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Sothebys: Contemporary Discoveries

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Auction Name Contemporary Discoveries Total Sales (USD) 941,451.00
Auction Date July 15, 2025 - July 15, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 703,500.00
Sale Number #N11786 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,034,000.00
Total Lots 91
Sold Lots 65.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,042,500.00
% of Lots Sold 71.43% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,534,000.00
Unsold Lots 26 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.37%

Top twenty-five by sale price

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

Mick Jagger (Feldman & Schellmann II.146)

 1975 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 101,600.00
28 Andy Warhol

Mick Jagger (Feldman & Schellmann II.142)

 1975 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 88,900.00
30 Andy Warhol

Flowers (Feldman & Schellmann II.65)

 1970 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 69,850.00
32 Andy Warhol

Love (Feldman & Schellmann II.310-312)

 1983 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 63,500.00
134 Ruud van Empel

World #26

 2008 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 44,450.00
197 Matthew Barney

CR 1: MS. GOODYEAR

 1995 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 27,940.00
23 Keith Haring

Pop Shop II: One Plate (Littmann p. 96)

 1988 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,400.00
25 Keith Haring

Pop Shop II: One Plate (Littmann p. 97)

 1988 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,400.00
56 David Benjamin Sherry

Looking toward Valley of the Gods, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah

 2017 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 25,400.00
129 Thomas Struth

Tien An Men, Beijing

 1997 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,400.00
253 Various Artists

The MOCA portfolio

 1999-2000 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,860.00
29 Tseng Kwong Chi

Jean-Michel Basquiat with Oxidized Portrait by Warhol

 1987, printed 2013 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,320.00
36 Tom Wesselmann

Big Blonde

 1989 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 20,320.00
38 Robert Rauschenberg

Untitled

 1985 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,320.00
96 Frank Stella

Fortin de las Flores (First Version), from Ten from Leo Castelli (Axsom IB)

 1967 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 16,510.00
104 Frank Stella

Then Water Came and Quenched the Fire, from Illustrations After El Lissitzky's Had Gadya (Axsom 176)

 1984 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,510.00
120 Vija Celmins

1984-12-01

 1985 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,510.00
105 Frank Stella

Shards I-V (Axsom 144-148)

 1982 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 15,240.00
145 Eric Fischl

Year of the Drowned Dog

 1983 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,240.00
235 Roy Lichtenstein

Industry and the Arts (Corlett 86)

 1969 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,970.00
221 Des Lucrece

#44 The Bluffer

 2022 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,065.00
260 Robert Mangold

Four Figures

 1998 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,795.00
151 Cindy Sherman

Untitled (In Honor of Mark Morrisroe)

 1980, printed in 2000 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,160.00
172 David Hockney

Myself and My Heroes (Scottish Arts Council 4; MCAT 4)

 1961 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,160.00
174 David Hockney

Brothers Grimm Studies

 1969 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,160.00
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    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.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.