PIASA: Art + Design from Private European Collection, 51226, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | On Kawara (1932-2014) | One Million Years ; Past - For all those who have lived and died ; Future - For the last one |
1999 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,600.00 | |
| 52 | On Kawara (1932-2014) | I am still alive |
1984 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 53 | On Kawara (1932-2014) | I am still alive |
1984 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 54 | On Kawara (1932-2014) | I am still alive |
1984 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 59 | Christopher Wool (born 1955) | Black Book |
1989 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 19,500.00 | |
| 60 | Christopher Wool (born 1955) | Four Short Stories |
2004 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,300.00 | |
| 65 | Rodney Graham (1929-2022) | School of velocity (24 hours of music divided into fifteen minute intervals, 11:59:48.7617 - 12:14:47.8252) |
1993 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,900.00 | |
| 70 | Luciano Fabro (1936-2007) | Ogni ordine e contemporaneo d'ogni altro ordine: quattro modi d'esaminare la facciata del ss. Redentore a Venezia |
c. 1972-1973 | EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 72 | Michelangelo Pistoletto (born 1933) | Recording Sculptura Lignea |
New York | 2016 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 75 | Stephen Shore (born 1947) | Medicine Hat, Alberta |
1974 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 77 | Carlos Amorales (born 1970) | Untitled |
1997 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,040.00 | |
| 78 | Carlos Amorales (born 1970) | Untitled |
1997 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,040.00 | |
| 79 | Carlos Amorales (born 1970) | Untitled |
1997 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 94 | Lawrence Weiner (1942-2021) | To Construct A Structure |
1988 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 99 | Susan Hiller (1940-2019) | Untitled |
1996 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101 | Walter Swennen (1946-2025) | Untitled |
1989 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102 | Walter Swennen (1946-2025) | L'Arbre qui parle |
1985 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,560.00 | |
| 103 | Wim Delvoye (born 1965) | Fifty Disasters of the 20th Century |
1990-1992 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,690.00 | |
| 104 | Peter Fischli (born 1952); David Weiss (1946-2012) | Will happiness find me? |
London | 2003 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 112 | Gabriel Orozco (born 1962) | Follaje (Foliage) |
1997 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 113 | Gabriel Orozco (born 1962) | Making Strides: Pollock, who took five Derbyshire wickets, provided further evidence of his potential yesterday |
1996 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,080.00 | |
| 114 | James Welling (born 1951) | Degrade IXHB |
1991 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,080.00 | |
| 116 | Alicia Framis (born 1967) | 7 August Luxembourg 98 (une petite mort quotidienne) |
1998 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 117 | Gavin Turk | Cave |
1991 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,950.00 | |
| 118 | Ken Lum (born 1956) | Smokey & Gillian |
1988 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 585.00 |
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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.