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Auction Name	Photos Theme	Total Sales (EUR)	10,976.48
Auction Date	December 12, 2024 - December 12, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	11,640.00
Sale Number	#158919	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	15,860.00
Total Lots	240
Sold Lots	65	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	50,770.00
% of Lots Sold	27.08%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	70,200.00
Unsold Lots	175	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	15.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	Felix BONFILS (1831-1885)	Syria, Lebanon,		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 818.40
107	Jean-Claude GAUTRAND (1932-2019)	L'Assassinat du Pavillon Baltard, 1971	1971	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 620.00
53		Landscapes, sites, views, animated scenes and portraits of types: "Pointe du Serail", "Les chiens des rues", "Palais de l'Ambassade de France a Therapia", Marchand dans les rues d'Istanbul, Mosquee Yildiz Hamidiye, "Vue de Galata prise de Stamboul", "Kios		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 409.20
40	Edouard Baldus (1813-1889)	Avignon, general view, c. 1860	c.1860	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 372.00
127		Culturist, c. 1890	c.1890	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 297.60
239	Thomas CONSANI (Born 1970)	Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1989	1989	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 285.20
69	Jeanne Toussaint	Jeweler and fashion icon, also known as the Panther, posing for the House of Cartier adorned with pearls, turban and oriental silk ... c. 1920	c. 1920	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 272.80
98		Paris firefighters experiment with high-powered engines on Notre Dame de Paris, c. 1935	c.1935	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 272.80
15	Charles MARVILLE (1813-1879)	Plate by Campana: Dionysus, Ampelos and Ariadne, Louvre, c. 1860	c.1860	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 248.00
29	James ROBERTSON (1813-1888) (Attributed to)	The Four Fountains, Messina, Italy, c. 1860	c.1860	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 248.00
56	LEHNERT & LANDROCK (1878-1948) (1878-1966)	Tunisia, animated scenes: Oasis and discussion in the sun, c. 1910	c.1910	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 248.00
110	Pierre BOULAT (1924-1998)	Le rendez-vous amoureux, Paris, 1959	1959	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 248.00
118	A CALAVAS (publisher)	Studies of Female Nudes in the Studio, c. 1870	c.1870	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 248.00
150	Pierre BOULAT (1924-1998)	Top model Fabienne en Marie Chantal, in an ocelot coat from Balmain, at the rue Mouffetard market, Paris, 1955	1955	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 210.80
33	BISSON Freres, Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) & August	Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, c. 1850	c.1850	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 198.40
100		La Tour Eiffel illuminee au cours de l'Exposition de 1937, 1937	1937	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 198.40
11	BISSON Freres, Louis-Auguste & Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (Dit)	Portal of the Southern Transept, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, c. 1870	c.1870	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 186.00
64		Views and scenes of the railroad construction site (3) and views of various architectural buildings in Abidjan: "Maison de Commerce", "Pavillon particuliers a Abidjan", "Palais du Gouverneur" (25) ... c. 1910 - 1930	c. 1910 - 1930	EUR 300.00 - 350.00	EUR 186.00
65		Sudan, Niger, French Guinea, Mali ... views, animated scenes and portraits of types.		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 186.00
108	Pierre BOULAT (1924-1998)	Tourists, Paris, 1961	1961	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 186.00
109	Pierre BOULAT (1924-1998)	Priests on the Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1961	1961	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 186.00
122	Studio LISEG - Michel PETIT	Claude Bessy, Madeleine Lafon, Michel Renault, Peter Vandyck, Max Bozzoni, Paris Opera, c. 1958	c.1958	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 186.00
129	Maurice TABARD (1897-1984)	Portrait of Alexey Brodovitch, Russian photographer and designer, c. 1950	c.1950	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 186.00
213	Thomas CONSANI (Born 1970)	Fishermen, Mali, Africa, 2001	2001	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 186.00
10		La Marseillaise, Le depart des Volontaires by sculptor Francois Rude, c. 1850	c.1850	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 148.80

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
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

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