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Auction Name Made in Britain Total Sales (GBP) 736,625.00
Auction Date March 17, 2020 - March 17, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 355,400.00
Sale Number #31720 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 522,100.00
Total Lots 108
Sold Lots 93 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 401,000.00
% of Lots Sold 86.11% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 590,500.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 124.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
28 CHRIS LEVINE

LIGHTNESS OF BEING, 2013

2013 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 60,000.00
275 DAVID YARROW

THE USUAL SUSPECTS, 2018

2018 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 40,000.00
223 CHRIS SMITH

ALI AND THE BEATLES, 1964

1964, printed later GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
257 STIK

SLEEPING BABY (NHS BLUE)

2015 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
249 SIR EDOUARDO PAOLOZZI, R.A.

AS IS WHEN

1965 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
265 CHRIS LEVINE

EQUANIMITY 9, 2012

2012 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
222 TERRY O'NEILL

BRIGITTE BARDOT, SHALAKO, 1968

1968, printed later GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 23,750.00
279 MIKE FIGGIS

KATE MOSS DESCENDING, 2007

2007, printed later GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 22,500.00
255 DAMIEN HIRST

NOTRE DAME

2007 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 21,250.00
237 IAIN MACMILLAN

THE BEATLES, ABBEY ROAD, 1969

1969, printed 1995 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 20,000.00
282 DAMIEN HIRST

LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD)

2000 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 17,500.00
3 DAVID SHRIGLEY

MY RAMPAGE IS OVER

2019 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 16,250.00
20 BRIDGET RILEY

RA 2 (S. 28)

1981 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
45 DAVID HOCKNEY, R.A.

VASE AND FLOWERS (SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL 69; MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO 66)

1969 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
233 BRIDGET RILEY

EDGE OF LIGHT (S. 55)

1981-2003 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
69 HOWARD HODGKIN

VENICE, NIGHT (H. 96)

1995 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 12,500.00
1 HOWARD HODGKIN

MANGO (HEENK 83)

1990-91 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 11,250.00
33 LEWIS MORLEY

CHRISTINE KEELER, 1963

1963, printed 1998 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 11,250.00
47 NORMAN PARKINSON

AUDREY HEPBURN WITH FLOWERS II, 1955

1955, printed 2017 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 10,625.00
82 LUCIAN FREUD

BEFORE THE FOURTH (SEE FIGURA P. 26 FIG. 12; NOT IN HARTLEY)

2004 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
229 DAVID HOCKNEY, R.A.

CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS (S. A. C., MCA TOKYO 39)

1965 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
239 DAVID HOCKNEY, R.A.

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL (S. A. C., MCA TOKYO 10)

1961 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
241 TERENCE DONOVAN

JIMI HENDRIX, LONDON, 1967

1967, printed later, flush-mounted onto board GBP 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 GBP 10,000.00
271 VARIOUS ARTISTS

THE HOUSE OF FAIRY TALES

2008 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
18 TERRY O'NEILL

ELTON JOHN, DODGER STADIUM, 1975

1975, printed 2013 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 9,375.00
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
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