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Gonnelli Casa DAste: Antiquarian, Modern and Contemporary Art Part I
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Antiquarian, Modern and Contemporary Art Part I | Total Sales (USD) | 268,093.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 19, 2026 - May 19, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 114,970.00 |
| Sale Number | #69a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 229,940.00 |
| Total Lots | 326 | ||
| Sold Lots | 263.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 143,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.67% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 286,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 63 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 93.74% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Le antichita romane |
1784 | USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 77 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Differentes Vues De Quelques Restes De Trois Grandes Edifices Qui Subsistent Encore Dans Le Milieu De L'Ancienne Ville De Pesto autrement dit Posidonia qui est situee dans la |
1795 | USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 76 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Campus Martius Antiquae Urbis |
1762 | USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 57 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Antichita romane de' tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi imperatori, disegnate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi |
1748 | USD 4,500.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 58 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | INVENZIONI/CAPRIC DI CARCERI/ALL ACQUA FORTE/DATTE IN LUCE/DA GIOVANI/BOUCHARD IN/ROMA MERCANTE/ AL CORSO |
1750 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 60 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | La ruota gigante |
1750 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 63 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Il ponte levatoio |
1790 | USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 49 | Philips Galle | La Temperanza |
1560 | USD 380.00 - 760.00 | USD 5,588.00 |
| 24 | Giovanni Antonio Canal | La casa con la data 1741; La casa con il peristilio |
1759 | USD 1,400.00 - 2,800.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 45 | Albrecht (1471) Durer | Ercole uccide i gemelli Molionidi |
1580 | USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 4,572.00 |
| 59 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | CARCERI / D'INVENZIONE / DI G. BATTISTA / PIRANESI / ARCHIT / VENE |
1775 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,318.00 |
| 176 | Francesco Magnelli; Cosimo Zocchi | Pianta della Citta di Firenze rilevata esattamente nell’Anno 1783 / e dedicata a S.A.R. Pietro Leopoldo P.R. di / Ungh. e di Boe. e Granduca di Toscana |
1783 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 34 | Giovanni Antonio Canal | Il portico con la lanterna |
1778 | USD 700.00 - 1,400.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 61 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | L’uomo sulla cremagliera |
1770 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 286 | Giorgio Morandi | Natura morta |
1973 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 36 | Giovanni Antonio Canal | S.a Giustina in pra della Valle; Pra della Valle |
1778 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 82 | Martin Schongauer | Cristo benedicente |
1485 | USD 1,400.00 - 2,800.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 65 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Il molo con le catene |
1790 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,048.00 |
| 33 | Giovanni Antonio Canal | 4 Prints, including: Paesaggio con pellegrino in preghiera |
1772 | USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 64 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | La torre rotonda |
1790 | USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 70 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Veduta del Pantheon d'Agrippa oggi Chiesa di S. Maria ad Martyres |
1761 | USD 480.00 - 960.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 43 | Albrecht (1471) Durer | San Sebastiano legato all'albero |
1520 | USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 2,540.00 |
| 81 | Marcantonio Raimondi | Il giudizio di Paride |
1520 | USD 320.00 - 640.00 | USD 2,540.00 |
| 14 | Jacques Callot (1592) | Le Purgatoire et l'Enfer |
1612 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,413.00 |
| 44 | Albrecht (1471) Durer | La Santissima Trinita |
1575 | USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 2,413.00 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950