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Finarte: Comic Art: Masters of Eroticism
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Comic Art: Masters of Eroticism | Total Sales (EUR) | 174,564.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 124,780.00 |
| Sale Number | #354c | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 211,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 386 | ||
| Sold Lots | 194.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 318,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 50.26% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 526,650.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 192 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 33.15% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 597 | Alessandro Biffignandi | Alessandro Biffignandi - Zora la Vampira - La peste nera, 1973 |
1973; 1978 | EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 7,200.00 |
| 663 | Emanuele Taglietti | Emanuele Taglietti - Sukia - Il costruttore di cadaveri, 1983 |
1983 | EUR 2,300.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 6,360.00 |
| 598 | Alessandro Biffignandi | Alessandro Biffignandi - Zora la Vampira - L'isola di Priapo, 1979 |
1979 | EUR 4,500.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 5,400.00 |
| 703 | Guido Crepax | Guido Crepax - Conte Dracula, 1983 |
1983 | EUR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,200.00 |
| 894 | Budd Root | Budd Root - Cavewoman Natural Selection, 2010 |
2010 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,200.00 |
| 662 | Emanuele Taglietti | Emanuele Taglietti - Wallestein - Violenza, 1977 |
1977 | EUR 900.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 3,960.00 |
| 701 | Guido Crepax | Guido Crepax - Scambio imprevisto, 1992 |
1992 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 3,960.00 |
| 634 | Averardo Ciriello | Averardo Ciriello - Paola Pitagora, 1972 |
1972 | EUR 2,900.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,600.00 |
| 633 | Averardo Ciriello | Averardo Ciriello - Laura Antonelli, 1973 |
1973 | EUR 2,900.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,600.00 |
| 664 | Emanuele Taglietti | Emanuele Taglietti - Sukia - La mano della vampira, 1986 |
1986 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,600.00 |
| 702 | Guido Crepax | Guido Crepax - Scambio imprevisto, 1992 |
1992 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 3,600.00 |
| 602 | Alessandro Biffignandi | Alessandro Biffignandi - Cimiteria - Notte terrificante, 1979 |
1979 | EUR 2,900.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,480.00 |
| 669 | Alfonso Azpiri | Alfonso Azpiri - Lorna - The Gate, 1996 |
1996 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,360.00 |
| 620 | Tito Marchioro | Tito Marchioro - Lucifera - Pier della Bernarda, 1975 |
1975 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 700 | Guido Crepax | Guido Crepax - Giulietta e Romeo: A cavallo della tigre, 1989 |
1989 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 665 | Emanuele Taglietti | Emanuele Taglietti - Attualita Supernera - Il padrino depravato, 1987 |
1987 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,640.00 |
| 670 | Alfonso Azpiri | Alfonso Azpiri - Lorna in chain, 1990s |
1990s | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,400.00 |
| 895 | Budd Root | Budd Root - Cavewoman, 2009 |
2009 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,400.00 |
| 763 | Giacinto Gaudenzi | Giacinto Gaudenzi - Pesci, 1995 |
1995 | EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,280.00 |
| 793 | Roberto Raviola Magnus | Magnus (Roberto Raviola) - Necron - Nobilta depravata, 1981 |
1981 | EUR 900.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 655 | Studio Rosi | Studio Rosi - Hessa - Da Berlino ordine di uccidere, 1970 |
1970 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,800.00 |
| 657 | Studio Rosi | Studio Rosi - Terror - Il Maligno in monastero, 1974 |
1974 | EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,680.00 |
| 618 | Averardo Ciriello | Averardo Ciriello - Lucifera - La voglio viva!, 1976 |
1976 | EUR 1,300.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 1,560.00 |
| 761 | Vittorio Giardino | Vittorio Giardino - Esagerate, 2016 |
2016 | EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,560.00 |
| 779 | Benito Jacovitti | Benito Jacovitti - Kamasultra, 1982 |
1982 | EUR 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,440.00 |
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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.