Sothebys: Contemporary Discoveries
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Contemporary Discoveries | Total Sales (USD) | 383,032.00 |
| Auction Date | February 28, 2025 - February 28, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 309,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #N11785 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 469,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 47 | ||
| Sold Lots | 34 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 391,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 72.34% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 590,400.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 13 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 64.88% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502 | Andy Warhol | Georgia O'Keefe (Feldman & Schellmann IIIC.45) |
circa 1979 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 509 | Banksy | Morons |
2007 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 526 | Jasper Johns | False Start I (ULAE 9) |
1962 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 527 | Frank Stella | Then Came a Fire and Burnt the Stick, from Illustrations after El Lissitzky's Had Gadya (see Axsom 175) |
1985 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 626 | Gregory Crewdson | Untitled (House in the Road) |
2002, printed later | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 628 | Gerhard Richter | Ravine |
1997 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 491 | Lucian Freud | Head of an Irishman (Hartley 60) |
1999 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 643 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Flowers, Dark Sepia Calla |
1987, printed in 1988 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 649 | Karel Appel | Owl |
circa 1977 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 629 | Gerhard Richter | Domeke I |
1997 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 501 | Andy Warhol | Gertrude Stein, from Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century (Feldman & Schellmann II.227) |
1980 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 567 | Maurizio Cattelan | Errotin - Le Vrai Lapin |
1995-1999 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 503 | Chuck Close | Cecily |
2012 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 637 | Rufino Tamayo | Quetzalcoatl (Pereda 248) |
1978 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 644 | Andy Warhol | Flowers (Hand-Colored) (Feldman & Schellmann II.119) |
1974 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 648 | Jacob Lawrence | Builders No. 3 |
1974 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 606 | Gerhard Richter | December 2020 A |
2021 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 633 | Christo | Wrapped Building, Project for 1 Times Square, Allied Chemical Tower, New York (Schellmann 154) |
1991 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 576 | Damien Hirst | Sans Souci, from Veils (H4-1) |
2018 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 615 | Ellsworth Kelly | Yellow (Jaune), from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs (Axsom 5) |
1964-65 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 650 | Andy Warhol | Cow (Feldman & Schellmann II.12A) |
1976 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 575 | Damien Hirst | Nong Nooch, from Veils (H4-5) |
2020 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 515 | David Shrigley | Untitled (We Must Stop) |
2008 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 612 | Ellsworth Kelly | Black, from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs (Axsom 4) |
1964-65 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,334.00 |
| 483 | Robert Motherwell | Gesture IV (State II) (Belknap 173; Walker Art Center x) |
1977 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 |