Sothebys: Modern and Contempory Discoveries, DE2440, Cologne

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 13, 2024 - November 13, 2024
Page Size: 22 items in 1 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100 William Klein

Smoke + Veil, Paris (Vogue)

1958 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 4,560.00
104 Gerhard Richter

Annunciation after Titian (P12)

2015 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 28,800.00
148 Erwin Blumenfeld

Teddy Thurman, New York

EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
149 Herb Ritts

Djimon with Octopus, Hollywood

1989 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 13,200.00
150 Andres Serrano

Piss Discus

1988 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 2,880.00
151 Robert Mapplethorpe

Jack Walls

1982 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 13,200.00
152 Bruce Weber

Tim, Rooftop, Miami Beach, Florida

1986 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 720.00
153 George Hoyningen-Huene

The Divers

1930, printed later. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 13,200.00
154 Rineke Dijkstra

Kolobrzeg, Polen (from Beach Portraits)

1992 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 33,600.00
155 Pieter Hugo

Portrait #1, Rwanda, 2014 (from 1994)

2014 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 9,600.00
156 Alfred Eisenstaedt

First Lesson at the Truempy Ballet School, Berlin

1930 and printed in 1995 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 600.00
157 Alfred Eisenstaedt

Children at a Puppet Theater II, Paris

1963, printed later. EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 1,920.00
158 EugA"ne Atget

Porte, 42 rue de ClA(c)ry

1903-04. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
159 BrassaA-

Salvador DalA and Gala, Villa Seurat, Paris

circa 1932, printing date unknown. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
160 Peter Hujar

Merce Cunningham and John Cage Seated

1986 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,400.00
161 Pieter Hugo

Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria (from The Hyena and Other Men)

2005 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 13,200.00
162 Roger Ballen

Dresie and Casie, Twins, Western Transvaal, South Africa

1993 and printed in 1996 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,400.00
163 Joel-Peter Witkin

Angel of the Carrots (i); The Bird of Quevada (ii); The Beautiful Man (iii) [3 works]

1982 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
164 Edward Burtynsky

Bao Steel #7 (from China)

2005 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 3,600.00
165 Michael Wolf

Transparent City #85

2007 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 1,920.00
179 Judit Reigl

Presence

EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 4,800.00
216 Floris NeusA1/4ss

WA$chter II

1985 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 960.00
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 746. Speed's Dual Atlas of Britain & the World with 96 Maps (1676). Est. $70,000 - $85,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 9. Visscher's Superb Double-Hemisphere World Map with Representations of the Elements (1658). Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 58. One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1554). Est. $5,000 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 745. A Complete Example of Ortelius' Atlas of Ancient Geography (1624). Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 73. First English Map to Show California as an Island (1625). Est. $16,000 - $19,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 156. Bachmann's Dramatic View of the Mid-Atlantic Region (1861). Est. $1,800 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 741. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776). Est. $9,000 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 695. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific (1589). Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 733. Superb Image of the Presentation of Jesus in Hand Color (1502). Est. $700 - $850
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 52. Produced by the Psychological Warfare Branch to Encourage Surrender (1945). Est. $200 - $230
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605) - [Opera omnia]. Bologna: Bellagamba, Benacci, Bonomi, Tebaldini, Ferroni, 1599-1668. €22.000-€28.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [CANALETTO] - VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) da Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, detto 'Il Canaletto') - Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. Venezia: Giovanni Battista Pasquale, 1742-51. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Fables Choisies. Parigi: Claude Barbin, 1668. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599) - [I continenti] - Europa; Africa; America Sive India Nova; Asia. Amsterdam: S.d. [ca. 1633]. €2.000-€3.000
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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