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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD -
Gonnelli:
Auction 55
Antique prints, paintings and maps
November 26st 2024Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€ -
Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500. -
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Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy
Auction Reports
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Auction Date
- 11/05/2024 - 10/27/2024
- Sale Number
- #929
- Total Lots
- 77
- Sold Lots
- 58
- Lots Sold
- 75.32%
- Unsold Lots
- 19
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 231,546.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 134,580.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 207,800.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 161,530.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 251,000.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 92.25%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG 1925-2008 | Star Quarters I - IV, 1971 |
1971 | EUR 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 38,400.00 |
| 6 | GIACOMO BALLA 1871-1958 | Moving butterflies and futuristic flowers, (Balfiore), 1924/, 1925 |
1924/1925 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 33,280.00 |
| 62 | MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO 1933 | Girasoli, 1973 |
1973 | EUR 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 24,320.00 |
| 20 | ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987 | Ladies and Gentleman Face, 1975 |
1975 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 17,920.00 |
| 106 | Bibliografia/Literature | G. Ballo, De Pisis, edizioni Ilte , 1968, pag.113 ndeg133. |
1968 | EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 15,360.00 |
| 19 | ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987 | Ladies and Gentleman, 1975 |
1975 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 12,160.00 |
| 18 | ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987 | Ladies and gentlemen, 1975 |
1975 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 10,240.00 |
| 28 | FRANCIS BACON 1909-1992 | L'Homme au lavabo, 1977 |
1977, 1978. | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 5,376.00 |
| 27 | ASGER JORN 1914-1973 | Das offene Versteck , 1970 |
1970 | EUR 3,500.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 |
| 160 | Bibliografia/Literature | A.V., Agenore Fabbri, Palazzo Reale, Milano , 1975, nr. 66 (riporta misure errate cm 110x28x28). |
1975 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 |
| 228 | VINCENZO AGNETTI 1926-1981 | Photo-Graffie, 1980 |
1980 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 |
| 214 | EMILIO ISGRO 1937 | Lettera a Carmen, 1969 |
1969 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,096.00 |
| 63 | GIOVANNI ANSELMO 1934 | Leggere, 1996 |
1996 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,096.00 |
| 59 | Bibliografia/Literature | J-C. Ammann, Alighiero Boetti catalogo generale, Ed. Electa, Milano , 2012, tomo II pag. 303 nr. 989. |
2012 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,584.00 |
| 14 | ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923-1997 | Turkey Shopping Bag, 1964 |
1964 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,584.00 |
| 22 | ASGER JORN 1914-1973 | Die Zwei Elemente, 1970 |
1970 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,456.00 |
| 45 | ANDRE BRETON&ENRICO BAJ | Dames et Generaux, 1964 |
1964 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,072.00 |
| 79 | DAVID TREMLETT 1945 | Form and Rhythm, 2015 |
2015 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 2,560.00 |
| 33 | RENATO GUTTUSO 1911-1987 | Box of ten artist's proofs |
EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,560.00 | |
| 12 | MAN RAY 1890-1976 | Untitled |
EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,792.00 |
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