Ader: Photographs - On the Occasion of Paris Photo
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs - On the Occasion of Paris Photo | Total Sales (EUR) | 439,946.00 |
| Auction Date | November 14, 2025 - November 14, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 285,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #168487 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 408,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 335 | ||
| Sold Lots | 170.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 655,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 50.75% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 939,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 165 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 46.81% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | William Klein (1926-2022) | Gun 1. New York, 1954. |
EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 26,000.00 | |
| 67 | Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804-1892) | Exedra of the Great Court. Baalbek, Lebanon, 1843-1844. |
EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 16,900.00 | |
| 157 | Brassai (Gyula Halasz, known as) (1899-1984) | Transmutations by Brassai. |
EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 9,750.00 | |
| 212 | Josef Koudelka (1938) | Portugal, 1976. |
EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 9,750.00 | |
| 232 | Peter Lindbergh (1944-2019) | Lynne Koester, Pin-Up Studio. Paris, 1986. |
EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 8,840.00 | |
| 123 | Germaine Krull - Emmanuel Sougez - Egidio Scaioni - Seeberger Freres - Florence Henri - Dora Kallmus, known as Madame d'Ora - Luigi Diaz - Georges Blanc, known as Geo Blanc - Henri Manuel - Therese Bonney - Henryka Philip and others | Jacques Heim catalogs for 1932. |
EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 8,450.00 | |
| 181 | Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) | Srinagar. Kashmir, India, 1948. |
EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 7,800.00 | |
| 91 | John Beasley Greene (1832-1856) | Ottoman mosque. Cairo, c. 1854-1855. |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 7,410.00 | |
| 231 | Sally Mann (1951) | Punctus, 1992. |
EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 6,890.00 | |
| 164 | Chris Marker (1921-2012) | The owls, c. 1960. Dominique Raoul-Duval, c. 1960. |
EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 6,240.00 | |
| 104 | Francois Aubert circle | Mexico, c. 1867. Views of Mexico City. |
EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,850.00 | |
| 12 | Julien Vallou de Villeneuve (1795-1866) | Boarders at the Comedie Francaise. Paris, c. 1855. |
EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,460.00 | |
| 35 | Edouard Loydreau (1820-1905) | Photographic studies. Album by Edouard Loydreau, 1860. |
EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,460.00 | |
| 57 | Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904) | Study of air movements, 1901. |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 5,460.00 | |
| 103 | Charles Georges Spitz (1857-1894) and others | Memories of Tahiti, 1884-1893. |
EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,460.00 | |
| 150 | Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) | Gardens of the Palais Royal. Paris, 1959. |
EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,460.00 | |
| 206 | Robert Frank (1924-2019) | Shadows. Mabou, December 1997. |
EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,460.00 | |
| 290 | Denis Brihat (1928-2024) | Coquelicot, 1976. |
EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,460.00 | |
| 302 | Bernd Becher (1931-2007) and Hilla Becher (1934-2015) | Industriehallen (Industrial Facades). Image II. Typologies series, 2006. |
EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,460.00 | |
| 5 | Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne (1806-1875) - Adrien Tournachon (1825-1903) | Mecanisme de la physionomie humaine, ou Analyse electro-physiologique de l'expression des passions, 1854-1856. |
EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,200.00 | |
| 27 | Eugene Atget (1857-1927) | Belvedere at the Petit Trianon. Versailles, c. 1900. |
EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,200.00 | |
| 297 | Robert H. Cumming (1943-2021) | The ball was hap hazardly left at the foot of the stairs. And later, if again hap hazardly, kicked over to the base of the folding screen, 1974. |
EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 5,200.00 | |
| 312 | Samuel Fosso (1962) | The Chief. Tati series, 1997. |
EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,200.00 | |
| 145 | Edward Weston (188-1958) | Nude on Sand [Charis Wilson, 1936] for Louis Clyde Stoumen's documentary The Naked Eye, 1956. |
EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 4,550.00 | |
| 187 | Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) | Descending the Rhine between Bingen and Saint Goarshausen. Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 1956. |
EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,550.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
