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Auction Name Unwrapped, Part II: The Hidden World of Christo and Jeanne-Claude - bidstart 2/8 Total Sales (EUR) 310,149.00
Auction Date February 18, 2021 - February 18, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 84,850.00
Sale Number #pf2162 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 123,350.00
Total Lots 102
Sold Lots 102 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 84,850.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 123,350.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 251.44%

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
215 Damien Hirst

All You Need is Love

2008 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 32,760.00
160 William Copley

THINK (Flag)

1967 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 22,680.00
262 Sol Lewitt

Lines of One Inch in Four Directions and All Combinations: a portfolio of sixteen lithographs

1971 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 21,420.00
333 Panamarenko

Meikever (Cockchafer)

EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 17,640.00
414 Various Artists

America: the Third Century (Mobil Oil Corporation)

1976 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 17,640.00
260 Fernand Léger

Les Constructeurs

EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 13,860.00
415 Various Artists

Saltoarte Portfolio: a set of Twenty-Nine works

1975 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 11,970.00
334 Giulio Paolini

Sei Illustrazioni per gli scritti sull’arte antica Johann J. Winckelmann Illustrated portfolio

1977 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 10,710.00
416 Various Artists

Landscapes: a portfolio of two sets of four prints by Christo, Jan Dibbets, Richard Hamilton and Dennis Oppenheim

1975 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 9,450.00
272 Piero Manzoni

The Artist’s Fingerprint

1960 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 8,820.00
363 Mimmo Rotella

Untitled

1967 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 8,820.00
273 Brice Marden

Jana

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 8,190.00
400 Anthoni Tapies

Untitled

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 8,190.00
391 Frank Stella

Untitled

1967 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 6,930.00
232 Donald Judd

Untitled (Schellmann 83)

1974 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 6,300.00
163 Robert Cottingham

Roxy

 2002 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 5,670.00
271 Robert Mangold

Distorted Circle Within a Polygon; Imperfect Circle #2

1973 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,788.00
130 Joseph Beuys

Hommage à Picasso (Schellmann 84)

1973 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 4,410.00
417 Ben Vautier

Take Your Time

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 4,410.00
220 Ray Johnson

Ernie Bushmiller - New Fear

mid-60s. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,032.00
263 Sol Lewitt

Parallel Curves (from the Landfall Press 30th Anniversary Portfolio)

2000 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,780.00
331 Nam June Paik

Untitled (for Christo)

EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 3,276.00
179 Walter De Maria

Picasso, Africa

1974 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 3,024.00
210 Richard Hamilton

The Critic Laughs

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,024.00
413 Various Artists

Hommage à Domberger

2002 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,024.00
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