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Sothebys: Prints and Multiples

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Auction Name Prints and Multiples Total Sales (GBP) 2,513,965.00
Auction Date March 26, 2025 - March 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,495,000.00
Sale Number #L25160 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,163,000.00
Total Lots 79
Sold Lots 64.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 2,697,000.00
% of Lots Sold 81.01% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 3,793,000.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 66.28%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 Roy Lichtenstein

Roommates, from Nudes Series

 1994 GBP 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 GBP 419,100.00
3 Roy Lichtenstein

Reflections on the Scream, from Reflections

 1990 GBP 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 GBP 165,100.00
4 Roy Lichtenstein

Forms in Space

 1985 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 165,100.00
10 Andy Warhol

Grace Kelly

 1984 GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 165,100.00
11 Andy Warhol

Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn)

 1967 GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 GBP 127,000.00
26 Josef Albers

Homage to the Square (Edition Keller I)

 1970 GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 101,600.00
61 Pablo Picasso

Grande tete de femme au chapeau orne

 1962, 1963 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 101,600.00
1 Roy Lichtenstein

Reflections on Crash, from Reflections

 1990 GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 88,900.00
18 Andy Warhol

Geronimo, from Cowboys and Indians

 1986 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 88,900.00
75 M. C. Escher

Waterfall

 1961 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 69,850.00
60 Pablo Picasso

Les Banderilles

 1959 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 60,960.00
77 M. C. Escher

Belvedere

 1958 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 53,340.00
8 Andy Warhol

The Star, from Myths

 1981 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 50,800.00
16 Andy Warhol

Goethe

 1982 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 50,800.00
49 Jeff Koons

Balloon Dog (Blue)

 2021 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 50,800.00
76 M. C. Escher

Up and Down

 1947 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 50,800.00
73 Egon Schiele

Handzeichnungen

 1920 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 44,450.00
52 Banksy

Banksquiat (Black)

 2019 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 40,640.00
17 Andy Warhol

Mao

 1972 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 38,100.00
62 Pablo Picasso

Quatre femmes nues et tete sculptee, from la suite Vollard

 1931-33, 1939 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 35,560.00
84 Henri Matisse

Marie-Jose en robe jaune

 1950 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 33,020.00
15 Andy Warhol

Mao

 1972 GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 30,480.00
69 After Pablo Picasso

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

 circa 1955 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 27,940.00
71 Paul Cezanne

Les baigneurs (grande planche)

 1896-8 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 27,940.00
54 Banksy

Napalm

 2004 GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 22,860.00
  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Dramatic Works,</i> 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>Troilus and Criseyde,</i> one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Borges (Jorge Luis). <i>Luna de Enfrente,</i> first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Nolli (Giovanni Battista). <i>Nuova Pianta di Roma,</i> Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Roberts (David). <i>The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Blacker (William). <i>Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing,</i> Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.