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Desa Unicum: Photography Classics and Avant-Garde

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Auction Name	Photography Classics and Avant-Garde	Total Sales (PLN)	435,840.00
Auction Date	April 29, 2025 - April 29, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN)	408,100.00
Sale Number	#42925a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN)	599,400.00
Total Lots	88
Sold Lots	44.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (PLN)	632,800.00
% of Lots Sold	50.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (PLN)	921,500.00
Unsold Lots	44	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	47.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
6	Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz	Niesmialy bandyta i "Grozny bandyta" - zestaw 2 fotografii	1931	PLN 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	PLN 120,000.00
40	Piotr Uklanski	Bez tytulu (Brooklyn Bridge Tail Lights) - dyptyk	1998	PLN 65,000.00 - 90,000.00	PLN 66,000.00
12	Ewa Partum	Gimnastyka konceptualna	1972/1997	PLN 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	PLN 26,400.00
7	Natalia Lach-Lachowicz	Snienie	1978	PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	PLN 22,800.00
8	Natalia Lach-Lachowicz	Snienie	1978	PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	PLN 22,800.00
9	Natalia Lach-Lachowicz	Sztuka konsumpcyjna - zestaw 3 prac	1972	PLN 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	PLN 19,200.00
10	Natalia Lach-Lachowicz	Seans "Piramida" - zestaw 3 fotografii	1979	PLN 18,000.00 - 24,000.00	PLN 18,000.00
11	Natalia Lach-Lachowicz	Sztuczna rzeczywistosc	1976	PLN 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	PLN 14,400.00
66	Kacper Kowalski	Toys for Boys #3	2010/2014	PLN 14,000.00 - 20,000.00	PLN 13,200.00
13	Zofia Kulik	Kwadrat palacow	1990	PLN 12,000.00 - 17,000.00	PLN 11,400.00
3	Zdzislaw Beksinski	Bez tytulu	2 pol lat 50. XX w.	PLN 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	PLN 9,000.00
27	Lodz Kaliska	Portret rodzinny we wnetrzu	1999/2025	PLN 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	PLN 7,800.00
57		Drugi Zjazd Solidarnosci,Gdansk, 1990 rok	1990/2025	PLN 5,500.00 - 7,000.00	PLN 6,000.00
14	Teresa Tyszkiewicz	Z serii "Kluski" - zestaw 4 fotografii	1984	PLN 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	PLN 5,760.00
5	Marek Piasecki	Bez tytulu	lata 50-60. XX w.	PLN 4,500.00 - 7,000.00	PLN 5,400.00
17	Bronislaw Schlabs	Fotogram 39/57	1957	PLN 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	PLN 5,400.00
43	Bogdan Konopka	Praga	2002	PLN 4,500.00 - 8,000.00	PLN 4,800.00
62	Edward Hartwig	Z cyklu "Tancerze"	lata 30-40 XX w./1988	PLN 2,600.00 - 4,000.00	PLN 4,560.00
1	Eva Rubinstein	Dziewczyna w pociagu, Stacja Waterloo, Londyn	1969	PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	PLN 4,200.00
2	Eva Rubinstein	Placzaca fontanna, Portugalia	1989	PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	PLN 4,200.00
46		Ulica Marszalkowska	1948/2025	PLN 1,200.00 - 2,000.00	PLN 3,840.00
30		Bez tytulu		PLN 2,600.00 - 4,000.00	PLN 2,880.00
41	Mikolaj Smoczynski	Bez tytulu	lata 80 XX w.	PLN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	PLN 2,880.00
52	Zenon Zyburtowicz	Panorama Warszawy	lata 80. XX wieku/2025	PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	PLN 2,640.00
35	Ireneusz Pierzgalski	Na szybie - detal	1967	PLN 2,400.00 - 4,000.00	PLN 2,400.00

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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.
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.