Most Expensive Collectibles Sold on Sotheby’s December 2014

At the Beginning of the Month we search Sotheby’s Auction Results and Post the TOP 5 Auction Highlights that Sold for the highest price. This listing was one of the Top 5 sales at Sotheby’s month, we hope you enjoy this information as much as we enjoy posting it! Please make sure you come back periodically to see the Top Collectibles that Sold at Sotheby’s.

#1.Gorille de Sûreté II by François-Xavier Lalanne Sold for $742,359.
Description: “Gorille de sûreté II. Signed and numbered 2/8; bronze and steel armature. Conceived in 1970 and executed in 1984, this work is number 2 from an edition on 8, plus 4 artist’s proofs“.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#2. Women are Beautiful by Garry Winogrand  Sold for $125,000.
Description: “(RFG Publishing, Inc., 1981, a total edition of 100), a portfolio of 85 photographs, each signed and editioned ‘3/20 AP’ in pencil on the reverse, 1960s-70s, printed in 1981; together with the printed title, introduction by the photographer, and colophon, editioned ‘III’ in ink. Oblong folio, white buckram postbound album and matching slipcase, each with stamped black title. Each approximately 9 by 13 in. (22.9 by 33 cm.) or the reverse“.

 

 

 

 

 

 

#3. Gossip—Katwyck by Alfred Stieglitz Sold for $112,500.
Description: “Carbon print, flush-mounted, in the original George Of frame, a brass plate lettered with the photographer’s credit and title, inscribed by William B. Post and titled, credited, and annotated ‘Loaned by W. B. Post, Fryeberg, Me.’ presumably by Post, in pencil, and with a printed numerical exhibition label and a ‘Geo. F. Of, Framer’ label on the reverse, 1894  7 by 10 7/8  in. (18 by 28 cm.)“.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#4. Maria, A Study by Baron Adolf de Meyer  Sold for $112,500.
Description: “Platinum print, on a triple mount, signed calligraphically in pencil on the third mount, ‘No. 7,’ ‘201,’ and other notations in pencil on the reverse, in the original exhibition frame, a printed ‘201’ exhibition label affixed to the glass, titled and inscribed ‘Reserved’ in an unidentified hand and with a ‘Chapman Bros., Picture Frame Makers, London’ label on the reverse, circa 1910. 14 1/4  by 11 1/16  in. (36.2 by 28.1 cm.)“.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#5.Liber Amicorum D’amélie Gaume, Nerval, Gérard de — Théophile Gautier — Victor Hugo — Alexandre Dumas, etc.  Sold for $44,387.
Description “With many autographs poems of the great names of romantic poetry: Nerval, Hugo, Vigny, Dumas, etc.Album Oblong 8vo (126 x 252 mm). Havana calf, romantic decor pushed cold inscription “Melange” in golden letters in the Gothic central cartouche of the first flat, net gold bezel, back with the title “Album” adorned with jewels and cold gilt fillets, gilt edges, purple moire silk lining (the time of Binding).Hinge and edges rubbed, corners bumped, faded silk: “.”