Lot 211 · Livres et Manuscrits
le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu. paris, ambroise vollard, 1931.
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- Estimate
- €20,000–€25,000 hammer ≈ $22,412–$28,015
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Livres et Manuscrits, Paris · 25 June 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4378947
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Pablo Picasso -- Honoré De Balzac, le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu. paris, ambroise vollard, 1931. Sotheby's, 25 Jun 2015, lot 211. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4378947.
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Pablo Picasso -- Honoré De Balzac, le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu. paris, ambroise vollard, 1931. Sotheby's, 25 Jun 2015, lot 211. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4378947.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Oeuvres. Paris, Maradan, 1790. | Jean-françois Regnard | €600–€800 | |
| Histoire de Marguerite de Navarre. Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1783. | Caumont De La Force, Charlotte-rose De | €400–€600 | |
| [Oeuvres]. Londres [Valade], 1782. | Jean-jacques Roussau | €2,000–€3,000 | |
| Théâtre. Paris, La Compagnie des Libraires, 1739. | Philippe Quinault | €800–€1,200 | |
| Carnet de dessins originaux. Vers 1957. | Miodrag Duric Dado | €1,500–€2,000 | |
| Lettre autographe signée à l'éditeur Robert J. Godet. Rodez, 20 janvi… | Antonin Artaud | €1,500–€2,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Picasso -- Honoré De Balzac | le chef-d’œuvre inconnu. paris, ambroise vollard, 1931. | $24,676 | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 | |
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.