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  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    November & December
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Tory, Geoffroy. L'Art et science de la vraye proportion des Lettres. Paris 1549. Seconde édition. In-8. Reliure de P.L. Martin. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Zamora, Alonso de. Historia de la provincia de San Antonio del nuevo reyno de Granada... Barcelone, 1701. €10,000 to €15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue... Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.
  • Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Three Stories and Ten Poems. First edition, inscribed to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry. $60,000-80,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: CURTIS, Edward S. The North American Indian... Portfolio and two text volumes. $20,000-30,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Superb Illuminated Manuscript of Tennyson’s Le Morte d'Arthur, ca. 1910, by Alberto Sangorksi and in an exceptional Riviere binding. $40,000-50,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Remarkable Epistle from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop, containing all lines of the first version of "Written in Friars Carse Hermitage" and 12 lines of the first version of "First Epistle to Robert Graham Esq." $20,000-30,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses. First edition, limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by Faulkner. $10,000-15,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. First English edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham, in the rare suppressed dust-jacket. $40,000-50,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: An Excessively Rare First Issue and Previously Unrecorded Copy of Shakespeare’s Third Folio. $40,000-60,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: AUDUBON, John James. Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana. (Plate CCXVII). $30,000-40,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HERBERT, Frank. Dune, 1965. First edition, inscribed by Herbert. $8,000-12,000
  • Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000

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Auction Info

Auction Name
Modern and Contemporary Art
Auction Date
11/04/2025 - 11/04/2025
Sale Number
#935
Total Lots
32
Sold Lots
25
Lots Sold
78.13%
Unsold Lots
7
Total Sales (EUR)
61,312.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
34,800.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
60,200.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
74,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
114,900.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
53.36%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
22 Alighiero Boetti

ALIGHIERO BOETTI 1940-1994 I mille fiumi piu lunghi del mondo 1983

1983 EUR 3,500.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,400.00
35 Juan (1953) Munoz

JUAN MUNOZ 1953-2001 Mobiliario XIV 1996

1996 EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 6,144.00
28 Sol LeWitt

SOL LEWITT 1928-2007 Piramidi 1986

1986 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,888.00
25 Carla Accardi

CARLA ACCARDI 1924 Senza titolo 1985

1985 EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,120.00
29 Giulio Paolini

GIULIO PAOLINI 1940 Phoenix 1992

1992 EUR 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,608.00
17 Anni Albers

ANNI ALBERS 1899-1994 Connections/1925/1983 1984

1984 EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,608.00
141 Vera Lutter

VERA LUTTER 1960 155 West 66 street, New York City: August 22, 2005 2005

1960, 2005 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,072.00
31

HELMUT NEWTON 1920-2004 Sumo 1999

1999 EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,816.00
140 Mario Giacomelli

MARIO GIACOMELLI 1925-2000 Presa di coscienza della natura 1975-1985

1975-1985 EUR 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 2,816.00
24 Mario Schifano

MARIO SCHIFANO 1934-1998 Minicartella 1981

1981 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,432.00
45 Vittorio Sella

VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Monte bianco e lago Checrouit

EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,304.00
11 Sonia Delaunay

SONIA TERK DELAUNAY 1885-1979 Senza titolo (Courbe verte) 1972

1972 EUR 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,920.00
15

ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987 Tate gallery, Londra 1971

1971 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,664.00
38 Mimmo Paladino

MIMMO PALADINO 1948 Carte siciliane (nr. 6) 1998

1998 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,536.00
48 Vittorio Sella

VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Dente del Gigante

EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,536.00
14 Renato Guttuso

RENATO GUTTUSO 1911-1987 I tori di Picasso 1983

1983 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,536.00
10 Sonia Delaunay

SONIA TERK DELAUNAY 1885-1979 Panorama 1969

1969 EUR 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,408.00
36 Mimmo Paladino

MIMMO PALADINO 1948 Lotto di due xilografie senza titolo 2013

1948, 2013 EUR 400.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,216.00
6 Giorgio DeChirico

GIORGIO DE CHIRICO 1888-1978 Cavalli con gualdrappa rossa (Cavalli in riva all'Egeo) 1976

1976 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,152.00
9 Sonia Delaunay

SONIA TERK DELAUNAY 1885-1979 La Rochelle 1970

1970 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,088.00

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