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20 November 2014

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Results: Highlights from the Erotic Collection of Tony Fekete

London EMEA 20 November 2014

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EROTIC LIBRARY OF TONY FEKETE

King Street, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 #10773

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

181 lots sold

Total: £1,269,625 /$1,986,963 /€1,588,301

82% sold by lot

220 lots offered

$

1.565= £1 / € 1.251=£1

90% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

179

SADE, Donatien Alphonse François, marquis de (1740-1814) La Nouvelle Justine, ou les malheurs de la vertu, suivie de l’histoire de Juliette, sa soeur. En Hollande: [but Paris: Bertrandet,] 1797 [1799, 1801].

70,000-100,000

£86,500

$135,373

€108,212

US Private

32

BELLMER, Hans (1902-1975). Les jeux de la poupée. Text by Paul Eluard. Paris: Les Éditions Premières, 1949.

30,000-50,000

£62,500

$97,813

€78,188

US Trade

196

STYRSKY, Jindrich (1899-1942). Emilie prichazi ka mne ve snu. [Emily Comes to Me in a Dream.] Additional text by Bohuslav Brouk. Prague: Edice 69, 1933.

20,000-30,000

£47,500

$74,338

€59,423

US Trade

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.