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Auction Name A Contemporary Vision: Works from the Melva Bucksbaum Collection Total Sales (USD) 64,482.75
Auction Date June 02, 2021 - June 02, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 34,275.00
Sale Number #12867 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 59,350.00
Total Lots 74
Sold Lots 60 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 43,875.00
% of Lots Sold 81.08% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 73,950.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 87.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
17 Victoria Sambunaris (b. 1964)

Untitled

2010 USD 2,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,610.00
120 Paul Pfeiffer (b. 1966)

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse # 20, 21 & 22

2006 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,227.50
44 Donald Sultan (b. 1951)

Smoke Rings Jan 18 1999

1999 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 3,690.00
125 Bill Brandt (1904-1983)

The Policeman's Daughter, Hampstead, London

1945,  printed later USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,321.00
183 Kahn & Selesnick

The Story of Eisberfreistadt

2007 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 3,198.00
23 Birgit Jurgenssen (1949-2003)

Ohne Titel

1988 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 2,952.00
181 Yongjin Luo (b. 1960)

Fort House 01

2005 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,583.00
12 Yutaka Sone (b. 1965)

MT.66

2006 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,091.00
2 Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Prints 1968-1998

2000 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,968.00
48 James Welling (b. 1951)

Glass House

2007 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,353.00
116 Hai Bo (b. 1962)

The Northern: A Man is Riding Bicycle No. 2

2005 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,230.00
145 Doug & Mike Starn (b. 1961)

Black Pulse #11

2000-2002 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,230.00
163 Anthony Goicolea (b. 1971)

After Dusk

2001 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,230.00
91 Christo (1935-2020)

Over the River

1999 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,107.00
131 Justine Kurland (b. 1969)

Ghost Ship

2001 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,107.00
59 Yvonne Jacquette (b. 1934)

Third Avenue (With Reflection) III

2005 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 984.00
113 Dennis Adams (b. 1948)

Hanoi Jane

2012 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 984.00
129 Justine Kurland (b. 1969)

The Family

2002 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 984.00
146 Doug & Mike Starn (b. 1961)

Geoffrey W. Cloud

2001 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 984.00
29 Leonid Sokov (1941-2018)

Red Square

1990 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 861.00
33 Raymond Pettibon (b. 1957)

I Value This For Its Association

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 861.00
42 Italo Scanga (1923-2001)

Mountains & Sun

1992 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 861.00
47 Diane Tuft

Purlieus

2005 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 861.00
52 Matthew Higgs (b. 1964)

To Be Looked At

2005 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 861.00
164 Anthony Goicolea (b. 1971)

Still Life with Tea

2004 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 861.00
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