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Sothebys: Modern Discoveries
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| Auction Name | Modern Discoveries | Total Sales (USD) | 99,720.00 |
| Auction Date | July 17, 2024 - July 17, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 81,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #N11403 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 119,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 23 | ||
| Sold Lots | 16 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 137,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.57% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 204,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 7 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 48.88% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 533 | Jean Dubuffet | Personnage au Costume Rouge (Webel 806) |
1961 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 16,800.00 |
| 541 | Marc Chagall | Le Dauphin Mort et les Trois Cents Ecus, from Daphnis et Chloe (Mourlot 338; see Cramer Books 46) |
1961 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 16,800.00 |
| 532 | Jean Dubuffet | Faits memorables I (Webel 1259) |
1978 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 15,600.00 |
| 534 | Joan Miro | Unesco, 'Human Rights' Paris (Mourlot 930) |
1974 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,800.00 |
| 539 | Pablo Picasso | Vieux sculpteur au travail II, from the Vollard suite (Bloch 158; Baer 311) |
1933 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,800.00 |
| 537 | Max Beckmann | Die Enttauschten I, from Berliner Reise (Hofmaier 214) |
1922 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 540 | After Marc Chagall | The Champs-Elysees (Mourlot, CS 6) |
1954 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 545 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | Debauche (deuxieme planche) (Delteil 178; Adriani 187; Wittrock 167) |
1896 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 536 | Francisco Toledo | i. Untitled; ii. Muchacha ciega tomando te; iii. Toros [Three Works] |
circa 1974 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 520 | Horst P. Horst | End of the Party, Rome, Italy |
1951, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 447 | Johan Hagemeyer | Calla Lily |
1925 | USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 481 | Bill Brandt | Losing at the Horse Races, Auteuil, Paris |
circa 1932, printed circa 1960. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 517 | Danny Lyon | Muhammad Ali |
1970, printed in 2013. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 516 | Margaret Bourke-White | Domestic Scene |
1930s | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 446 | Barbara Morgan | Spring in Madison Square |
1938 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 479 | Dorothy Norman | Double Exposure of Marc Chagall, Ida Chagall, and Rita Pandit |
1944 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 600.00 |
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/29dc9a36-584c-476d-bc08-834bc3d3902d.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d1c7f9bc-1bd9-43a2-9cd9-fa2e0a89d50f.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dcac6725-5a79-4a9a-8172-9a5e10ccb75b.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.")
