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Sothebys: Hommage to Aldo Crommelynk From Picasso to Jasper Johns

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Auction Name Hommage to Aldo Crommelynk From Picasso to Jasper Johns Total Sales (EUR) 921,258.00
Auction Date July 07, 2025 - July 07, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 588,500.00
Sale Number #pf2535 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 803,880.00
Total Lots 114
Sold Lots 113.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 592,500.00
% of Lots Sold 99.12% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 809,880.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 113.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
307 Pablo Picasso

156 Series

 1968-72, 1978 EUR 260,000.00 - 350,000.00 EUR 279,400.00
308 Jean-Michel Basquiat

Living Sperm

 circa 1986. EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 82,550.00
320 Georges Braque

L'Ordre des oiseaux (V. 182)

 1962 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 69,850.00
305 Pablo Picasso

Le cocu magnifique (Bloch 1244-55; Baer 1432-43; Cramer Books 140)

 1968 EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 63,500.00
317 Georges Braque

Les amaryllis (V. 125)

 1958 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 30,480.00
392 Jasper Johns

Numbers

 1975 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 19,050.00
391 David Hockney

Felicite sleeping, with parrot; and My Mother Today; as a Study for Felicite

 1974 EUR 2,600.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
390 David Hockney

Simplified Faces (States I and II) (S.A.C. 165, 166; MCAT 144, 145)

 1973 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
394 Jasper Johns

Untitled I (Field 213)

 1976 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
412 George Condo

Clown

 1989 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 13,970.00
315 Georges Braque

L'oiseau de feu (V. 121)

 1958 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 12,700.00
301 D'apres Pablo Picasso

Bacchanale

 circa 1955 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 11,430.00
302 D'apres Pablo Picasso

Bethsabee

 1966 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
373 Sam Szafran

L'escalier de la rue de Seine

 1975 EUR 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
358 Pierre Soulages

Eau-forte Ndeg1 (Riviere 1)

 1952 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 8,255.00
400 Jim Dine

Paris Smiles; Paris Smiles in Darkness; Retroussage Eiffel Tower; and Drypoint Eiffel Tower (Four Works)

 1976 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,255.00
304 D'apres Pablo Picasso

Famille de saltimbanques

 circa 1950 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 7,620.00
306 Pablo Picasso - Fernand Crommelynck

Le cocu magnifique (Bloch 1244-55; Baer 1432-43; Cramer Books 140)

 1968 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,620.00
396 Jasper Johns

Land's End II (ULAE 205)

 1978 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,620.00
405 Jim Dine

The Heart Called Paris Spring (D'Oench & Feinberg 118)

 1982 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,985.00
303 D'apres Pablo Picasso

Le Verre d'absynthe

 1972 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
311 Georges Braque

Un poeme dans chaque livre (V. 108)

 1956 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
359 Pierre Soulages

Eau-forte Ndeg2 (Riviere 2)

 1952 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
393 Jasper Johns

Corpse and Mirror (ULAE 167)

 1976 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
411 George Condo

Suite of Seven Prints

 circa 1989 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,096.00
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.