Sothebys: The Collection of Roberto Agostinelli |A selection, from Tintoret to Giacometti. , pf2524, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 06, 2025 - October 06, 2025

Page Size: 23 items in 1 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Photographer Unknown	Selected Images of Artwork in Italian Museums (12 photographs)	circa 1870.	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,397.00
4	Horst P. Horst	Lisa with Harp, Paris	1939, printed later	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 9,525.00
5	Lillian Bassman	Barbara Mullen, Le Grande Vefour, Paris, 1949	1949, printed 1992	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 8,255.00
9	Michael Levin	Approaching Rains	2012	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,143.00
13	Alexandre Noll	Untitled	1960	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 762.00
30	Robert Mapplethorpe	Irises	1987	EUR 18,000.00 - 25,000.00	EUR 88,900.00
33	Hiroshi Sugimoto	Sea of Japan, Hokkaido	1986	EUR 250,000.00 - 350,000.00	Not Sold
35	Lillian Bassman	It's a Cinch: Carmen, New York, Harper's Bazaar, 1951	1951, printed later	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
36	Peter Beard	Veruschka von Lehndorf roping rhinos for eventual release at Darajani, Tsavo Park	1964, printed later	EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	Not Sold
42	Lillian Bassman	Barbara Mullen, Le Pavillon, New York, Harper's Bazaar, April 1950	1950, printed later	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 4,445.00
45	Walter Lees	Selected images of India and Bhutan (7 photographs)	1996	EUR 2,400.00 - 3,200.00	EUR 1,651.00
56	Horst P. Horst	Fashion: Model in Surreal Location with Balls	circa 1940.	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
57	Chris Levine	Lightness of Being	2008	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 12,065.00
75	William Klein	Nina + Simone, Piazza di Spagna, Rome 1960 (Vogue)	1960, printed later	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
80	Alan Aldridge	Chelsea girls, 1966	1970 (signed and dated later)	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,905.00
84	Peter Beard	Colonial East Africa	1960, printed later	EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 8,890.00
88	Irving Penn	Imperial Pink Bud (Top); Imperial Gold Bud (Bottom), New York	1971, printed 2007	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	Not Sold
91	William Klein	Hat + Five Roses, Paris (Vogue)	1956, printed2000.	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	Not Sold
96	Arnold Newman	Igor Stravinsky	1960, printed later	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 4,064.00
109	Henri Cartier-Bresson	Marilyn Monroe during the filming of 'The Misfits' (2 photographs)	1960	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 4,826.00
113	Louis Faurer	Bowing for the Vogue Collections	1972, printed later	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	EUR 6,350.00
115	Travail du XIXe siecle	Selected Images of 19th Century Egypt (10 photographs)	circa 1860s-1880s.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
118	Lawrence Schiller	Marilyn: Color 3, Frame 18, May 1962	1962, printed2012	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 762.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.