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Bonhams

Auction Info

Auction Name
British. Cool.
Auction Date
04/16/2025 - 04/16/2025
Sale Number
#31097
Total Lots
48
Sold Lots
44
Lots Sold
91.67%
Unsold Lots
4
Total Sales (GBP)
246,962.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
136,300.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
196,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
151,100.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
218,200.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
113.18%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
89 David Hockney R.A.

Pretty Tulips, 1969

1969 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 56,280.00
77 Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A.

Going to the Match, 1972

1972 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 33,280.00
18 Frank Auerbach

Six Etchings of Heads, 1980-81

1980-81 GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 20,480.00
93 David Hockney R.A.

Olympische Spiele Munchen 1972, 1970

1970 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 11,520.00
13 Sybil Andrews CPE

In Full Cry, 1931

1931 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 11,520.00
39 Iain MacMillan

The Beatles, Abbey Road, 1969

1969 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,240.00
90 David Hockney R.A.

French Shop, 1971

1971 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,320.00
6 Damien Hirst

For the Love of God, 2012

2012 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 7,680.00
15 Ben Nicholson

Jug & 2 Mugs, 1948

1948 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,888.00
73 Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A.

Winter in Broughton, 1969

1969 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 5,632.00
24 Dame Elisabeth Frink RA

Viszla A, 1980

1980 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,120.00
23 Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A.

Viszla B, 1980

1980 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 5,120.00
20 David Hockney R.A.

Fires of Furious Desire, 1961

1961 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,864.00
85 David Hockney R.A.

Portrait of Cavafy II, from Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from CP Cavafy, 1966

1966 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,608.00
94 David Hockney R.A.

Peter Schlesinger, from Friends, 1976

1976 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,608.00
22 Dame Elisabeth Frink RA (1930-1993)

Hare, from Images, 1967

1967 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
83 Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A.

The Contraption, 1975

1975 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,072.00
29 Dame Barbara Hepworth

Three Forms, from Opposing Forms, 1970

1970 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,072.00
86 David Hockney R.A.

David Hockney Complete Prints Galerie Mikro, Berlin, 1968, 1968

1968, 1968 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,072.00
87 David Hockney

Catherine Dorothea Viehmann, from Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, 1969

1969, 1970 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,816.00

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