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14 • SCIENCES DE MALEBRANCHE À EINSTEIN par Aguttes

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DU LUNDI 12 AU MARDI 13 NOVEMBRE DE 11H À 18H
ET LE LUNDI 19 NOVEMBRE DE 11H À 12H

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SOPHIE PERRINE
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THIERRY BODIN
SYNDICAT FRANÇAIS DES EXPERTS
PROFESSIONNELS EN OEUVRES D’ART
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vignon@aguttes.com
(uniquement sur rendez-vous)

COMMISSAIRE-PRISEUR DE LA VENTE :
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CATALOGUE N°14
Ce catalogue retrace l’histoire de trois siècles de sciences à travers
quelques figures majeures, et aussi quelques personnalités plus
obscures, qui ont apporté elles aussi leur petite pierre à l’édifice,
depuis le grand Nicolas Malebranche s’interroge sur le mouvement
des planètes, en évoquant Descartes et Newton.
Des mathématiciens comme Ampère ou Bernoulli ; des naturalistes
avec Buffon ou Réaumur ; un botaniste comme Jussieu ; des
chimistes comme Bunsen, Lenard ou Mendeleiev ; des inventeurs
ou ingénieurs, avec Graham Bell, Eiffel, Edison, Marey ou Lumière ;
des économistes comme Keynes ou Saint-Simon ; et tant d’autres.
D’étonnants voyageurs, découvreurs des richesses de notre planète,
depuis l’étonnant Pallas qui va explorer toute une partie inconnue de
la Russie et des confins de l’Asie, rapportant nombre de spécimens
et d’observations, Humboldt sur l’Orénoque, le commandant Charcot
dans les mers polaires, ou Théodore Monod au Sahara.
Des médecins, depuis Pierre Chirac, le fameux médecin de Louis XV,
jusqu’au sinistre docteur Petiot, en passant par le trop fameux
Guillotin. On retiendra l’émouvante correspondance à son père de
l’étudiant puis jeune praticien Laennec ; et la riche correspondance
du docteur Schweitzer sur ses travaux à Lambaréné. La psychiatrie
est bien illustrée avec Freud et Jung.
Un bel ensemble est consacré à Louis Pasteur et à ses recherches,
ainsi qu’à son émule Charles Nicolle.
La physique enfin est fort bien représentée, et particulièrement la
physique nucléaire, avec de très beaux ensembles sur la découverte
de la radioactivité, à travers les manuscrits d’Henri Becquerel, les
travaux de Pierre Curie, les lettres de Max Born à son collaborateur ;
l’important manuscrit de Louis de Broglie sur la mécanique ondulatoire
et la théorie du noyau ; et les nombreuses lettres d’Albert Einstein,
où se dévoilent, à côté de ses recherches, des aspects intimes de
sa personnalité, et sa lutte pour les valeurs humaines.
Thierry Bodin


Important : Les conditions de vente sont visibles en fin de catalogue
Nous attirons votre attention sur les lots précédés de +, °, *, #, ~ pour lesquels s’appliquent des conditions particulières décrites en fin de catalogue.

Purchased lots will become available only after full payment has been made.
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The buyer ’ s pr emium is 25 % + VAT amount ing to
30 % (all taxes included) for all bids. Books (25% + VAT amounting to 26,375%).
NB :
+ Auction by order of the court further to a prescription of the court, buyers
fees 14,40% VTA included. Books (12,66% VTA included).
° Lots on which the auction house or its partners have a financial interest
* Lots in temporary importation and subject to a 5,5 % fee in addition to the
regular buyer’s fees stated earlier..
# An appointment is required to see the piece
~ This lot contains animal materials. Import restrictions are to be
expected and must be considered.
The legislator imposes strict rules for the commercial use of inert animal species.
The international regulations of March 3, 1973 (CITES) requires for different
annexes a correlation between the specimen and the documentation proving
the origins to be lawful. This regulation transcribed in European Community law
(Annexes A/B/C) in Rule 338/97 of 9/12/1996 permits commercial use of regulated
specimens (CITES) upon presentation of documentation proving lawful origin;
these documents for this variation are as follows:
• For Annex A : C/C provided outlining the specimen’s history (for specimens
of recent date)
• For Annex B : Bird specimens are either banded or equipped with transponders,
and are accompanied by documents of licit origin. The auction’s sale record must
be conserved as it contains the complete history of every specimen.
All cases concerning specimens of recent date that are protected under the French
Environmental Code and which were born and raised in captivity are permitted by
the derogation clause AM of 14/07/2006. As such, they can be used commercially
provided traceability between the specimen and the documentation proving licit
origins. Other specimen cases dating prior to clause AM of 21/07/2015 can, due
to this fact, be used commercially. Specimens dating before 1947 included in this
auction sale benefit from clause 2M of the derogatory Rule 228/97 of 9/12/1996,
permitting their use for trade. However, exporting them outside of the EU them
requires a pre-CITES Convention agreement.
For huntable species of the European continent and elsewhere, commercial use
is allowed under certain conditions. Domesticated species (D) included in this
auction sale are free for trade. Old specimens from before the Convention (i.e.
before 1975) comply with the conditions of the AM of 23/12/2011 and, as such,
are free for trade.
The other specimens in this auction sale are not subject to NR regulations and
are free for commercial use and trade. The auction record will substantiate
their licit origin.
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the legal rate of interest, plus five percent. A minimum fee of €500 will also be
due for any other costs incurred by reason of default, including the following in
the case of resale on false bidding:
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obtained at its resale;
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on the occasion of valuation and of voluntary and court-ordered auction sales
are barred at the end of five years from the hammer price or valuation. These
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relating to their existence, their validity and their binding effect on any bidder
or buyer shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of France.