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Damien Voglaire: Modern and Contemporary Art

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Modern and Contemporary Art	Total Sales (EUR)	117,181.25
Auction Date	September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	51,975.00
Sale Number	#168769	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	72,670.00
Total Lots	215
Sold Lots	184.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	83,125.00
% of Lots Sold	85.58%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	116,060.00
Unsold Lots	31	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	100.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
281	MARTINS (Maria).	Explanation I-II-III-IV (1946).	1946	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 10,000.00
282	MARTINS (Maria).	Sans echo, "Jay", "Impossible", "Place a l'implacable" and "Comme une liane" (1946).	1946	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 8,750.00
172	FRANK (Robert).	Highway 40 (1958).	1958	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 6,250.00
213	IONESCO (Irina).	Erotisme II.		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 5,625.00
437	WESTON (Edward).	Moonrise, Death Valley (1938).	1938	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	EUR 4,375.00
197	HANG (Ren).	Untitled (2011).	2011	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,062.50
222	JODICE (Mimmo).	Amazzone (1992).	1992	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 4,000.00
369	RUFF (Thomas).	Zeitungsphoto (1990) ["Breathless" by Jean-Luc Godard].	1990	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,875.00
368	RUFF (Thomas).	Jun 12 1956 (1956-2016).	1956-2016	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,750.00
196	HANG (Ren).	Untitled (2010).	2010	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
353	RETS (Jean).	Untitled (1954).	1954	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 2,375.00
109	D'AGATA (Antoine).	Paris, 2002 [Anticorps series].		EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,250.00
265	MANDELBAUM (Stephane).	Nude II (1981).	1981	EUR 500.00 - 750.00	EUR 2,250.00
171	FRANCIS (Sam).	Happy Death Stone (1960).	1960	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,875.00
186	GOLDIN (Nan).	April in the Window, N.Y.C. (1983).	1983	EUR 500.00 - 750.00	EUR 1,875.00
4	ALECHINSKY (Pierre).	Au fil du bois (1973).	1973	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,500.00
170	FONTANA (Lucio).	L'Epee dans l'eau (1962).	1962	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,375.00
273	MARIEN (Marcel).	Dame a carreau (1986).	1986	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,375.00
218	JACOBS (Renee).	Carolyn with Horse (2009).	2009	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,250.00
347	PRINCE (Richard).	Shark Rule (1984).	1984	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,125.00
375	SEUPHOR (Michel).	Les 64 hexagrammes du Yi-King (1986).	1986	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,000.00
7	ALECHINSKY (Pierre).	Tervueren (1981).	1981	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 937.50
443	ZAO (Wou Ki).	Composition (1967).	1967	EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 937.50
13	ALECHINSKY (Pierre).	Vente Lagache (1971).	1971	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 875.00
247	LEROY (Eugene).	Torse long.		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 875.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.