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Sothebys: Contemporary Discoveries
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Contemporary Discoveries | Total Sales (GBP) | 373,200.00 |
| Auction Date | August 02, 2024 - August 02, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 238,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #L24029 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 342,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 39 | ||
| Sold Lots | 33 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 305,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.62% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 444,700.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 6 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 83.92% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Wolfgang Tillmans | still-life, yellow tomatoes |
1995 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 72,000.00 |
| 56 | Howard Hodgkin | Frost |
2000-02 | GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 22,800.00 |
| 47 | Hiroshi Sugimoto | Irish Sea, Isle of Man |
1990 | GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 21,600.00 |
| 97 | Banksy | Pulp Fiction |
2004 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 21,600.00 |
| 124 | Robert Longo | i. Untitled (Cindy from 'Men in the Cities'); ii. Untitled (Eric from 'Men in the Cities') |
1981 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 20,400.00 |
| 55 | Howard Hodgkin | Stormy Weather |
2012 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 19,200.00 |
| 57 | Howard Hodgkin | For Jack |
2005 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 15,600.00 |
| 90 | Banksy | Flying Copper |
2004 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 15,600.00 |
| 116 | Damien Hirst | Where the Land Meets the Sea (H13-1, H13-2, H13-3, H13-4) |
2023 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 14,400.00 |
| 76 | David LaChapelle | Angelina Jolie: Portrait, Los Angeles |
2001 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,800.00 |
| 112 | Andreas Gursky | Ibiza |
2016 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,200.00 |
| 121 | David Yarrow | Mankind 2 (Yirol, South Sudan) |
2014 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,200.00 |
| 107 | Damien Hirst | Justice (H9-1), from Virtues |
2021 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 9,600.00 |
| 113 | Eiji Ohashi | Sapporo, Hokkaido (from Roadside Lights IV (#107)) |
2020, printed in 2022 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 9,600.00 |
| 96 | Damien Hirst | Untitled (Red Butterfly) |
circa 2005 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 7,200.00 |
| 104 | Francis Bacon | Oedipe et le Sphinx d'apres Ingres |
1984 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,200.00 |
| 114 | Richard Mosse | Mother Sky |
2010 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,200.00 |
| 62 | Howard Hodgkin | Acquainted with the Night |
2012 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,600.00 |
| 58 | Howard Hodgkin | For Alan II |
2014 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 59 | Howard Hodgkin | Storm Cloud |
2014 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 60 | Howard Hodgkin | For Alan IV |
2014 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 73 | Rineke Dijkstra | Brighton, England, 21 August '92 |
1993, printed in 2000 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 95 | Damien Hirst | The Empresses (H10-4, 3, 5) |
2022 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,760.00 |
| 115 | Thomas Struth | Clinton Road, Murdock Cottages, London |
1977, printed in 1991 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,040.00 |
| 88 | David Shrigley | Art Will Save the World |
2019 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 4,800.00 |
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/29dc9a36-584c-476d-bc08-834bc3d3902d.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d1c7f9bc-1bd9-43a2-9cd9-fa2e0a89d50f.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dcac6725-5a79-4a9a-8172-9a5e10ccb75b.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.")
