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Auction Name Modern British Prints Total Sales (GBP) 56,070.00
Auction Date June 04, 2025 - June 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 41,650.00
Sale Number #1170 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 59,550.00
Total Lots 191
Sold Lots 118.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 92,150.00
% of Lots Sold 61.78% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 132,850.00
Unsold Lots 73 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 42.21%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
12 William Scott (1913-1989)

Still Life (Archeus 48)

1973 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 5,670.00
86 Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)

Two Brothers

1972 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 2,268.00
191 David Shrigley (b.1968)

I Hate Human Beings

2021 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 GBP 2,268.00
85 Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)

Mrs Swindell's Picture

1967 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,890.00
170 David Hockney (b.1937)

Europalia 73 - Great Britain (Baggot 39)

1973 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,890.00
8 Paule Vezelay (1892-1984)

Baigneuses

1923 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,512.00
88 L.S. Lowry R.A. (1887-1976)

Level Crossing with Train

1973 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,512.00
127 Derrick Greaves (1927-2022)

Ten Flower Pieces

1970 GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,512.00
102 Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Reclining Figure 1 (Cramer 472)

1977/78 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,386.00
172A David Hockney (b.1937)

Skater (XIV Olympic Winter Games, Sarajevo)

1982 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,260.00
108 John Piper (1903-1992)

Long Melford Church (Levinson 336)

1982 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,134.00
4 Paul Nash (1889-1946)

The Strange Coast (Postan L10)

GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,071.00
169 David Hockney (b.1937)

Olympische Spiele Munchen 1972 (Baggott 34)

1972 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,071.00
146 Craigie Aitchison (1926-2009)

Still Life With Bird Vase

2004 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 945.00
48 Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005)

For John Constable (Cristea 47)

1976 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 882.00
101 Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Reclining Figure 3 (Cramer 474)

1977/78 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 882.00
104 Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Head of Girl III (Cramer 600)

1981 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 882.00
107 John Piper (1903-1992)

Carew Castle (Levinson 334)

1982 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 882.00
190 David Shrigley (b.1968)

I Am The Moth, You Are The Flame

2022 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 882.00
1 Walter Sickert (1860-1942)

Interior of a Restaurant

circa 1885 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 819.00
165 Barry Flanagan (1941-2009)

Leaping Hare, from Chelsea Arts Club Centenary Portfolio 1991

1991 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 756.00
114 Terry Frost (1915-2003)

Red, Black and White with Cream (Kemp 209)

2000 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 693.00
19 Mary Fedden (1915-2012)

Stone, Jug and Red Sun

circa 2000s GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 630.00
120 Patrick Heron (1920-1999)

Morning Reds

1979 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 630.00
143 Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)

Horse, from the Dust Series

1971 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 630.00
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