• Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500.
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
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    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
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    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
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Ader: Photographs - On the Occasion of Paris Photo

Auction Reports

Auction Name Photographs - On the Occasion of Paris Photo Total Sales (EUR) 402,441.00
Auction Date November 07, 2024 - November 07, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 231,700.00
Sale Number #155507 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 333,800.00
Total Lots 224
Sold Lots 121 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 501,000.00
% of Lots Sold 54.02% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 708,800.00
Unsold Lots 103 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 56.78%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
119 Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob, dite)

Theatre de recherches dramatiques, mai-juin 1929. 1929

1929 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 41,600.00
113 Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitsky, dit)

Rayographie 1927

1927 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 36,400.00
118 Hans Bellmer (1902-1975)

Die Puppe. Th. Eckstein (imprimeur), Carlsruhe, 1934.

1934 EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 33,800.00
120 Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob, dite)

Le Coeur de Pic [variante de la planche XVI] 1936

1936 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 20,800.00
24 Maison Adolphe Braun

Alpes francaises et suisses. Pyrenees c. 1860-1880. Charbons de Braun. Vues prises avec l'objectif panoramique mobile.

c. 1860-1880. EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 19,500.00
146 Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Madrid 1933

1933, (c. 2000) EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 11,050.00
40 John Beasley Greene (1832-1856)

Egypte 1853-1854. Vue de l'ile de Beghe. 1853-1854.

1853-1854. EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 9,100.00
19 Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne (1806-1875)

Mecanisme de la physionomie humaine, ou Analyse electro-physiologique de l'expression des passions 1854-1856. Modele masculin [contraction du muscle sourcilier].

1854-1856. , (1862) EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,500.00
135 Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Cour, rue de la Boetie. Paris 1953

1953, (c. 2000) EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,850.00
201 Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Henri Matisse dessinant. Villa << Le Reve >>, Vence, fevrier 1944. 1944

1944 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,850.00
139 Edouard Boubat (1923-1999)

Lella. Bretagne 1947

1947, (c. 1984) EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,070.00
157 Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000)

Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto 1961-1963.

1961-1963. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,940.00
164 Walker Evans - Dorothea Lange - Ben Shahn - Arthur Rothstein

Representative photographs from the FSA collection. New York, s. d., 1975.

s. d., 1975. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,940.00
41 John Beasley Greene (1832-1856)

Egypte 1853-1854. Vue du Chateau de France a Louqsor. 1853-1854.

1853-1854. EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,550.00
50 Martin Chambi (1891-1973)

Perou. Cordillere des Andes c. 1920-1950. Cuzco. Tambomachay. Ceremonies. Reinas de carnaval. ...

c. 1920-1950., (c. 1950-1980). EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,550.00
100 James Van Der Zee (1886-1983)

Miss Suzie Porter. Harlem 1915

1915 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,550.00
127 Robert Capa (1913-1954)

La Tondue de Chartres. Chartres, rue Collin-d'Harleville 16 aout 1944.

16 aout 1944. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,550.00
182 William Klein (1926-2022)

Gun 1. New York 1955

1955, (c. 2000) EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,290.00
29

Italie. Autriche. Allemagne. Suisse c. 1865-1870. Michelina Di Cesare, femme brigand. Brigand. Habitants de la Ciociaria. Bergers. Jeune femme d'Alvito. Jeune mariee d'Albano. Jeune calabraise. Pifferari. Romaine. Enfants de La Morra. Femmes de Nettuno, d

c. 1865-1870. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,160.00
64 Eugene Atget (1857-1927)

Sculptures du jardin du chateau de Versailles c. 1900-1920. L'Amerique de Gilles Guerin. Bassin de l'Encelade. Ceres de Jean-Baptiste Poultier. Faune.

c. 1900-1920. EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,160.00
105 Laure Albin Guillot (1879-1962)

Nu feminin [jambes] 1937

1937 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,160.00
117 Brassai (Gyula Halasz, dit)

Graffiti (serie II) 1940

1940, (c. 1950). EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,160.00
179 Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023)

California Kiss 1955

1955, (c. 1990) EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,030.00
33 Vincenzo Galdi (1871-1961)

Nus feminins et masculins c. 1900-1920.

c. 1900-1920. EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,900.00
71 Dora Maar (1907-1997)

Aperitif dans le jardin de l'hotel Vaste Horizon avec Andre Breton, Jacqueline Lamba, Paul et Nush Eluard. Mougins 1936--1937.

1936--1937., (c. 1945). EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,900.00
  • ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
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