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Auction Info

Sale Name: Prints and Illustrated Books
Auction Date: 05/29/2019 - 05/29/2019
Year of Sale: 2019
Sale Number: #1914
Total Lots: 270
Sold Lots: 134
Lots Sold: 49.6%
Unsold Lots: 136
Price Unknown: 0

Total Sales (EUR): 243,945.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 93,530.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 124,650.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 169,610.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 230,280.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 105.93%
Currency: EUR
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars: 287,053.00

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
142	WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)	PARC DE SAINT CLOUD, 1904	1904	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	37,700.00
140	WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)	DAME À L'ÉVENTAIL, 1904	1904	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	37,700.00
141	WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)	AUTOMNE, 1904.	1904	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	16,900.00
143	PABLO PICASSO (D'APRÈS)	NATURE MORTE AU GUÉRIDON		EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	15,600.00
153	JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)	LA LIGNE D'HORIZON, 1938	1938	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	13,000.00
235	PIERRE SOULAGES (NÉ EN 1919)	Lithographie n°31, 1972.	1972	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	10,400.00
24	REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	VIEIL HOMME BARBU CHAPEAU DE FOURRURE, YEUX CLOS – AUTOPORTRAIT AVEC SASSKIA – AUROPORTRAIT EN CHAPEAU DE VELOURS AVEC UNE PLUME		EUR 400.00 - 500.00	6,760.00
149	PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)	TOROS EN VALLAURIS, 1957	1957	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	4,680.00
144	PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)	PORTRAIT D'HOMME BARBU, 1966	1966	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	3,900.00
214	HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)	SUMO, 1999.	1999	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	3,640.00
66	PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)	PORTRAIT DE STÉPHANE MALLARMÉ, 1891	1891	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	3,640.00
100	KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)	FEMME À L'ÉVENTAIL Planche du portfolio de la série « Femmes », 1927	1927	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	3,380.00
148	PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)	PALOMA, 24-12-52		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	2,860.00
111	[BERNARD BUFFET] (1928-1999) - Buffet (Annabel)	Le Voyage au Japon	1981	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	2,780.00
64	JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)	L’ENVIE Planche de la série des Péchés Capitaux.		EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	2,600.00
23	REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669)	ADORATION DES BERGERS À LA LAMPE		EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	2,340.00
36	ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)	LE FRUIT ET LA FLEUR		EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,340.00
65	JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)	LA KERMESSE AU MOULIN, 1889	1889	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00	2,210.00
96	[LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA] (1886-1968) - ROMAINS (Jules)	Hommes, médecins, machines	1959	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	2,148.00
70	NICOLAS GLOUTCHENKO (1902-1977)	DOUZE NUS, présentés par Florent Fels.	1928	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	2,080.00
16	FRANCISCO DE GOYA (1746-1828)	LLUVIA DE TOROS		EUR 600.00 - 800.00	2,080.00
112	[BERNARD BUFFET] (1928-1999)	– DANTE L’Enfer	1977	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	1,896.00
15	FRANCISCO DE GOYA (1746-1828)	OTRAS LEYES POR EL OTRA LEYES POR EL PUEBLO		EUR 600.00 - 800.00	1,820.00
98	LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)	DEUX CHATS, 1931	1931	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	1,820.00
99	LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)	JEUNE FILLE AU CHAT, 1959	1959	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,690.00

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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