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Venator and Hanstein: Modern and Contemporary Graphic Art, Modern Books

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Auction Name Modern and Contemporary Graphic Art, Modern Books Total Sales (EUR) 399,533.40
Auction Date March 29, 2025 - March 29, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 350,000.00
Sale Number #180 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 350,000.00
Total Lots 503
Sold Lots 267 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 570,650.00
% of Lots Sold 53.08% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 570,650.00
Unsold Lots 236 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 70.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1085 Arnulf Rainer

Haute Coiffure

1963 EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 10,710.00
793 RUPPRECHT GEIGER

Farbsequenzen

1966 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 9,450.00
1320 ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER

GUSTAV SCHIEFLER: Die Graphik Ernst Ludwig Kirchners. Band I bis 1916 / Band II 1917-1927. 2 Bde.

1926-31 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 7,938.00
1101 GERHARD RICHTER

Blattecke

2014 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 7,560.00
832 HAP GRIESHABER

Fruhling (Hirtin)

1949 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,930.00
503 JOSEF ALBERS

Ek Id (aus: Homage to the Square)

1970 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,300.00
672 OTTO DIX

Katze und Hahn

1966 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,300.00
870 DAVID HOCKNEY

The marriage

1962 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,300.00
978 EWALD MATARE

Liegende Kuh

1934 (oder 1932 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,300.00
1052 PABLO PICASSO

La Ronde de la Jeunesse

1961 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,292.00
1027 EMIL NOLDE

Segler und drei kleine Dampfer

1910 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,040.00
1242 ANDY WARHOL

Jean Cocteau

1985 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,040.00
639 MARC CHAGALL

Clown (Aus: Der Zirkus)

1967 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,914.00
1069 SERGE POLIAKOFF

Composition rouge et verte (Komposition in Rot und Grun)

1962 EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 4,914.00
1382 PABLO PICASSO; PIERRE REVERDY

Le chant des Morts. Poemes. Lithographies originales de Pablo Picasso.

1948 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,914.00
794 RUPPRECHT GEIGER

Ein Weg zur Farbe (Mappenwerk und Entwurfe)

1977 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,536.00
970 NEO RAUCH

Die Reise

1989 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,536.00
1376 MIRO, JOAN; MICHEL LEIRIS / FERNAND MOURLOT

Der Lithograph. (Deutsche Ubersetzung von Ursula Patzies und Georges D. Ruelle). Bd. I. (v. 4).

1972 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,536.00
945 ROY LICHTENSTEIN

As I opened fire

1966 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,158.00
1323 HEINRICH VOGELER

HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL: Der Kaiser und die Hexe.

1900 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,158.00
1340 MARC CHAGALL

FERNAND MOURLOT: Chagall Lithograph II: 1957-1962

1963 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,158.00
1391 WALASSE TING

1C/ Life / One Cent Life. Ed. by Sam Francis.

1964 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,158.00
635 MARC CHAGALL

Hochzeitsfest in der Grotte der Nymphen (Aus: Daphnis und Chloe)

1961 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,780.00
971

ZERO

1966 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,780.00
1054 PABLO PICASSO

Aus: La Celestine

1968 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,780.00
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    July 23, 2025
    DOYLE, July 23: WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. Estimate $300-500
    DOYLE, July 23: STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.
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    Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    2-17 July | New York
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Buzz Aldrin's FLOWN Apollo 11 Crew-Signed NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Cover. $15,000 to $20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Lunar Surface Flown Mission Emblem Presented to Tom Stafford by John Young. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000.
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    Sotheby’s, July 17: Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000.
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