9.00 am: BOOK COLLECTION – KNIVES – STAMPS

October 23rd, 2026 at 9:00 AM
16000 Angoulême - France

General informations
Sale location
Fees and conditions
Exposures

Featured lots by the auctions House:

a box full of books that are sitting on a table
a lot of stamps on the pages of a book
many different types of pocket knives on the table
many different types of knives on display on the wall
Terms of sale
FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2026 at 9.00 am Estate, collection and miscellaneous lots. Sale of books, a collection of antique knives, stamps and postcards. In-person sale also available via Live stream. Public viewings: Thursday 22 October from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm Friday 23 October from 8.30 am to 9.00 am Books expert: Mr Philippe Mesnard Knives consultant: Mr Daniel Verdier Enquiries: [email protected]
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Sale commission: 25 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

Nature of the sale
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
Contact:
Maître V. GÉRARD-TASSET
05 45 92 14 63
[email protected]
Operator: SVV V. GÉRARD-TASSET S.A.R.L

Sale commission: 25 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

Internet fees: 1.5% excluding VAT of the hammer price for judicial sales, 1.5% excluding VAT for voluntary sales or €60 excluding VAT per vehicle. No additional fees will be applied on charity auction lots.

Adjudication: As the Live auction report is not binding, the winning bids are confirmed after the sale by the auctioneer.

Terms of sale: Download the auctioneer's conditions of sale

Legal notice for voluntary sales: SVV V. GÉRARD-TASSET S.A.R.L Declaration date or accreditation number: 2002-288 Intra-Community VAT: FR93442713459

Exposures:

