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Christian Hesse Auktionen: Modern Art, Valuable Books, Special: Artists’ Books of the 20th Century
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modern Art, Valuable Books, Special: Artists’ Books of the 20th Century | Total Sales (EUR) | 1,902,668.40 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 30, 2026 - May 30, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 819,060.00 |
| Sale Number | #33 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 1,209,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 597 | ||
| Sold Lots | 465.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 921,010.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.89% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 1,355,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 132 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 140.34% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Henri Matisse | Henri Matisse. Jazz. 1947 |
1947 | EUR 130,000.00 - 200,000.00 | EUR 223,200.00 |
| 51 | Joan Miro | Joan Miro – Paul Eluard. A toute epreuve. 1958 |
1958 | EUR 25,000.00 - 38,000.00 | EUR 57,040.00 |
| 54 | Joan Miro | Joan Miro. Constellations. 1959 |
1959 | EUR 17,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 49,600.00 |
| 145 | Josef Albers | Josef Albers. Homage to the Square. Zur Ehre des Quadrats. 1967 |
1967 | EUR 23,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 37,200.00 |
| 13 | Wassily Kandinsky | Wassily Kandinsky. Klange. 1913 |
1913 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 34,720.00 |
| 104 | Jean Dubuffet | Jean Dubuffet – Francis Ponge. Matiere et memoire 1945 |
1945 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 32,240.00 |
| 391 | Heures a lusaige de Romme tout au long sans riens requerir. 1509 |
1509 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 32,240.00 | |
| 76 | Henri Matisse | Henri Matisse – Stephane Mallarme. Poesies. 1932 |
1932 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 29,760.00 |
| 98 | Joan Miro | Joan Miro – Adrian de Monluc. Le courtisan grotesque. 1974 |
1974 | EUR 17,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 29,760.00 |
| 201 | Louise Bourgeois | Louise Bourgeois. Ode a ma mere. 1995 |
1995 | EUR 17,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 29,760.00 |
| 84 | Pablo Picasso | Pablo Picasso – [Ilia Zdanevitch] Iliazd. Afat. 1940 |
1940 | EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 27,280.00 |
| 90 | Pablo Picasso | Pablo Picasso – Roch Grey. Chevaux de minuit. 1956 |
1956 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 27,280.00 |
| 35 | Jean de La Fontaine | Marc Chagall – [Jean de] La Fontaine. Fables. 1952 |
1952 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 26,040.00 |
| 46 | Joan Miro | Joan Miro. 13 lithographies. 1948 |
1948 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 24,800.00 |
| 138 | Eduardo Chillida | Eduardo Chillida – Jorge Guillen. Mas Alla. 1973 |
1973 | EUR 6,500.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 24,800.00 |
| 57 | Joan Miro | Joan Miro – Michel Leiris. Marrons sculptes pour Miro 1961 |
1961 | EUR 3,400.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 23,560.00 |
| 37 | Frank Kupka | Frank Kupka. Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. 1926 |
1926 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 21,080.00 |
| 85 | Pablo Picasso | Pablo Picasso – Iliazd. Escrito / Pismo. 1948 |
1948 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 21,080.00 |
| 83 | Paul Eluard | Mappen und graphische Anthologien – Solidarite. 1938 |
1938 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 19,840.00 |
| 86 | Iliazd | Poesie de mots inconnus. 1949 |
1949 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 19,840.00 |
| 91 | Pablo Picasso | Pablo Picasso. Le frere mendiant 1959 |
1959 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 19,840.00 |
| 96 | Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes | Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes – [Ilia Zdanewitch] Iliazd. Boustrophedon au miroir. 1971 |
1971 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 19,840.00 |
| 34 | Nicolas Gogol | Marc Chagall – Nicolas Gogol. Les ames mortes. 1948 |
1948 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 17,360.00 |
| 64 | Pablo Picasso | Pablo Picasso – Ovide. Les Metamorphoses. 1931 |
1931 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 17,360.00 |
| 10 | Auguste Rodin | Auguste Rodin – Octave Mirbeau. Le Jardin des Supplices. 1902 |
1902 | EUR 2,800.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 16,120.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000