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Auction Name Prints and Multiples - Prints Total Sales (GBP) 3,112,750.00
Auction Date March 19, 2020 - March 19, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,126,700.00
Sale Number #31920 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 3,051,100.00
Total Lots 228
Sold Lots 117 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 3,887,200.00
% of Lots Sold 51.32% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 5,547,500.00
Unsold Lots 111 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 56.11%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
96 EDVARD MUNCH

TOWARDS THE FOREST I (WOLL 112; SCHIEFLER 100)

1897 GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 GBP 375,000.00
188 ANDY WARHOL

BEETHOVEN (F. & S. II.390-393)

1987 GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 GBP 275,000.00
98 EDVARD MUNCH

MELANCHOLY III (W. 203; SCH. 144)

1902 GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 GBP 250,000.00
97 EDVARD MUNCH

THE GIRLS ON THE BRIDGE (W. 628; SCH. 488)

1918 GBP 180,000.00 - 220,000.00 GBP 237,500.00
189 KEITH HARING

RETROSPECT (LITTMANN P. 120-121)

1989 GBP 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 GBP 187,500.00
181 ANDY WARHOL

QUEEN ELIZABETH II OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (F
& S. II.335A)

1985 GBP 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 GBP 118,750.00
207 AFTER JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT

CABEZA

2004 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 68,750.00
157 ROY LICHTENSTEIN

I LOVE LIBERTY (C. 192)

1982 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 52,500.00
191 KEITH HARING

STATUE OF LIBERTY (L. P. 63)

1986 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 52,500.00
101 EDVARD MUNCH

THE BROOCH. EVA MUDOCCI (W. 244; SCH. 212)

1903 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 50,000.00
177 ANDY WARHOL

AFRICAN ELEPHANT (F. & S. II.293)

1983 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 50,000.00
13 MASTER ES

THE VISITATION (LEHRS 16)

mid-fifteenth century GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 43,750.00
159 ROY LICHTENSTEIN

VIRTUAL INTERIOR: PORTRAIT OF A DUCK (C
294)

1995 GBP 24,000.00 - 34,000.00 GBP 43,750.00
206 AFTER JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT

JAWBONE OF AN ASS

2004 GBP 35,000.00 - 55,000.00 GBP 40,000.00
176 ANDY WARHOL

PARAMOUNT (F. & S. II.352)

1985 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
164 ANDY WARHOL

COW (FELDMAN & SCHELLMANN II.11, 11A, 12, 12A)

1966-76 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
167 ANDY WARHOL

MAO (F. & S. II.97)

1972 GBP 26,000.00 - 36,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
122 PABLO PICASSO

DANAÉ (B. 1084; BA. 1286; PICASSO PROJECT L-105)

1962 GBP 22,000.00 - 28,000.00 GBP 32,500.00
165 ANDY WARHOL

FLOWERS (F. & S. II.6)

1964 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 32,500.00
2 AFTER HIERONYMUS BOSCH

THE TEMPTATION OF ST. ANTHONY (HOLLSTEIN 10; NEW HOLLSTEIN (THE VAN DOETECUM FAMILY) 216)

1561 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
129 AFTER PABLO PICASSO

T?TE DE FEMME (DORA MAAR)

circa 1943 GBP 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
163 ROY LICHTENSTEIN

WALLPAPER WITH BLUE FLOOR INTERIOR (C
260)

1992 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
125 PABLO PICASSO

LES VENDANGEURS (B. 937; BA. 1241; PP. L-062)

1959 GBP 22,000.00 - 28,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
190 KEITH HARING

UNTITLED (L. P. 91)

1988 GBP 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
240 CY TWOMBLY

SIX LATIN WRITERS AND POETS (B. 60-66)

1975 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
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