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Auction Name Photographs: Unveiled Beauty Total Sales (EUR) 111,663.20
Auction Date March 14, 2024 - March 14, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 87,900.00
Sale Number #31424 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 122,250.00
Total Lots 160
Sold Lots 98 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 134,350.00
% of Lots Sold 61.25% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 190,500.00
Unsold Lots 62 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 58.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
17 Carlo Mollino

Untitled (Female figure in studio), 1970s

1970s EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 7,205.00
23 Lucien Clergue

Nude at les Banx, 1982

1982 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 5,895.00
71 Henri Cartier-Bresson

Alicante, Spain, 1933

1933 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,895.00
80 Horst P. Horst

Lisa with Harp, 1939

1939 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,895.00
4 Lisetta Carmi

From the series "I Travestiti", 1965/1971

1965/1971 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,978.00
2 Edward Weston

Breast, 1922

1922 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 4,323.00
27 Lucien Clergue

Les Geantes, Camargue, 1978

1978 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,323.00
67 Jeanloup Sieff

Hommage a Seurat, New York, 1965

1965 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,323.00
1 Lisetta Carmi

From the series "I Travestiti", 1965/1971

1965/1971 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,930.00
28 Mario Giacomelli

Untitled (Nude), 1960s

1960s EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,948.00
69 Marino Parisotto

La Perla Lingerie, 1997/1998

1997/1998 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,680.00
32 Franco Fontana

Frammenti, 1982

1982 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,278.00
160 Isabella Accenti

Jazzmine 1, 2021

2021 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,278.00
26 Lucien Clergue

Nude on the beach, Camargue, 1972

1972 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,144.00
34 Maurizio Galimberti

Tre nudi Stella di Plastica, Paris, 2015

2015 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,144.00
37 Imogen Cunningham

Phoenix Recumbent, 1968

1968 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 2,144.00
12 Gaetano D'Agata

Caino, 1910s/1920s

1910s/1920s EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,010.00
25 Lucien Clergue

Vikki in Death Valley, 1981

1981 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,876.00
19 Franco Fontana

Presenza assenza, 1994

1994 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,474.00
20 Franco Fontana

Untitled (Nude), 1983

1983 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,474.00
66 Flor Garduno

Mano magica, Mexico, 1999

1999 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,474.00
42 Will McBride

From the series "Il corpo rivelato", 1982

1982 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,340.00
44 Will McBride

From the series "Il corpo rivelato", 1982

1982 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,340.00
36 Jock Sturges

Maia and Minna, Montalivet, France, 1994

1994 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,273.00
24 Franco Fontana

Frammenti, 1982

1982 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,139.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: U.S. / European Shipping Archive 1800-1814. The Widow Bermingham & Sons Collection. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Bunreacht na hÉireann. Constitution of Ireland. An important copy of the First Printing of De Valera’s new Constitution, approved in 1938. Signed by the Constitution Cabinet. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. Magnificent Hand-Coloured Copy - Only 25 Copies. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Cantillon (Richard). Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General, Traduit de l'Anglois, Sm. 8vo London (Fletcher Gyles) 1756. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Gregory, (Lady Augusta). Spreading the News: The Rising of the Moon: The Poorhouse (with Douglas Hyde). Being Vol. IX of the Abbey Theatre Series. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Lavery (Lady Hazel). A moving series of three A.L.S. and a Telegram to Gen. Eoin O'Duffy, July-August 1927, expressing her grief at the death of Kevin O'Higgins. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Dampier (Wm.) Nouveau Voyage Autour du Monde, ou l'on descrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique…, 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam, 1698. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Howell (James). Instructions for Forreine Travel Shewing by what Cours, and in what Compasse of Time…, London, 1642. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999, First Edn., First Printing of Deluxe Collectors Edn. Signed. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: James (Wm.) A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of The Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America. 2 vols. Lond. 1818. €650 to €900.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: The Laws of the United States, Published by Authority, 3 vols. Philadelphia (Richard Folwell) 1796. €600 to €800.
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