The Books department was pleased with Monday’s results totaling €2,5 million. After the Books sale, which top lot was a deluxe edition of the Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde inscribed to Pierre Lou˙s sold for €100,000 (against a presale estimate of €30,000-40,000), international collectors payed a last tribute to Alfred Cortot whose collection sold for €1,839,000 selling 93% by lots and 95% by value. The top lot of this sale was a portrait of Franz Liszt by Friedrich von Amerling which was sold for €137,500 (estimate: €12,000-18,000). Frédéric Chopin admirers were also very active during the sale. Amongst the top lots, his portrait by Teofil Kwiatkowski sold for €132,000 against a presale estimate of €6,000-8,000, the lock of Chopin’s hair sold for €40,000 previously estimated at €1,000-1,500 and the cast of his hand sold for €6,000. Marcel Proust was
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