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Swann Galleries: Contemporary Art

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Auction Name Contemporary Art Total Sales (USD) 1,586,675.00
Auction Date June 25, 2020 - June 25, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,233,400.00
Sale Number #2539 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,899,100.00
Total Lots 413
Sold Lots 349 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,606,400.00
% of Lots Sold 84.50% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,447,100.00
Unsold Lots 64 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 64.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
232 ROY LICHTENSTEIN

Reverie.

1965 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 75,000.00
389 RICHARD HAMBLETON

Rodeo.

2003 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 50,000.00
218 ANDY WARHOL

Consommé (Beef).

1968 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 47,500.00
390 GEORGE CONDO

Jazz Edges.

1999 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 45,000.00
184 RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ

Masked Triad.

1993 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
320 FRANK AUERBACH

Mornington Crescent.

circa 1973-74 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 21,250.00
10 WILLEM DE KOONING

Figures in Landscape #6.

1980 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 18,750.00
209 ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG

Sling-Shots Lit #1.

1985 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,750.00
388 RICHARD HAMBLETON

Shadow Head.

2007 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 18,750.00
142 JULES OLITSKI

Embarked III.

1972 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,500.00
50 HELEN FRANKENTHALER

Southern Exposure.

2005 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,750.00
121 PORTFOLIO

Conspiracy: The Artist as Witness.

1971 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,750.00
220 ANDY WARHOL

Mao.

1972 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,750.00
217 ANDY WARHOL

Jackie II.

1966 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 12,500.00
309 CHRISTO

Wrapped Book Modern Art.

1978 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,500.00
379 JEFF KOONS

Balloon Rabbit (Violet).

2017 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 12,500.00
387 RICHARD HAMBLETON

Shadowman.

1994 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
75 PIERRE SOULAGES

Eau-forte II.

1952 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,350.00
76 PIERRE SOULAGES

Eau-forte VII.

1957 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,875.00
372 MEL BOCHNER

No: The Fucking Short Version.

2009 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,875.00
263 ROBERT INDIANA

The American Dream.

1997 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,250.00
322 LUCIAN FREUD

Head and Shoulders.

1982 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,250.00
333 DAVID HOCKNEY

Spring (No. 778, 17th April, 2011-2019).

2019 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,250.00
370 AMY SILLMAN

Two Birds.

1994 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,250.00
231 ROY LICHTENSTEIN

Crak!

1963-64 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,050.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    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.
    Jeschke Jadi
    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.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • 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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