Desa Unicum: Collectible Photography. Classics and Artistic Avant-Garde, 42326, Warszawa
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Jozef Robakowski | From the series “Toruń Corners”, 1986 |
1986 | PLN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 52 | Jozef Robakowski | From the series “Energy Angles” (set of 3 photographs) |
N/A | PLN 28,000.00 - 35,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 53 | Andrzej Lachowicz | From the series “The Energy of The Downfall” (set of 2 works), 1978-1979 |
1978-1979 | PLN 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 54 | Waclaw Ropiecki | From the series: To Life Through Art, Selfportraits from Authotherapeutical Seances , 1970-1981 |
1970-1981 | PLN 2,600.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 55 | Adam Rzepecki | Tail from the series Male and Other Art (double-sided work), 1980 |
1980 | PLN 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 56 | Andrzej Paruzel | Koluszki Projects, 1981 |
1981 | PLN 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 | PLN 5,400.00 | |
| 57 | Witold Dederko | The door closed, 2. poł. XX w. |
N/A | PLN 1,200.00 - 1,700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 58 | Zofia Piramowicz | European Man, 1929/2025 |
1929/2025 | PLN 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 59 | Zofia Piramowicz | Oued. Laundry workersi, 1929/2025 |
1929/2025 | PLN 1,700.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 60 | Edward Hartwig | Winter in Warsaw's Old Town, 2 poł. XX w. |
N/A | PLN 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | PLN 1,080.00 | |
| 62 | Stanisław Dąbrowiecki | Life in Postwar Warsaw, 1948/2026 |
1948 | PLN 1,700.00 - 2,400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 63 | Zdzisław Wdowiński | Marszałkowska Street, ok. 1955/2026 |
c. 1955 | PLN 1,500.00 - 2,200.00 | PLN 1,440.00 | |
| 64 | Tadeusz Rolke | Photoshoot for 'Elle', 1965 |
1965 | PLN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | PLN 7,200.00 | |
| 65 | Elliott Erwitt | New York City, 2000/2023 |
2023 | PLN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 66 | Danuta Rago | Photojournalists at Victory Square, 1966/2026 |
1966 | PLN 1,700.00 - 2,400.00 | PLN 1,920.00 | |
| 67 | Thomas Hoepker | Billboard and passengers on New York Bus, 1963/2022 |
2022 | PLN 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 68 | Jan Kosidowski | Smyk, 1957/2013 |
1957/2013 | PLN 1,700.00 - 2,400.00 | PLN 2,160.00 | |
| 69 | Nicolas Delgado | Havana, 2. poł. XX w. |
2. po?. XX w. | PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 70 | Ewa Szarfharc | Electrification of the village Kąty Czarnożylskie, 1955/2026 |
1955 | PLN 1,700.00 - 2,400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 71 | Eliza Pelczarowa | Reed Harvest on the Frozen Lake Jamno, 1964/2026 |
1964 | PLN 1,500.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 72 | Jerzy Riegel | Bydgoszcz - Old Town, 2 poł. XX w. |
N/A | PLN 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 73 | Marek Szymanski | Castle Square, Warsaw, 1971/2012 |
1971/2012 | PLN 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | PLN 840.00 | |
| 74 | Zenon Żyburtowicz | The Mermaid on the walls of the Old Town, lata 70. XX w./2026 |
1970s, printed 2026 | PLN 1,700.00 - 2,400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 75 | Zenon Żyburtowicz | New Town Square - Warsaw, lata 70. XX w./2026 |
1970s, printed 2026 | PLN 1,700.00 - 2,400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 76 | Jerzy Kosinski | Nude, 1954 |
1954 | PLN 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’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, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, 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.