Sothebys: Contemporary Discoveries - online 2/12, pf2455, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 20, 2024 - February 20, 2024
Page Size: 11 items in 1 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
19 Liu Bolin

The Tree of Life

2023 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 33,020.00
85 Robert Morris

Continuous project altered daily

1969 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 381.00
88 Damien Hirst

The Empresses (Complete Set)

2022 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
91 Damien Hirst

Control, from The Virtues (H9-8)

2021 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 12,700.00
92 After Francis Bacon

Lying Figure

2015 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,525.00
94 Patrick Demarchelier

Nudes, St. Barthelemy

1997 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
95 Ren Hang

Untitled

2013 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 12,700.00
96 Peter Beard

'Veruschka von Lehrndorf [sic] and Galo Galo Guyu in Darajani for Vogue' (Rhino Roping)

1964 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 19,050.00
97 Nan Goldin

At the Bar: Toon, C, and So, Bangkok

1992 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
98 Duane Michals

Paradise Regained

1968 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,556.00
99 ORLAN

Masque de danse "Pwevo" et visage de Femme Euro-Parisienne

2000 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 3,556.00
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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