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Auction Name Paint. Print. Sculpt Total Sales (GBP) 38,809.60
Auction Date March 11, 2025 - March 11, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 24,460.00
Sale Number #A1192 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 36,560.00
Total Lots 147
Sold Lots 107.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 40,490.00
% of Lots Sold 72.79% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 59,490.00
Unsold Lots 40 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 65.24%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
297 Christo Javacheff aka 'Christo' (Bulgarian, 1935-2020)

Packed Fountain and Packed Tower, Spoleto

 1972 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,816.00
67 Sir Peter Blake RA (b.1932)

The Classroom Suite, 2009:

 2007 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 2,176.00
177 Dame Elisabeth Frink CH RA (1930-1993)

Horse and Rider

 1970 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,176.00
237 John Piper CH (1903-1992)

'The Geffrye Museum' (Levinson 379)

 1985 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,216.00
193 Henry Moore OM CH FBA (1898-1986)

Auden Poems, Moore Lithographs Portfolio, 1974

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,152.00
220 Lynn Chadwick RA (1914-2003)

Moon Series E

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,088.00
82 Helene Binet (Swiss-French, b.1959)

Untitled (Fireman's Cabinet II), Zaha Hadid, fire station, Weil om Rhein, Germany, 1993

 1993 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 960.00
188 John Piper CH (1903-1992)

Courthouse, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire (Levinson 285)

 1978 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 704.00
221 Albert Irvin RA (1922-2015)

Abstract compositions

 2006 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 704.00
338 Fay Godwin (1931-2005)

Ridgeway: Banbury Castle Clump: Approaching;

 2019 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 665.60
139 Sheila Robinson (1925-1988)

Two Houses in Thaxted

 1970 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 640.00
333 Uta Barth (German-American, b.1958)

Field #4

 1995 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 576.00
55 Blek le Rat (French, b.1951)

David with Kalashnikoff, 2007

 2007 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 537.60
201 Sir Eduardo Paolozzi RA (1924-2005)

Will Man Desert the Dog for the Dolphin (no. 723);

1970 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 512.00
206 Sir Eduardo Paolozzi RA (1924-2005)

Brazil

 1988 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 512.00
313 Jim Dine (American, b.1935)

Self Portraits (1971)

 1971 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 512.00
327 Fabian Perez (Argentinian, b.1967)

Christine at the Balcony

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 512.00
328 Fabian Perez (Argentinian, b.1967)

Balcony at Buenos Aires III

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 512.00
49 Damien Hirst (b.1965)

Butterfly Rainbow (Small)

 2020 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 486.40
153 Augustus John OM RA (1878-1961)

Girl's Head, 1919 (Campbell Dodgson 135)

 1919 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 486.40
180 Graham Sutherland OM (1903-1980)

Clegyr-Boia 1, Landscape in Wales, 1936

 1936 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 486.40
44 Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b.1929)

Pumpkin (red)

 2011 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 409.60
200 Allen Jones RA (b.1937)

Concerning Marriages

 2009 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 409.60
298 Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)

Teeny,

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 409.60
48 Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b.1962)

Flower Ball

 2015 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 384.00
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
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