Ader: Ancient and Modern Prints
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Ancient and Modern Prints | Total Sales (EUR) | 527,875.00 |
| Auction Date | May 28, 2025 - May 28, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 261,110.00 |
| Sale Number | #162888 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 333,340.00 |
| Total Lots | 372 | ||
| Sold Lots | 281.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 317,020.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.54% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 405,520.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 91 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 130.17% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1526/30-1569) (after) | The Temptation of Saint Anthony. |
1556 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 41,600.00 |
| 255 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) | Boy and Sleeper by Candlelight. (Suite Vollard, Pl. 26). |
1934-11-18 | EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 27,300.00 |
| 254 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) | Bacchanalian Scene with Minotaur (Suite Vollard, Pl. 85). |
1933-05-18 | EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 24,700.00 |
| 347 | Jacques Villon (Gaston Duchamp, known as) (1875-1963) | Monsieur D. [Duchamp] reading. |
1913 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 16,900.00 |
| 252 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) | Three Nude Women and a Cup of Anemones. (Suite Vollard, Pl. 67). |
1933-04-06 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 14,950.00 |
| 306 | Armand Seguin (1869-1903) | *Cormorants flying over the waves. |
Circa 1892 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 11,868.00 |
| 361 | Zao Wou-Ki (naturalized French Chinese, 1920-2013) | Bathers. |
1949 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 10,530.00 |
| 368 | Marc Chagall (1887-1985) (after) | The Song of Songs. |
1975 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 10,400.00 |
| 263 | Odilon Redon (1840-1916) | To Gustave Flaubert; six drawings for the Temptation of St. Anthony [2nd series]. |
1889 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 9,750.00 |
| 249 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) | Painter picking up his brush, with a turbaned model (H. de Balzac, Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, Pl. VII). |
1927-1930 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 8,710.00 |
| 53 | Emile Bernard (1868-1941) | Bretonnieres feeding pigs (Pl. des Bretonneries). |
1889 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 7,800.00 |
| 86 | Honore Daumier (1808-1879) | Les Gens de justice. |
1845-1848 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 7,800.00 |
| 143 | Grandville (Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gerard, known as) (1803-1847) | Another world. Poster announcing the work and its publication. |
1844 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 7,800.00 |
| 33 | Giambattista Piranesi (1720-1778) | Trofeo o sia Magnifica colonna coclide... |
About 1775 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 7,582.00 |
| 266 | Henri Riviere (1864-1951) | Lancieux (Saint-Briac). |
1891 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 7,540.00 |
| 363 | Kioyoshi Hasegawa (Japanese, 1891-1980) | Tame bird (seeds and flowers). |
1962 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 7,150.00 |
| 268 | Henri Riviere (1864-1951) | Paris, the Eiffel Tower construction site. |
1889 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 6,760.00 |
| 1 | A strong lot of antique prints by or after Aldegrever, Bloemaert, Della Bella, Callot, Cochin, Demarteau, Ghisi, Goltzius, Hogarth, Larmessin, L. de Leyde, Mitelli, Raphael, Rembrandt, Rigaud, Rubens, Watteau, etc.; Italian, French, Dutch masters, ornamen |
EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 6,500.00 | ||
| 80 | Edouard Chimot (1880-1959) | Petits Poemes en Prose by Charles Baudelaire. Illustration projects. |
Circa 1900-1910 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 6,500.00 |
| 85 | Charles-Francois Daubigny (1817-1878) | Voyage en bateau. Etching by Daubigny. |
1862 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 6,240.00 |
| 3 | Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) | *The Deploration of the Dead Christ (Pl. of the Great Passion). |
Circa 1498-1499 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,934.00 |
| 309 | Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923) | Coming soon, the illustrious Compagnie du Chat Noir with its famous shadow plays, poets and composers. Bookstore poster. |
1896 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,460.00 |
| 265 | Henri Riviere (1864-1951) | Vegetable garden at La Ville-Hue (Saint-Briac). |
1890 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,940.00 |
| 236 | Alfredo Muller (1869-1940) | Portrait of Stephane Mallarme. |
1898-1899 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 4,680.00 |
| 323 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) | L'Argent. Comedy in 4 acts by M. Emile Fabre (Program for Les Menus-Plaisirs, May 5, 1895). |
1895 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,160.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
