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Bonhams: Paper Trails 70 Years of Printmaking X Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair

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Auction Name Paper Trails 70 Years of Printmaking X Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair Total Sales (GBP) 215,961.60
Auction Date November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 149,900.00
Sale Number #31102 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 217,300.00
Total Lots 155
Sold Lots 88.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 298,700.00
% of Lots Sold 56.77% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 429,400.00
Unsold Lots 67 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 50.29%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
81 Banksy

Love Is In The Air

2003 GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 23,040.00
84 Banksy

Happy Chopper

2003 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 14,080.00
127 Dame Barbara Hepworth

Genesis, from Twelve Lithographs

1969 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 9,600.00
58 Damien Hirst

Loyalty, from The Virtues (H9-7)

2021 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 8,960.00
93 David Hockney R.A.

Two boys aged 23 or 24, from Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C.P. Cavafy

1966 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 8,320.00
57 Damien Hirst

Justice, from The Virtues

2021 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,680.00
49 Dame Tracey Emin

Black Horse

1985 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 6,400.00
1 David Shrigley

Untitled (I Am Listening)

2020 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,376.00
46 Dame Tracey Emin

Hurt Heart

2022 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 4,864.00
7 David Shrigley

Stop Panicking

2021 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 4,352.00
2 David Shrigley

I Try to be Friendly

2022 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
9 David Shrigley

You Will Not Stop Me From Singing My Song

2021 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
3 David Shrigley

I've Never Seen You

2020 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 3,584.00
16 David Shrigley

I'm So Excited

2022 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
4 David Shrigley

I Cannot Live Without You

2019 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 3,328.00
24 David Shrigley

Wine

2021 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
25 David Shrigley

Untitled (I would like to write on your wall with my crayons is that OK?)

2020 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
18 David Shrigley

To Hell with Zoos

2021 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,072.00
108 William Kentridge

Who Needs Words, from Blue Rubrics

2018 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,072.00
6 David Shrigley

No One Is Happier than Me

2022 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,816.00
90 David Hockney R.A.

The older Rapunzel, from Illustrations for Six fairy Tales for the Brothers Grimm

1969 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,816.00
102 Sir Grayson Perry C.B.E., R.A.

Magical Thinking

2024 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,816.00
8 David Shrigley

I Am Elegant

2021 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
15 David Shrigley

I'm Sorry I Can't Promise It Won't Happen Again

2021 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
89 David Hockney R.A.

The tower had one window, from Illustrations for Six fairy Tales for the Brothers Grimm

1969 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
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    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.
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