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Rossini: Photography and Modern Art

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Photography and Modern Art	Total Sales (EUR)	21,119.68
Auction Date	July 09, 2025 - July 09, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	13,927.00
Sale Number	#167448	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	21,425.00
Total Lots	291
Sold Lots	130.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	54,322.00
% of Lots Sold	44.67%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	81,520.00
Unsold Lots	161	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	25.91%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
63		Gustave LE GRAY (1820-1884). Portrait of Alexandre Dumas.	Circa 1860's	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,100.00
440	RIOPELLE Jean-Paul	Hibou IX,	1970	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 2,108.00
418	BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules).	Les diaboliques.	1925	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,860.00
483	HARING Keith, after,	Lucky Strike	1987	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,240.00
409	DELAUNAY Sonia, d'apres,	Arlequin,	1974	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 768.80
51		Photography, Asia, India, China, Cambodia, Angkor, Vietnam, Europe, Italy and miscellaneous. Set of two miscellaneous photographic albums.	Circa 1880-1900	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 744.00
50		Photography, Asia, India, Pakistan, Ceylon and various. Photographic album with more than 120 prints.	Circa 1880-1900	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 620.00
386	PRINNER Anton	Untitled	1939	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 471.20
244	Denis LE MOAL	Cesar, Ndeg1/1.		EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 396.80
351	JOUVE Paul	Panthere marchant		EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 372.00
410	LABICHE (Eugene).	Un chapeau de paille d'Italie.	1960	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 372.00
431		LES PEINTRES TEMOINS DE LEUR TEMPS L'evenement, 1963		EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 372.00
434	GIONO (Jean).	Terre d'or.	1967	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 372.00
245	Denis LE MOAL	JB Marchand. Ndeg1/1.		EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 347.20
340	MIRBEAU (Octave).	Le jardin des supplices.	1927	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 347.20
102	Cecil BEATON	Cecil BEATON (1904-1980). Portrait of General Charles de Gaulle seated in his London office.	Circa 1940's	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 310.00
226	Larry CLARK	Teenage Lust, 1984.	1999	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 310.00
112	Reutlinger, Nadar, W & D Downey and Felix	Theater, actors and actresses, Sarah Bernhardt and miscellaneous. Set of a dozen silver and albumen prints		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 297.60
150	Andre DE DIENES	Nude woman under water (erotic photograph, Erotica).	Circa 1950's	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 272.80
154	Andre DE DIENES	Nude woman (erotic photograph, Erotica).	Circa 1950's	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 272.80
238	Fouad ELKHOURY	Beirut, Lebanon. Silver print,	1992	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 272.80
139	Claude ALEXANDRE	(1940-2010). Set of six vintage silver prints.	Circa 1980's	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 248.00
52		Photography, Middle East, Palestine, West Bank, Israel, Jerusalem, Lebanon, Egypt, North Africa and miscellaneous. Set of two miscellaneous photographic albums.	Circa 1880-1900	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 223.20
159		Unidentified photographer. Reclining nude woman.		EUR 40.00 - 70.00	EUR 223.20
40		Three stereoscopic viewers...) and nearly 600 positive stereoscopic glass plates. On many plates, captions. Examples of subjects: First World War		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 186.00

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.
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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