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Sothebys: Elixir of Life: Photographs from The Olbricht Collection

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Auction Name	Elixir of Life: Photographs from The Olbricht Collection	Total Sales (EUR)	1,321,181.00
Auction Date	November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	940,200.00
Sale Number	#pf2540	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	1,355,800.00
Total Lots	63
Sold Lots	40.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	2,059,200.00
% of Lots Sold	63.49%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	2,994,800.00
Unsold Lots	23	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	44.12%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
10	William Eggleston	Untitled (Greenwood, Mississippi)	1973	EUR 180,000.00 - 220,000.00	EUR 228,600.00
21	Cindy Sherman	Untitled Film Still #49	1979	EUR 150,000.00 - 250,000.00	EUR 190,500.00
61	Andres Serrano	Black Supper	1990	EUR 70,000.00 - 100,000.00	EUR 114,300.00
12	Tracey Moffatt	Something More (9 photographs)	1989	EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	EUR 101,600.00
22	Paul Outerbridge, Jr.	Nude with Frame (Rearview)	1938	EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	EUR 63,500.00
23	Paul Outerbridge, Jr.	Nude with Frame (Frontview)	1938	EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	EUR 63,500.00
18	Horst P. Horst	Camera Work Portfolio (B)	1937-87, printed in the 1990s.	EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	EUR 50,800.00
59	Desiree Dolron	Xteriors V	2001-2009, printed 2010	EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	EUR 50,800.00
1	Philip-Lorca diCorcia	Marilyn; 28 Years Old; Las Vegas, Nevada; $30	1990-92, printed in 1998	EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	EUR 44,450.00
17	Umbo (Otto Umbehr)	Madchenkopf (Ruth, die Hand)	1927	EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	EUR 33,020.00
53	Thomas Ruff	nudes wr 30	2000	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 30,480.00
39	Robert Capa	Death of a Loyalist Militiaman near Espejo, Cordoba Front, Spain (Falling Soldier)	1936, probably printed in the 1950s.	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 27,940.00
48	Pieter Hugo	Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Lagos, Nigeria	2007	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 25,400.00
58	Robert Mapplethorpe	Flower Arrangement	1986	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 25,400.00
62	Matthew Barney	Cremaster 5: Court of Chain (Triptych)	1997	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 25,400.00
19	Pierre et Gilles	La Reine Blanche, Catherine Deneuve	1991	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 19,050.00
24	Irving Penn	Nude 115	1949-50.	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 19,050.00
63	Albert Watson	Golden Boy, New York City	1990	EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	EUR 19,050.00
51	Wolfgang Tillmans	Kneeling Nude	1997	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 17,780.00
60	Andres Serrano	The Church (St. Clotilde II, Paris)	1991	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 15,240.00
13	Tina Barney	Marina's Room	1987	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 13,970.00
31	Peter Hujar	Palermo Catacombs #8, Skull in Window	1963	EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 13,970.00
47	Rineke Dijkstra	The Buzz Club, Liverpool, England, March 11, 1995	1995	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 12,700.00
56	Thomas Demand	Flur	1996	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 12,700.00
11	Larry Clark	Billy Mann	1963, printed circa 1971	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 10,795.00

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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.
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.