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Ader: Books and Photographs - First American Editions from 1890 to 2019

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Auction Name Books and Photographs - First American Editions from 1890 to 2019 Total Sales (EUR) 21,257.50
Auction Date November 27, 2025 - November 27, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 17,560.00
Sale Number #171461 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 25,930.00
Total Lots 146
Sold Lots 91.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 28,360.00
% of Lots Sold 62.33% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 41,100.00
Unsold Lots 55 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 51.72%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
127 SOTH, ALEC (1969)

Broken Manual. By Lester B. Morrison & Alec Soth.

2010 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,000.00
75 FRANK, ROBERT (1924-2019)

Flower Is.

1987 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,875.00
28 FRANK, ROBERT (1924-2019)

The Americans.

1958 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,000.00
27 KLEIN, WILLIAM (1926-2022)

New York. Life is Good and Good For You in New York: Trance Witness Revels.

1956 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 875.00
26 STEICHEN, EDWARD (1879-1973) [Signed]

The Family of Man.

1955 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 712.50
40 LYON, DANNY (1942)

The bikeriders.

1968 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 650.00
3 HINE, LEWIS W. (1874-1940)

Men at Work.

1932 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 625.00
4 MAN RAY (1890-1976)

Man Ray. Photographs 1920-1934. Paris. With a portrait by Picasso - Texts by Andre Breton Paul Eluard Rrose Selavy Tristan Tzara

1934 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 625.00
10 ABBOTT, BERENICE (1898-1991)

Changing New York.

1939 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 575.00
106 SOTH, ALEC (1969) [Signed]

Sleeping the Mississippi,

2004 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 512.50
36 LEVITT, HELEN (1913-2009)

A Way of Seeing. Photographs of New York by Helen Levitt with an Essay By James Agee.

1965 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 425.00
71 AVEDON, RICHARD (1923-2004)

In the American West 1979-1984.

1985 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 425.00
67 GRAHAM, PAUL (1956) [Signed]

A1. The great north road.

1983 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 412.50
63 FRIEDLANDER, LEE (1934) [Signed]

Flowers and Trees.

1981 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 375.00
11 LANGE, DOROTHEA (1895-1965)

An American Exodus. A Record on Human Erosion.

1939 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 350.00
37 EVANS, WALKER (1903-1975)

Many Are Called.

1966 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 350.00
51 WINOGRAND, GARRY (1928-1984)

Women are Beautiful. With an essay by Helen Gary Bishop.

1975 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 325.00
113 SAUL LEITER (1923-2013)

Early Color.

2006 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 325.00
124 FRIEDLANDER, LEE (1934) [Signed]

America by Car.

2010 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 325.00
47 ADAMS, ROBERT (1937)

The New West. Landscapes Along the Colorado Front Range.

1974 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 312.50
64 SHORE, STEPHEN (1947)

Uncommon places. Photographs by Stephen Shore.

1982 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 300.00
24 DE CARAVA, ROY (1919-2009) HUGHES, LANGSTON (1902-1967)

The Sweet Flypaper of Life.

1955 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 287.50
44 ARBUS, DIANE (1923-1971)

Diane Arbus.

1972 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 287.50
83 SULTAN, LARRY (1946-2009) [Signed]

Pictures from Home.

1992 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 262.50
35 CALLAHAN, HARRY (1912-1999)

Photographs.

1964 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 250.00
  • 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:
  • 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