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Desa Unicum: Collectible Photography. Photojournalism

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Auction Name Collectible Photography. Photojournalism Total Sales (PLN) 67,800.00
Auction Date November 04, 2025 - November 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) 54,300.00
Sale Number #110425b High Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) 102,400.00
Total Lots 40
Sold Lots 25.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (PLN) 126,900.00
% of Lots Sold 62.50% High Estimate of All Lots (PLN) 204,800.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 33.11%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 Tadeusz Rolke (1929 - 2025)

"Jablonna", 1960/2023

1960/2023 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 7,800.00
202 Tadeusz Rolke (1929 - 2025)

"On the roof of the Smyk department store, Warsaw", 1960/2023

1960/2023 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 5,400.00
211 Bogdan Dziworski (b. 1941)

"Lodz", 1985

1985 PLN 3,500.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 4,560.00
203 Tadeusz Rolke (1929 - 2025)

"Al. Jerozolimskie, most Poniatowski Bridge, Warsaw", 1960/2023

1960/2023 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 4,200.00
210 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"Hot summer during harvest near Wroclaw", 1982/2025

1982/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 3,600.00
216 Zenon Zyburtowicz (b. 1949)

"Not applicable to the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party", 1980s/2025

1980s/2025 PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 3,600.00
207 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"The Walesas kissing in their apartment, Gdansk-Zaspa, 1980", 1980/2025

1980/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 3,360.00
209 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"Children with Chicks, Leszno 1982 - Martial Law", 1982/2025

1982/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 3,360.00
213 Zenon Zyburtowicz (b. 1949)

"Warsaw. View from the Royal Castle", 1974/2025

1974/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 3,120.00
205 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"35th anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland, 10th Anniversary Stadium 1979", 1979/2025

1979/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 2,880.00
208 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"Lech Walesa arrives at the Court in Warsaw before the registration of NSZZ Solidarnosc", 1980/2025

1980/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 2,880.00
214 Zenon Zyburtowicz (b. 1949)

"May Day Parade in Warsaw", 1980s/2025

1980s/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 2,640.00
206 Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950)

"Lottery next to the Royal Castle, Warsaw, 1970s.", 1970s/2025

1970s/2025 PLN 2,400.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 2,400.00
244 Miroslaw Stankiewicz

"The Taste of Victory" - Krystian Zimerman, 1975/2025

1975/2025 PLN 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 2,400.00
215 Zenon Zyburtowicz (b. 1949)

" Cabinet of illusions", 1980s/2024

1980s/2024 PLN 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 2,160.00
238 Irena Komar (b. 1951)

"By the Vistula River", 1972/2025

1972/2025 PLN 1,400.00 - 2,400.00 PLN 2,040.00
237 Irena Komar (b. 1951)

"Ice cream seller", 1972/2025

1972/2025 PLN 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 1,680.00
245 Irena Komar (b. 1951)

"Smiles and congratulations", 1972/2025

1972/2025 PLN 1,400.00 - 2,400.00 PLN 1,440.00
230 Wieslaw Prazuch (1925 - 1992)

Cairo. Boy from the Muski district, 1962/2013

1962/2013 PLN 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 1,320.00
231 Wieslaw Prazuch (1925 - 1992)

Lviv. Opera House and monument to V.I. Lenin, circa 1956/2013

circa 1956/2013 PLN 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 1,320.00
232 Wieslaw Prazuch (1925 - 1992)

Jozef Stalin Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, 1955/2013

1955/2013 PLN 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 1,320.00
229 Zofia Piramowicz (1880 - 1958)

Karawanseraj 2. Waiting room, 1929/2025

1929/2025 PLN 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 PLN 1,080.00
233 Jan Kosidowski (1922 - 1992)

Titled heads, 1966/2013

1966/2013 PLN 1,200.00 - 2,200.00 PLN 1,080.00
234 Wladyslaw Slawny (1907 - 1991)

German weekend, 1956/2013

1956/2013 PLN 1,200.00 - 2,200.00 PLN 1,080.00
235 Wladyslaw Slawny (1907 - 1991)

Nowa Huta, 1955/2013

1955/2013 PLN 1,200.00 - 2,200.00 PLN 1,080.00
  • 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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