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Auction Info

Sale Name: Genevieve and Jean-Paul Kahn Library
Auction Date: 10/09/2020 - 10/09/2020
Year of Sale: 2020
Sale Number: #107761
Total Lots: 256
Sold Lots: 248
Lots Sold: 96.9%
Unsold Lots: 8
Price Unknown: 0

Total Sales (EUR): 4,608,180.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 1,747,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 2,347,400.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 1,798,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 2,414,400.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 190.86%
Currency: EUR
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars: 5,520,860.00

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
237	Dorothea TANNING.	The Civilizing Influence. 1944. Huile sur toile (30,4 x 45,7 cm), signée et datée...	1944	EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00	352,350.00
89	Marcel DUCHAMP.	De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy [La Boîte-en-valise]. Paris-Milan, 1966....	1966	EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	279,450.00
236	Yves TANGUY.	Sans titre. 1935. Gouache sur papier (8,4 x 28,5 cm), signée et datée. Remarquable...	1935	EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00	170,000.00
206	Francis PICABIA.	290. Nº 1. Prix 10 F. 10 janvier 1917. Barcelone. [Barcelone, fin 1916.] Manuscrit...		EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	162,500.00
49	André BRETON.	Cycle systématique de conférences sur les plus récentes positions du surréalisme....	1935	EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	128,750.00
39	Victor BRAUNER.	Le Chasseur de l'inconnaissance. 16 juillet 1949. Huile sur toile (60 x 73 cm), signée...	1949	EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	125,000.00
129	Hannah HÖCH.	Fremde Schönheit [Beauté étrange]. Sans lieu ni date [Berlin, vers 1929]. Collage...	vers 1929.	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	121,250.00
115	Max ERNST & Ernst Guillaume TEMPEL.	65 Maximiliana ou l'Exercice illégal de l'astronomie. Ecritures et eaux fortes de...		EUR 50,000.00 - 60,000.00	95,000.00
91	[Marcel DUCHAMP.] Robert LEBEL.	Sur Marcel Duchamp. Eau & gaz à tous les étages. Paris, Éditions Trianon, 1959. In-4,...	1959	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	90,000.00
239	Marie Cerminova dite TOYEN.	Sans titre [Cache-toi guerre !]. 1944. Dessin original signé, encre lavis et rehauts...	1944	EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	68,750.00
148	LAUTRÉAMONT.	Les Chants de Maldoror. Eaux-fortes originales de Salvador Dalí. Paris, Albert Skira,...		EUR 50,000.00 - 60,000.00	65,000.00
162	Georges MALKINE.	Magie blanche. 1926. Huile sur toile (55 x 32,7 cm), signée en bas à gauche “Malkine...	1926	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	62,500.00
217	[Claire ROY].	Album amicorum. 1945-1989. Petit et fort in-12, basane lavallière à la Bradel, dos...	1945-1989.	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	56,250.00
176	MAN RAY.	Mr. And Mrs. Woodman. Sans lieu [La Haye], Édition Unida, 1970. 2 volumes in-4 :...	1970	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	51,250.00
56	[Louis BRODER].	Estampes originales, Album A. Paris, Louis Broder, 1956. Portfolio grand in-folio...	1956	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	47,500.00
22	Hans BELLMER.	Fillettes. Sans date [vers 1938]. Dessin original signé, gouache en 5 tons sur papier...		EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	47,500.00
37	Victor BRAUNER.	Murmure du mur. 6 octobre 1943. Cire gravée et rehaussée sur carton (175 x 135 mm),...	6 octobre 1943.	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	45,000.00
96	Paul ÉLUARD.	Capitale de la douleur. Paris, éditions de la Nouvelle Revue française, 1926. Petit...	1926	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	42,500.00
87	Jean DUBUFFET.	[Les Corps des Dames.] Sans lieu ni date [1950]. Suite de 16 planches montées sur...	1950	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	41,250.00
57	Leonora CARRINGTON.	Journal intime. Hazelwood, St Martin d'Ardèche, 1er janvier 1935 - 21 juillet 1939....	1935 - 1939.	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	41,250.00
10	Jean ARP.	Le Voilier dans la forêt. Orné de bois gravés par l'auteur. Paris, Louis Broder,...	1957	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	38,750.00
126	Arshile GORKY.	Sans titre. Sans date. Dessin original, encre et pastel gras sur papier (317 x 215...		EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	38,750.00
153	Michel LEIRIS.	Bagatelles végétales. Gravures sur cuivre de Joan Miró. Paris, Jean Aubier, 1956....	1956	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	35,000.00
192	Joan MIRÓ.	13 lithographies pour illustrer Le Lézard aux plumes d'or. Sans lieu ni date [Louis...	1967	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	35,000.00
82	Robert DESNOS.	Dossier préparatoire et maquette du recueil Rrose Sélavy. Vers 1922-1927. Ensemble...	Vers 1922-1927.	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	35,000.00

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Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.