Christies: Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur Online
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur Online | Total Sales (USD) | 644,238.00 |
| Auction Date | June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 321,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #23979 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 492,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 74 | ||
| Sold Lots | 73 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 322,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 98.65% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 493,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 130.62% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) | Lithograph of Water made of lines, crayon, and two blue washes without green wash |
1980 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 201,600.00 |
| 131 | DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) | Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book, from Paper Pools |
1980 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 63,000.00 |
| 181 | MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012) | Panorama of children's book characters |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 25,200.00 | |
| 132 | BEATRIX POTTER (1866-1943) | Studies of mice |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 20,160.00 | |
| 169 | MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012) | New York Is Book Country, 25th Anniversary poster artwork |
USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 17,640.00 | |
| 173 | MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012) | Wild Thing Playing the Cello |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 13,860.00 | |
| 167 | MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012) | Idomeneo, Finale Vision |
1989 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,970.00 |
| 178 | MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012) | Max and the Sea Monster |
C 2009 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 11,970.00 |
| 101 | ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528) | St. Christopher Facing Right |
1521 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 11,340.00 |
| 104 | GEORGE RICHMOND (1809-1896) | The Shepherd - Christ the Good Shepherd |
1827 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 11,340.00 |
| 168 | MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012) | New York Is Book Country, 20th Anniversary poster design |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,710.00 | |
| 174 | MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012) | Where the Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Glyndebourne poster design |
USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,710.00 | |
| 179 | WINSOR MCCAY (c.1866/71-1934) | Little Nemo in Slumberland original artwork |
1906 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 9,450.00 |
| 166 | MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012) | Rosie and Buttermilk, Her Cat, from Really Rosie |
1973 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,820.00 |
| 170 | MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012) | Learning Is a Wild Thing, Brooklyn Children's Museum poster design |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,820.00 | |
| 102 | GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778) | The Gothic Arch, from Carceri d'invenzione |
circa 1749-1750 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 7,560.00 |
| 112 | WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827) | Mr. Cumberland |
1827 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 7,560.00 |
| 138 | CHUCK JONES (1912-2002) | Bugs Bunny on Napkin |
1983 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 7,560.00 |
| 158 | MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012) | Wild Thing fishing from the Brooklyn Bridge |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,560.00 | |
| 117 | JOHANN HEINRICH FUSSLI, HENRY FUSELI, R.A. (1741-1825) | A Witch at Work |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,930.00 | |
| 133 | BEATRIX POTTER (1886-1943) | Fungi, the magnified leg of a fly, studies of a privet hawk moth and its life-cycle, a jug, a gazelle's head and rabbits |
1896 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 6,930.00 |
| 162 | MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012) | Really Rosie storyboard sketches |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,300.00 | |
| 105 | GEORGE RICHMOND (1809-1896) | The Fatal Bellman |
1827 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,048.00 |
| 127 | FELIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925) | La Symphonie |
1897 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 6,048.00 |
| 124 | FELIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925) | Le Violoncelle, from Instruments de Musique |
1896 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,670.00 |
![Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
