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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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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