Pierre Berge and Associes: A Thousand Dreamy Nights - Collection Geneviève & Jean -Paul Kahn IV
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | A Thousand Dreamy Nights - Collection Geneviève & Jean -Paul Kahn IV | Total Sales (EUR) | 483,159.60 |
| Auction Date | June 20, 2022 - June 20, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 212,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #123693 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 306,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 221 | ||
| Sold Lots | 186 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 236,250.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.16% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 339,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 35 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 142.15% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 195 | André BRETON. | Lighthouse of the bride. |
1934 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 30,240.00 |
| 139 | ALBUM AMICORUM. Guestbook of Sergio Rusconi... - Lot 139 - Pierre Bergé & Associés | ALBUM AMICORUM. Guestbook of Sergio Rusconi illustrated with 54 drawings. |
Circa 1962-1980. | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 22,680.00 |
| 154 | Samuel BECKETT. | Murphy. |
1938 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 18,900.00 |
| 155 | Samuel BECKETT. | Endgame. Corrected typescript. |
Undated 1956. | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 17,010.00 |
| 208 | [EXQUISITE CORPSE]. Three exquisite cadavers.... - Lot 208 - Pierre Bergé & Associés | [EXQUISITE CORPSE]. Three exquisite cadavers. |
1958 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 15,120.00 |
| 130 | Oscar WILDE. | Poems. Fourth edition. |
1882 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 14,490.00 |
| 181 | André BRETON. | Dr. Hausmann and the Ghost of his Daughter [Marcelle Ferry and André Breton]. |
Undated ca. 1935. | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 14,490.00 |
| 172 | Joë BOUSQUET. | Correspondence addressed to Jean Ballard. June 16, 1930 - October 28, 1949. |
1930 - 1949 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 11,088.00 |
| 191 | André BRETON. | Decalcomania on paper. |
1936 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 10,080.00 |
| 186 | André BRETON. | Surrealist games. |
1928 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 8,190.00 |
| 167 | René BOLLIGER. | Fifteen erotic drawings. |
EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 7,938.00 | |
| 163 | Jean BENOIT. | Correspondence addressed to Elisa Breton. |
1988-1993. | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 7,560.00 |
| 196 | André BRETON. | Point du jour. |
1934 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 7,560.00 |
| 168 | Jorge Luis Borges. | Ficciones (1935-1944). |
1944 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 7,308.00 |
| 109 | George SAND. | Lélia. |
1833 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 6,552.00 |
| 105 | [Donatien Alphonse François, marquis de SADE]. | Aline and Valcour, or the Philosophical Novel. Written in the Bastille a year before the French Revolution. Decorated with sixteen engravings. |
1795 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,048.00 |
| 133 | Edward YOUNG. | The Complaint and the Consolation or Night Thoughts. |
1797 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 5,544.00 |
| 4 | Honoré de BALZAC. | Studies of manners in the XIXth century. |
1834- 1838. | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 5,292.00 |
| 61 | VICTOR HUGO. | Quatrevingt-treize. |
1874 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 5,292.00 |
| 89 | Robert de MONTESQUIOU. | The Chief of Sweet Smells. |
1893 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,292.00 |
| 67 | [Alfred JARRY.] | A collection of four original photographs taken at the first Phalanstery. |
1898 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,040.00 |
| 97 | Edgar Allan POE. | Eureka: a Prose Poem |
1848 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 5,040.00 |
| 198 | André BRETON. | L'Amour fou. |
1937 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,040.00 |
| 113 | Robert Louis STEVENSON. | Treasure Island. |
1883 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 4,788.00 |
| 182 | André BRETON. | Eight letters addressed to Georges Auric. |
1919 - 1924 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,788.00 |
