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Ahlers & Ogletree: Modern and Contemporary Art and Design - Day 2

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Auction Name Modern and Contemporary Art and Design - Day 2 Total Sales (USD) 34,656.25
Auction Date October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 30,800.00
Sale Number #102325 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 54,900.00
Total Lots 52
Sold Lots 46.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 35,250.00
% of Lots Sold 88.46% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 63,600.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 54.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
461

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2021 USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,062.50
345 Jacob Lawrence

To the Defense

1989 USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,500.00
346 Jacob Lawrence

Windows

1977 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,250.00
347 Romare Howard Bearden

Jamming at the Savoy

1981-1982 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,250.00
348 Romare Howard Bearden

Girl in the Garden

1979 USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,000.00
459 Mr Brainwash

Love is the Answer

2012 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,375.00
340 Ashley Bryan

My Good Lord's Done Been Here

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,250.00
555 Shiro Kasamatsu

Into the woods

1955 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,250.00
540 Sid Avery

Domestic Bliss: Paul Newman; with Joanne Woodward at their Beverly Hills Home'

1958 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,000.00
556 Shiro Kasamatsu

Into the Woods

1955 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 937.50
323

Sharecropper

1978 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 875.00
547 Steve Schapiro

Jacqueline Kennedy, Washington DC

1963 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 750.00
349 Romare Howard Bearden

Circe Into Swine

1979 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 625.00
507 Pedro Friedeberg

Amazonas Odiosonas

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 625.00
539 Sid Avery

Marlon Brando; with Bongo Drums in the Den of His Beverly Glen House

1955 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 625.00
538 Sid Avery

Elizabeth Taylor Sunning Herself on the Marfa, Texas Set of Giant

1955 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 562.50
541 Sid Avery

Cast of Ocean's Eleven

1960 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 562.50
544 Joe Shere

Jayne Mansfield and Sophia Loren at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills

1958 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 562.50
561 Kikuo Saito

Summer Snail

circa 1979 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 562.50
313 William Tolliver

Midnight Serenade

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 500.00
321

Dawn is Here!

1990 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
458 Mr Brainwash

Eternity

2013 USD 700.00 - 1,400.00 USD 500.00
460 Mr Brainwash

David Rubik's Cube

2020 USD 700.00 - 1,400.00 USD 500.00
509 Pedro Friedeberg

La Nariz de Cleopatra

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 500.00
510 Pedro Friedeberg

Schloss Struwwelpeter

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 437.50
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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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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    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.