Gros & Delettrez: Jesse A. Fernandez Collection
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Jesse A. Fernandez Collection | Total Sales (EUR) | 36,687.50 |
| Auction Date | November 15, 2025 - November 15, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 27,210.00 |
| Sale Number | #168575 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 42,540.00 |
| Total Lots | 235 | ||
| Sold Lots | 99.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 63,730.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 42.13% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 100,220.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 136 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 36.61% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Portrait of Alexandre Calder, Galerie Perls, New York, USA. |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 875.00 | |
| 4 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Nina, child with veil, Colombia (South America). |
EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 750.00 | |
| 16 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | On the bus, Mexico (South America). |
EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 687.50 | |
| 150 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Portrait of Francis Bacon in his studio, London, England (Europe). |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 687.50 | |
| 7 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Child in crate and woman at window, Medellin, Colombia (Guatemala, South America). |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 625.00 | |
| 73 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | S, posters, New York, USA. |
EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 625.00 | |
| 103 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Portrait of Wilfredo Lam, New York, USA. |
EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 625.00 | |
| 148 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Francis Bacon's studio, South Kensington, London, England (Europe). |
EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 625.00 | |
| 149 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Portrait of artist Francis Bacon, London (Great Britain, Europe). |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 625.00 | |
| 69 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | On the Jamaica-Queens subway line, New York (USA). |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 600.00 | |
| 213 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986) | Figure with white face |
EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 562.50 | |
| 12 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Crowd watching a procession, Guatemala (South America). |
EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 550.00 | |
| 71 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Woman reading the newspaper on a subway platform, Time Square station, New York, USA. |
EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 525.00 | |
| 113 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Alicia Alonso, Havana, Cuba. |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 525.00 | |
| 130 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Portrait of Joan Miro, Alberto Giacometti exhibition, Galerie Pierre Matisse, New York, USA. |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 525.00 | |
| 13 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Woman and child on a sidewalk in front of a wall advertisement for toothpaste, Guatemala (South America). |
EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 18 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Boxer, Havana, Cuba. |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 22 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Porfirio Rubirosa, Grand Prix Automobile, Havana, Cuba. |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 32 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Barrel making ("Tonelero"), Cuba. |
EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 40 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Miles and Frances Taylor Davis at the Newport Jazz Festival (photograph Jazz Series, Jazzman, music). |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 94 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | The hands of the artist Salvador Dali, Galerie Pierre Matisse, New York, USA. |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 96 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Salvador Dali, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, USA. |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 126 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Portrait of Spanish artist Antoni Tapies, New York, USA. |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 137 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986). | Portrait of David Hockney. |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 192 | Jesse A. FERNANDEZ (1925-1986) | Vanite calligraphiee aux lapins, 1968 |
EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 500.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
