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Auction Name Fine Art - Prints Total Sales (USD) 56,803.50
Auction Date March 25, 2018 - March 25, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 50,700.00
Sale Number #32518 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 85,300.00
Total Lots 65
Sold Lots 49 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 74,550.00
% of Lots Sold 75.38% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 124,250.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 45.72%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7210A Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

The Velvet Underground & Nico album, featuring the "Unpeeled Banana,"

1966 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,355.00
7208 Nathan Oliveira (American, 1928-2010)

Torso II,

2004 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,050.00
7255 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Forest Detail, Winter, Yosemite Valley (1949)

1949 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,394.00
7230 Joan Miro (French/Spanish, 1893-1983)

Femme et Oiseau Devant la Lune

1947 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,268.00
7226 Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868)

San Francisco,

1856 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,142.00
7257A Helmut Newton (German, 1920-2004)

Arielle,

1992 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,142.00
7238A Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918)

Funfundzwanzig Handzeichnungm,

1919 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,952.00
7220 John Melville Kelly (American, 1879-1962)

Bahama Girl, Hawaii

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,936.00
7221 John Melville Kelly (American, 1879-1962)

Malia, Hawaii

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,936.00
7211 Wayne Thiebaud (American, b. 1920)

Manhattan,

1957 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,890.00
7227 Edward Borein (American, 1872-1945)

Arizona Roundup,

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,815.00
7252 Michael Kenna (American, b. 1963)

Following Directions, Zurich, Switzerland, 1993

1993 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,815.00
7224 Sol LeWitt (American, 1928-2007)

Color and Black 40 X 40/1,

1991 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,694.00
7215 Beth Van Hoesen (American, 1926-2010)

Boris,

1981 USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 1,512.00
7231 Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)

Visions Surrealiste-Enigma of the Rose

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,512.00
7224A Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006)

Happy Meeting Portfolio,

1974 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,464.00
7228 Edward Borein (American, 1872-1945)

On the Move,

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,452.00
7171 Rene Gruau (American/French/Italian, 1909-2004)

Lady in a Red Jacket, mixed media on paper, signed lower left, stamped "Christian, Dior 30, Avenue Montaigne Paris 3,"

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,210.00
7251 Michael Kenna (American, b.1963)

Light on Water, Courances, France, 1997

1997 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,149.50
7141 Charles Schultz (American, 1933-2000)

Snoopy, pen and ink on paper

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,089.00
7168 Jean Louis (French/American, 1907-1997)

Costume Design/Illustration for Marilyn Monroe's unfinished film with Dean Kelly, "Something's Got to Give,"

1962 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,089.00
7213 Robert Bechtle (American, b. 1932)

House Near Stinson Beach,

1998 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,028.50
7212 Robert Bechtle (American, b. 1932)

64 Chrysler, lithograph in colors,

circa 1971 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 968.00
7248 Peter Stackpole (American, 1913-1997)

Building the Bay Bridge, San Francisco (1935)

1935, later reprint USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 968.00
7243 Peter Stackpole (American, 1913-1997)

Men Reading the Paper with the Building of the Bay Bridge, San Francisco in the Background (1935)

1935, later reprint USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 915.00
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    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
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