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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€ -
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
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Ahlers & Ogletree: Modernism, Photography& African American Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modernism, Photography& African American Art | Total Sales (USD) | 242,750.00 |
| Auction Date | February 20, 2025 - February 20, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 158,950.00 |
| Sale Number | #22025 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 258,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 146 | ||
| Sold Lots | 141 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 166,550.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 96.58% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 270,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 5 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 89.91% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | ALFRED STIEGLITZ, | ALFRED STIEGLITZ, 'THE STEERAGE' 1907 PHOTOGRAVURE |
1907 | USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 28,125.00 |
| 75 | EDWARD CURTIS | EDWARD CURTIS "CANYON DE CHELLY" OROTONE & BOOK |
1904 | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 206 | SALVADOR DALI | SALVADOR DALI "PEGASUS" MYTHOLOGY ETCHING, X/XX |
circa 1963 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 72 | I. PENN | I. PENN 'TWO MEN IN WHITE MASKS...' SELENIUM PRINT |
1984 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 73 | IRVING PENN, | IRVING PENN, 'FIVE DAHOMEY GIRLS, TWO STANDING...' |
1967, printed 1985, | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 47 | SAM GILLIAM | SAM GILLIAM 'FOR ROMARE #9' 1988 MONOPRINT |
1988 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 36 | CALDER CIRCLES | CALDER "CIRCLES" 1969 COLOR LITHOGRAPH, 77/125 |
1969 | USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 205 | DALI | DALI 'MANHATTAN SKYLINE' ARTIST'S PROOF LITHOGRAPH |
1976 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,937.50 |
| 194 | TODD MURPHY, | TODD MURPHY, MIRROR IMAGE 'SWAN' B&W PHOTOGRAPH |
1993 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,312.50 |
| 37 | CALDER 'VERTICAL | CALDER 'VERTICAL FLAGS' C. 1970 LITHOGRAPH, 80/100 |
C.1970 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,687.50 |
| 201 | PICASSO | PICASSO SERIES 347, NO. 332 FIGURAL CIRCUS ETCHING |
1968 | USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 4,687.50 |
| 17 | MILTON AVERY, | MILTON AVERY, BLUE 'HEAD' ARTIST'S PROOF WOODCUT |
1955 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 13 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 'BUST OF A MAN' 1961 LITHOGRAPH |
1961 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 23 | JEAN DUBUFFET | JEAN DUBUFFET 'LION HERALDIQUE' SCREENPRINT, 5/50 |
circa 1976 | USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 | USD 3,437.50 |
| 65 | BRETT WESTON, | BRETT WESTON, 'HIGH SIERRA' 1963 SILVER PRINT |
1963 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,437.50 |
| 100 | BASSMAN, MARY | BASSMAN, MARY JANE RUSSELL HARPER'S, SILVER PRINT |
1950 / printed 1992 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,437.50 |
| 200 | PABLO PICASSO, | PABLO PICASSO, 'TETE D'UN JEUNE HOMME' LITHO, 1964 |
1964 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,437.50 |
| 5 | GEORGES BRAQUE | GEORGES BRAQUE 'IF I DIED THERE' C. 1962, WOODCUT |
C.1962 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 35 | CALDER, 'BLACK | CALDER, 'BLACK PYRAMID WITH CIRCLES' 76/100 |
1975 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 109 | BERT STERN | BERT STERN 'MARILYN IN VOGUE' 1994 PHOTOLITHOGRAPH |
1994 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 105 | CARL VAN | CARL VAN VECHTEN 'MARCEL DUCHAMP' PHOTOGRAPH |
1933 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,812.50 |
| 30 | VON WICHT | VON WICHT 'THEME & VARIATIONS NO. 3' STENCIL, 1967 |
1967 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 68 | BRETT WESTON, | BRETT WESTON, 'DUNES' GELATIN SILVER PRINT |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 107 | DOISNEAU, B&W | DOISNEAU, B&W PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS PICASSO & LEGER |
circa 1954 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 120A | PAVEL BANKA | PAVEL BANKA 1990 PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, SILVER PRINT |
1990 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
