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Auction Name Prints, Multiples and Illustrated Books Total Sales (EUR) 349,124.00
Auction Date June 30, 2021 - June 30, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 213,500.00
Sale Number #63021 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 296,000.00
Total Lots 211
Sold Lots 108 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 411,600.00
% of Lots Sold 51.18% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 568,700.00
Unsold Lots 103 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.39%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
65 Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)

Françoise - 14 juin 1946

1946 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 88,400.00
76 Pierre Soulages (b. 1919)

Etching n° XXXVIII - 1980

1980 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,850.00
66 Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)

Marie-Thérèse considérant son effigie surréaliste sculptée - 1939

1939 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 13,000.00
13 Sam Francis (1923 - 1994)

La Primavera Fredda - 1988

1988 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 12,350.00
10 Sam Francis (1923 - 1994)

Trietto II - 1991

1991 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 11,050.00
184 Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992)

Portrait of William Blake - 1981

1981 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 11,050.00
67 Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) (after)

Tête de femme au chapeau, Dora Maar - 1956

1956 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 10,140.00
120 Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)

Marilyn (1967) - 1986

1986 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 9,100.00
177 Jim Dine (born 1935)

Yellow Enamel - 2006

2006 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 9,100.00
181 Jeff Koons (b. 1955)

Puppy - 1998

1998 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,150.00
70 Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)

Petite Bacchanale (1959-1961) - 1963

1963 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,760.00
9 Sam Francis (1923 - 1994)

Untitled (SF-143) - 1973

1973 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,200.00
43 Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989)

Saint-Jacques de Compostelle - 1958

1958 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 4,940.00
132 Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968)

Concetto Spaziale Rosso - 1968

1968 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,940.00
113 François-Xavier Lalanne (1927 - 2008)

Le canard - 2004

2004 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 4,420.00
12 Sam Francis (1923 - 1994)

Untitled (SF-269) - 1982

1982 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 4,160.00
125 Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola) (1928-1987) and Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) (after)

Offset print poster on paper

EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,098.00
1 Sam Francis (1923 - 1994)

Untitled (SFE-073 RC) - 1973

1973 EUR 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,900.00
4 Sam Francis (1923 - 1994)

Untitled (SF-343) - 1990

1990 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,900.00
5 Sam Francis (1923 - 1994)

A Sail - 1969

1969 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,900.00
31 Joan Miró (1893 - 1983)

La mélodie Acide -1980

1980 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,900.00
129 Robert Indiana (1928 - 2018)

The Tel Aviv Peace (Shalom) - 2004

2004 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 3,900.00
119 Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)

Mao Tse-Tung (Announcement) - 1972

1972 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,824.00
74 Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965)

Portrait - 1960

1960 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,250.00
219 Helmut Newton (1920 - 2004)

Sumo - 1999

1999 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,159.00
  • 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.
  • 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
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    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
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    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
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    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:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    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
    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: 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
    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: 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
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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.
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