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Rachel Davis Fine Arts: Fine Art at Auction - Prints

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Auction Name Fine Art at Auction - Prints Total Sales (USD) 125,259.20
Auction Date March 23, 2019 - March 23, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 96,279.00
Sale Number #213 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 157,649.00
Total Lots 191
Sold Lots 174 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 105,229.00
% of Lots Sold 91.10% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 171,899.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 72.87%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
170 John Singer Sargent (American 1856-1925)

''William Rothenstein: (Dodgson 3)

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,470.00
373 Bridget Riley (British 1931- )

''Elapse"

1982 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,470.00
39 Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (French 1864-1901) & Henry-Gabriels Ibels (French 1867-1936)-

Le Cafe Concert'' (Delteil 28-38); (Wittrock 18-38)

1893 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 7,260.00
64 Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973)

''Series 347:330'' (Bloch 1810)

1968 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,840.00
63 Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973)

''Head Pitcher'' (Bloch 221)

1953 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,267.00
343 Jim Dine (American 1935- )

''Called by Sake'' (Carpenter 70)

1993 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,146.00
377 Frank Stella (American 1936- )

''Angriff'' (Axsom 56.1)

1951 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,025.00
129 Charles E. Burchfield (American 1893-1967)

''Summer Benediction"

1951-1952 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,904.00
153 Claire Leighton (American 1898-1989)

''The Return of the Native"

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,662.00
159 Jackson Lee Nesbitt (American 1913-2008)

''Auction Barn'' (Retif & Salzer 37)

1989 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,057.00
127 Thomas Hart Benton (American 1889-1975)

''Back from the Fields'' (Fath 66)

1945 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,936.00
21 Sir Muirhead Bone (Scottish 1876-1953)

''Spanish Good Friday'' (Dodgson 412 viii/XXLX)

1925 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,815.00
131 Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican 1904-1957)

''Head of Balinese Girl"

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,815.00
168 William Rice (American 1873-1963)

''The Old Oaken Bucket"

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,815.00
344 Francoise Gilot (French 1921- )

''La Reve II'' (Yoakum 37)

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,815.00
42 Kathe Kollwitz (German 1867-1945)

''Die Gefangenen'' (Kipstein 98)

1908 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,573.00
145 Rockwell Kent (American 1882-1971)

''Pinnacle'' (Burne-Jones 20)

1928 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,573.00
157 Reginald Marsh (American 1898-1954)

''Skyline from Pier 10 Brooklyn'' (Sasowsky 129 iv/IV)

1931 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,452.00
78 Anders Zorn (Swiss 1860-1920)

''A Dark Corner (Les Deux Modeles Pres du Lit)'' (Asplund 175); (Delteil 173) & (Hjert & Hjert 239 ii/II)

1903 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,331.00
126 Thomas Hart Benton (American 1889-1975)

''Sunset'' (Fath 43)

1941 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,331.00
155 John Marin (American 1870-1953)

''From Ponte S. Pantaleo, Venice'' (Zigrosser 58)

1907 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,331.00
172 John Sloan (American 1871-1951)

''Buses in Washington Square'' (Morse 219)

1925 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,331.00
158 Thomas Moran (American 1837-1926)

''Boats'' (Gilcrease 74 iii/III)

1890 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,149.50
142A Helen West Heller (American 1872-1955)

''Cop"

1927 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,089.00
143A Eli Jacobi (American 1898-1984)

The Hangout"

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,089.00
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