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Galerie Bassenge: Modern and Contemporary Art I

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Auction Name Modern and Contemporary Art I Total Sales (EUR) 263,424.00
Auction Date November 30, 2024 - November 30, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 130,700.00
Sale Number #124MKI High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 175,100.00
Total Lots 98
Sold Lots 78 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 201,300.00
% of Lots Sold 79.59% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 264,000.00
Unsold Lots 20 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 99.78%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8103 Kandinsky, Wassily

Komposition

1922 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 15,360.00
8043 Kollwitz, Kathe

Wehrt dem Hunger! Kauft Ernahrungsgeld!

1924 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 14,080.00
8092 Feininger, Lyonel

Villa am Strande,

1920 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 14,080.00
8022 Nolde, Emil

Akt

1906 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,680.00
8201 Bellmer, Hans

A Sade

1961 EUR 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 7,040.00
8091 Feininger, Lyonel

Spazierganger

1918 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,400.00
8112 Schlemmer, Oskar

Figurenplan K 1

1922 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,144.00
8149 Mappenwerke

Europaische Graphik II

1964 EUR 3,600.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,888.00
8183 Chagall, Marc

Spaziergang II

1922 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,632.00
8196 Poliakoff, Serge

Composition verte, bleue et rouge

1965 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,632.00
8050 Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl

Weiblicher Kopf

1915 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,376.00
8110 Baumeister, Willi

Figuren malerisch

1936 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,376.00
8113 Schlemmer, Oskar

Figur H2

1922 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,376.00
8070 Beckmann, Max

Strand

1922 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,120.00
8069 Beckmann, Max

Schlafendes Madchen im Kornfeld

1922 EUR 3,600.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,480.00
8162 Nicholson, Ben

Ohne Titel

1948 EUR 2,600.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,096.00
8186 Chagall, Marc

Le bouquet vert et violet

1959 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,096.00
8217 Hundertwasser, Friedensreich

The occidental

1977 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,096.00
8019 Corinth, Lovis

Die Liebschaften des Zeus

1920 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,840.00
8056 Pechstein, Hermann Max

Weihnachten

1916 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,840.00
8072 Beckmann, Max

Die Ringer (Ringkampf)

1921 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,840.00
8193 Picasso, Pablo

Peintre au Travail avec Modele barbu et une Spectatrice en Tailleur

1963 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,840.00
8014 Lehmbruck, Wilhelm

Grosse Komposition ("Composition")

1913 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 3,584.00
8048 Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl

Baume im Winter

1905/75. EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,584.00
8202 Bellmer, Hans

Petit Traite de Morale

1968 EUR 1,400.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 3,584.00
  • Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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