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Auction Name Contemporary Day Auction Total Sales (USD) 7,352,030.00
Auction Date May 16, 2025 - May 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,873,000.00
Sale Number #N11726 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 5,805,000.00
Total Lots 39
Sold Lots 36.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,203,000.00
% of Lots Sold 92.31% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 6,235,000.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 117.91%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
529 Cady Noland

SLA Group Shot With Floating Head

 1991 USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 USD 762,000.00
536 Keith Haring

Growing

 1988 USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 762,000.00
224 Roy Lichtenstein

Thinking Nudes (from Nudes Series)

 1994 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 482,600.00
232 Roy Lichtenstein

Nude Reading (from Nudes Series)

 1994 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 457,200.00
205 Roy Lichtenstein

Two Nudes (State I) (from Nudes Series)

 1994 USD 180,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 444,500.00
511 Keith Haring

Dog

 1986 USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 406,400.00
555 Andy Warhol

Chris Evert [Sixteen Works]

 1977 USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 USD 355,600.00
591 Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Still #20

 1978 USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 USD 355,600.00
234 Roy Lichtenstein

La Sortie (State) (from Interior Series)

 1994 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 330,200.00
225 Roy Lichtenstein

Reflections on Girl (from Reflections Series)

 1990 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 317,500.00
539 Keith Haring

Fertility

 1983 USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 317,500.00
590 Louise Lawler

Marie

 2010, printed in 2011 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 279,400.00
336 David Hockney

Hotel Acatlan: Second Day (from Moving Focus)

 1984-85 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 241,300.00
612 Wade Guyton

Untitled

 2019 USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 222,250.00
217 Roy Lichtenstein

Reflections on Crash (from Reflections Series)

 1990 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 215,900.00
538 Keith Haring

Flowers

 1990 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 215,900.00
384 Robert Rauschenberg

Promise

 1965 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 203,200.00
329 Faith Ringgold

Tar Beach 2

 1990-1992 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 190,500.00
535 Keith Haring

Icons

 1990 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 165,100.00
589 Ana Mendieta

La concha de Venus

 1982 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 95,250.00
561 Raymond Pettibon

No Title (Hermosa Beach)

 2019 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 82,550.00
556 Andy Warhol

Mao

 1972 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 48,260.00
580 Barbara Kruger

Face It (Yellow)

 2007 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 48,260.00
581 Barbara Kruger

Untitled (The War For Me to Become You)

 2008 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 48,260.00
469 Joan Mitchell

Bedford I (from the Bedford Series)

 1981 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 44,450.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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