Auction Reports
Dirk Soulis Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Antique Caucasian Rugs and Modern Art, Session 1
- Auction Date
- 12/14/2025 - 12/14/2025
- Sale Number
- #120725
- Total Lots
- 55
- Sold Lots
- 51.0
- Lots Sold
- 92.73%
- Unsold Lots
- 4
- Total Sales (USD)
- 66,672.10
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 42,150.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 68,025.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 47,150.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 75,525.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 88.28%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Alexander Calder (1898-1976) | Plankton |
Late 20th Century | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 6,765.00 |
| 3 | Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) | Kedzi |
Late 20th Century | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,150.00 |
| 6 | Alexander Calder (1898-1976) | Pennants |
1965 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,674.00 |
| 7 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994) | PENCIL SIGNED PRINTER'S PROOF |
n.d. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,674.00 |
| 1 | JEFF KOONS (Born 1955) | PENCIL SIGNED PRINT 50 |
2019 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,428.00 |
| 11 | Alexander Calder (1898-1976) | Spirals |
1969 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,182.00 |
| 2 | Alexander Calder (1898-1976) | Puppet Man |
1960 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,936.00 |
| 5 | Marcel Mouly (1918-2008) | Untitled Still Life |
1984 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,952.00 |
| 9 | Peter Max (Born 1937) | Portrait of a Man |
1996 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,460.00 |
| 12 | Leonardo M. Nierman (1932-2023) | Solar Flame |
Third quarter of the 20th century. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,460.00 |
| 4 | ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976) | SIGNED LITHO ON JAPON PAPER |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,460.00 |
| 13 | ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976) | PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH 75 |
1973 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,337.00 |
| 18 | ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976) | PENCIL SIGNED TRIAL PROOF XX, |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,214.00 |
| 29 | Early 21st Century | The striking Op Art multiple is signed by the artist in white lower right and numbered lower left. |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,230.00 |
| 22 | Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) | Untitled Signed Agamograph |
Late 20th Century | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 922.50 |
| 52 | Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) | AGAMOGRAPH OP ART MULTIPLE |
Circa 1970s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 861.00 |
| 27 | Karel Appel (1921-2006) | Sad Clown |
1978 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 799.50 |
| 25 | Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) | Petit Secret in Light |
Circa 1980 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 799.50 |
| 21 | Karel Appel (1921-2006) | Purple Owl (Purple Owl as aunt on Sunday as a bedized pudding floating on blueish sea with flaming ears) |
1979 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 738.00 |
| 46 | Peter Max (Born 1937) | Winter Sun Sign |
Late 20th Century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 676.50 |
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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.