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Auction Name From Japan With Love - online bidstart 10/6 Total Sales (GBP) 436,968.00
Auction Date October 13, 2020 - October 13, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 213,400.00
Sale Number #L20168 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 308,600.00
Total Lots 56
Sold Lots 43 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 257,500.00
% of Lots Sold 76.79% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 375,400.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 116.40%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
9 YAYOI KUSAMA

PUMPKIN - RED

2006 GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 107,100.00
26 NOBUYOSHI ARAKI

YAKUSA, 1994

1994 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 47,880.00
1 NOBUYOSHI ARAKI

UNTITLED (WATERMELON) (FROM THE SERIES COLOURSCAPES), 1991

1991 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 30,240.00
41 YAYOI KUSAMA

HIGH HEELS (2)

1999 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 25,200.00
12 YOSHITOMO NARA

COSMIC GIRLS: EYES OPEN/EYES CLOSED

2008 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 22,680.00
29 YAYOI KUSAMA

PUMPKINS

2002 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 20,160.00
25 TAKASHI MURAKAMI

727; 727-272; AND 727-727 Three offset lithographs printed in colours, 1996-2007

1996-2007 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 18,900.00
28 YOSHITOMO NARA

COSMIC GIRL: EYES OPEN

2008 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 11,340.00
6 YAYOI KUSAMA

YAYOI KUSAMA STREET

1989 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 10,710.00
13 NOBUYOSHI ARAKI

UNTITLED (FROM THE SERIES EROTOS), 1992

1992 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
2 TAKASHI MURAKAMI

OPEN YOUR HANDS WIDE

2010 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 8,820.00
27 YOSHITOMO NARA

COSMIC GIRL: EYES CLOSED

2008 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 8,820.00
58 RINKO KAWAUCHI

UNTITLED, FROM THE SERIES 'AMETSUCHI', 2012

2012 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,930.00
16 TAKASHI MURAKAMI

RED FLOWER BALL (3-D); AND FLOWER BALL BLOOD (3-D)

2013-16 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,300.00
38 TAKASHI MURAKAMI

KANSEI; AND KANSEI KORIN GOLD

2007-09 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,048.00
11 TAKASHI MURAKAMI

POPOROKE FOREST

2011 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 5,292.00
4 TAKASHI MURAKAMI

WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF WE COULD DO SUCH A THING

2017 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
47 TAKASHI MURAKAMI

AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN (RED; YELLOW; AND BLUE)

1999 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
43 YOSHITOMO NARA

MARCHING ON A BUTTERBUR LEAF

2019 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,788.00
66 TAKASHI MURAKAMI

MELTING DOB A

1999 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 4,788.00
3 RISAKU SUZUKI

'UNTITLED', (SAKURA N-11), 2002

2002 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
40 TAKASHI MURAKAMI

AN HOMAGE TO IKB B, 1957; AND AN HOMAGE TO MONOGOLD 1960 B

1957; 1960, 2011-12 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
45 TAKASHI MURAKAMI

KAIKAI KIKI AND ME; AND FLOWER SMILE

2008-11 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 4,410.00
56 KAWS

COMPANIONSHIP IN THE AGE OF LONELINESS

2019 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
7 TAKASHI MURAKAMI

ROSE VELVET; AND BLUE VELVET

2016 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 4,032.00
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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.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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