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Desa Unicum: Contemporary Prints

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Auction Name Contemporary Prints Total Sales (PLN) 355,920.00
Auction Date October 01, 2025 - October 01, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) 244,300.00
Sale Number #100125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) 339,200.00
Total Lots 124
Sold Lots 78.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (PLN) 972,900.00
% of Lots Sold 62.90% High Estimate of All Lots (PLN) 1,338,900.00
Unsold Lots 46 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 26.58%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4 Wojciech Fangor (1922 - 2015)

"M 74", 2005

2005 PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 PLN 78,000.00
8 Roman Opalka (1931 - 2011)

"Detail 893147-918533", 1993

1993 PLN 26,000.00 - 35,000.00 PLN 26,400.00
5 Wojciech Fangor (1922 - 2015)

"M 65", 1968/2001

1968/2001 PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 PLN 20,400.00
10 Jerzy Nowosielski (1923 - 2011)

Untitled, 1997

1997 PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 PLN 20,400.00
25 Jozef Gielniak (1932 - 1972)

"Transitus", 1971

1971 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 15,600.00
20 Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009)

"Inscriptions", 2006

2006 PLN 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 PLN 12,000.00
26 Jozef Gielniak (1932 - 1972)

"Sanatorium (Wysoka Laka)", 1958

1958 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 10,800.00
22 Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009)

Untitled, lata 90. XX w.

lata 90. XX w. PLN 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 PLN 10,200.00
73 Teofil Ociepka (1891 - 1978)

Untitled

PLN 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 PLN 10,200.00
13 Ewa Kuryluk (b. 1946)

"With a Turtle", 1971

1971 PLN 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 PLN 9,000.00
11 Jerzy Nowosielski (1923 - 2011)

Akt, lata 90. XX w.

lata 90. XX w. PLN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 6,000.00
109 Wilhelm Sasnal (b. 1972)

Untitled, 2022

2022 PLN 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 PLN 5,760.00
27 Edward Dwurnik (1943 - 2018)

"Role-model in a Hat", 1978

1978 PLN 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 5,400.00
98 Edward Dwurnik (1943 - 2018)

Warsaw, XXI w.

XXI w. PLN 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 5,400.00
117 Aleksandra Waliszewska (b. 1976)

Untitled

PLN 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 5,040.00
24 Jerzy Panek (1918 - 2001)

"Bialy kon", 1959/1991

1959/1991 PLN 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 3,840.00
28 Edward Dwurnik (1943 - 2018)

"East-West Highway", 1975

1975 PLN 2,000.00 - 2,600.00 PLN 3,840.00
111 Karol Radziszewski (b. 1980)

AIDS, 2012

2012 PLN 3,800.00 - 4,500.00 PLN 3,840.00
118 Aleksandra Waliszewska (b. 1976)

"Kot", 2024

2024 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 3,840.00
75 Tadeusz Dominik (1928 - 2014)

Pejzaz, XXI w.

XXI w. PLN 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 PLN 3,360.00
96 Jozef Wilkon (b. 1930)

"Rhino blues", XXI w.

XXI w. PLN 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 PLN 3,120.00
97 Jozef Wilkon (b. 1930)

"Leopanter II", XXI w.

XXI w. PLN 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 PLN 3,120.00
110 Karol Radziszewski (b. 1980)

"Pan", 2022

2022 PLN 3,000.00 - 3,800.00 PLN 3,120.00
91 Kacper Bozek (b. 1974)

"Krakow", 2024

2024 PLN 2,000.00 - 2,600.00 PLN 2,880.00
94 Jan Lenica (1928 - 2001)

Untitled

PLN 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 PLN 2,880.00
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    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.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
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    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.
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