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| Auction Name | Post-War to Present | Total Sales (USD) | 2,414,016.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,635,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #24263 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,405,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 24 | ||
| Sold Lots | 17.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,869,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 70.83% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,748,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 7 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 87.82% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 219 | CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011) | Roman Notes |
1970 | USD 700,000.00 - 1,000,000.00 | USD 1,104,900.00 |
| 128 | DIANE ARBUS (1923--1971) | Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in a pro-war parade, NYC, 1967 |
1967 | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 254,000.00 |
| 360 | CINDY SHERMAN (B. 1954) | Untitled Film Still #7 |
1978 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 241,300.00 |
| 109 | CINDY SHERMAN (B. 1954) | Untitled Film Still #27 |
1979 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 152,400.00 |
| 368 | ANDREAS GURSKY (B. 1955) | Lehmbruck I |
2013 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 127,000.00 |
| 119 | DIANE ARBUS (1923--1971) | The Junior Interstate Ballroom Dance Champions, Yonkers, NY, 1962 |
1962 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 101,600.00 |
| 359 | RICHARD PRINCE (B. 1949) | Untitled (Cowboy) |
1992 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 82,550.00 |
| 366 | CINDY SHERMAN (B. 1954) | Untitled #562 |
2015 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 76,200.00 |
| 118 | WILLIAM EGGLESTON (B. 1939) | Untitled (Devoe Money in Jackson, Mississippi), 1970 |
1970 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 63,500.00 |
| 123 | WILLIAM EGGLESTON (B. 1939) | Untitled, 1970 |
1970, printed 2012 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 60,960.00 |
| 120 | DIANE ARBUS (1923--1971) | A family one evening in a nudist camp, Pa., 1965 |
1965 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,800.00 |
| 396 | THOMAS STRUTH (B. 1954) | Kunsthistorisches Museum II, Vienna |
1989 and printed in 1990 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 50,800.00 |
| 121 | MATTHEW BARNEY (B. 1967) | CREMASTER 4: The Loughton Candidate |
1994 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 133 | ADAM MCEWEN (B. 1965) | Untitled (Jeff) |
2004 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 127 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946--1989) | Barbara Jakobson, 1977 |
1977 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 395 | VIK MUNIZ (B. 1961) | Team II (from Pictures of Chocolate) |
2001 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 400 | ANGELA HEISCH (B. 1989) | Drafty Spot |
2022 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 127.00 |
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Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th centuryJeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839. -
Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000. -
Sotheby’s
Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
Collection Georgette J. Salles
Open for bidding 8-29 AprilApr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000. -
Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue. -
Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500