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Auction Info

Auction Name
Contemporary Edition
Auction Date
07/17/2025 - 07/17/2025
Sale Number
#23621
Total Lots
180
Sold Lots
151
Lots Sold
83.89%
Unsold Lots
29
Total Sales (USD)
1,982,990.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
1,159,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
1,697,400.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
1,412,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
2,082,400.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
95.23%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
81 DANIEL ARSHAM (B. 1980)

The Book of HOV: A Tribute to JAY-Z

2024 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 163,800.00
78 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Turtle

1985 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 94,500.00
64 ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

Red Barn

1969 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 75,600.00
79 AFTER JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)

Wolf Sausage, King Brand, Dog Leg Study, Undiscovered Genius

1982-1983 / 2019 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 75,600.00
65 ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

Blonde, from Surrealist Series

1978 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 69,300.00
80 AFTER JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)

Untitled (Rinso)

1983-2001 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 63,000.00
63 ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

Industry and the Arts (I)

1969 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 47,880.00
150 JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)

Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa)

2016 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 47,880.00
132 MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO (B. 1933)

La Cucitrice, from The Drape Suite

1981 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 47,880.00
70 ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018)

Four Panel Love

1972 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 47,880.00
154 JULIAN OPIE (B. 1958)

Running

2016 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 40,320.00
17 WAYNE THIEBAUD (1920 - 2021)

Paint Cans

1990 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 40,320.00
73 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Wild Raspberries

1959 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,320.00
128 GERHARD RICHTER (B. 1932)

Uran (Uranium)

1989 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,800.00
14 WAYNE THIEBAUD (1920 - 2021)

Daffodil, from Recent Etchings I

1979 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 35,280.00
38 HELEN FRANKENTHALER (1928-2011)

Sure Violet

1979 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 32,760.00
62 ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

Brushstroke

1965 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 30,240.00
155 JULIAN OPIE (B. 1958)

Walking Statuettes

2017 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 30,240.00
74 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn)

1967 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 27,720.00
23 DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

The Perspective Lesson, from Moving Focus

1984 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 21,420.00

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