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Charles Baudelaire

23 copies for sale · $30–$35,000 · 8 first editions

Notable copies for sale

The Flowers of Evil Les Fleurs du mal (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$35,000
Les Paradis Artificiels: Opium and Haschisch (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$6,000
Intimate Journals (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$60
Fleurs du Mal (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$50
La Revue fantaisiste. — Librairie Clavreuil€35,000
Théophile Gautier, notice littéraire précédée d’une lettre de Victor Hugo. — Librairie Clavreuil€1,000
VARIETES CRITIQUES, 2 VOLUMES; La Peinture Romantique, Modernite & Surnaturalisme, Estheti — Rare Book Cellar$78
Die Kunstlichen Paraiese / Charles Baudelaire (first edition) — MW Books€48
Kritische und nachgelassenen Schriften / Charles Baudelaire (first edition) — MW Books€48
THE FLOWERS OF EVIL; Franklin Library — Rare Book Cellar$295
THE FLOWERS OF EVIL; Easton Press — Rare Book Cellar$293
THE FLOWERS OF EVIL; Franklin Library — Rare Book Cellar$293

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Works on the market

FLOWERS OF EVIL3 copies · $60–$173
THE FLOWERS OF EVIL; Franklin Library2 copies · $293–$295
THE FLOWERS OF EVIL; Easton Press2 copies · $273–$293
The Flowers of Evil Les Fleurs du mal1 copy · $35,000
La Revue fantaisiste.1 copy · €35,000
Les Paradis Artificiels: Opium and Haschisch1 copy · $6,000
Théophile Gautier, notice littéraire précédée d’une lettre de Victor Hugo.1 copy · €1,000
OEUVRES COMPLETES, TOME 1 (PLEIADE SERIES) (FRENCH By Charles Baudelaire1 copy · $129
VARIETES CRITIQUES, 2 VOLUMES; La Peinture Romantique, Modernite & Surnaturalisme, Estheti1 copy · $78
Intimate Journals1 copy · $60
Fleurs du Mal1 copy · $50
PARIS SPLEEN (ALMA CLASSICS) By Charles Baudelaire & Martin Sorrell1 copy · $49
Die Kunstlichen Paraiese / Charles Baudelaire1 copy · €48
Kritische und nachgelassenen Schriften / Charles Baudelaire1 copy · €48
THE PARISIAN PROWLER/LE SPLEEN DE PARIS, PETITS POEMES EN By Charles Baudelaire1 copy · $42
Flowers of Evil1 copy · $35
Paris Spleen; 18691 copy · $30
Selected Poems1 copy · $30
Twenty Prose Poems1 copy · $30

Market context

20 copies of Charles Baudelaire's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $81 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):

Fleurs du Mal in Pattern and Prose, one of 500 copies signed by Beresford Egan, The Sophis (forum, 2026-07-23)£260
Les Fleurs du Mal, Pièces Condamnées, unique copy with original watercolours (forum, 2026-06-25)£650

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