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Auction Name Recollections: Modern and Contemporary Art's Books and Documents Total Sales (EUR) 114,156.80
Auction Date July 16, 2020 - July 16, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 74,450.00
Sale Number #54 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 105,710.00
Total Lots 243
Sold Lots 159 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 128,760.00
% of Lots Sold 65.43% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 183,020.00
Unsold Lots 84 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 62.37%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
37 Calzolari, Pierpaolo (1943)

CALZOLARI, PIERPAOLO Untitled (The Train - Telegrams), 1976

 1976 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,620.00
80 Interfunktionen

RIVISTE D’ARTISTA - INTERFUNKTIONEN nn. 1 - 12 [All published - All published], Koln, 1968/1975/2004 *, 12 volumes, paperback.

 1968/1975/2004 * EUR 3,500.00 - 3,700.00 EUR 5,730.00
25 Bill, Max (Winterthur 1908 - Berlino 1994)

LIBRO D’ARTISTA - BILL, MAX Max Bill: 10 original - lithos, Zürich, Allianz Verlag, 1941, 15x21 cm., Paperback, pp. [6...

 1941 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 5,100.00
142 Richter, Gerhard (Dresda 1932)

LIBRO D’ARTISTA - POSTER - INVITO - RICHTER, GERHARD Polke / RichterHannover, Editions CR: 3, 1966, 23.9 cm x 15.9 cm, paperback, pp. [20].

 1966 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 4,470.00
26 Bill, Max (Winterthur 1908 - Berlino 1994)

LIBRO D’ARTISTA - BILL, MAX X = XZürich, Allianz, Verlag, 1942, 15.9x21.5 cm.

 1942 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 4,344.00
3 AA.VV.

LIBRO D'ARTISTA - AA.VV. Carl Andre - Robert Barry - Douglas Huebler - Joseph Kosuth - Sol Lewitt - Robert Morris - Lawrence...

 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,584.00
97 Lattuada , Alberto (Milano 1914 - Orvieto 2005)

FOTOLIBRO - LATTUADA , ALBERTO Square eye. Twenty-six photographic plates (Milan), Corrente Edizioni, 1941, 22.4x16 cm.,...

 1941 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,200.00
9 Abramovic, Marina (Belgrado 1946)

SET COMPLETO DI SEI POSTER - ABRAMOVIC, MARINA Rhythm 4 - 1974 [Rhytm 4], Padua, Mastrogiacomo Editore, [s.d. ma 1978], 6 posters 49.5x34 cm.

 [s.d. ma 1978] EUR 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 2,816.00
2 AA.VV.

LIBRO D'ARTISTA - AA.VV. Today's art documents 1955/56. Collected by MAC / Espace Milano, Il Salto Editore, 1955, 23x32...

 1955 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 EUR 2,432.00
157 Something Else Press (New York 1963 - New York 1974)

LIBRI - SOMETHING ELSE PRESS (NEW YORK 1963 - NEW YORK 1974) Great Bear Pamphlet nn. 1-20 [all published in first edition, first edition] New York, Something...

 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 2,048.00
6 Anonimo

MAQUETTE PUBBLICITARIA - ANONIMO 3 groschen Oper [The three-penny opera] (s.d. But ca. 1930), 40.3x57.5 cm., Collage and original...

 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,920.00
69 Ghirri, Luigi (1943 - 1992)

FOTOGRAFIA - GHIRRI, LUIGI Milan 1986 (Milan), 1986, 5.5x7 cm.

 1986 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,920.00
117 Neidenberger Georg A.

OPERA SU CARTA (BAUHAUS) - NEIDENBERGER GEORG A. Untitled (ca. 1932), 42.5x58 cm., Tempera on paper, signed "Nei" by Georg. A....

 ca. 1932 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,920.00
38 Cangiullo , Francesco (Napoli 1888 - Livorno 1977)

LIBRO (FUTURISMO) - CANGIULLO , FRANCESCO Piedigrotta. With the Manifesto on the synoptic dynamic declamation of Marinetti, Milan, Futurist...

 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 EUR 1,792.00
111 Moholy-Nagy, Lazlo (Bàcs-Borsod 1895 - Chicago 1946)

LIBRI (BAUHAUS) - MOHOLY-NAGY, LAZLO Malerei - Photographie - FilmMunchen, Albert Langen Verlag, “Bauhausbucher n. 8 ", 1925, 23x18...

 1925 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,792.00
179 Vasari, Ruggero (Messina 1898 - 1968)

LIBRO (FUTURISMO) - VASARI, RUGGERO The man and the machine. Raun. Show by Ruggero VasariMilano, "La Lanterna" Publishing...

 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,792.00
30 Boetti, Alighiero (Torino 1940 - Roma 1994)

UN POSTER - UN LIBRO D’ARTISTA - BOETTI, ALIGHIERO Alighiero and Boetti, Rome, Pio Monti Gallery, 1988, 70x94.7 cm.

 1988 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 1,536.00
76 Hendricks, Geoffrey (Littleton 1931)

LIBRO D’ARTISTA - SEI FOTOGRAFIE - HENDRICKS, GEOFFREY Between two Points - Between two poles - The dreams and journal from - meditative rituals at -...

 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 1,536.00
121 Palermo, Blinky (Leipzig 1943 - Isole Maldive 1977)

MAQUETTE DI LIBRO - PALERMO, BLINKY Palermo - Zeichnungen [Arbeiten auf Papier] 1963 - 1973s.l., S.e, 1974 [October / November], 15x21...

 1974 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,536.00
160 Spazio Rassegna Mensile delle Arti e dell'Architettura diretta dall'architetto Luigi Moretti

RIVISTE D’ARCHITETTURA - SPAZIO RASSEGNA MENSILE DELLE ARTI E DELL’ARCHITETTURA DIRETTA DALL’ARCHITETTO LUIGI MORETTI Space - nn. 1 - 7 [all published] Rome - Milan (nn. 1-2) / Rome - Milan - Paris (nn. 3-7), Felicia...

 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,536.00
83 Kandinsky, Wassily (Mosca 1866 - Neuilly-sur-Seine 1944)

LIBRO (BAUHAUS) - KANDINSKY, WASSILY Punkt und Linie zu Flache. Beitrag zur Analyze der malerischen Elemente, Munchen, Albert Langen...

 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,408.00
138 RAN Rotterdam Art News (1972 - 1974)

RAN ROTTERDAM ART NEWS (1972 - 1974) R.A.N. Rotterdam Art News - nn. 1 - 12 [all published], Rotterdam, Rotterdam Art Promotion, [print:...

 [print:... EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,408.00
72 Guro (Genricovna, Elena ) (Pietroburgo 1877 - Usikirko 1913)

LIBRO (FUTURISMO RUSSO) - GURO (GENRICOVNA, ELENA ) Osennij son. P’esa v vhetyrekh kartinakh (Autumn dream. A comedy in four acts), St. Petersburg, N....

 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,216.00
82 Asger, Jorn (Vejrum 1914 - Aarhus 1973)

LIBRO D’ARTISTA - ASGER, JORN Die Geschichte vom teuren BrotSt. Gallen, Erker-Presse, 1972, 39.5x29.5 cm, portfolio with original...

 1972 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,216.00
89 Klee, Paul Ernst (Munchenbuchsee 1874 - Muralto 1940)

LIBRO (BAUHAUS) - KLEE, PAUL ERNST Pädagogisches Skizzenbuch, Munchen, Albert Langen Verlag, Bauhausbucher no. 2, 1925, 23x18...

 1925 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,216.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
    Sotheby’s
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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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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