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Auction Name
Salvador Dalí and Paul Delvaux: European Masters of Surrealism
Auction Date
06/11/2025 - 06/11/2025
Sale Number
#1178
Total Lots
116
Sold Lots
90
Lots Sold
77.59%
Unsold Lots
26
Total Sales (GBP)
198,349.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
95,100.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
138,800.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
110,600.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
160,100.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
123.89%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
10 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Purgatory Canto 10, from La Divine Comedie (Field p.199; M&L 1082)

1960 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 30,240.00
9 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Heaven Canto 3, from La Divine Comedie (Field p.199; M&L 1108)

1960 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 30,240.00
8 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Hell Canto 11, from La Divine Comedie (Field p.197; M&L 1042)

1960 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 25,200.00
18 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Elephant Spatial

1980 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,600.00
6 Salvador Dali

The Frozen Watches of Space-Time (Field 74-12E; M&L 648)

1974 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 6,300.00
54 Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)

Construction d'un Temple en Ruine (Jacob 81-91)

1971-1975 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,276.00
1 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Le Bureaucrate (Field 69-2; M&L 343a)

1969 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,520.00
31 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Rembrandt 'Portrait du peintre par lui-meme', from Changes in Great Masterpieces (Field 74-2E; M&L 1474)

1974 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,268.00
30 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Velasquez 'Les Menines', from Changes in Great Masterpieces (Field 74-2D; M&L 1476)

1974 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,268.00
45 Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)

Le Jardin (Jacob 48)

1971 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,142.00
113 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Levi, from The Tribes of Israel

1983 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,142.00
46 Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)

La Gare (Jacob 51)

1971 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,890.00
5 Salvador Dali

Martian Dali Equipped with a Double Holo-Electronic Microscope (Field 74-12C; M&L 644)

1974 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,764.00
4 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Butterflies of Anti-Matter (Field 74-12B; M&L 643)

1974 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,764.00
7 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Hommage a Mercure (Field 73-15; M&L 678b)

1973 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,638.00
88 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Golden Gate Bridge, from San Francisco (Field 70-4E; M&L437)

1970 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,638.00
87 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

From Much Ado About Shakespeare (Field 71-1; M&L 391, 392, 395, 396, 401, 402, and 404b)

1971 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,512.00
52 Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)

Paiolive (Jacob 75)

1975 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,512.00
62 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Pilgrim's Journey (Field 78-12; Not in M&L)

1978 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,512.00
16 Salvador Dali

Infraterrestrials Adored by Dali At The Age Of Six When He Thought Himself An Insect (Field 74-12F; M&L 649)

1974 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,512.00

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