4 rue Guy Ragnaud , 16000 Angoulême, FR

October 22nd, 2026 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
October 23rd, 2026 from 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
Lot no. 1
1 - NAPOLEON LOT: 8 BOXES
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 2
2 - MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE LOT: 13 BOXES
Val.: €50 - €70
Lot no. 3
3 - LOT: ART/PAINTERS/PORTRAITS/MINIATURES
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 4
4 - CARDBOARD MODELS OF CASTLES AND STUNNING RESIDENCES – MO…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 5
5 - LOT OF FURNITURE: 3 BOXES
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 6
6 - BENEZIT, Emmanuel
Val.: €30 - €40
Lot no. 7
7 – MISCELLANEOUS / 3 BOXES
Val.: €40 - €60
Lot no. 8
8 - 3 BOXES: FOREIGN COUNTRIES / GUIDES / REGIONALISM
Val.: €40 - €50
Lot no. 9
9 – A CARD CALLED REGIONALISM
Val.: €30 - €40
Lot no. 10
10 – A GIFT BOX OF GOURMET FOOD, WINE AND CIGARS
Val.: €60 - €70
Lot no. 11
11 – A CARD FOR ANTIQUES / SECOND-HAND GOODS / ANTIQUITIES D…
Val.: €40 - €50
Lot no. 12
12 – 3 BOXES OF PUBLIC AUCTION CATALOGUES
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 13
13 – A BOX OF MUSEUM AND MONUMENT POSTCARDS FROM FRANCE
Val.: €40 - €50
Lot no. 14
14 – A LARGE CARDBOARD NAPOLEON ARTWORK
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 15
15 - 4 STORY BOXES
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 16
16–8 BOXES OF LITERATURE/MISCELLANEOUS
Val.: €100 - €120
Lot no. 17
17–9 BOXES OF MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE
Val.: €100 - €120
Lot no. 18
18 – A small selection from the Jean de Bonnot collection
Val.: €50 - €70
Lot no. 19
19 – Small batch of books from the 19th and 20th centuries
Val.: €50 - €60
Lot no. 20
20–59 books from the La Pléiade library
Val.: €350 - €450
Lot no. 21
21 – Collection – Lenôtre ‘La petite histoire’: Memoirs of S…
Val.: €50 - €60
Lot no. 22
22 - SÉGUR. The Complete Works of Monsieur de Ségur.
Val.: €70 - €90
Lot no. 23
23 - THIERS. History of the French Revolution.
Val.: €50 - €60
Lot no. 24
24 – Memoirs of the Duke of Villars, Peer of France.
Val.: €60 - €70
Lot no. 25
25 - RÉUNION: bound volumes – 6 vols.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 26
26 - ÉMILE MARCO DE SAINT-HILAIRE.
Val.: €70 - €90
Lot no. 27
27 – MARCO DE SAINT HILAIRE, Émile.
Val.: €50 - €70
Lot no. 28
28 - MEETING.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 29
29 - BALZAC, Honoré de. *La Comédie Humaine*, revised and an…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 30
30 - DURUY, Georges - Memoirs of Barras, Member of the Direc…
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 31
31 - GENERAL BARON GOURGAUD. Saint Helena: Unpublished Diary…
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 32
32 – *The Story of the Four Sons of Aymon*, illustrated with…
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 33
33 - MEETING BETWEEN NAPOLEON AND THE MARSHALS
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 34
34 – ESCOFFIER. A Practical Culinary Guide and Reference.
Val.: €50 - €60
Lot no. 35
35 – A set of 3 boxes of comic books.
Val.: €70 - €90
Lot no. 36
36 – 1 box: Charente regionalism
Val.: €40 - €50
Lot no. 37
37 – 1 box of Gustave Flaubert’s 1923 centenary edition
Val.: €70 - €100
Lot no. 38
38 / 1 box of works by Balzac, French Book Club, 1966
Val.: €70 - €100
Lot no. 39
39 / 2 boxes of literature published by André Sauret
Val.: €50 - €70
Lot no. 40
40 / 2 boxes, 15 volumes, published by Jean de Bonnot
Val.: €40 - €50
Lot no. 41
41 / 1 box: Montaigne, *Essays*, *The Song of the Spheres*; …
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 42
42 / 1 box – Alfred Musset – Complete Works.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 43
43 – 8 boxes of miscellaneous literature
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 44
44 – 1 box of modern illustrated books and literature
Val.: €50 - €70
Lot no. 45
45 – 5 boxes of miscellaneous literature
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 46
46 – 2 boxes of old books
Val.: €40 - €50
Lot no. 47
47 – ZOLA, Émile. *Nana*, illustrated by Berthommé Saint-And…
Val.: €70 - €90
Lot no. 48
48 - MEETING
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 49
49- MEETING
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 50
50 - ARNOUX, Alexandre. *Sortilèges*, with copperplate engra…
Val.: €250 - €350
Lot no. 51
51 - VERCORS. *La marche à l’étoile*, with chiselled engravi…
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 52
52 - SUARÈS, André. *Présentation de la France*.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 53
53 - MÉRIMÉE, Prosper. *Colomba*.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 54
54 - HAMILTON, Antoine de. *Zeneyde*, full text of the first…
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 55
55 - VATOUT, Jean. A Lithographed History of the Royal Palac…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 56
56 - SÉROUX D’AGINCOURT. History of Art.
Val.: €90 - €130
Lot no. 57
57 - COCHIN. Works of the late Mr Cochin, squire and barrist…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 58
58 - ANQUETIL. A History of France from the Gauls to the Dea…
Val.: €50 - €70
Lot no. 59
59 - MAZEROLLES. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Tim…
Val.: €50 - €60
Lot no. 60
60 – *Contemporary France*: an illustrated biographical albu…
Val.: €30 - €40
Lot no. 61
61 – A collection of old and modern books – Miscellaneous + …
Val.: €70 - €100
Lot no. 62
A set of 2 TINTIN boxes – some are older editions but in poo…
Val.: €70 - €90
Lot no. 63
63 – A selection of miscellaneous books
Val.: €15 - €20
Lot no. 64
64 – A batch of 6 boxes of comic books and magazines (Hara-K…
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 65
65 – A mixed selection of books
Val.: €40 - €60
Lot no. 66
66 - PLATES FROM THE DIDEROT AND D'ALEMBERT ENCYCLOPAEDIA
Val.: €500 - €600
Lot no. 67
67 – Beauty. Paris. Art Éditions.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 68
68 - CAMUS, Albert. Noces. Monaco.
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 69
69 – A batch of hardback books and miscellaneous items
Val.: €70 - €100
Lot no. 70
70 - CERVANTES. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Ma…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 71
71 - MICKEY’S JOURNAL.
Val.: €500 - €600
Lot no. 72
Set of 3 stamp albums
Val.: €30 - €50
Lot no. 73
Set of 6 stamp albums and First Day of Issue
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 74
Set of 6 stamp albums + 1 cardboard sheet
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 75
Set of 3 stamp albums + First Day of Issue
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 76
A large collection of postcards – 8 albums + 1 cardboard box
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 77
Lot comprising written and stamped envelopes, ring binders a…
Val.: €50 - €80
Lot no. 78
Collection of regional documents and writings
Val.: €40 - €60
Lot no. 79
A very large collection of stamps in binders
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 81
Set of 12 small knives
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 82
Set of 14 folding knives
Val.: €100 - €120
Lot no. 83
A set of 20 small knives, including mother-of-pearl, Belgium…
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 84
Set of 12 knives
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 85
A collection of 17 small knives, including a LAGUIOLE, an ar…
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 86
A set of 10 knives, including PUKKO (Finland), British Army,…
Val.: €120 - €150
Lot no. 87
Set of 31 small knives
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 88
Set of 10 knives
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 89
Set of 10 knives
Val.: €120 - €150
Lot no. 90
Set of 12 small knives
Val.: €220 - €280
Lot no. 91
Set of 14 small knives
Val.: €250 - €300
Lot no. 92
Set of 17 small knives
Val.: €120 - €150
Lot no. 93
Set of 13 small knives
Val.: €120 - €150
Lot no. 94
Set of 13 small knives
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 95
A set of 12 small knives, including a gentleman’s knife
Val.: €180 - €220
Lot no. 96
A collection of 22 daggers, daggers and stilettos, including…
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 97
A collection of various tools and implements: spearheads, ha…
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 98
A collection of knives including scout camp knives, hunting …
Val.: €300 - €350
Lot no. 99
Set of 16 Certain knives with engraved and decorated blades
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 100
Set of 18 Certain knives with engraved and decorated blades
Val.: €180 - €220
Lot no. 101
Set of 18 Certain knives with engraved and decorated blades
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 102
A fine lot comprising antique corkscrews, a knife, tradition…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 103
A collection of 17 antique wooden walking sticks
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 104
Set of four weapons:
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 105
A large collection of letter openers and small daggers
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 106
A set of two small folding knives:
Val.: €20 - €30
Lot no. 107
Set of 2 Swedish ‘barrel’ knives
Val.: €40 - €50
Lot no. 108
Set comprising a compass, callipers, 2 folding knives and sm…
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 109
GAS GENERATORS
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 110
Chrome Mercedes grille (shows some signs of damage, as is)
Val.: €30 - €40