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Auction Name Collections from The Laskett | Modern Art & Design Total Sales (GBP) 52,650.00
Auction Date April 27, 2021 - April 28, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 22,565.00
Sale Number #42721 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 33,000.00
Total Lots 172
Sold Lots 167 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 22,905.00
% of Lots Sold 97.09% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 33,460.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 157.35%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
472 David Hockney, RA (born 1937)

Portrait of Richard Hamilton at Cadaques: full-length seated (SAC 126; Tokyo 118)

1971 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 7,200.00
148 David Hockney RA (British, born 1937)

Portrait of Cavafy in Alexandria (SAC 47; Tokyo 47)

1966 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,360.00
445 David Bailey (born 1939)

Sir Roy Strong

1971 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,640.00
875 Terry Frost (1915-2003)

Long Red, Yellow and Black (2002)

2002 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 2,160.00
869 Elisabeth Frink RA (1930-1993)

Canterbury Tales II (Wiseman 58-76)

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,800.00
925 Gillian Ayres (1930-2018)

Piccolomini

2013 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,440.00
907 Elisabeth Frink RA (1930-1993)

Horse and Rider, 1970

1970 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,200.00
103 Graham Sutherland, OM (1903-1980)

'La Tour des Oiseaux'

1976 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,140.00
443 Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)

Sir Roy Strong and Julia Trevelyan Oman

1971 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,020.00
320 Ceri Richards (British 1903-1971)

Violon d'Ingres

1970 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 900.00
874 Peter Doig (born 1959)

Canoe (2008)

2008 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 840.00
367 Rory McEwen (British 1932-1982)

Two Tulips

1976 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 720.00
873 Patrick Heron (1920-1999)

Brushworks No. 2

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 720.00
900 Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993)

Circe, from the Odyssey Series

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 720.00
234 George Braun (German 1541-1622) and Franz Hogenberg (c.1538-1590)

Caprarola arx et Horti Farnesiani

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 660.00
8 Astrid Zydower (British 1930-2005)

Black Cat

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 600.00
190 Gaywood after Hollar

A View of Boscobel House and The White Ladies, with the wood where King Charles II concealed himself after the Battle of Worcester

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 600.00
441 Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)

Sir Roy Strong flanked by the be-ruffed grandees in the group portrait commemorating peace with Spain in 1604 in the National Portrait Gallery

1967 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 600.00
104 John Piper CH (1903-1992)

'The Glyders'

1960 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 576.00
218 James Basire the Elder (1730-1802)

'Le Champ de Drap d'Or'

1774 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 540.00
47 Henry Moore (British 1898-1986)

Six Stones

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 456.00
197 Johannes Kip (Dutch, 1653-1722), after Leonard Knyff (1650 - 1722)

Six engravings from 'Britannia Illustrata': Hampton Court, Deane, Coley, Wollaton Hall, Longleat and Westbury Court

1707 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 420.00
876 Michael Craig-Martin (born 1941)

U (from the Alphabet series, 2007)

2007 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 420.00
877 Leslie Duxbury (1921-2001)

View over London

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 420.00
55 John Drapentier

Little Offley, from Sir Henry Chauncy's 'Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire'

1700 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 384.00
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