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Desa Unicum: Collectible Photography. Classics and Artistic Avant-Garde
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Collectible Photography. Classics and Artistic Avant-Garde | Total Sales (PLN) | 484,560.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) | 392,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #42326 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN) | 574,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 109 | ||
| Sold Lots | 45.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (PLN) | 767,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 41.28% | High Estimate of All Lots (PLN) | 1,100,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 64 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 44.05% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy) | Z cyklu: Miny, fot. Jozef Głogowski, 1931 |
1931 | PLN 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | PLN 96,000.00 |
| 7 | Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy) | From the series: Faces, photo by Jozef Głogowski, 1931 |
1931 | PLN 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | PLN 90,000.00 |
| 3 | Eva Rubinstein | Portfolio II (collection of 17 photographs), 1969-1979/1981 |
1981 | PLN 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | PLN 66,000.00 |
| 12 | Natalia Lach-Lachowicz | Post-consumer Art, 1975 |
1975 | PLN 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | PLN 54,000.00 |
| 13 | Natalia Lach-Lachowicz | From the screening of “Pyramid”, 1979 |
1979 | PLN 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | PLN 21,600.00 |
| 93 | Lodz Kaliska | The Instruction of killing Art. In the crowd tribute to Andy Warhol for money, 2007 |
2007 | PLN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | PLN 21,600.00 |
| 17 | Aneta Grzeszykowska and Jan Smaga | Composition no. 6, 2008 |
2008 | PLN 18,000.00 - 28,000.00 | PLN 16,800.00 |
| 11 | Natalia Lach-Lachowicz | Consumer Art (diptych), 1974/2016 |
1974 | PLN 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | PLN 13,200.00 |
| 91 | Zbigniew Dlubak | Asymmetry 333 A, 1989 |
1989 | PLN 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | PLN 9,000.00 |
| 64 | Tadeusz Rolke | Photoshoot for 'Elle', 1965 |
1965 | PLN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | PLN 7,200.00 |
| 56 | Andrzej Paruzel | Koluszki Projects, 1981 |
1981 | PLN 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 | PLN 5,400.00 |
| 2 | Eva Rubinstein | Curtain, pillow, Maine, 1979 |
1979 | PLN 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | PLN 5,040.00 |
| 9 | Zofia Rydet | From the cycle Ordinary Man, 1980-1990 |
1980-1990 | PLN 4,500.00 - 7,000.00 | PLN 5,040.00 |
| 10 | Zofia Rydet | From the cycle Ordinary Man, 1980-1990 |
1980-1990 | PLN 4,500.00 - 7,000.00 | PLN 5,040.00 |
| 88 | Bronislaw Schlabs | Photogram 32/57, 1957 |
1957 | PLN 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | PLN 5,040.00 |
| 92 | Ireneusz Pierzgalski | Untitled, 1968 |
1968 | PLN 5,000.00 - 9,000.00 | PLN 5,040.00 |
| 1 | Eva Rubinstein | Bed and shutter, Fontvieille, 1984 |
1984 | PLN 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | PLN 4,200.00 |
| 46 | Mirosław Stankiewicz | Aleje Jerozolomskie Street at night, 1964/2026 |
1964 | PLN 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | PLN 4,200.00 |
| 14 | Natalia Lach-Lachowicz | The bird of freedom, 2001/2002 |
2001 | PLN 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | PLN 3,840.00 |
| 41 | Ursula Edelmann | City Hall, the stairs in front of the City Council chambers, Frankfurt am Main, 1962 |
1962 | PLN 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | PLN 3,840.00 |
| 85 | Helmut Newton | Brigitte Nielsen, Monte Carlo Beach Hotel, 1987/lata 2000. |
1987/lata 2000. | PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | PLN 3,600.00 |
| 84 | Helmut Newton | Interior, 1976/1979 |
1976, printed 1979 | PLN 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | PLN 3,360.00 |
| 86 | Jan Smaga | From the Pacific series, 1999 |
1999 | PLN 3,500.00 - 6,000.00 | PLN 3,120.00 |
| 39 | Chris Niedenthal | “Boy and the ‘Cucumber’ Bus. Near Warsaw, 1977”, 1977/2025 |
1977 | PLN 2,400.00 - 4,000.00 | PLN 2,640.00 |
| 103 | Wlodzimierz Puchalski | Forest polecats, lata 60-70. XX w. |
lata 60-70. XX w. | PLN 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | PLN 2,640.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
