Auction Reports

Galerie Bassenge

Auction Info

Sale Name
Post-War and Contemporary Art II
Auction Date
11/30/2024 - 11/30/2024
Year of Sale
2024
Sale Number
#124ZKII
Total Lots
83
Sold Lots
46
Lots Sold
55.4%
Unsold Lots
37
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (EUR)
37,760.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
19,280.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
26,750.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
33,640.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
46,850.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
80.60%
Currency
EUR
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
39,867.70

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7190 el Attar, Kaja Ohne Titel

2017

 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 5,120.00
7187 Anderle, Jiri Labyrint suzpa a raj srdca III/Mascy

1989

 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 2,176.00
7298 Joan Miro Aus: Francois Chapon, Francis Ponge. Manuscripts - Livres - Peintures

1977

 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 1,792.00
7345 Michael Triegel Daphne

2000

 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 1,536.00
7316 Gerhard Richter Seestuck (Gegenlicht)

1991

 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,280.00
7200 Hans Bellmer Sechs Blatt Druckgraphik

1965-68

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 1,280.00
7196 Christiane Baumgartner Belfast

2004

 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 1,216.00
7266 Werner Heldt Hauser

1949

 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 1,088.00
7209 Adolf Born Hommage a Lucas Cranach

1991

 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 1,024.00
7312 Sigmar Polke Ohne Titel

1988

 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,024.00
7349 Victor Vasarely Feny

1981

 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 1,024.00
7210 Adolf Born Veseli masozravci (Fleischfresser)

1991

 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 1,024.00
7308 Pablo Picasso Eho roto desperado; Tete de Femme; Femme-Fleur

1949/50

EUR 700.00 - 900.00 896.00
7242 Max Ernst Zu: Max Ernst, Paramythes

1967

 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 896.00
7204 Hans Bellmer Unterweisung der Sexualitat

1974

 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 896.00
7185 Anderle, Jiri Vanitas, nach Vermeers Junge Dame mit Perlenhalsband

EUR 500.00 - 700.00 896.00
7223 Christo Ecole militaire, Paris; Project for the Arc de Triomphe, Paris

1961/70

EUR 700.00 - 900.00 896.00
7309 Pablo Picasso Le vieux roi

1959

 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 832.00
7230 Kees van Dongen Les courses d'Alexandrie

Um 1950

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 768.00
7274 Horst Janssen Edgar Allan Poe Nevermore

1988

 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 768.00
7201 Hans Bellmer Nuages; Objet mobile, mitrailleuse en etat de grace

1953/54

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 768.00
7202 Hans Bellmer La cephalopode; Transfert des sens; Selbstportait

1965-74

EUR 360.00 - 500.00 704.00
7243 Ernst, Max - nach nach. Le plus beau mur de mon royaume

1972

 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 640.00
7217 Georges Braque Bouquet de fleurs

Um 1958

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 614.40
7229 Kees van Dongen Le Carousel et le Fiacre

1950

 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 563.20
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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