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Galerie Bassenge: Art and Photography of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Auction Reports

Auction Name Art and Photography of the 19th and 20th Centuries Total Sales (EUR) 237,555.20
Auction Date December 04, 2024 - December 04, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 117,980.00
Sale Number #124PHOTO High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 154,700.00
Total Lots 303
Sold Lots 136 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 308,320.00
% of Lots Sold 44.88% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 400,050.00
Unsold Lots 167 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 59.38%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4067

Ottoman Empire: Portraits of people of the Ottoman Empire

1860s-1870s. EUR 4,600.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 30,720.00
4189 Thomas Hoepker

Hoepker, Thomas: View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn of Manhattan, September 11, 2001

2001, printed 2007. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 17,920.00
4058 Eadweard Muybridge

Muybridge, Eadweard: Animal Locomotion. An Electrophotographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

1872-1885. EUR 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 16,640.00
4076

Siam: Views and types of Siam

1893-1907. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 8,320.00
4097 Hans Bellmer

Bellmer, Hans: Hans Bellmer Photographies (Images from the "Poupee" series)

1930s. EUR 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 6,400.00
4054 Leuzinger, Georges and Albert Frisch

Leuzinger, Georges and Albert Frisch: Early views of Brazil and the Amazon

ca.1865. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,144.00
4278 Julius Shulman

Shulman, Julius: Case Study House #20, Altadena, California

1958 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,120.00
4114 Davidson, Bruce

Davidson, Bruce: Girl Holding Kitten, London

1960 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,608.00
4065 Ogawa, Kazumasa

Ogawa, Kazumasa: Some Japanese Flowers

1892-1896. EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 4,096.00
4267 August Sander

Sander, August: Strassenarbeiter (Street workers); Monteur (Mechanic)

c.1928 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 4,096.00
4109 Henri Cartier-Bresson

Cartier-Bresson, Henri: Peter and Paul's Fortress by the Neva River

1973 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,840.00
4271 Friedrich Seidenstucker

Seidenstucker, Friedrich: Elephant seal

Circa 1927. EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 3,840.00
4035 Francis Frith

Frith, Francis: Egypt, Sinai and Palestine

1862 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,584.00
4287 Otto Steinert

Steinert, Otto: Die Baume vor meinem Fenster II

1956 EUR 2,600.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,328.00
4227 Herbert List

List, Herbert: Young man on the beach

1950s. EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,072.00
4269 Schmidt, Michael

Schmidt, Michael: Berlin Wedding (Adolf-./Ecke Gerichtstrasse)

1976/77. EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,072.00
4023

China/Japan: Travel abum with views of Egypt, China and Japan

1880s. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,816.00
4190 Horst

Horst, Horst P.: Male Nude, Back Study, New York

1952 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,560.00
4242 Will McBride

McBride, Will: Mike und die Anderen schmeissen sich mit Wasser. Schule Schloss Salem

1963 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,560.00
4294 Voigt, Adolf & Hans Giebler

Voigt, Adolf & Hans Giebler: Surface of the Moon

1964-1968. EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,560.00
4045

Japan: Japanese portraits

1870s-90s. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,176.00
4033 Ermakov, Dimitri Ivanovich

Ermakov, Dimitri Ivanovich: Georgian Military Road

1883 EUR 500.00 - 750.00 EUR 2,048.00
4105 Bulhak, Jan

Bulhak, Jan: Views of old Danzig

1920s. EUR 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,048.00
4176 Goldin, Nan

Goldin, Nan: Amanda in the Locker Room, Berlin

1993 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,048.00
4020 Claude-Joseph-Desire Charnay

Charnay, Claude-Joseph Desire: Andrian Mandrousso, Governor of Tamatave Province, Madagascar

1863 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,920.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD