Auction Reports
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Thursday Morning at Stair
- Auction Date
- 12/11/2025 - 12/11/2025
- Sale Number
- #121125
- Total Lots
- 26
- Sold Lots
- 25.0
- Lots Sold
- 96.15%
- Unsold Lots
- 1
- Total Sales (USD)
- 18,190.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 13,650.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 21,800.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 13,950.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 22,300.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 81.57%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 548 | Attributed to Andy Warhol (1928-1987) | John Wayne, from Cowboys and Indians |
1986 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
| 538 | Jarbas Lopes (b. 1964) | Central Park (2) |
2010 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 352 | Group of Six Chinese Calligraphic Prints |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,224.00 | |
| 392 | Olaf Breuning (b 1970) | Primitives |
2001 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,224.00 |
| 427 | Peter Steinhauer (b. 1966) | Two Moors |
2008 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 388 | Attributed to Eugene Louis Lami (1800-1890) | Arrival of the Harlequins into the City |
N/A | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 375 | Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) | Chicago |
1952 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 952.00 |
| 309 | After Henri Matisse (1869-1954) | Jazz, Fourteen Plates |
1983 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 816.00 |
| 301 | After Fernand Leger (1881-1955) | Les Constructeurs |
1951 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 816.00 |
| 348 | Edward Avedisian (1936-2007) | Blush House; Fur Queen; Green Gold; and Tide Light |
1969 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 612.00 |
| 366 | Barbara Kasten (b. 1936) | Birth of the World |
1991 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 612.00 |
| 422 | Mark Beard (b. 1956) | Portrait of Henry Geldzahler |
1980-92 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 409 | George Bellows (1882-1925) | Family |
1916 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 529 | Max Weber (1881-1961) | The Balcony |
1929 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 476.00 |
| 532 | Christiaan Le Roy (1884-1969) | Toepassing |
1931 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 408.00 |
| 452 | 20th Century School | Rainy City Day |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 272.00 |
| 359 | Cody Cowan | Zebras; Giraffe; and Leopard |
2007 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 272.00 |
| 623 | Group of Miscellaneous Books on Art and Artists |
N/A | USD 350.00 - 450.00 | USD 238.00 | |
| 455 | Group of Seven Books on Picasso |
1964 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 204.00 | |
| 373 | Lovis Corinth (1858-1925) | Girl with Cats |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 170.00 |
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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.