Christies: The Collection of Elton John: The Day Sale, 22051, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 22, 2024 - February 23, 2024
Page Size: 171 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 KARL STRUSS (1886--1981)

City of Dreams, 1925

1925 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,710.00
102 KARL STRUSS (1886--1981)

Lower Broadway, New York, 1912

1912, printed 1979 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,788.00
103 LEWIS W. HINE (1874--1940)

Indiana Glassworks, Midnight, Indiana, August,1908

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,190.00
104 LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)

A load of kimonos just finished. Girl very reticent. Thompson St., N.Y., February 10, 1912

1912 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,772.00
105 LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)

Elegant Apartments, New York City, 1912

1912 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,788.00
106 ANDRE KERTESZ (1894--1985)

Hungary (Bathers), June 30, 1917

1917 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,780.00
107 IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883-1976)

Wandering Jew, c. 1920s

c. 1920s USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
108 IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883--1976)

Amaryllis Bud, 1933

1933, printed 1940s USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 27,720.00
109 IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883-1976)

Aeonium, 1920s

1920s, printed c. 1940s USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,670.00
110 IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883-1976)

Tuberose, 1920s

1920s, printed 1940s USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,820.00
111 PAUL OUTERBRIDGE JR. (1896--1958)

Dresser with Tie and Accessories, 1924

1924 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,560.00
112 JOHAN HAGEMEYER (1884-1962)

Untitled, Ferry, 1922

1922 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,024.00
113 EDWARD WESTON (1886--1958)

Johan Hagemeyer, 1921

1921 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
114 DOROTHEA LANGE (1895--1965)

Untitled (Portrait of an unknown man), 1934

1934 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,670.00
115 DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965)

Portrait of a Young Boy, 1929

1929 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,528.00
116 ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946)

Equivalent, 1926

1926 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
117 ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946)

Equivalent, 1927

1927 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 30,240.00
118 ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864--1946)

The Dying Chestnut Tree, Life and Death, 1927

1927 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,820.00
119 RUDOLF KOPPITZ (1884--1936)

Im Schoss der Natur (In the Bosom of Nature), No. 3, 1923

1923 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 32,760.00
120 RUDOLF KOPPITZ (1884-1936)

Der Steinwerfer (The Stone-Thrower), 1923

1923 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,160.00
121 RUDOLF KOPPITZ (1884--1936)

Die Zwei Bruder (Les deux freres), 1930

1930 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,820.00
122 TINA MODOTTI (1896--1942)

Carved Door, c. 1925

c. 1925 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
123 NICKOLAS MURAY (1892-1965)

Frida Kahlo on Bench, 1939

1939 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 27,720.00
124 EL LISSITZKY (1890--1941)

Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1928

1928 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 32,760.00
125 EDMUND KESTING (1892-1970)

Photogramm, 1930

1930 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 13,860.00
  • 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
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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