Marcel Jouhandeau 1888-1979 — auction results & prices

12results on record

100%sell-through

$910median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)

$4,669record in our coverage

Drawn from 12 recorded results (12 sold · 0 passed) across 2 auction houses, 2003–2024. What we cover

Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer method · log scale

Where does a value land in this market?

The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.

Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.

By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line

Medium	Results	Sell-through	Median result (USD)
other	9	100%	$827

Medium is recorded for 9 of 12 results (75%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Jean Cocteau Marcel Jouhandeau 1888-1979 Jean Cocteau

Metric	Marcel Jouhandeau 1888-1979	Jean Cocteau
Median result	$910	$3,970
Record price	$4,669	$143,988
Results on record	12	1,627
Years active at auction	2003–2024	1998–2026

Where this artist sells best

House	Results	Sell-through	Median	vs. estimate
Sotheby's	10	100%	$910	0.79×
Artcurial	2	—	$706	0.87×

The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →

Prices realized 12 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule

Date	Lot	Medium	Estimate USD	House
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2024·10	L'École des garçons. Paris, 1953. Édition originale. Exemplaire de l'auteur, avec deux notes autographes. Enrichi de photographies et de cartes postales du jeune Robert Coquet.		$4,327–$5,409	Sotheby's
2019·06	le prélat ou chroniques d’une passion, 1938-1939. manuscrit autographe, 1942.		$3,356–$4,475	Sotheby's
2013·12	la jeunesse de théophile. histoire ironique et mystique. paris, nfr, 1921. in-4. demi-maroquin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs orné de filets à froid, tête dorée, couverture et dos (e. & a. maylander).		$412–$550	Sotheby's
2011·11	Epreuves de "Chroniques maritales" et 6 L.A.S. à Claude Roulet		$820–$1,093	Artcurial
2011·11	Nouveau bestiaire		$273–$410	Artcurial
2010·11	monsieur godeau intime.paris, n.r.f., 1926.		$2,668–$4,002	Sotheby's
2009·04	Binche-ana. Paris, Gallimard, 1933.		$529–$662	Sotheby's
2009·04	5 variantes manuscrites de travail sur elise. (avant 1962).		$397–$529	Sotheby's
2005·11	essai sur moi-mêmegenève, marguerat, 1946		$5,296–$8,827	Sotheby's
2005·03	brigitte ou la belle au bois dormantparis, editions de la galerie simon, s.d. (1925)	brigitte ou la belle au bois dormantparis, editions de la galerie simon, s.d. (1925)	$1,070–$1,605	Sotheby's
2004·06	tirésiass.i.n.n., 1954		$365–$608	Sotheby's
2003·06	tirésiass.i.n.n., 1954		$352–$587	Sotheby's

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