• Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: 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 2025
    Gonnelli 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 2025
    Gonnelli: 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 2025
    Gonnelli: 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 & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [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
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic 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.
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Morton Subastas: Special Auction of Mexican Artists

Auction Reports

Auction Name Special Auction of Mexican Artists Total Sales (MXN) 977,750.00
Auction Date February 19, 2025 - February 19, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 657,300.00
Sale Number #17928 High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 1,124,800.00
Total Lots 107
Sold Lots 66 Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 1,238,100.00
% of Lots Sold 61.68% High Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 2,048,600.00
Unsold Lots 41 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 47.73%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100 DESIDERIO HERNANDEZ XOCHITIOTZIN (Tlacatecpac de San Bernardino Contla, Tlaxcala, 1922 - Tlaxcala de Xicohtencatl, 2007)

Mercado de Ocotelulco, de la Antigua Tlaxcalan

1973 MXN 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 MXN 110,000.00
113 RUFINO TAMAYO (Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico, 1899 - Ciudad de Mexico, 1991)

Mujer en negro, 1973

1973 MXN 65,000.00 - 80,000.00 MXN 106,250.00
145 CARLOS MERIDA (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, 1891 - Ciudad de Mexico, 1984)

Variaciones sobre un tema Maya

1939 MXN 70,000.00 - 120,000.00 MXN 81,250.00
101 LEONORA CARRINGTON (Lancashire, Inglaterra, 1917 - Ciudad de Mexico, 2011)

Scheme Mine

MXN 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 55,000.00
141 RAFAEL CORONEL (Zacatecas, Zacatecas, 1932 - Ciudad de Mexico, 2019)

La mascara no, 2010

2010 MXN 28,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 50,000.00
115 RUFINO TAMAYO (Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico, 1899 - Ciudad de Mexico)

Jaguar, Colima, De la serie Idolos Precolombinos, 1976

1976 MXN 35,000.00 - 70,000.00 MXN 47,500.00
82 DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS (Ciudad de Mexico, 1896 - Cuernavaca, Morelos, 1974)

Paisaje explosivo, 1964

1964 MXN 12,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 45,000.00
80 DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS (Ciudad de Mexico, 1896 - Cuernavaca, Morelos, 1974)

Banista de Tehuantepec, 1930

1930 MXN 24,000.00 - 34,000.00 MXN 42,500.00
5 CARLOS MERIDA (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, 1891 - Ciudad de Mexico, 1984)

Trajes Regionales Mexicanos

1945 MXN 27,000.00 - 40,000.00 MXN 31,250.00
121 RAFAEL CORONEL (Zacatecas, Zacatecas, 1932 - Ciudad de Mexico, 2019)

La Rosa II

MXN 22,000.00 - 32,000.00 MXN 25,000.00
149 JOY LAVILLE Big green woman (Gran mujer verde)

Big green woman (Gran mujer verde)

MXN 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 MXN 23,750.00
9 FRANCISCO TOLEDO (Juchitan, Oaxaca, 1940 - Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 2019)

Papalote, pulpo

MXN 9,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 21,250.00
67 FERMIN REVUELTAS (Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, 1901 - Ciudad de Mexico, 1935)

a) Boceto de artefacto rural (lado anverso)

2005 MXN 16,000.00 - 30,000.00 MXN 18,750.00
73 OLGA COSTA (Leipzig, Alemania, 1913 - Guanajuato, Guanajuato, 1993)

Estudio para La frondosa

MXN 17,000.00 - 27,000.00 MXN 18,750.00
44 ALBERTO GIRONELLA (Ciudad de Mexico, 1929 - Ciudad de Mexico, 1999)

Chinameca

1995 MXN 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 MXN 17,500.00
31 CARMEN PARRA (Ciudad de Mexico, 1944 - )

Horas de Junio

1944 MXN 16,000.00 - 35,000.00 MXN 16,250.00
86 DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS (Ciudad de Mexico, 1896 - Cuernavaca, Morelos, 1974)

Maternidad

MXN 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 MXN 16,250.00
10 FRANCISCO TOLEDO (Juchitan, Oaxaca, 1940 - Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 2019)

Chango pintando, papalote

MXN 9,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 12,500.00
83 DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS (Ciudad de Mexico, 1896 - Cuernavaca, Morelos, 1974)

Sin titulo, de la suite Prison Fantasies Portfolio II, 1973

1973 MXN 11,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 12,500.00
84 DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS (Ciudad de Mexico, 1896 - Cuernavaca, Morelos, 1974)

Sin titulo, de la suite Prison Fantasies Portfolio II, 1973

1973 MXN 11,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 12,500.00
18 FRANCISCO TOLEDO (Juchitan, Oaxaca, 1940 - Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 2019)

La orinada, 1985

1985 MXN 12,000.00 - 25,000.00 MXN 11,250.00
34 LUIS NISHIZAWA (Estado de Mexico, 1918 - Ciudad de Mexico, 2014)

Volcanes

2000 MXN 8,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 10,625.00
152 FRANCISCO CORZAS

El profeta

1977 MXN 10,000.00 - 25,000.00 MXN 10,000.00
125 LUIS NISHIZAWA (Estado de Mexico, 1918 - Ciudad de Mexico, 2014)

La prensa

MXN 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 MXN 9,375.00
49 RAUL ANGUIANO (Guadalajara, Jalisco, 1915 - Ciudad de Mexico, 2006)

Emilia Sentada

MXN 7,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 9,375.00
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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