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Giquello: 20th Century Art and Literature
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | 20th Century Art and Literature | Total Sales (EUR) | 272,567.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 20, 2026 - March 20, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 182,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #174728 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 238,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 286 | ||
| Sold Lots | 162.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 361,050.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 56.64% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 460,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 124 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 59.15% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | GIACOMETTI Alberto. | TWO CHARACTERS. ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING SIGNED. |
[circa 1941]. | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 13,650.00 |
| 143 | JORN Asger. DEBORD Guy. | LA GENESE NATURELLE on the singular situation occupied by males in humanity. SIGNED TAPUSCRITS |
N/A | EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 11,121.00 |
| 314 | [TANGUY Yves]. | ORIGINAL DECALCOMANIA. |
[1936]. | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 10,400.00 |
| 254 | PICASSO Pablo. | AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER SIGNED WITH ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING to the plinth of his founder Antoine VALSUANI. |
November 1956. | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 7,540.00 |
| 309 | SVANBERG Max Walter. | ORIGINAL GOUACHE SIGNED. |
1954 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 7,150.00 |
| 70 | DUBUFFET Jean. PAULHAN Jean. | LA METROMANIE OU LES DESSOUS DE LA CAPITALE. |
1949 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 6,319.00 |
| 252 | PICABIA Francis. | RATELIERS PLATONIQUES. Poem in two chapters. |
1918 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,319.00 |
| 312 | TANGUY Yves. PAALEN Alice. | A MEME LA TERRE. |
1936 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,319.00 |
| 50 | COMBAS Robert. | HONORE DE BALE-TRAP OU D'AL KATRAZ. |
N/A | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 5,720.00 |
| 41 | CHAISSAC Gaston. | POEMES D'UN HIPPOBOSCA. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED. |
1947 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,200.00 |
| 206 | MICHAUX Henri. | ORIGINAL SIGNED AQUAREL. |
1970 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,200.00 |
| 140 | JEAN Marcel. | PROFIL DE LA MEMOIRE. |
1975 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 5,055.00 |
| 164 | MAN RAY. | PORTRAIT OF CONSUELO de SAINT-EXUPERY. ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED. |
[1937]. | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,940.00 |
| 310 | SVANBERG Max Walter. | ORIGINAL GOUACHE SIGNED. |
1960 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,940.00 |
| 38 | [CHAGALL Marc]. MARITAIN Raissa. | CHAGALL OU L'ORAGE ENCHANTE. |
1948 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,802.00 |
| 258 | PICASSO Pablo. | DANS L'ATELIER I. ORIGINAL ETCHING SIGNED |
[1963]. | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,550.00 |
| 130 | JARRY Alfred. | ALFRED JARRY ON HIS BICYCLE. ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH. |
Circa 1900. | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,160.00 |
| 87 | [DUCHAMP Marcel]. | POSTER-CATALOGUE FOR THE DADA EXHIBITION. |
1916-1919. | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,900.00 |
| 6 | ARP Jean. | THE SAILBOAT IN THE FOREST. |
1957 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,791.00 |
| 294 | SATIE Erik. BRAQUE Georges. | LIGHT AS AN EGG. |
1957 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,791.00 |
| 46 | CLAVE Antoni. | ORIGINAL MODEL FOR THE POSTER OF HIS EXHIBITION AT THE GALERIE BEYELER. |
1957 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,640.00 |
| 205 | MICHAUX Henri. | RUBBING DRAWING IN LITHOGRAPHIC PENCIL, SIGNED. |
1944 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,640.00 |
| 163 | MAN RAY. ELUARD Paul. | FACILE. |
1935 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,159.00 |
| 270 | Director Francis Picabia. | REVUE. 391 |
1917 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,159.00 |
| 271 | Director Francis Picabia. | REVUE. 391 |
1917 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,159.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.