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Christies: Contemporary Edition - Online bidstart 7/16

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Auction Name Contemporary Edition - Online bidstart 7/16 Total Sales (USD) 1,028,000.00
Auction Date July 30, 2020 - July 30, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 554,400.00
Sale Number #18857 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 822,500.00
Total Lots 134
Sold Lots 118 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 614,600.00
% of Lots Sold 88.06% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 910,000.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 112.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8 KEITH HARING (1958-1990)

Medusa Head

1986 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 150,000.00
17 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Indian Head Nickel, from Cowboys and Indians

1986 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 52,500.00
3 ALEX KATZ (B. 1927)

Gray Day

1992 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 50,000.00
108 JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)

Gray Instrumentation II

1975 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 47,500.00
5 ALEX KATZ (B. 1927)

Standing Ada (Cutout Edition)

1988 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 35,000.00
119 RICHARD DIEBENKORN (1922-1993)

Touched Red

1991 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,000.00
2 ALEX KATZ (B. 1927)

Coca-Cola Girl (Cutout)

2019 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 30,000.00
32 JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)

Balloon Swan (Magenta), Balloon Monkey (Orange) and Balloon Rabbit (Violet)

2017 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 30,000.00
9 ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018)

Heliotherapy Love

1995 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 27,500.00
18 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Hans Christian Andersen

1987 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 25,000.00
29 DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)

Sans Souci

2018 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,000.00
85 ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)

Hey

1969 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 22,500.00
16 ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

Modern Head #4, from Modern Head Series

1970 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 20,000.00
76 LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988)

The Dark Ellipse

1974 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 17,500.00
19 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Karen Kain

1980 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 16,250.00
45 CLAES OLDENBURG (B. 1929)

Geometric Mouse - Scale C

1971 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,250.00
1 ALEX KATZ (B. 1927)

Coca-Cola Girl 4

2019 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,000.00
23 TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)

Cynthia Nude

1982 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 15,000.00
71 HELEN FRANKENTHALER (1928-2011)

Cameo

1980 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 15,000.00
74 RICHARD SERRA (B.1938)

Patience

1984 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,000.00
135 BRICE MARDEN (B. 1938)

Line Muses

1999-2001 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,000.00
79 LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)

Ear

2002 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
30 TAKASHI MURAKAMI (B. 1962)

Monogram Cherry

2007 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,875.00
7 ALEX KATZ (B. 1927)

Pas de Deux

1993-94 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,625.00
39 AFTER FERNANDO BOTERO (B. 1932)

Three Musicians

1983 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,625.00
  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    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
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    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
    24th April 2024
    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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    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
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    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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