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Auction Info

Auction Name
Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur
Auction Date
06/10/2025 - 06/10/2025
Sale Number
#23946
Total Lots
57
Sold Lots
47
Lots Sold
82.46%
Unsold Lots
10
Total Sales (USD)
4,752,790.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
2,966,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
4,442,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
3,906,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
5,837,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
81.43%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
30 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

Songs of Experience

1794 [but1793]. USD 1,000,000.00 - 1,500,000.00 USD 1,865,000.00
29 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

Songs of Innocence

1789 USD 1,000,000.00 - 1,500,000.00 USD 1,260,000.00
24 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

The First Book of Urizen: Plate 3: 'O flames of furious desire'; subsidiary pencil sketch (verso)

USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 176,400.00
11 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

The Lion and Stag

USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 163,800.00
23 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

'With Songs the Jovial Hinds Return from Plow'

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 107,100.00
47 CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG (B. 1949)

'It was wrapped in an apron of steam.' (Cover Illustration for The Polar Express)

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 94,500.00
25 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

The Pastorals of Virgil: Four Plates

circa1821 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 81,900.00
6 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

A Tyger (A recumbent Leopard by a Tree)

1788 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 56,700.00
10 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

Hay-Makers, Reapers

1791 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 52,920.00
54 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Sendak in Philadelphia

1995 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 52,920.00
48 CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG (B. 1949)

'On Christmas Eve, many years ago, I lay quietly in my bed.' (Illustration for The Polar Express)

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 47,880.00
8 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

A Lion (A recumbent Lion)

1788 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 44,100.00
13 WELBY SHERMAN (fl. 1827-1836) AFTER SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881)

Evening

1834 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 44,100.00
3 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

A Lion Devouring a Horse

1788 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 44,100.00
46 BEATRIX POTTER (1866-1943)

A Snail guarding their Nest

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 40,320.00
38 HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)

Femme au tub - Le tub, from Elles

1896 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 37,800.00
41 PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)

Les Baigneurs (Large Plate)

circa1896-1898 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,280.00
1 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

1634 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 35,280.00
4 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

Two Tygers

1788 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 35,280.00
58 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Wild Thing

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 30,240.00

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