Desa Unicum: Collectible Photography. Classics and Artistic Avant-Garde, 42326, Warszawa

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026
Page Size: 109 items in 5 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Eva Rubinstein

Bed and shutter, Fontvieille, 1984

1984 PLN 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 PLN 4,200.00
2 Eva Rubinstein

Curtain, pillow, Maine, 1979

1979 PLN 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 PLN 5,040.00
3 Eva Rubinstein

Portfolio II (collection of 17 photographs), 1969-1979/1981

New York 1981 PLN 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 PLN 66,000.00
4 Maciej Musiał

Alina Szapocznikow, 1972/2026

1972 PLN 1,700.00 - 2,400.00 PLN 1,680.00
5 Irena Jarosińska

Alicja and Bożena Wahl, 1980/2026

1980 PLN 1,700.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
6 Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy)

Z cyklu: Miny, fot. Jozef Głogowski, 1931

1931 PLN 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 PLN 96,000.00
7 Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy)

From the series: Faces, photo by Jozef Głogowski, 1931

1931 PLN 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 PLN 90,000.00
8 Benedykt Henryk Tyszkiewicz

Bez tytułu - zestaw 2 fotografii, 1884

1884 PLN 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 Not Sold
9 Zofia Rydet

From the cycle Ordinary Man, 1980-1990

1980-1990 PLN 4,500.00 - 7,000.00 PLN 5,040.00
10 Zofia Rydet

From the cycle Ordinary Man, 1980-1990

1980-1990 PLN 4,500.00 - 7,000.00 PLN 5,040.00
11 Natalia Lach-Lachowicz

Consumer Art (diptych), 1974/2016

1974 PLN 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 PLN 13,200.00
12 Natalia Lach-Lachowicz

Post-consumer Art, 1975

1975 PLN 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 PLN 54,000.00
13 Natalia Lach-Lachowicz

From the screening of “Pyramid”, 1979

1979 PLN 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 PLN 21,600.00
14 Natalia Lach-Lachowicz

The bird of freedom, 2001/2002

2001 PLN 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 PLN 3,840.00
15 Teresa Murak

Crop 31 II , 1976

1976 PLN 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
16 Teresa Murak

Crop 31 I, 1976

1976 PLN 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
17 Aneta Grzeszykowska and Jan Smaga

Composition no. 6, 2008

2008 PLN 18,000.00 - 28,000.00 PLN 16,800.00
18 Maria Michalowska

Untitled, 1973

1973 PLN 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
19 Maria Michalowska

Untitled , 1972

1972 PLN 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
20 Maria Michałowska Zdzisław Jurkiewicz

New York 1976, 1976

1976 PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
21 Ewa Partum

Legality of the Space, 1971/1997

1971 PLN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
22 Fortunata Obrapalska

Asphalt, 1950-53

1948 PLN 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
23 Edward Hartwig

The Road to the City, 1928

1928 PLN 4,500.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
24 Jerzy Kosinski

Dans une petite ville, lata 50. XX w.

lata 50. XX w. PLN 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
25 Janusz Bulhak

Warsaw - Vistula, 1950

1950 PLN 800.00 - 1,500.00 PLN 1,080.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.