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OSENAT: The Spirit of the 20th Century

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Auction Name The Spirit of the 20th Century Total Sales (EUR) 17,289.00
Auction Date June 07, 2025 - June 07, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 5,600.00
Sale Number #160605 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 7,950.00
Total Lots 30
Sold Lots 16.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 10,900.00
% of Lots Sold 53.33% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 15,850.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 109.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
261 Antoni TAPIES (1923-2012)

Roig I Negre 3, 1985

1985 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 6,048.00
160 Serge POLIAKOFF (1900-1969)

Composition in green, blue, red and yellow, 1968

1968 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,284.00
58 Raoul DUFY (1877-1953)

From the Window, 1933

1933 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,260.00
321 CHU Teh-Chun (1920-2014)

Composition, 2000

2000 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,134.00
7 Frantisek KUPKA (1871-1957)

Amorpha, 1913

1913 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,008.00
129 Bernard BUFFET (1928-1999)

Port Breton, 1954

1954 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 504.00
145 Pierre SZEKELY (1923-2001)

Ange table, 1991

1991 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 479.00
165 Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963), After

Innamorati, Jean Cocteau - Exhibition July 15 1961 to August 5. Galerie 65, la Croisette Cannes.

1961 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 454.00
257 Salvador DALI (1904-1989)

Don Quixote and Sancho Panca

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 378.00
118 Antoni CLAVE (1913-2005)

Le Roi Pepe, 1960

1960 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 328.00
233 Joan MIRO (1893-1983)

Catalog raisonne of drawings in six volumes 1901-1981

1901-1981 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 328.00
120 Antoni CLAVE (1913-2005)

L'enfant a la cage, 1950

1950 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
119 Antoni CLAVE (1913-2005)

La Corrida or Running of the Bulls, 1948

1948 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 227.00
323

BEHIND THE MIRROR

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 227.00
60 Sales catalog May 31, 1985

Art Deco Furniture - Madeleine Vionnet - Memories of Jacques Doucet.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 189.00
301 Bernard BUFFET Lithographer

Draeger Editeur, 1979

1979 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 189.00
  • 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.
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