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Auction Info

Auction Name
The Summer Fine Art Auction: to include Noble Estates, Old and Modern Masters, Photography, Sculpture and Jewellery
Auction Date
07/08/2025 - 07/08/2025
Sale Number
#70825
Total Lots
29
Sold Lots
16
Lots Sold
55.17%
Unsold Lots
13
Total Sales (GBP)
33,780.30
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
25,750.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
41,350.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
42,150.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
67,350.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
50.16%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
390 Horst P. Horst (German-American, 1906-1999)

The New American Foot (Marlene Dietrich's Legs)

1948, printed later GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,272.00
389 Horst P. Horst (German-American, 1906-1999)

Mainbocher Corset

1939 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,613.00
385 Brassai (Hungarian--French, 1899-1984)

Picasso playing artist

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 4,217.60
383 Brassai (Hungarian--French, 1899-1984)

Matisse drawing from the nude

1939 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,954.00
384 Brassai (Hungarian--French, 1899-1984)

Giacometti a la porte de son atelier, rue Hippolyte Maindron

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,954.00
386 Brassai (Hungarian--French, 1899-1984)

Mon premier portrait de Dali, 1932-33, 193-33

1932-33 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,954.00
387 Brassai (Hungarian--French, 1899-1984)

L'Academie Julian, rue du Dragon, 6e, Paris

1932 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,954.00
370 Thomas Worlidge (British, 1700-1776)

Study of a Man With a Headscarf

1761 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 790.80
596 John Piper (British, 1903-1992)

Summer Flowers

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 527.20
585 Ian Fleming,

You Only Live Twice

1964 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 461.30
587 Ian Fleming,

Thunderball

1961 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 421.76
586 Ian Fleming,

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1963 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 421.76
433 Marc Chagall (Russian, 1887-1985)

The Apparition at the Circus

1963 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 369.04
432 Marc Chagall (Russian, 1887-1985)

Adam and Eve and the Forbidden Fruit

1960 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 369.04
534

A collection of portraits of Shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar

1873 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 263.60
403 Kate Moss for Bryan Ferry

'Olympia'

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 237.24
416 Max Liebermann (German, 1847-1935)

Self portrait with notebook

1913 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
379 Albert Rudomine (French, 1892--1975)

Le Main de Dieu

c. 1930 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
380 Albert Rudomine (French, 1892--1975)

The Kiss

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
388 Norman Parkinson (English, 1913-1990)

The Art of Travel

1951 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold

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