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Bogota Auction: Engravings and Multiples

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Auction Name Engravings and Multiples Total Sales (COP) 300,480,000.00
Auction Date October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (COP) 160,400,000.00
Sale Number #2581 High Estimate of Lots Sold (COP) 322,400,000.00
Total Lots 110
Sold Lots 88.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (COP) 223,300,000.00
% of Lots Sold 80.00% High Estimate of All Lots (COP) 447,500,000.00
Unsold Lots 22 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 67.15%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
11 Debora Arango.

Desnudo leyendo, 1999

1999 COP 8,000,000.00 - 16,000,000.00 COP 20,400,000.00
56 Jesus Rafael Soto.

Permutacion, [1955-1978

[1955-1978 COP 7,000,000.00 - 14,000,000.00 COP 20,400,000.00
28 Alejandro Obregon.

Palombes, 1975

1975 COP 6,000,000.00 - 12,000,000.00 COP 16,800,000.00
12 Beatriz Gonzalez.

Ya llego la fecha II, del portafolio Libertad - Colombia, 1980

1980 COP 4,000,000.00 - 8,000,000.00 COP 9,600,000.00
27 Rufino Tamayo.

Nino con pajaro, 1976

1976 COP 7,000,000.00 - 14,000,000.00 COP 9,600,000.00
31 Robert Motherwell.

Blackened sun (Sol ennegrecido), 1984

1984 COP 7,000,000.00 - 14,000,000.00 COP 8,400,000.00
77 Beatriz Gonzalez.

Duelo serigrafico por desaparecidos, 2022

2022 COP 4,000,000.00 - 8,000,000.00 COP 8,400,000.00
76 Beatriz Gonzalez.

Viva Mejico, 1979

1979 COP 3,000,000.00 - 6,000,000.00 COP 7,200,000.00
8 Leonel Gongora.

Miss Prim, 1982

1982 COP 3,000,000.00 - 6,000,000.00 COP 6,600,000.00
49 Zdenek Sykora.

Red-Blue structure, 1967

1967 COP 500,000.00 - 1,500,000.00 COP 6,600,000.00
18 Fernell Franco.

El Saman de San Martin, [1985]

[1985] COP 1,800,000.00 - 3,800,000.00 COP 5,760,000.00
96 Pedro Ruiz.

Perezoso, 2019

2019 COP 4,000,000.00 - 8,000,000.00 COP 5,760,000.00
108 Alexander Apostol.

Think blue, 2007

2007 COP 4,500,000.00 - 9,000,000.00 COP 5,400,000.00
42 Antonio Asis.

De la carpeta Groupe de recherche d'art visuel 1960-1968, 1976

1976 COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 COP 5,040,000.00
62 John Castles.

Sin titulo, 1986

1986 COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 COP 5,040,000.00
83 Alvaro Barrios.

Instalacion de un monumento publico en Venecia, 1983

1983 COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 COP 5,040,000.00
20 Pedro Ruiz.

Colombia en la India, 2023

2023 COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 COP 4,800,000.00
26 Wifredo Lam.

Sin titulo de la serie L'Antichambre de la nature, [1996]

[1996] COP 1,500,000.00 - 3,500,000.00 COP 4,800,000.00
29 Fernando de Szyszlo.

Serie Sol negro, 1994

1994 COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 COP 4,800,000.00
100 Andy Warhol. EE.UU., 1928 - 1987.

Mao, 1980

1980 COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 COP 4,800,000.00
102 Alvaro Barrios.

Suenos ilustrados, La reina, 2021

2021 COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 COP 4,800,000.00
109 Nan Goldin.

Memory Lost Sirens, 2021

2021 COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 COP 4,560,000.00
40 Julio le Parc.

Traslacion circular, de la carpeta Groupe de recherche d'art visuel 1960-1968, 1975

1975 COP 3,500,000.00 - 6,500,000.00 COP 4,200,000.00
80 Ivan Argote.

Sin titulo, sin fecha

sin fecha COP 1,200,000.00 - 2,200,000.00 COP 4,200,000.00
59 John Castles.

Sin titulo, 1979

1979 COP 3,000,000.00 - 6,000,000.00 COP 3,840,000.00
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
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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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    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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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
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