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Auction Name Photography Books Total Sales (EUR) 46,141.25
Auction Date January 27, 2026 - January 27, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 37,650.00
Sale Number #174323 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 55,410.00
Total Lots 366
Sold Lots 257.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 52,090.00
% of Lots Sold 70.22% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 76,740.00
Unsold Lots 109 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 60.13%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
132

PHOTOGRAPHY 11 volumes. 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933/34 - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939 - 1940 - 1947

1930/1947. EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,562.50
330 FRANK, ROBERT (1924-2019)

The Lines of My Hand.

1972 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,937.50
253 BASILICO, GABRIELE - DEPARDON, RAYMOND - ELKOURY, FOUAD - BURRI, RENE - KOUDELKA, JOSEF - FRANK, ROBERT

Beirut Centre Ville.

1992 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,312.50
62 KERTESZ, ANDRE (1894-1985)

Day of Paris. Photographs by A. Kertesz.

1945 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,162.50
143 MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT (1946-1989) & Robert Longo, Gerald Van Der Kaap, Peter van de Klashorst and Bob Pieck.

Vita brevis ars longa.

1984 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,037.50
144 CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI (1908-2004)

The decisive moment.

1952 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,000.00
296 CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI (1908-2004)

Beautiful Jaipur.

1948 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 875.00
137 WESTON, EDWARD (1886-1958) [Signed]

The Art of Edward Weston.

1932 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 812.50
295 BRASSAI (Gyala Halasz, known as) (1899-1984) MORAND, PAUL (1888-1976)

Paris de Nuit. 60 unpublished photos by Brassai published in the Realites" collection, edited by J. Bernier.

1933 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 750.00
374 BARBIERI, GIAN PAOLO (1938)

Tahiti Tattoos.

1989 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 650.00
336 EVANS, WALKER (1903-1975)

First and Last.

1978 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 625.00
61 KENNA, MICHAEL (1953)

Hokkaido.

2006 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 600.00
28 CLERGUE, LUCIEN (1934-2014) [Signed] CAVAFY, CONSTANTIN (1863-1933)

J'ai tant contemple...

2007 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 525.00
113 DAVIDSON, BRUCE (1933)

Subway.

1986 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 512.50
128 HINE, LEWIS W. (1874-1940)

Men at Work.

1932 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 512.50
131 KOUDELKA, JOSEF (1938) [Signed]

Animal.

1990 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 500.00
164 HOSOE, EIKOH (1933-2024)

Otoko to Onna - Man and Woman.

1961 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 500.00
334 SULTAN, LARRY (1946-2009) MANDEL, MIKE

Evidence.

1977 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 462.50
153 TAKUMA NAKAHIRA (1938-2015)

For a language to Come.

1970 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 450.00
331 OWENS, BILL (1938)

Suburbia.

1973 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 437.50
333 FRIEDLANDER, LEE (1934)

The american monument.

1976 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 425.00
248 MASCLET, DANIEL (1892-1969)

Nudes. La beaute de la femme. Album of the first international nude photography show.

1933 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 412.50
4 ALPERN, MERRY (1955)

Fenster zur Wall Street.

1995 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 400.00
136 MENDELSOHN, ERICH (1887-1953)

Russland. Europa. Amerika. Ein architektonischer Querschnitt.

1929 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 387.50
175 MEISELAS, SUSAN (1948)

Strip-tease forain.

1976 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 387.50
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