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Auction Name Contemporary Discoveries - bidstart 7/8 Total Sales (USD) 2,294,712.00
Auction Date July 19, 2022 - July 19, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,351,100.00
Sale Number #N11055 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,992,700.00
Total Lots 123
Sold Lots 93 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,643,100.00
% of Lots Sold 75.61% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,424,700.00
Unsold Lots 30 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 94.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
135 Andy Warhol

Siberian Tiger, from Endangered Species (Feldman & Schellmann II.297)

1983 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 214,200.00
18 Andy Warhol

Mick Jagger (Feldman & Schellmann II.140)

1975 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 151,200.00
129 Andy Warhol

Giant Panda, from Endangered Species (Feldman & Schellmann II.295)

1983 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 151,200.00
7 David Hockney

Hotel Acatlan: Two Weeks Later, from Moving Focus (M.C.A.T. 271)

1985 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 138,600.00
16 Andy Warhol

Rebel Without a Cause (James Dean), from Ads (Feldman & Schellmann II.355)

1985 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 138,600.00
5 Andy Warhol

Flash - November 22, 1963 (Feldman & Schellmann II.32 - 42)

1968 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 113,400.00
110 Andy Warhol

Shoes (Feldman & Schellmann II.256)

1980 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 94,500.00
127 Andy Warhol

The New Spirit (Donald Duck), from Ads (Feldman & Schellmann II.B 357)

1985 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 88,200.00
6 David Hockney

Oranges

2011 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 75,600.00
69 KAWS

Urge

2020 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 63,000.00
119 Wayne Thiebaud

Candy Apples

1987 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 63,000.00
86 Gerhard Richter

Ice 2 (Butin 123)

2003 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 56,700.00
8 David Hockney

Two Robes

2010 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,320.00
117 David Hockney

Glass

2009 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,320.00
249 Andy Warhol

Van Heusen (Ronald Reagan), from Ads (Feldman & Schellmann II.356)

1985 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 40,320.00
85 Frank Stella

Imola Three IV, from Circuits (Axsom 142.2)

1984 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,800.00
55 Carrie Mae Weems

Some Said You Were the Spitting Image of Evil

1995-96 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,280.00
124 Wayne Thiebaud

Boston Cremes

1970 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,280.00
198 David Hockney

Breakfast with Stanley in Malibu, Aug. 23, 1989

1989 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 35,280.00
126 Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, Wild Raspberries

1959 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 32,760.00
151 Sam Francis

Untitled

1979 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 32,760.00
19 Andy Warhol

Ted Turner (see Feldman & Schellmann IIIB.45)

1986 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,240.00
279 Andy Warhol

Sachiko (Feldman & Schellmann II.155)

1977 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 30,240.00
39 Vija Celmins

Ocean Surface

2000 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 27,720.00
152 Sam Francis

Chinese Opal (Lembark L111)

1970 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 25,200.00
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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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.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
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