Christies: Contemporary Editions: New York, 24246, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) | Still Life with Red Jar |
Los Angeles | 1994 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 56 | ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) | Art Critic |
New York | 1996 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 57 | RAY JOHNSON (1927-1995) | Foot |
New York | 1968 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 58 | ALEX KATZ (B. 1927) | Day Lily 2 |
New York | 1969 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 59 | ALEX KATZ (B. 1927) | Large Head of Ada |
New York | 1972 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 60 | ALEX KATZ (B. 1927) | Anne |
New York | 1973 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 61 | ALEX KATZ (B. 1927) | Boy with Branch 2 |
New York | 1975 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 62 | ALEX KATZ (B. 1927) | Pamela (Pamela in Gray) |
New York | 1976 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 63 | ALEX KATZ (B. 1927) | Orange Hat, from Alex and Ada, the 1960's to the 1980's |
New York | 1990 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 64 | ALEX KATZ (B. 1927) | The Striped Shirt |
New York | 1980 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 65 | ALEX KATZ (B. 1927) | Give Me Tomorrow: twelve prints |
New York | 1983-1984 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 66 | ALEX KATZ (B. 1927) | Frozen Leopard |
Munich | 1991 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 67 | ROMARE BEARDEN (1911-1988) | Cueing In |
circa 1978 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 68 | BEN NICHOLSON (1894-1982) | Three Goblets |
1968 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,445.00 | |
| 69 | ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923-2015) | Cyclamen III, from Suite of Plant Lithographs |
Paris | 1964-1965 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 70 | ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923-2015) | Woodland Plant |
New York | 1979 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 71 | JACKSON POLLOCK (1912-1956) | Untitled (P19) |
1967 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 | |
| 72 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994) | Variant of Fifty |
1965 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,334.00 | |
| 73 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994) | Her Blue Deeps |
Santa Monica, California | 1972 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 74 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994) | Untitled |
Malibu, California | 1974 | USD 2,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 |
| 75 | WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997) | Minnie Mouse |
New York | 1971 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 76 | HELEN FRANKENTHALER (1928-2011) | Southern Exposure |
New York | 2005 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 77 | RICHARD DIEBENKORN (1922-1993) | Ochre |
Oakland, California | 1983 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 78 | ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991) | Djarum |
Bedford, New York | 1975 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 |
| 79 | ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991) | Signs on Copper |
London and New York | 1981 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.