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Auction Name: Curated: The Library and Design Collection of James Zemaitis
Auction Date: 06/06/2025 - 06/06/2025
Sale Number: #60625
Total Lots: 66
Sold Lots: 66
Lots Sold: 100.00%
Unsold Lots: 0

Total Sales (USD): 128,804.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 28,100.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 41,250.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 28,100.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 41,250.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 312.25%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
148		George Nakashima monographs, eleven		USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 17,780.00
103		French Art Deco surveys, monographs, and collections, seventeen		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 13,970.00
104		French Style monographs, nineteen		USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 12,065.00
141		Italian Design and Architecture monographs, sixteen		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 8,890.00
140		Carlo Mollino monographs, five		USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 6,096.00
151		Tiffany Studios monographs, thirty-three		USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 5,080.00
111	Lucien Herve 1910--2007 follow artist	Jean Prouve; Pierre Jeanneret (two works)	1950/printed later, 1955	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 4,826.00
100		Important Eileen Gray auction catalogs, two		USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 4,064.00
145		Isamu Noguchi monographs, eight		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 4,064.00
146		Danish Design surveys and monographs, sixteen		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 2,794.00
126		American Studio Furniture and Woodworking monographs, seventeen		USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 2,540.00
143		Scandinavian Design monographs, nine		USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 2,540.00
117		French Modern Design: Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret et al. monographs, fifteen		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 2,286.00
178		Contemporary Design monographs, twenty		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 2,159.00
163		Brazilian Architecture and Design monographs, fourteen		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,905.00
106		Jean Prouve monographs, eight		USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,651.00
132		Scandinavian Design surveys and exhibition catalogs, nine		USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 1,651.00
136		Alvar Aalto monographs, six		USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 1,270.00
120		Bauhaus and German Design monographs, twenty		USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,270.00
128		American and European Modernism: Primary Sources 1928-1942 monographs, eleven	1928-1942	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,080.00

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Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR