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12 results on record
75% sell-through
$3,549 median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$11,819 record in our coverage
Drawn from 12 recorded results
(11 sold · 1 passed) across 1 auction house, 2009–2025.
What we cover
Median sold price by year
USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer
method
· log scale
$3.2K $6.4K $9.6K 2009: $910 median, 3 sold 2010: $4.7K median, 1 sold 2013: $3.7K median, 1 sold 2014: $12K median, 1 sold 2021: $3.4K median, 1 sold 2025: $1.3K median, 1 sold 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
Medium Results Sell-through Median result (USD)
other 9
100%
$3,549
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 Proust, Marcel. 1871-1922.
$12K $24K $37K 2005: $16K median 2006: $231 median 2007: $29K median 2008: $15K median 2009: $463 median 2010: $11K median 2011: $40K median 2012: $25K median 2013: $19K median 2014: $20K median 2015: $11K median 2016: $9.8K median 2017: $9.3K median 2018: $9.5K median 2019: $8.8K median 2020: $6.2K median 2021: $8.4K median 2022: $3.7K median 2023: $5.1K median 2024: $7.1K median 2025: $1.2K median 2026: $45K median 2009: $910 median 2010: $4.7K median 2013: $3.7K median 2014: $12K median 2021: $3.4K median 2025: $1.3K median 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
Metric Pierre Drieu La Rochelle 1893-1945 Proust, Marcel. 1871-1922.
Median result $3,549 $12,607 Record price
$11,819
$827,002 Results on record 12 306 Years active at auction
2009–2025
2005–2026
Related artists: Proust, Marcel. 1871-1922. Jean Cocteau Celine, Louis-ferdinand. 1894-1961. Saint-exupéry, Antoine DE. 1900-1944.
Prices realized
12 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule
✓ Includes 1 passed lots
Date Lot Medium vs. estimate Estimate USD Result USD, incl. premium House
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2025·06
Gilles. Gallimard, 1939. Exemplaire du service de presse, avec envoi à Rosny jeune. [Avec :] L'Homme couvert de femmes. Gallimard, 1925. Exemplaire nominatif du Dr F.C. Ecot. $2,308–$3,462
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2025·06
L’Homme couvert de femmes. Paris, NRF, 1925. Édition originale. L’exemplaire de Cocteau. $3,462–$5,770
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2021·05
La Suite dans les idées. 1927. Ed originale. Ex de Chadourne. Reliure en bois de Taral $1,731–$2,308
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2014·10
les chiens de paille. roman. paris, gallimard, 1944. in-12, broché, couverture muette, chemise demi-maroquin rouge à bandes, étui (d.-h. mercher). $1,154–$1,731
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2013·11
ensemble de 7 ouvrages, dont 6 avec envois. $2,308–$3,462
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2010·05
espagne et argentine. manuscrit et tapuscrit autographe.[vers 1933.] $3,462–$4,616
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2009·11
25 carnets autographes manuscrits. [1938-1944]. $6,923–$9,231
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2009·04
Blèche. Paris, Gallimard, 1928. $254–$288
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2009·04
la valise vide in la nouvelle revue française n° 119. paris, n.r.f., 1923. $462–$577
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2009·04
interrogation.paris, n.r.f. , 1917. $923–$1,154
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2009·04
lettre autographe signée à emmanuel d'astier.sauveterre-de-béarn, 13-8-26. $462–$577
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2009·04
fond de cantine.paris, n. r. f., 1920. $173–$208
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