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Pierre Berge and Associes: Genevieve and Jean-Paul Kahn Library

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Auction Name	Genevieve and Jean-Paul Kahn Library	Total Sales (EUR)	4,608,175.00
Auction Date	October 09, 2020 - October 09, 2020	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	1,747,000.00
Sale Number	#107761	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	2,347,400.00
Total Lots	256
Sold Lots	248	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	1,798,000.00
% of Lots Sold	96.88%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	2,414,400.00
Unsold Lots	8	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	190.86%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
237	Dorothea TANNING.	The Civilizing Influence. 1944. Huile sur toile (30,4 x 45,7 cm), signée et datée...	1944	EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00	EUR 352,350.00
89	Marcel DUCHAMP.	De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy [La Boîte-en-valise]. Paris-Milan, 1966....	1966	EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	EUR 279,450.00
236	Yves TANGUY.	Sans titre. 1935. Gouache sur papier (8,4 x 28,5 cm), signée et datée. Remarquable...	1935	EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00	EUR 170,000.00
206	Francis PICABIA.	290. Nº 1. Prix 10 F. 10 janvier 1917. Barcelone. [Barcelone, fin 1916.] Manuscrit...		EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	EUR 162,500.00
49	André BRETON.	Cycle systématique de conférences sur les plus récentes positions du surréalisme....	1935	EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	EUR 128,750.00
39	Victor BRAUNER.	Le Chasseur de l'inconnaissance. 16 juillet 1949. Huile sur toile (60 x 73 cm), signée...	1949	EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	EUR 125,000.00
129	Hannah HÖCH.	Fremde Schönheit [Beauté étrange]. Sans lieu ni date [Berlin, vers 1929]. Collage...	vers 1929.	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	EUR 121,250.00
115	Max ERNST & Ernst Guillaume TEMPEL.	65 Maximiliana ou l'Exercice illégal de l'astronomie. Ecritures et eaux fortes de...		EUR 50,000.00 - 60,000.00	EUR 95,000.00
91	[Marcel DUCHAMP.] Robert LEBEL.	Sur Marcel Duchamp. Eau & gaz à tous les étages. Paris, Éditions Trianon, 1959. In-4,...	1959	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 90,000.00
239	Marie Cerminova dite TOYEN.	Sans titre [Cache-toi guerre !]. 1944. Dessin original signé, encre lavis et rehauts...	1944	EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 68,750.00
148	LAUTRÉAMONT.	Les Chants de Maldoror. Eaux-fortes originales de Salvador Dalí. Paris, Albert Skira,...		EUR 50,000.00 - 60,000.00	EUR 65,000.00
162	Georges MALKINE.	Magie blanche. 1926. Huile sur toile (55 x 32,7 cm), signée en bas à gauche “Malkine...	1926	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 62,500.00
217	[Claire ROY].	Album amicorum. 1945-1989. Petit et fort in-12, basane lavallière à la Bradel, dos...	1945-1989.	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 56,250.00
176	MAN RAY.	Mr. And Mrs. Woodman. Sans lieu [La Haye], Édition Unida, 1970. 2 volumes in-4 :...	1970	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 51,250.00
22	Hans BELLMER.	Fillettes. Sans date [vers 1938]. Dessin original signé, gouache en 5 tons sur papier...		EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 47,500.00
56	[Louis BRODER].	Estampes originales, Album A. Paris, Louis Broder, 1956. Portfolio grand in-folio...	1956	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 47,500.00
37	Victor BRAUNER.	Murmure du mur. 6 octobre 1943. Cire gravée et rehaussée sur carton (175 x 135 mm),...	6 octobre 1943.	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 45,000.00
96	Paul ÉLUARD.	Capitale de la douleur. Paris, éditions de la Nouvelle Revue française, 1926. Petit...	1926	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 42,500.00
57	Leonora CARRINGTON.	Journal intime. Hazelwood, St Martin d'Ardèche, 1er janvier 1935 - 21 juillet 1939....	1935 - 1939.	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 41,250.00
87	Jean DUBUFFET.	[Les Corps des Dames.] Sans lieu ni date [1950]. Suite de 16 planches montées sur...	1950	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 41,250.00
10	Jean ARP.	Le Voilier dans la forêt. Orné de bois gravés par l'auteur. Paris, Louis Broder,...	1957	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 38,750.00
126	Arshile GORKY.	Sans titre. Sans date. Dessin original, encre et pastel gras sur papier (317 x 215...		EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 38,750.00
82	Robert DESNOS.	Dossier préparatoire et maquette du recueil Rrose Sélavy. Vers 1922-1927. Ensemble...	Vers 1922-1927.	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	EUR 35,000.00
153	Michel LEIRIS.	Bagatelles végétales. Gravures sur cuivre de Joan Miró. Paris, Jean Aubier, 1956....	1956	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 35,000.00
192	Joan MIRÓ.	13 lithographies pour illustrer Le Lézard aux plumes d'or. Sans lieu ni date [Louis...	1967	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 35,000.00

Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.

Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.

Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.

Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.

Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.

Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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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