Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers: Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: C. 1900-1990, 111925, Hudson

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025
Page Size: 153 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
69 Alexander Archipenko

Angelica

1922, printed in 1967 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 204.00
70 Louis Henri Forain

Reading the Records; and The Prisoner and the Child

1909 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 136.00
71 E J Bellocq

Untitled, from Storyville Portraits

1913, printed 1966-67 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,768.00
72 Cornelia B. McCoy

A Glimpse of New York China Town

1915 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 340.00
73 Cornelia B. McCoy

Untitled (The Dairy Barn)

circa 1915 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 408.00
74 Andre Kertesz

First Class Funeral

1928 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,088.00
76 Aleksandr Michajlovic Rodcenko

Untitled (Firefighters)

1932 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 816.00
77 Aleksandr Michajlovic Rodcenko

Untitled (Bear at the Zoo)

1938 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 952.00
78 Aleksandr Michajlovic Rodcenko

Untitled (Bird)

1938 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 408.00
79 Aleksandr Michajlovic Rodcenko

Circus, The Juggler

1940 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 952.00
80 Harold Eugene Edgerton

Harold Edgerton: Ten Photographs Portfolio

1933 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,200.00
81 Arthur Rothstein

Mrs. Bailey Nicholson, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

1935, printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 272.00
82 Arthur Rothstein

Forrest Carpenter, Handyman, Eden Mills, Vermont

1937 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
83 Arthur Rothstein

Migrant Field Worker, Vasalia, California

1940, printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 272.00
84 Lou Stoumen

Forty Years Portfolio

1940-1979 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,768.00
85 David Vestal

Sullivan Street, New York; and Provincetown (Weeds)

1948 and 1951 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 544.00
86 David Vestal

14th Street and 4th Avenue, New York; and Easter Parade, New York

1949 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 272.00
87 David Vestal

Anne Vestal, New York; Anne Vestal, New York; and Anne Vestal, Pitt Street

1951 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 272.00
88 David Vestal

Pennsylvania Station, New York; Sixth Avenue, New York; Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street, New York; and Union Square, New York

1966 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 544.00
89 Walker Evans

New Bedford, Massachusetts

1931, printed c. 1970 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,040.00
90 Walker Evans

Doorway, Nyack, New York

1931, printed c. 1970 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 952.00
91 Walker Evans

American Folk Object, Downtown Gallery, New York

1933, printed c. 1970 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 238.00
92 Walker Evans

Dock Worker, Havana

1932, printed c. 1970 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 952.00
93 Walker Evans

Dock Worker, Havana

1933, printed c. 1970 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,088.00
94 Walker Evans

Havana

1933, printed c. 1970 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 612.00
  • 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.