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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Auction Date
- 12/03/2025 - 12/03/2025
- Sale Number
- #pf2546
- Total Lots
- 12
- Sold Lots
- 11.0
- Lots Sold
- 91.67%
- Unsold Lots
- 1
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 544,576.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 368,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 559,000.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 398,000.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 609,000.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 89.42%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 | Pablo Picasso | Jacqueline au chapeau de paille (Tete de femme) (B. 1067; Ba. 1279) |
1962 | EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | EUR 152,400.00 |
| 70 | Andreas Gursky | Aletschgletscher |
1993 | EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | EUR 114,300.00 |
| 69 | Thomas Ruff | 16h 54m -- 40deg |
1992 | EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | EUR 88,900.00 |
| 90 | Marc Chagall | Les toits jaunes |
1966 | EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | EUR 60,960.00 |
| 116 | Andy Warhol | Tomato-Beef Noodle O's, from Campbell's Soup II |
1969 | EUR 26,000.00 - 35,000.00 | EUR 38,100.00 |
| 117 | Andy Warhol | Oyster Stew, from Campbell's Soup II |
1969 | EUR 26,000.00 - 35,000.00 | EUR 35,560.00 |
| 143 | Wolfgang Tillmans | Muqarnas |
2006 | EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | EUR 25,400.00 |
| 144 | Helmut Newton | David Lynch and Isabella Rossellini, Los Angeles |
EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 12,065.00 | |
| 142 | Idris Khan | Black Horizon |
2010 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 7,620.00 |
| 181 | Pierre Soulages | Lithographie No. 35 |
1974 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 7,620.00 |
| 180 | Maria-Helena Vieira da Silva | Abstract Construction |
EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,651.00 | |
| 91 | Marc Chagall | Nu aux cheveux blancs |
1963 | EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold |
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![<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.")
