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Giquello: Art and Literature of the 20th Century
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Art and Literature of the 20th Century | Total Sales (EUR) | 56,347.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 08, 2026 - July 08, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 26,730.00 |
| Sale Number | #180134 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 38,210.00 |
| Total Lots | 237 | ||
| Sold Lots | 181.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 39,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 76.37% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 55,070.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 56 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 102.32% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | Large collection of old black-and-white engravings |
N/A | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 8,450.00 | |
| 163 | Camus Albert | The Plague |
1947 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 2,212.00 |
| 1 | Franqui Carlos | EL CIRCULO DE PIEDRA |
1971 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,264.00 |
| 41 | Char Rene; Braque Georges | Le Soleil des Eaux |
1949 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,264.00 |
| 237 | Dali Salvador | Urania |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,040.00 |
| 19 | Mesens Theodore | FEMME COMPLETE |
1933 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 1,011.00 |
| 110 | Marquet Albert; Marty Marcelle | Moussa le Petit Noir |
1925 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 986.00 |
| 38 | Robbe-Grillet Alain; Prassinos Gisele | Angelique ou l'Enchantement; La Confidente |
1987; 1962 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 948.00 |
| 34 | Bellmer Hans | 8 Glass Plate Photographs |
1942-1946 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 910.00 |
| 121 | Szekely Vera | Massacre du Paraclet |
1976 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 821.00 |
| 12 | Hugo Jean; Novak Ladislav; Hugnet Georges; Albert-Birot Pierre; Hutin Serge; Menard Rene; Eluard Paul; Lely Gilbert; Salacrou Armand; Gide Andre; Merimee Prosper; Giono Jean; Morand Paul | COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS |
1976; 1960; 190; 1950 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 758.00 |
| 123 | Duchene Gerard;Jassaud | Tissus de mensonges; K&AK NONO |
1977; 1975-1976 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 758.00 |
| 136 | Villefosse Heron de;Kisling | The Bohemian Epic |
1959 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 695.00 |
| 240 | The Yellow Cruise - Citroen Expedition |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 650.00 | |
| 77 | Hugo Valentine | 5 prints; Hommage a Valentine Hugo |
1943; 1848–1949; 1952; 1963 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 632.00 |
| 168 | Sarraute Nathalie | 3 Books, including: MARTEREAU |
1953; 1959; 1963 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 632.00 |
| 43 | Collection of autograph documents |
N/A | Not Available | EUR 624.00 | |
| 298 | Masson Andre | Liberte Grande |
circa 1946 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 624.00 |
| 4 | Kijno Ladislas | KIJNO: RETURN FROM CHINA. PAINTINGS 1983–1984 |
1985; 1963 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 607.00 |
| 36 | Eluard Paul | Poesie et Verite 42 |
1947 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 607.00 |
| 47 | Kijno Ladislas; Artaud Antonin | ILLUSTRATION PROJECT FOR ANTONIN ARTAUD |
1981 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 585.00 |
| 211 | Exhibition posters, prints, reproductions, and illustrated greeting cards |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 585.00 | |
| 53 | Gracq Julien | N Books, including: Le roi pecheur |
1948; 1950 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 531.00 |
| 46 | Chaissac Gasto | 8 autograph letters |
circa 1962 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 520.00 |
| 236 | Dali Salvador | Euterpe |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 520.00 |
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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. -
Forum Auctions
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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
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