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Auction Name Loud and Proud - LGBTQ+ Art Total Sales (USD) 143,469.00
Auction Date October 22, 2024 - October 22, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 109,600.00
Sale Number #102224 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 157,600.00
Total Lots 72
Sold Lots 65 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 122,000.00
% of Lots Sold 90.28% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 176,500.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 81.29%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
106 Robert Mapplethorpe 1946--1989

Ken Moody

1985 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,970.00
113 David Wojnarowicz 1954--1992

True Myth (Domino Sugar)

1983 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,970.00
172 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Ladies and Gentlemen

1975 USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,970.00
180 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Ladies and Gentlemen

1975 USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,970.00
104 Mark Morrisroe 1959--1989

Self Portrait (On Tour)

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,560.00
129 John Dugdale b.1960

Self Portrait in Rondout Creek

1992 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,048.00
102 Jack Pierson b.1960

Queers Kissing

1992 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,040.00
114 Keith Haring 1958--1990

Photo with original drawing

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,032.00
115 Robert Gober b.1954

Brokeback Mountain

2012 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,780.00
135 PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French and Margaret French)

Jared French and Paul Cadmus, Fire Island

1938 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,528.00
150 Duane Michals b.1932

Untitled (One Evening)

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,882.00
118 Paul Cadmus 1904--1999

Nudo #2

1984 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,620.00
120 Paul Cadmus 1904--1999

Waiting for Rehearsal

1984 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,520.00
160 Nan Goldin b.1953

Yogo putting on powder, Bangkok

1992 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,520.00
166 Glenn Ligon b.1960

My Fear Is Your Fear

1995 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,394.00
116 Herb Ritts 1952--2002

Male Nude with Bubble

1987 / printed later USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,268.00
190 Tom Bianchi b.1945

Untitled

1983 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,268.00
123 Ray Johnson 1927--1995

Untitled

c. 1969 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,142.00
140 George Platt Lynes 1907--1955

Walter Rockmer

1940 / printed later USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,142.00
147 Pierre Molinier 1900--1976

Mon Cul

1968 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,142.00
136 PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French and Margaret French)

John B.

c. 1940 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,016.00
155 Arthur Tress b.1940

Blue Collar Fantasy

1979 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,016.00
194 Tom Bianchi b.1945

Untitled

1985 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,016.00
137 PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French and Margaret French)

Margaret French and Jared French, Fire Island

1938 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,965.00
142 Duane Michals b.1932

Harlequin

c. 1985 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,890.00
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