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Desa Unicum: Collectible Photography. Classics and Artistic Avant-Garde

Auction Reports

Auction Name Collectible Photography. Classics and Artistic Avant-Garde Total Sales (PLN) 424,200.00
Auction Date November 04, 2025 - November 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) 352,200.00
Sale Number #110425a High Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) 515,000.00
Total Lots 82
Sold Lots 39.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (PLN) 844,500.00
% of Lots Sold 47.56% High Estimate of All Lots (PLN) 1,238,800.00
Unsold Lots 43 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 34.24%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
108 Natalia Lach-Lachowicz (1937 - 2022)

"Consumer art", 1974/1976

1974/1976 PLN 45,000.00 - 65,000.00 PLN 84,000.00
105 Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy)

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz from the series "Faces", fot. Jozef Glogowski, circa 1931

circa 1931 PLN 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 PLN 66,000.00
109 Natalia Lach-Lachowicz (1937 - 2022)

Untitled (1970) and a work from the series Impressions (1973), 1970-1973

1970-1973 PLN 45,000.00 - 65,000.00 PLN 45,600.00
115 Ewa Partum (b. 1945)

Untitled from the series "Self-Identification", 1980/1996

1980/1996 PLN 45,000.00 - 60,000.00 PLN 45,600.00
158 Pawel Kwiek (b. 1951)

Untitled, 1991

1991 PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 PLN 20,400.00
164 Honza Zamojski (b. 1981)

Postcard #2 (CAT), 2013

2013 PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 PLN 20,400.00
172 Helmut Newton (1920 - 2004)

"Domestic Nude III - In The Laundry Room, Hollywood", 1992/1993

1992/1993 PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 12,000.00
101 Zofia Rydet (1911 - 1997)

From the series "Sociological Record", 1978-1979

1978-1979 PLN 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 PLN 10,200.00
167 Todd Hido (b. 1968)

Untitled (#3680), 2004

2004 PLN 9,000.00 - 15,000.00 PLN 9,000.00
151 Grace Radziwill "Paris in the rain", 1980/2023

"Paris in the rain", 1980/2023

1980/2023 PLN 6,500.00 - 9,000.00 PLN 7,200.00
155 Eva Rubinstein (b. 1933)

"Hotel Lobby, Ancona, 1979", 1979

1979 PLN 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 PLN 6,600.00
156 Mikolaj Smoczynski (1955 - 2009)

From the series "Temporary", 1990s

1990s PLN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 PLN 6,600.00
163 Anna Ostoya

"A tradition of flexibility and durability", 2011

2011 PLN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 6,000.00
166 Jerzy Truszkowski (b. 1961)

"Abstraction on the body", 1984

1984 PLN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 6,000.00
137 Tadeusz Wanski (1894 - 1959)

"Rab Island", lata 30. XX w.

PLN 5,500.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 5,760.00
160 Zbigniew Libera (b. 1959)

"Pretty boy", 1986/2004

1986/2004 PLN 5,500.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 5,760.00
171 Helmut Newton (1920 - 2004)

"Elsa Peretti. New York", 1975/2000s

1975/2000s PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 5,760.00
130 Tadeusz Rolke (1929 - 2025)

"Joseph Beuys", 1971/2007

1971/2007 PLN 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 5,400.00
104 Bronislaw Schlabs (1920 - 2009)

Photogram, 1958

1958 PLN 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 5,040.00
146 David Michael Kennedy (b. 1949)

"CATTLE GUARD PORCUPINE SOUTH DAKOTA"

PLN 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 4,560.00
153 Eva Rubinstein (b. 1933)

"Two doors, Ducal Palace, Sabbioneta", 1973

1973 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 3,840.00
154 Eva Rubinstein (b. 1933)

"Child by the pool, California", 1974

1974 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 3,840.00
168 Eva Rubinstein (b. 1933)

"Marie, the black pearl, Arles", 1984

1984 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 3,840.00
177 Roman Serafin (1912 - 1992)

"Contact", 1937

1937 PLN 1,700.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 3,840.00
165 Dawid Misiorny (b. 1985)

"Card" from the "Kombucha" series, 2015

2015 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 3,360.00
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.