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PIASA: Art + Design A life in pictures Patrizia Pilotti and Olivier Massart Collection

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Auction Name Art + Design A life in pictures Patrizia Pilotti and Olivier Massart Collection Total Sales (EUR) 291,330.00
Auction Date November 27, 2024 - November 27, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 180,000.00
Sale Number #112724 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 253,100.00
Total Lots 43
Sold Lots 30 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 240,800.00
% of Lots Sold 69.77% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 337,300.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 86.37%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
66 Man Ray

A l'heure de l'observatoire, Les amoureux, 1932-1934

1932-1934 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 49,400.00
57 Peter Hill Beard

The Elephant, in the course of time has adopted man into his scheme of things with deep distrust..., February, 1965

1965 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 44,200.00
136 Gerard Schlosser

En l'attendant, 2008

2008 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 19,500.00
81 Henri Cartier-Bresson

Queen Charlotte's Ball,1959

1959 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 16,900.00
103 Sarah Moon

Fashion 10 (N.Y. Times), 1998

1998 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 12,350.00
82 Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur avec son modele et sa sculpture, de la suite

EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 11,700.00
105 Solve Sundsbo

Kate, November 2006-2018

2018 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 10,400.00
104 Jean-Baptiste Mondino

Natalia Vodianova

EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 9,750.00
155 Martin Parr

Seagul & Chips, 2005

2005 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 9,750.00
72 Ellen von Unwerth

Legwork, 2002-2009

2002-2009 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 9,100.00
89 Hans Bellmer

Untitled, 1962

1962 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 8,450.00
165 Marie Bovo

Cour interieure, 29 September 2008

2008 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 8,450.00
102 Sarah Moon

Untitled

EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 7,800.00
73 Ellen von Unwerth

White corsage, 2002

2002 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 7,150.00
108 Tim Walker

Eight models in paper dresses after Cecil Beaton's image of debutantes in Charles James, London, 2012

2012 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 7,150.00
158 David LaChapelle

Milk Maidens, Paris 1996

1996 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 7,150.00
67 Pierre Molinier

Skin-d'amourdo, 1972

1972 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,850.00
94 Jan Saudek

The deep devotion of Veronique, circa 1995

circa 1995 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,850.00
159 William (1928) Klein

Untitled

EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,850.00
3 Yves Klein

Catalogue Raisonne des editions et sculptures

EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,200.00
92 Jan Saudek

Pavla poses for her first & last time...

EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,550.00
70 Annie Leibovitz

June Omura, Dancer, Mark Norris dance group, Clifton Point, New York, Nude ndeg22, 1999

1999 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,420.00
156 Martin Parr

Knokke, 2001

2001 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,900.00
76 Ellen von Unwerth

Petticoat millemont, 2006-2010

2006-2010 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,510.00
106 Cecil Beaton

Marilyn Monroe, Harper's Bazaar, 1956-2000

2000 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,250.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    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 .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    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.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    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
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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