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Auction Name	Photographs	Total Sales (EUR)	438,046.50
Auction Date	April 10, 2025 - April 10, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	284,200.00
Sale Number	#41025	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	396,200.00
Total Lots	266
Sold Lots	161.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	478,800.00
% of Lots Sold	60.53%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	668,500.00
Unsold Lots	105	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	65.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
83	Francesca Woodman	Untitled Antella, Italie, 1977/1978	1977/1978, printed later and cured by George e Betty Woodman	EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 37,950.00
82	Shirin Neshat	Game of Desire couple #1, 2009	2009	EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	EUR 14,010.00
98	Bernhard Becher	Hochofen Youngstown Ohio, USA, 1981	1981	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 14,010.00
59	Luigi Ghirri	Bologna, from "Studio di Giorgio Morandi" series, 1989-1990	1989-1990	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 12,750.00
60	Luigi Ghirri	Bologna, from "Studio di Giorgio Morandi" series, 1989-1990	1989-1990	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 11,490.00
5	Mario Giacomelli	Scanno, 1957	1957, printed in 1960s/1970s	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 10,230.00
84	Francesca Woodman	New York, 1979	1979, printed later by Igor Bakht under the supervision of Betty and George Woondman	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 10,230.00
106	Paolo Ventura	Behind the walls #4, 2011	2011	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 7,710.00
248	Elisa Sighicelli	Red Gingham, 2002	2002	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 7,710.00
10	Mario Giacomelli	Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto, 1961/1963	1961/1963, printed in 1960s/1970s	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	EUR 7,080.00
246	Erwin Wurm	Nordic Sculpture (Monument), from "One minute sculpture" series, 2002	2002	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,080.00
9	Mario Giacomelli	Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto, 1961/1963	1961/1963, printed in 1974	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 6,450.00
54	Luigi Ghirri	Rimini, from "Paesaggio Italiano" series, 1985	1985	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 6,450.00
266	Angelo Novi	Novecento by Bernardo Bertolucci, 1975	1975	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 6,450.00
56	Luigi Ghirri	Brescello, from "Il Profilo delle Nuovole" series, 1989	1989	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 5,805.00
87	Ruud van Empel	Untitled #3, 2004	2004	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 5,805.00
51	Luigi Ghirri	Reggio Emilia, from "Kodachrome" series, 1972	1972	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,160.00
52	Luigi Ghirri	Modena, from "Still life" series, 1978	1978	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,160.00
58	Luigi Ghirri	Caserta from "Un piede nell'Eden", 1987	1987	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	EUR 5,160.00
63	Timothy Greenfield-Sanders	Heather Hunter, 2003	2003	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,160.00
205	T. Lux Feininger	Student der Bauhause, 1929	1929	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 5,160.00
57	Luigi Ghirri	Carpi, from "Il Profilo delle Nuvole" series, 1985	1985	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	EUR 4,902.00
104	Paolo Ventura	The man in the suitcase #2, 2015	2015	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 4,902.00
101	Paolo Gioli	Untitled (Composizione al cerchio), 1986	1986	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 4,515.00
134	Andres Serrano	Hands 2, 2005	2005	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 4,386.00

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.