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Auction Name A Contemporary Vision: Works from the Melva Bucksbaum Collection, Part II Total Sales (USD) 42,656.00
Auction Date June 01, 2022 - June 01, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 23,200.00
Sale Number #13009 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 37,700.00
Total Lots 37
Sold Lots 30 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 27,800.00
% of Lots Sold 81.08% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 44,400.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 96.07%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
31 Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)

Cactus

1987 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,040.00
2 Brice Brown (b. 1972)

Q06

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 4,160.00
34 Bryan Graf (b. 1982)

Deer #1 (Sunset Version), from Wildlife Analysis

2010-2011 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,816.00
28 Justine Kurland (b. 1969)

Little River

2002 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,688.00
55 Moyra Davey (b. 1958)

Copperhead #36

1990 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,688.00
113 Enrique Martinez Celaya (b. 1964)

The Music (Age) Soapground aquatint and

2002 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,304.00
14 Cindy Sherman (b. 1954)

Ancestor

1985/2009 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,664.00
71 Elizabeth Murray (1940-2007)

Cracking Cup

1998 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,664.00
7 Enrique Martinez Celaya (b. 1964)

The Shine

2009 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,536.00
76 Neo Rauch (b. 1960)

Neujahrsblatt (puppenspieler)

2008 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,536.00
1 Nikolai Ishchuk (b. 1982)

Untitled (Spill 3)

2013 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,280.00
23 Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)

Tap: Offset

2004 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,280.00
37 Sabine Horing (b. 1964)

Rear Window

2004 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,152.00
38 Joel Meyerowitz (b. 1938)

From Route 40 at 20th

1979-82 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,024.00
29 Rebeca Mendez (b. 1962)

Recurrence Relation #2

2010 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 896.00
30 Morgan Levy (b. 1985)

Please Don't Go Without Taking Me With You

2008 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 896.00
59 Irit Batsry (b. 1957)

Caution: Ocean

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 896.00
13 Joel Shapiro (b. 1941)

For the Archives

2008 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 768.00
27 Brad Moore

Trini Circle, Westminister, California

2006 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 768.00
33 Bryan Graf (b. 1982)

Shot/Reverse Shot 2

2013 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 768.00
78 Neo Rauch (b. 1960)

Neujahrsblatt (Waage)

2008 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 768.00
32 Avery Danziger (b. 1953)

Gate to Hell #10475

2010 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 640.00
85 Jean-Clarence Lambert (b. 1930)

Orphée à Eurydice

2003 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 640.00
121 Gustave Flaubert,

La Tentation de Saint Antoine

1942 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 640.00
74 Douglas Gordon (b. 1966)

Les Regles du Jeu (Pier-Paolo Pasolini & Leigh Bowery)

2006 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 512.00
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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