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Rossini: Photographs, Lithographs, and Works on Paper

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Auction Name Photographs, Lithographs, and Works on Paper Total Sales (EUR) 22,022.40
Auction Date September 11, 2025 - September 11, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 16,130.00
Sale Number #168957 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 24,230.00
Total Lots 888
Sold Lots 186.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 93,620.00
% of Lots Sold 20.95% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 139,890.00
Unsold Lots 702 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 15.74%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Hans Hartung

Hans Hartung, Lithograph L-23-1974

1974 EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 868.00
3 Hans Hartung

Hans Hartung, Lithograph L-15-1974

1974 EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 868.00
46 Henri Riviere

Henri Riviere, Lithograph 1902

1902 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 756.40
563 Jacques Marechal

Jacques Marechal, Engraving signed lower left and justified

EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 620.00
51 Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall , Lithograph 1969

1969 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 558.00
37 Pablo Picasso d'apres,

Pablo Picasso d'apres,

1963 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 533.20
45 Henri Riviere

Henri Riviere, Lithograph 1901

1901 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 496.00
49 Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall, Lithograph 1979

1979 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 496.00
404 Maurice de Vlaminck

Maurice de Vlaminck , Engraving signed lower right

EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 496.00
36 Pablo Picasso d'apres,

Pablo Picasso d'apres,

1963 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 446.40
621 Raoul Ubac

Raoul Ubac , Etching

1975 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 434.00
540 Auguste Brouet

Auguste Brouet , Original etching signed and anotated "Bon a tirer"

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 396.80
23 Georges Braque

Georges Braque , Lithograph on vellum

1962 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 372.00
38 Pablo Picasso d'apres,

Pablo Picasso d'apres,

1963 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 372.00
39 Pablo Picasso d'apres,

Pablo Picasso d'apres,

1963 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 372.00
40 Pablo Picasso d'apres,

Pablo Picasso d'apres,

1963 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 372.00
50 Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall , Lithograph 1964

1964 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 372.00
35 Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso , Lithograph after

EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 310.00
346 Jean Miotte

Jean Miotte , Etching 1990

1990 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 310.00
670 Albert Decaris

Albert Decaris, Set comprising an unsigned pencil drawing and its engraving signed in the plate lower right

EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 297.60
678 Albert Decaris

Albert Decaris, Engraving signed in the lower right-hand plate depicting the Montparnasse Tower

1976 EUR 20.00 - 30.00 EUR 260.40
44 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Lithograph after

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 248.00
318 Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet , Lithograph 1985

1985 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 248.00
399 Antoni Clave

Antoni Clave , Lithograph 1956

1956 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 248.00
848 Jean Pierre JOUFFROY

Jean Pierre JOUFFROY, Oil on canvas signed lower right

EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 248.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.