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Auction Info

Auction Name
Important Fine Art Auction
Auction Date
02/19/2026 - 02/19/2026
Sale Number
#21926
Total Lots
44
Sold Lots
32.0
Lots Sold
72.73%
Unsold Lots
12
Total Sales (USD)
148,652.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
83,800.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
131,800.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
113,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
177,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
83.61%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3098 (lot of 17) John Lennon (British, 1940-1980),

Bag One,

 1970 USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 42,575.00
3082 Richard Diebenkorn (American 1922-1993),

Folsom Street Variations III (Primaries),

 1986 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 19,650.00
3079 Richard Pettibone (American, 1938-2024),

Andy Warhol Brillo Box (1964),

 1967 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 17,030.00
3114 Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004),

William F. Buckley Jr,

 1975 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,860.00
3101 Rene Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967),

Le Pretre Marie,

 N/A USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,860.00
3089 Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015),

Untitled (Blue, Yellow, Red),

 1970-73 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,205.00
3083 Richard Diebenkorn (American, 1922-1993),

Blue Softground,

 1985 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,257.50
3090 Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976),

Man Hole Cover,

 N/A USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,257.50
3085 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851),

Mallard Duck (Plate #385),

1860 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,602.50
3087 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851),

Black American Wolf (Plate #67),

 1845 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,275.00
3088 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851),

Mouse Deer (Plate #76),

1845 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,275.00
3080 Nathan Oliveira (American, 1928-2010),

Western Site XIV,

 1978 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,947.50
3104 Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952),

Homeward,

 1898 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,947.50
3119 Peter Lik (Australian, b. 1959),

Midsummer Dream,

 c-print USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,947.50
3098A Patrick Hughes (British, b. 1939),

History,

 2007 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,620.00
3086 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851),

The Moose/Common Moose (Plate #90),

1846 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,227.00
3093 Leonard Cohen (Canadian, 1934-2016),

It Was the Hat,

 2007 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,096.00
3094 Leonard Cohen (Canadian, 1934-2016),

One Little Guy,

 2007 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,096.00
3100 Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989),

Abricot Chevalier

 N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,310.00
3095 Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669),

Peasant with a High Cap,

 N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,310.00
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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 April
    Sotheby’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.