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Sothebys: A Cabinet of Bibliophilic Curiosities: From Dürer to Alechinsky - bidstart 6/15

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Auction Name A Cabinet of Bibliophilic Curiosities: From Dürer to Alechinsky - bidstart 6/15 Total Sales (EUR) 2,591,064.00
Auction Date June 22, 2022 - June 22, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,013,600.00
Sale Number #pf2203 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,501,500.00
Total Lots 253
Sold Lots 178 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,328,600.00
% of Lots Sold 70.36% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,983,900.00
Unsold Lots 75 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 130.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
141 Manet, Edouard

Lettre autographe illustrée et inédite à Mme Jules Guillemet, [1880]. 3 pages avec aquarelles (brioche, insectes, etc.).

EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 201,600.00
89 Dürer, Albrecht

Passio domini nostri Jesu. [Nuremberg, 1511]. In-folio. Rel. de Cretté. Première éd. de cette suite de 12 bois.

1511 EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 EUR 189,000.00
91 Dürer, Albrecht

Epitome in divae parthenices mariae historiam. Nuremberg, 1511. In-folio. Titre et 19 somptueuses gravures

1511 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 138,600.00
90 Dürer, Albrecht

Passio Christi... Nuremberg, 1511. In-8. Rel. de Chambolle-Duru. Second tirage. Exemplaire Stroehlin et Rahir.

1511 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 113,400.00
14 Bloch, Marcus Elieser

Ichtyologie... Berlin, 1785-1797. 12 vol. in-folio. Première éd. en français. 432 pl. rehaussées.

1785-1797 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 81,900.00
95 Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Choix des plus belles fleurs. 1827-1833. Édition originale, 144 planches. In-folio, en reliure de l'époque.

1827-1833 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 81,900.00
68 Aldrovandi, Ulisse

[Œuvres]. Bologne, 1639-1649. 13 vol. in-folio. Rarissime réunion de l'intégralité des œuvres d'Aldrovandi.

1639-1649 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 69,300.00
191 Bellmer, Hans ? Paul Éluard

Les Jeux de la Poupée. 1949. 1/142 exemplaires, 17 photographies originales.

1949 EUR 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 52,920.00
227 Magritte. René ? Alain Jouffroy

Aube à l'antipode. 1966. 1/17 de tête, boîte signée, rare suite de 7 eaux-fortes de Magritte.

1966 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 52,920.00
142 Manet, Edouard

Exceptionnelle lettre illustrée et inédite à Mme Jules Guillemet. 1880. 3 p. Aquarelles originales (différentes pochettes) et portrait de Jules Guillemet

1880 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 50,400.00
236 Miró, Joan

Dessin original signé, avec envoi, au crayon gras. Juin 1970. Sur une p. de "Derrière le Miroir". Très beau

1970 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 40,320.00
98 Rouault, Georges ? André Suarès

Passion. 1939. Ex. de tête avec suite en noir signée, dans une somptueuse reliure de Creuzevault

1939 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
136 Valentine Hugo

Portrait d'André Breton. Dessin original signé avec une annotation autographe. 1931.

1931 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
239 Miró, Joan ? Robert Desnos

Les Pénalités de l'Enfer, 1974. 25 lithographies. Avec un dessin original signé, sur une double page

EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
135 Hugo, Victor

Souvenir du Rhin. [Vers 1855-1856.] Dessin original, signé en rouge et or. Avec : Les Burgraves, 1843

Vers 1855-1856 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 35,280.00
82 Valentini, Michael Bernhard

Museum museorum. Francfort, 1714. Première édition complète. 3 tomes en deux volumes, vélin de l'époque

1714 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 32,760.00
242 Miró, Joan

L'Enfance d'Ubu. 1975. Avec 23 lithographies en couleurs, dont 20 signées. Envoi à Marguerite Benhoura.

1975 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 32,760.00
178 Alechinsky, Pierre ? Joyce Mansour

Astres et désastres. 1969. 1/9 de tête : dessin original, 2 suites, cuivre et 2 affiches.

1969 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 30,240.00
180 Alechinsky, Pierre

Lino-litho. 1970. 1/12 exemplaires d'artiste. Avec : 10 bronzes ciselés par l'artiste, signés.

1970 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 27,720.00
245 Picasso, Pablo ? Luis de Gongora y Argote

Vingt poèmes. 1948. 41 eaux-fortes. 1/25 exemplaires hors commerce, en feuilles

1948 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 27,720.00
38 Lafosse, Philippe Etienne

Cours d'hippiatrique. Paris, 1772. In-folio. Maroquin rouge. Ed. originale avec les planches en couleurs.

1772 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
60 Schedel, Hartmann

Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg, 1493. Edition originale, premier tirage. Reliure du XVIIe siècle.

1493 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
238 Miró, Joan ? André Frénaud

Le Miroir de l'homme par les bêtes, 1972. Ex. HC. Enrichi d'un dessin de Miró, avec envoi

EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
71 Terzago, Paolo Maria

Museo ò galleria...Tortona, 1666. In-4 Cart. d'attente. Rarissime première édition italienne

1666 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 23,940.00
65 Imperato, Ferrante

Dell' Historia naturale... Naples, 1599. Vélin de l'ép. EO d'un des tout premiers catalogues de musée.

1599 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 22,680.00
  • 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
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    Modern First Editions
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    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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