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Christies: Contemporary Editions

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Auction Name Contemporary Editions Total Sales (USD) 1,722,875.00
Auction Date February 28, 2018 - February 28, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 904,700.00
Sale Number #15980 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,353,700.00
Total Lots 184
Sold Lots 148 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,000,700.00
% of Lots Sold 80.43% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,504,200.00
Unsold Lots 36 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 114.54%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
42 RICHARD DIEBENKORN (1922-1993)

Blue

1984 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 81,250.00
131 ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)

Bliss Bucket

2010 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 62,500.00
95 ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923-2015)

Colored Paper Imagell, State (Green curve)

1976 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 50,000.00
2 Jasper Johns (b. 1930)

Bread, from Lead Reliefs

1970 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 47,500.00
4 Jasper Johns (b. 1930)

Light Bulb, from Lead Reliefs

1970 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 43,750.00
74 ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

Art Critic

1996 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 37,500.00
72 ANDY WARHOL (1928 - 1987)

Turtle

1985 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 35,000.00
111 GERHARD RICHTER (B. 1932)

Abstrakes Bild (P1)

2014 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 32,500.00
128 ROBERT LONGO (B. 1953)

Frank, from Men in the Cities

1982-83 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 32,500.00
83 BRIDGET RILEY (B. 1931)

Fragment 7

1965 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 31,250.00
107 FRANK STELLA (B. 1936)

Los Alamitos, from Race Track Series

1972 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 31,250.00
28 FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)

Trois études pour un autoportrait

1983 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 30,000.00
54 ANDY WARHOL (1928 - 1987)

Chicken 'N Dumplings, from Campbell's Soup II

1969 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 30,000.00
130 RICHARD ESTES (B. 1932)

D Train

1988 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,000.00
50 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Jacqueline Kennedy I, from 11 Pop Artists I

1966 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 27,500.00
55 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Oyster Stew, from Campbell's Soup II

1969 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 27,500.00
124 BANKSY (B. 1974)

HMV Dog

2003 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,500.00
52 ANDY WARHOL (1928 - 1987)

Scotch Broth, from Campbell's Soup II

1969 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 25,000.00
53 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Vegetarian Vegetable, from Cambell's Soup II

1969 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 25,000.00
56 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Golden Mushroom, from Campbell's Soup II

1969 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 25,000.00
69 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Vote McGovern

1972 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 23,750.00
1 ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG (1925-2008)

Features from Currents: eighteen plates

1970 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 20,000.00
73 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Love: one plate

1983 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 20,000.00
94 ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923-2015)

Colored Paper Image IX (Four Grays with Black I)

1976 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 20,000.00
126 KEITH HARING (1958-1990)

Pop Shop I: one plate

1987 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 20,000.00
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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