PBA Galleries: Charles Bukowski & His Circle
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Charles Bukowski & His Circle | Total Sales (USD) | 222,408.00 |
| Auction Date | June 02, 2011 - June 02, 2011 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 207,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #455 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 316,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 343 | ||
| Sold Lots | 220.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 316,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 64.14% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 481,400.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 123 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 46.20% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | Bukowski, Charles | Original abstract watercolor painting |
1970 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 97 | Bukowski, Charles | Post Office |
1971 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 151 | Bukowski, Charles | Original mixed media abstract painting |
1965 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 149 | Bukowski, Charles | Original drawing - self portrait in a circle of friends |
1980 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,700.00 |
| 22 | Bukowski, Charles | The Bukowski / Purdy Letters: 1964-1974, A Decade of Dialogue |
1983 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 5,400.00 |
| 49 | Bukowski, Charles | The Genius of the Crowd |
1966 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 48 | Bukowski, Charles | Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail |
1960 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 152 | Bukowski, Charles | Original painting of a bird |
1960 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,900.00 |
| 157 | Bukowski, Charles | Ping Pong with Adolph [sic] - original drawing |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,900.00 | |
| 70 | Bukowski, Charles | Longshot Poems for Broke Players |
1962 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,900.00 |
| 133 | Bukowski, Charles | Women |
1978 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 150 | Bukowski, Charles | Original drawing - used for serigraph in "Pulp" published in 1994 |
1993 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,300.00 |
| 80 | Bukowski, Charles | Not Quite Bernadette |
1990 | USD 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 3,300.00 |
| 224 | Bukowski, Charles | Seven manuscript poems signed by Charles Bukowski |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 | |
| 53 | Bukowski, Charles | Ham on Rye |
1982 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 148 | Bukowski, Charles | Original drawing - Man Between Plants and Helix |
1990 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
| 113 | Bukowski, Charles | South of No North: Stories of the Buried Life |
1973 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 193 | Bukowski, Charles | "love” - manuscript poem signed by Charles Bukowski |
1974 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 29 | Bukowski, Charles | Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts |
1965 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 45 | Bukowski, Charles | Factotum |
1975 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 155 | Bukowski, Charles | Original pastel drawing |
1965 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 253 | Bukowski, Charles | Typed Letter, signed, to Carl Weissner - with photograph of Bukowski and Linda Lee Beighle |
1981 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 59 | Bukowski, Charles | Hot Water Music |
1983 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 122 | Bukowski, Charles | True Story |
1966 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 76 | Bukowski, Charles | Mockingbird Wish Me Luck |
1972 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
