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Auction Info

Sale Name
Bibliotheque Daniel Filipacchi - Deuxieme partie:Livres, manuscrits, ...
Auction Date
10/21/2005 - 10/21/2005
Year of Sale
2005
Sale Number
#5410
Total Lots
208
Sold Lots
164
Lots Sold
78.8%
Unsold Lots
44
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (EUR)
5,314,420.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
3,729,200.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
5,005,800.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
5,192,200.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
6,921,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
76.78%
Currency
EUR
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
6,735,000.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
122 Max ERNST A l'interieur de la vue. 8 poemes visibles

EUR 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 572,000.00
76 Giorgio DE CHIRICO -- Guillaume APOLLINAIRE Calligrammes

EUR 400,000.00 - 500,000.00 364,800.00
120 Max ERNST Les Malheurs des Immortels

EUR 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 314,400.00
181 Benjamin PERET -- Joan MIRO Au Paradis des fantomes

EUR 180,000.00 - 220,000.00 191,200.00
199 Contribution au dossier de certains intellectuels a tendance revolutionnaire.

EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 168,000.00
111 Rene MAGRITTE, Paul COLINET, Irene HAMOIR, Marcel LECOMTE, Jean SCUTENAIRE, Georgette MAGRITTE. Cahier de souvenir collectif pour Paul Eluard.

EUR 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 144,000.00
176 Benjamin PERET -- Max ERNST Au 125 du boulevard Saint-Germain

EUR 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 144,000.00
84 Salvador DALI -- Comte de LAUTREAMONT Les Chants de Maldoror.

EUR 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 138,000.00
62 Andre BRETON & Paul ELUARD Dictionnaire abrege du surrealisme

EUR 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 138,000.00
4 Hans BELLMER La maquette preparatoire aux

EUR 100,000.00 - 140,000.00 120,000.00
209 Tristan TZARA L'Antitete.

EUR 100,000.00 - 130,000.00 110,400.00
197 Enquete sur l'amour

EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 108,000.00
18 Hans BELLMER 9 dessins originaux libres signes dont 7 inedits de 1946.

EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 108,000.00
123 Max ERNST -- Lewis CARROLL La Chasse au Snark

EUR 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 98,400.00
177 Benjamin PeRET - Max ERNST Je sublime.

EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 90,000.00
66 Andre BRETON Le Cadavre Exquis. Son exaltation

EUR 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 84,000.00
58 Andre BRETON & Paul ELUARD L'Immaculee conception.

EUR 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 81,600.00
81 Rene CREVEL -- Alberto GIACOMETTI Les Pieds dans le plat

EUR 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 72,000.00
179 Benjamin PERET -- Pablo PICASSO De derriere les fagots

EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 72,000.00
204 Tristan TZARA -- Alberto GIACOMETTI Ramures

EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 68,400.00
116 [Paul ELUARD] -- Didier DESROCHES Le Temps deborde

EUR 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 67,200.00
23 Hans BELLMER -- Heinrich von KLEIST Les Marionnettes.

EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 64,800.00
89 Robert DESNOS Le Parterre d'Hyacinthe.

EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 60,000.00
6 Hans BELLMER. La Poupee

1936

EUR 45,000.00 - 60,000.00 57,600.00
152 MAINS D'ARTISTES Recueil de dessins de mains et de signatures d'artistes

EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 55,200.00

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