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Auction Name Photographs Total Sales (EUR) 468,721.00
Auction Date April 23, 2024 - April 23, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 305,200.00
Sale Number #42324 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 438,300.00
Total Lots 265
Sold Lots 178 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 439,700.00
% of Lots Sold 67.17% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 634,800.00
Unsold Lots 87 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 73.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
74 Robert Mapplethorpe

Thomas in a Circle

1987 EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 36,680.00
70 Nan Goldin

Rebecca and Janet in the showe at the Russian Bathes

1985 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 15,720.00
93 Andreas Gursky

La Defense, Panorama

1987 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 13,100.00
50 Luigi Ghirri

Portfolio "Cantergiani"

1973, 1975 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 11,790.00
43 Luigi Ghirri

Ravenna, from "Paesaggio Italiano" series 1987

1987 EUR 4,500.00 - 6,500.00 EUR 10,480.00
42 Luigi Ghirri

Parigi from "Diaframma 11, 1/125 luce naturale"

1979 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 9,170.00
194 Liu Bolin

Arena, Arcovolo

2008 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,122.00
44 Luigi Ghirri

Reggio Emilia

1985 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 7,860.00
71 Erwin Olaf

Fashion Victims: Calvin Klein,

2000 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,860.00
51 Daido Moriyama

How to create a beautiful picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido

1987 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 7,205.00
3 Luigi Ghirri

Capri

1982 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 6,550.00
11 Gabriele Basilico

Dunkerque

1985 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,550.00
12 Gabriele Basilico

Beirut

1991 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,550.00
91 Gregory Crewdson

Production still (Merchant's row),

2003 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 6,550.00
87 Daniele Buetti

Kate Moss

1996/2002 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 5,895.00
89 Andy Warhol

Pierre Berge, Yves Saint Laurent, Clara Saint, Fred Hughes, and Man in Swimsuit

1970s/1980s EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,895.00
128 Man Ray

Ostrich Egg

1944 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 5,895.00
190 Paolo Ventura

The Balloon Seller, from "Winter Stories" series

2007 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,895.00
47 Luigi Ghirri

Torre dell'Ovo

1982 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 5,240.00
98 Michele Zaza

Cielo segreto

1985 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 5,240.00
46 Luigi Ghirri

Castelli Romani

1982 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,978.00
191 Maria Friberg

Alongside us n.6

2007 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,978.00
9 Gabriele Basilico

Milano

1984 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 4,585.00
94 Thomas Ruff

Portrait (C. Kewer)

1991 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,585.00
188 Mimmo Jodice

Salemi

1984 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,585.00
  • 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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