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Sothebys: A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection Part III

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Auction Name A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection Part III Total Sales (USD) 162,877.00
Auction Date June 20, 2025 - June 20, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 134,150.00
Sale Number #N11792 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 198,500.00
Total Lots 49
Sold Lots 49.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 134,150.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 198,500.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 82.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
55 Georges Hugnet

"Il faut bien oublier," dit le lynx rendu a liberte

 1936 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 38,100.00
12 Andres Serrano

Red Pope Parts I-III

 1990 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,480.00
33 Gregory Crewdson

Untitled (pregnant woman/pool)

 1999 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,890.00
66 James Casebere

Four Flooded Arches From Left

 1999 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,255.00
36 Gregory Crewdson

Untitled

 1997 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,620.00
60 Darren Almond

Dawn and Dusk

 1996 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,715.00
96 Damien Hirst

Untitled Pill and Syringe 2

 2007 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,334.00
7 Janine Antoni

Coddle

 1999 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,080.00
38 Olafur Eliasson

Your House

 2006 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,826.00
141 Sean Scully

Etchings for Federico Garcia Lorca

 2003 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,064.00
64 Sam Taylor-Johnson

Self-Portrait as Tree

 2000 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,810.00
46 Pablo Picasso

Jeune femme montrant son sexe a deux courtisans grotesques prosternes, from the 347 series (Bloch 1664; Baer 1680)

 1968 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,810.00
47 Pablo Picasso

Jeune courtisane avec un gentilhomme, un sculpteur, et un vieillard alleche, from the 347 series (Bloch 1665; Baer 1681)

 1968 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,810.00
13 James Casebere

A Barrel Vaulted Room

 1994 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,302.00
18 Rachel Whiteread

Demolished

 1996 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 2,540.00
37 William Wegman

Visitors Welcome

 circa 1979. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,159.00
111 Sol LeWitt

All Double Combinations (Superimposed) of Geometric Figures (Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle, Trapezoid, Parallelogram): One Plate (Krakow/Witkin 1977.08)

 1977 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,159.00
59 Nina Levy

Second Head

 2002 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,905.00
115 Robert Gober

Untitled

 2000 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,905.00
14 Janine Antoni

Mommie

 1995-96 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 1,651.00
20 James Casebere

Bacillus Pestis

 1976 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,651.00
21 Uta Barth

Untitled (05.8)

 2005 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,651.00
76 Jaume Plensa

Deaf? Fat; Mute? Bad; and Blind? Dumb

 circa 1996 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,524.00
63 Sam Taylor-Johnson

Five Revolutionary Seconds XII

 1998 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 1,397.00
134 Tokihiro Sato

Photo Respiration From the Sea #333 Yura

 1999 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,397.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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