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Rossini: Photo Themes 13
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| Auction Name | Photo Themes 13 | Total Sales (EUR) | 7,470.32 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 6,920.00 |
| Sale Number | #179396 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 9,270.00 |
| Total Lots | 200 | ||
| Sold Lots | 52.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 28,340.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 26.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 38,670.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 148 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 19.32% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Frederic BOISSONNAS (1858-1949) | from the top of the Acropolis at sunset |
c. 1910 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 548.52 |
| 31 | Robert DOISNEAU (1912-1994) | Cafe Noir et Blanc |
1948 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 417.92 |
| 24 | Eugene ATGET (1857-1927) | Porte de l'eglise Saint-Etienne-du-Mont; portail de Marly la Machine |
c. 1900 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 404.86 |
| 100 | Thomas CONSANI | Children in the desert |
1989 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 261.20 |
| 101 | Thomas CONSANI | Fishermen, Mali |
2001 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 261.20 |
| 170 | Michael ROBERTS (1947-2023) | Portrait of Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace with a model |
c. 1990 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 261.20 |
| 76 | Georges TAIRRAZ II (1900-1975) | Bosson Glacier, Chamonix, Alps |
c. 1930 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 241.61 |
| 134 | Johnny Weissmuller | Olympic swimmer with his first wife Bobbe Arnst |
1931 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 241.61 |
| 111 | Francis Frith (1822-1898) | Temple, Colossus and Sphinx, Sebouah, Upper Egypt |
c. 1857 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 202.43 |
| 192 | Cigarette | Cigarette & Psychology |
1957 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 195.90 |
| 8 | Charles-David WINTER (1821-1904) | Mirror |
c. 1867 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 150.19 |
| 173 | Michael ROBERTS (1947-2023) | Fashion |
1997 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 150.19 |
| 132 | Lipnitzki Studio | Nathalie Philippart in the ballet "Le jeune homme et la mort" |
1946 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 137.13 |
| 7 | Auguste Hippolyte COLLARD (1812-1893) | Raphael's Three Graces |
c. 1880 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.60 |
| 20 | Palais de Longchamps |
c. 1930 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.60 | |
| 25 | Historical monument | Palais du Trocadero |
1900 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.60 |
| 66 | L. PIERSON | Statue "Mercure a cheval sur Pegase" at the entrance to the Tuileries Gardens, Place de la Concorde, Paris |
c. 1920 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.60 |
| 72 | Nikita Khrushchev - War | War Marshal Semion Timochenko, Colonel Hovhannes Bagramian, and other high-ranking Russian military officials in Voronezh, Russia |
1941 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.60 |
| 80 | Jose D'ESPINAL (1887-1951) | Mont Saint Michel and its surrounding countryside, Normandy |
c. 1935 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.60 |
| 83 | Percy MISSEN CLARK (1875-) | Victoria Falls |
c. 1910 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.60 |
| 125 | Winston Churchill | At the race |
c.1910 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 130.60 |
| 136 | Elvis Presley | During his military service in Germany |
1958 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.60 |
| 174 | Michael ROBERTS (1947-2023) | Gin Clarke "McQueen", Alexander McQueen fashion show |
2018 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.60 |
| 179 | James A.FOX (Jimmy Fox) (Born 1935) | Boxing, in the corner before the fight |
c. 1973 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.60 |
| 194 | Pim Westerweel (born 1936) | Writing, Triumph typewriter and hand |
1970 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 130.60 |
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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.