud's brother-in-law. L.A.S., February 12, to his "dear Master"; 1 page in-8. A business card of his twin brother Alexandre Dufour is attached; the article by Marguerite-Yerta Méléra, L'union dans la mystique rimbaldienne - Paterne Berrichon et Isabelle Rimbaud (Mercure de France, March 1, 1927) and press clippings . "Thank you for the pleasure of the performance. What a vigorous poet you are, and what a healthy charm your verse
Result €102Estimate €100 - €150
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On October 06, 2020 at 2:00 pm
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L’adjudicataire sera le plus offrant et dernier enchérisseur et aura pour obligation de remettre ses nom et adresse. En cas de contestation au moment des adjudications, c’est-à-dire s’il est établi que deux ou plusieurs enchérisseurs ont simultanément porté une enchère équivalente, soit à haute voix, soit par signe, et réclament en même temps cet objet après le prononcé du mot « adjugé », ledit objet sera immédiatement remis en adjudication au prix proposé par les enchérisseurs et tout le public sera admis à enchérir à nouveau.
La date indiquée entre crochets […] correspond à la création du modèle. La pièce présentée ayant été réalisée postérieurement.
Les éventuelles modifications aux conditions de vente ou aux descriptions du catalogue seront annoncées verbalement pendant la vente et notées sur le procès-verbal.
Frais de vente et paiement :
L’adjudicataire devra acquitter, en sus du montant de l’enchère, par lot, les frais et taxes suivants :
- 28 % TTC (20 % de TVA) sauf pour les livres 26 % TTC (5,5 % de TVA).
- 5,5 % de frais additionnels au titre de la taxe à l’importation temporaire, pour les lots dont le numéro est précédé d’un astérisque.
Dans certains cas, ces frais pourront faire l’objet d’un remboursement à l’acheteur.
Le paiement devra être effectué immédiatement après la vente :
- en espèces (euros) jusqu’à 1 000 € pour les ressortissants français ou jusqu’à 15 000 € pour les ressortissants étrangers (sur présentation d’un justificatif de domicile, avis d’imposition, etc. ; en plus du passeport).
- par carte bancaire (Visa, Mastercard).
- par paiement « 3D Secure » sur le site www.ader-paris.fr
- par virement bancaire en euros à l’ordre de ADER.
Banque Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, DRFIP Paris, 94 rue Réaumur, 75104 PARIS Cedex 02
RIB : 40031 00001 000042 3555K 89 - IBAN : FR72 4003 1000 0100 0042 3555 K89 - BIC : CDCGFRPPXXX
Le règlement par chèque n’est plus accepté.
Ordres d’achat :
Un enchérisseur ne pouvant assister à la vente devra remplir le formulaire d’ordre d’achat inclus dans ce catalogue et le signer.
ADER agira pour le compte de l’enchérisseur, selon les instructions contenues dans le formulaire d’ordre d’achat, ceci afin d’essayer d’acheter le ou les lots au prix le plus bas possible et ne dépassant, en aucun cas, le montant maximum indiqué par l’enchérisseur.
Ledit formulaire devra être adressé et reçu à l’étude au plus tard 24 heures avant le début de la vente.
Les ordres d’achat ou les enchères par téléphone sont une facilité pour les clients. ADER n’est pas responsable pour avoir manqué d’exécuter un ordre par erreur ou pour toute autre cause. Merci de vérifier après envoi que votre ordre d’achat a été dûment enregistré.
ADER se réserve le droit de ne pas enregistrer l’ordre d’achat s’il n’est pas complet ou si elle considère que le client n’apporte pas toutes les garanties pour la sécurité des transactions ; sans recours possible. Pour garantir la bonne volonté de l’acheteur, une consignation pourra être demandée avant la vente qui ne sera validée qu’en cas d’adjudication.
Drouot Live étant un service indépendant, nous déclinons toute responsabilité en cas de dysfonctionnement.
Transports des lots / Exportation :
Dès l’adjudication prononcée, les achats sont sous l’entière responsabilité de l’adjudicataire.
Aucun lot ne sera remis aux acquéreurs avant acquittement de l’intégralité des sommes dues.
Les achats de petit volume seront transportés chez ADER, 3 rue Favart 75002 Paris, où ils seront gardés en dépôt à titre gracieux pendant 14 jours.
L’étude est ouverte du lundi au vendredi, de 9 h à 18 h.
Les achats volumineux seront entreposés, à leurs conditions et frais, au magasinage de l’Hôtel Drouot, 6 bis rue Rossini 75009 Paris (Tél. : 01 48 00 20 18), où ils pourront être retirés sur présentation du bordereau acquitté.
Les acheteurs, souhaitant exporter leurs achats, devront le faire savoir au plus tard le jour de la vente. Ils pourront récupérer la TVA sur les honoraires d’achat à la condition qu’un justificatif de douane en bonne et due forme soit remis à ADER et que le nom de la Maison de Vente y soit mentionné en tant qu’exportateur.
Le bordereau d’adjudication est dû intégralement ; la TVA est remboursable par la suite sur présentation des références du compte bancaire.
L’envoi des lots achetés peut être organisé par ADER à la charge et sous la responsabilité de l’acheteur. C’est un service rendu par ADER qui se réserve la possibilité d’y renoncer si les conditions légales ou pratiques présentent le moindre risque. Les délais ne sont pas garantis et sont tributaires de l’activité de la Maison de Vente. Le coût de l’emballage et de l’expédition est à la charge de l’acheteur ; le règlement à l’ordre d’ADER.
Les acheteurs sont invités à organiser eux-mêmes le transport de leurs achats si ces conditions ne leur conviennent pas.
Défaut de paiement :
À défaut de paiement par l’adjudicataire de la totalité des sommes dues, dans le mois qui suit la vente, et après une seule mise en demeure restée infructueuse, ADER entamera une procédure de recouvrement. L’acheteur sera inscrit au fichier centralisé d’incidents de paiement du SYMEV (www.symev.org) et l’ensemble des dépens restera à sa charge. A compter d’un mois après la vente et à la demande du vendeur, la vente pourra être annulée sans recours possible.