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Auction Name Photographs Total Sales (EUR) 1,111,875.00
Auction Date November 10, 2017 - November 10, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 705,000.00
Sale Number #15061 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 992,000.00
Total Lots 143
Sold Lots 70 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,423,000.00
% of Lots Sold 48.95% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 2,004,000.00
Unsold Lots 73 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.48%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
96 IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

The Hand of Miles Davis (B), New York, 1986

1986 EUR 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 EUR 199,500.00
38 LÀSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY (1895-1946)

Photogramme, Dessau, 1925

1925 EUR 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 EUR 125,000.00
111 CANDIDA HÖFER (NÉE EN 1944)

Teatro Olimpico Vicenza II, 2010

2010 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 47,500.00
105 IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

Metropolis, New York, June, 1980

1980 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 43,750.00
95 HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (NÉ EN 1948)

Radio City Music Hall, New York, 1978

1978 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 30,000.00
104 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989)

Flower, 1982

1982 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 30,000.00
34 WOLS (1913-1951)

Sabine Hettner, vers 1935

vers 1935 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 26,250.00
60 HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)

Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1952

1952 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 26,250.00
37 MAN RAY (1890-1976)

Électricité, 1931

1931 EUR 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 23,750.00
94 HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (NÉ EN 1948)

Cabot Street Cinema, Mass, 1978

1978 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 23,750.00
97 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989)

White Gauze, 1984

1984 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 22,500.00
75 HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)

Srinagar, Cachemire, Inde, 1947

1947 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
36 MAN RAY (1890-1976)

Sans titre, rayogramme, vers 1966

vers 1966 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
68 HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)

Île de Sifnos, Grèce, 1961

1961 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
69 HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)

Simiane, La Rotonde, 1970

1970 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 17,500.00
100 GUIDO MOCAFICO (NÉ EN 1962)

Dendroaspis, 2003

2003 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 17,500.00
87 JOSEF KOUDELKA (NÉ EN 1938)

Czechoslovakia, 1966

1966 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 16,250.00
45 BRASSAI (1899-1984)

Graffiti (Série Masques et Visages), vers 1933

vers 1933 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
46 BRASSAI (1899-1984)

Graffiti (série VIII, La Magie), vers 1933

vers 1933 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
53 ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891-1956)

Kulaki (Kulaks), 1928

1928 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
64 RENÉ BURRI (1933-2014)

Rio de Janeiro, Brésil, 1960

1960 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 13,750.00
90 SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (NÉ EN 1994)

Worker Resting, Great Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991

1991 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 13,750.00
102 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989)

Rose, 1989

1989 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
108 HERB RITTS (1952-2002)

Madonna, True Blue, Hollywood, 1986

1986 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
101 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989)

African Daisy, 1982

1982 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 11,250.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
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