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Sotheby’s
New York Book Week
12-26 JuneSotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD -
![<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000. -
Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000 -
Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
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Sworders: Paint. Print. Sculpt
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Paint. Print. Sculpt | Total Sales (GBP) | 38,809.60 |
| Auction Date | March 11, 2025 - March 11, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 24,460.00 |
| Sale Number | #A1192 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 36,560.00 |
| Total Lots | 147 | ||
| Sold Lots | 107 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 40,490.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 72.79% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 59,490.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 40 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 65.24% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 297 | Christo Javacheff aka 'Christo' (Bulgarian, 1935-2020) | Packed Fountain and Packed Tower, Spoleto |
1972 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,816.00 |
| 67 | Sir Peter Blake RA (b.1932) | The Classroom Suite, 2009: |
2007 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,176.00 |
| 177 | Dame Elisabeth Frink CH RA (1930-1993) | Horse and Rider |
1970 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,176.00 |
| 237 | John Piper CH (1903-1992) | 'The Geffrye Museum' (Levinson 379) |
1985 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,216.00 |
| 193 | Henry Moore OM CH FBA (1898-1986) | Auden Poems, Moore Lithographs Portfolio, 1974 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,152.00 | |
| 220 | Lynn Chadwick RA (1914-2003) | Moon Series E |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,088.00 | |
| 82 | Helene Binet (Swiss-French, b.1959) | Untitled (Fireman's Cabinet II), Zaha Hadid, fire station, Weil om Rhein, Germany, 1993 |
1993 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 960.00 |
| 188 | John Piper CH (1903-1992) | Courthouse, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire (Levinson 285) |
1978 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 704.00 |
| 221 | Albert Irvin RA (1922-2015) | Abstract compositions |
2006 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 704.00 |
| 338 | Fay Godwin (1931-2005) | Ridgeway: Banbury Castle Clump: Approaching; |
2019 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 665.60 |
| 139 | Sheila Robinson (1925-1988) | Two Houses in Thaxted |
1970 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 640.00 |
| 333 | Uta Barth (German-American, b.1958) | Field #4 |
1995 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 576.00 |
| 55 | Blek le Rat (French, b.1951) | David with Kalashnikoff, 2007 |
2007 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 537.60 |
| 201 | Sir Eduardo Paolozzi RA (1924-2005) | Will Man Desert the Dog for the Dolphin (no. 723); |
1970 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 512.00 |
| 206 | Sir Eduardo Paolozzi RA (1924-2005) | Brazil |
1988 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 512.00 |
| 313 | Jim Dine (American, b.1935) | Self Portraits (1971) |
1971 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 512.00 |
| 327 | Fabian Perez (Argentinian, b.1967) | Christine at the Balcony |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 512.00 | |
| 328 | Fabian Perez (Argentinian, b.1967) | Balcony at Buenos Aires III |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 512.00 | |
| 49 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | Butterfly Rainbow (Small) |
2020 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 486.40 |
| 153 | Augustus John OM RA (1878-1961) | Girl's Head, 1919 (Campbell Dodgson 135) |
1919 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 486.40 |
| 180 | Graham Sutherland OM (1903-1980) | Clegyr-Boia 1, Landscape in Wales, 1936 |
1936 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 486.40 |
| 44 | Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b.1929) | Pumpkin (red) |
2011 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 409.60 |
| 200 | Allen Jones RA (b.1937) | Concerning Marriages |
2009 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 409.60 |
| 298 | Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) | Teeny, |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 409.60 | |
| 48 | Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b.1962) | Flower Ball |
2015 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 384.00 |
