Sothebys: Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990, N12005, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 21, 2025 - October 21, 2025
Page Size: 45 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 David Vestal

Selected Images (2 photographs)

circa 1940. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 1,524.00
53 Aaron Siskind

Aaron Siskind: 75th Anniversary Portfolio

New York 1936-76, printed in 1979, USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,080.00
64 Harry Callahan

Weed, Aix-en-Provence

1958 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 13,970.00
65 Anne W. Brigman

The Dying Cedar

1908, printed no later than 1948. USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 2,540.00
66 Anne W. Brigman

The Storm Tree

1912, printed no later than 1948. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 2,794.00
67 Anne W. Brigman

The Heart of the Tree

1927, printed no later than 1948. USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 2,286.00
68 Anne W. Brigman

Quest

1934, printed no later than 1948. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,556.00
69 Maurice Tabard

Untitled (Photomontage)

1929 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 3,810.00
70 Edward Weston

Rafael Sala

1924 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 4,064.00
71 Homer Page

Men under Marquee Lights

1933, printed no later than 1958. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,397.00
72 Andre Kertesz

Untitled (man gazing in shop window)

circa 1940. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,175.00
73 Aleksandr Rodchenko

Rodchenko: Never Seen Before

Cologne 1924-31, printed in 1993 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 4,445.00
74 Larry Fink

Making Out 1957-1980

1957-1980, printed in 1980 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,620.00
75 Ilse Bing

Prostitutes, Amsterdam

1931, printed in the 1940s. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 2,286.00
76 Garry Winogrand

Selected Images (4 photographs)

1957, printed in 1974 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 19,050.00
77 Henry Wessel, Jr.

Henry Wessel

Tokyo and Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica. 1968-86, printed in 1987 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 19,050.00
78 Yasuhiro Ishimoto

Little Girl Before Angel at Small Church Door, Chicago

circa 1960, printed no later than 1965. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 3,810.00
79 Yasuhiro Ishimoto

Selected Abstract Studies (6 Photographs)

circa 1950, printed circa 1953. USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,826.00
80 Aaron Siskind

Chicago 9

1948 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,096.00
81 Aaron Siskind

Kentucky 15

1949 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,255.00
  • 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.
  • Sotheby’s
    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.
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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.