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Sothebys: Reflections on Pop: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein

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Auction Name Reflections on Pop: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein Total Sales (USD) 23,070,560.00
Auction Date September 26, 2025 - September 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 12,947,000.00
Sale Number #N12001 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 18,610,000.00
Total Lots 86
Sold Lots 86.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 12,947,000.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 18,610,000.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 123.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

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

Reflections: Wimpy I

1988 USD 1,000,000.00 - 1,500,000.00 USD 2,856,000.00
32 Roy Lichtenstein

Eclipse of the Sun II

1975 USD 2,500,000.00 - 3,500,000.00 USD 2,576,000.00
20 Roy Lichtenstein

Entablature

1974 USD 700,000.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD 1,331,000.00
5 Roy Lichtenstein

Interior (Study)

1991 USD 700,000.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD 1,079,500.00
37 Roy Lichtenstein

Nude (Study)

1997 USD 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 USD 1,079,500.00
6 Roy Lichtenstein

Nude with Bust (Study)

1995 USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 USD 825,500.00
24 Roy Lichtenstein

The Sower (Study)

1984 USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 USD 698,500.00
10 Roy Lichtenstein

Untitled Reflection

1989 USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 609,600.00
42 Roy Lichtenstein

Treetops Through the Fog (Study)

1996 USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 USD 551,500.00
17 Roy Lichtenstein

Thinking Nude, State I, from the Nudes series

1994 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 508,000.00
22 Roy Lichtenstein

La Sortie (Study)

1990 USD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 USD 508,000.00
15 Roy Lichtenstein

Reflections on Expressionist Painting (Study)

1990 USD 350,000.00 - 450,000.00 USD 492,000.00
8 Roy Lichtenstein

Petite coups de pinceau

1988 USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 USD 444,500.00
7 Roy Lichtenstein

Reverie, from the 11 Pop Artists, Volume II portfolio

1965 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 355,600.00
64 Roy Lichtenstein

Bobby Kennedy

1989 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 355,600.00
74 Roy Lichtenstein

Bull Profile Series

1973 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 355,600.00
4 Roy Lichtenstein

The Gun in America

1989 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 342,900.00
12 Roy Lichtenstein

Forms in Space

1985 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 317,500.00
9 Roy Lichtenstein

Rain Forest (Study)

1991 USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 USD 279,400.00
27 Roy Lichtenstein

Brushstroke Still Life with Lamp

1997 USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 279,400.00
38 Roy Lichtenstein

Reflections on Wonder Woman (Study)

circa1989. USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 254,000.00
34 Roy Lichtenstein

Mirror #4 (Study)

1970 USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 244,000.00
43 Roy Lichtenstein

Ten Landscapes

1967 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 241,300.00
11 Roy Lichtenstein

Reflections on the Prom (Study)

1990 USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 228,600.00
26 Roy Lichtenstein

Water Lilies---Blue Lily Pads, from the Water Lilies series

1992 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 228,600.00
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    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.