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Auction Name Picassomania Total Sales (GBP) 141,960.00
Auction Date May 18, 2022 - May 18, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 92,900.00
Sale Number #27761 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 137,300.00
Total Lots 36
Sold Lots 28 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 164,100.00
% of Lots Sold 77.78% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 235,300.00
Unsold Lots 8 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 60.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
9 Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme No 2. Portrait de Dora Maar, 1939 This work is from the edition of 104, printed by Lacourière, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1942

1939, 1942 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 31,800.00
27 Pablo Picasso

Femme, 1955 Height 33.6cm (13 1/4in).

1955 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 16,575.00
44 Pablo Picasso

Homme avec son cheval et femme à la fenêtre, circa 1963

circa 1963 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,750.00
10 Robert Capa

Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, Golfe-Juan, 1948

1948 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 12,112.50
8 Pablo Picasso

Profil d'homme Barbu, 1938

1938 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,200.00
17 Pablo Picasso

Le Crapaud, 1949

1949 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,925.00
49 Pablo Picasso

Raphaël et la Fornarina. VIII, from Series 347, 1968

1968, 1969 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 5,355.00
54 Cecil Beaton

Pablo Picasso et Cecil Beaton, 1965

1965 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,355.00
4 Pablo Picasso

Femme assise et têtes barbues, from La Suite Vollard, 1934

1934, 1939 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,825.00
26 Pablo Picasso

Vallauris 1956 Exposition, 1956 (Colour variant)

1956 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 GBP 3,570.00
52 Pablo Picasso

Caricature, 1958

1958 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,570.00
5 Pablo Picasso

Femme assise au chapeau et Femme debout drapée, from La Suite Vollard, 1934

1934, 1939 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,187.50
25 Pablo Picasso

Vallauris 1956 Exposition, 1956

1956 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 3,187.50
46 After Pablo Picasso

Group of six exhibition posters (and smaller)

GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,805.00
20 Pablo Picasso

L'Atelier de Cannes, cover for Ces peintres nos amis, Vol. II, 1956

1956, 1960 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,550.00
19 Pablo Picasso

La Tasse noire; La Tasse et la Pomme; Nature Morte au Verre et a la Pomme (and smaller.) (3)

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,295.00
50 Pablo Picasso

Femme couchée et deux visages, from Suite 156, 1970

1970, 1978 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,295.00
41 Pablo Picasso

Toros en Vallauris 1, 1957

1957 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,785.00
18 Pablo Picasso

Pommes, Verre et Couteau; Composition Verre à Pied, 1947 28 x 17cm.; 31 x 25cm. (2)

1947, 1957 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,657.50
48 Pablo Picasso

Mourlot Cover IV, 1963

1963 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,147.50
13 Pablo Picasso

La Lione; Le Vautour from Histoire Naturelle (Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de buffon), 1936 36.2 x 27.2cm ; 36 x 27cm.(2)

1936, 1942 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,020.00
45 Pablo Picasso

Exposition 55 Vallauris, 1955

1955 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,020.00
14 Pablo Picasso

Le Sauterelle; La Langouste, from Histoire Naturelle (Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de buffon), 1936 (2)

1936, 1942 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 892.50
47 Pablo Picasso

Le vieux roi, 1959

1959 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 892.50
12 Pablo Picasso

La Mère poule, from Histoire Naturelle (Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de buffon), 1936

1936, 1942 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 828.75
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
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