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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Photographs Online
- Auction Date
- 12/17/2025 - 12/17/2025
- Sale Number
- #173994
- Total Lots
- 285
- Sold Lots
- 175.0
- Lots Sold
- 61.40%
- Unsold Lots
- 110
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 71,750.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 45,130.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 63,730.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 76,080.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 107,360.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 66.83%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Eugene Atget (1857-1927) | Merchant with a hood. Place Saint-Medard. Paris, 5e, 1899. |
1899 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 8,875.00 |
| 56 | Josep Maria Canellas (1856-1902) | Female nudes, c. 1890-1900. |
c. 1890-1900. | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 3,187.50 |
| 81 | Maurice Bernard | The diver with the balloon. Swimmer. Splashes, c. 1935. |
c. 1935. | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,562.50 |
| 232 | Frederic Barzilay (1917-2015) | Female nudes, c. 1970-1980. |
c. 1970-1980. | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 2,125.00 |
| 253 | Georges II Tairraz (1900-1975) | Alps, c. 1960-1970. |
c. 1960-1970. | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,562.50 |
| 37 | Press photographer | Interior structure of an airship, c. 1900. |
c. 1900. | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,375.00 |
| 79 | Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) | Olga Klein Astrachan, Reimann bal [costume ball at the Reimann School of Art and Design]. Berlin, 1929. |
1929 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,250.00 |
| 139 | Izis (Israelis Bidermanas) (1911-1980) | Foire du Trone. Paris, 1959. |
1959 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,000.00 |
| 40 | Raoul Bechambes (secretary of the Societe Astronomique de France). | Solar eclipse. Bordeaux, April 17, 1912. |
1912 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 950.00 |
| 90 | Hein Gorny (1904-1967) | Fliessende Farbe [glistening paint], c. 1930-1940. |
c. 1930-1940. | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 950.00 |
| 69 | Brassai (Gyula Halasz, known as) (1899-1984) | Brassai's sculpture exhibition in front of a tapestry after a "graffiti", c. 1960. |
c. 1960. | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 937.50 |
| 276 | Antoine d'Agata (1961) | Untitled, from the Virus series. Paris, 2020-2022. |
2020-2022. | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 887.50 |
| 88 | Juan Ruiz de Luna (1863-1945) | Still life [bread, cheese and jug], c. 1930. |
c. 1930. | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 887.50 |
| 5 | Emile Pecarrere (1816-1904) | Architectures, 1851-1852. |
1851-1852. | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 825.00 |
| 274 | Antoine d'Agata (1961) | Puerto San Jose del Pacifico. Mexico, 1993. |
1993 | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | EUR 812.50 |
| 106 | Harold E. Edgerton (1903-1990) | Tumblers, 1942. |
1942 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 762.50 |
| 66 | Brassai (Gyula Halasz, known as) (1899-1984) | Poultry merchant. Paris, c. 1935. |
c. 1935. | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 750.00 |
| 188 | Bruce Davidson (1933) | Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand. Los Angeles, 1960. |
1960 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 687.50 |
| 29 | Edward Steichen (1879-1973) | Clarence White, 1905. |
1905 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 687.50 |
| 132 | Raoul Hausmann (1886-1971) | Marthe Prevot's cat. Limoges, 1948. |
1948 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 675.00 |
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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.