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) | 748,893.60 |
| Auction Date | June 21, 2022 - June 21, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 246,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #124195 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 356,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 223 | ||
| Sold Lots | 206 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 256,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.38% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 370,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 17 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 202.24% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 431 | Karel TEIGE. | Evé vdléné jéji [The old bride with her]. 1942. |
1942 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 79,380.00 |
| 440 | Remedios VARO. | Untitled. 1935. |
1935 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 59,220.00 |
| 283 | Esteban FRANCÉS. | Untitled. 1939. |
1939 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 52,920.00 |
| 430 | Pavel TCHELITCHEV. | Pyramidal composition. No place or date [ca. 1928-1929]. |
ca.1928-1929. | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 45,360.00 |
| 391 | Marcel PROUST. | Letter addressed to Henry Bernstein. No place or date [Evian, circa 1903?]. |
circa 1903?. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 16,380.00 |
| 361 | Joan MIRO. | Original woodcut [circa 1956]. |
circa 1956 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 15,120.00 |
| 261 | Paul Eluard. | Poems sent to Gala. April 1930 - August 1934. |
1930 - 1934. | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 14,490.00 |
| 341 | MAN RAY. | And he signed. Paris, undated [1935]. |
1935 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 13,860.00 |
| 227 | Jean COCTEAU. | Two erotic compositions. No place or date [circa 1947]. |
circa 1947. | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 13,734.00 |
| 351 | Emila MEDKOVÁ. | Ruka s hodinkami [hand with watch]. 1950. |
1950 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 13,230.00 |
| 443 | André VERDET. | For a new springtime of Pablo Picasso. Aux dépens d'un amateur [Nice, sur les presses de l'imprimerie Meyerbeer], 1963. |
1963 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 11,088.00 |
| 420 | Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY. | Terre des hommes. Paris, Gallimard, 1939. |
1939 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 10,710.00 |
| 366 | Max MORISE. | Untitled. Without date. |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 10,080.00 | |
| 306 | Valentine HUGO. | The Three Angels after Piero della Francesca. March 1935. |
1935 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 9,450.00 |
| 254 | Marcel DUCHAMP. | Rotoreliefs. [Paris, 1935]. |
1935 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 8,820.00 |
| 423 | Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY. | Citadelle. Paris, Gallimard, 1948. |
1948 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 8,568.00 |
| 296 | Jindrich HEISLER. | Only the turm fields are browned on the 10 geometries. Gedichte. Zeichnungen von Toyen. Prague, Surrealistische Edition, [1940]. |
1940 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 8,190.00 |
| 344 | MAN RAY. | Faithful. Undated [1970]. |
EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 8,190.00 | |
| 268 | Paul Eluard. | Road book. May-June [1949]. |
1949 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 7,812.00 |
| 396 | Raymond RADIGUET. | The Count of Orgel's Ball. Novel. Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1924. |
1924 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 7,308.00 |
| 239 | Salvador DALI. | The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí. Translated by Haakon M. Chevalier. New York, Burton C. Hoffman, Dial Press, 1942. |
1942 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
| 255 | Marcel DUCHAMP. | Merchant of Salt. Writings collected and presented by Michel Sanouillet. |
1958 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
| 389 | Jacques PRÉVERT. | Letter from the Baladar Islands. Undated [1952]. |
1952 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,922.00 |
| 301 | Maurice HENRY. | Posthumous look. 1932. |
1932 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 5,796.00 |
| 334 | Jack LONDON. | The Call of the Wild. Illustrated by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston |
1903 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,670.00 |
