Forum Auctions: Modern and Contemporary Editions
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modern and Contemporary Editions | Total Sales (GBP) | 211,620.10 |
| Auction Date | November 27, 2025 - November 27, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 143,350.00 |
| Sale Number | #1171 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 205,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 317 | ||
| Sold Lots | 215.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 213,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 67.82% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 305,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 102 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 69.25% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Drawn Blank Series (Set of 12): Train Tracks Portfolio, Man on a Bridge Portfolio and Woman At The Red Lion Pub Portfolio (2008) |
2008 | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 15,240.00 |
| 9 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | H9-4. Politeness, from The Virtues |
2021 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 13,970.00 |
| 2 | STIK (b.1979) | Dancer |
2011 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 12,700.00 |
| 148 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | The Complete Set of Five Empresses (H10) |
2022 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,795.00 |
| 1 | Invader (b.1969) | Aladdin Sane Clyde (Orange) |
2014 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 |
| 17 | David Shrigley (b.1968) | I Will Retrieve Your Phone |
2021 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 |
| 8 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | H19-5. Heavenly Elysia, from The Dreams |
2025 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,334.00 |
| 10 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | H13-2. Kingsdown Beach |
2023 | GBP 2,200.00 - 2,800.00 | GBP 4,445.00 |
| 39 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | The Retrospectrum Collection (Set of Six) |
2022 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 140 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | Beautiful, Greater Than Living Beings, Noblest And Most Intelligent Vapor Painting (H12-1) |
2023 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,302.00 |
| 266 | Norman Ackroyd (1938-2024) | Fragments (Set of 12) |
2018 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 294 | Carlos Cruz Diez (1923-2019) | Untitled |
1996 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 18 | David Shrigley (b.1968) | Old Cat |
2022 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 281 | Henry Moore (1898-1986) | Seven Ages of Man, William Shakespeare (CGM 658-667) |
1986 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 93 | Dan Budnik (1933-2020) | Selma to Montgomery March, Triumphant Civil Rights leaders entering Montgomery on Oak Street, 25 March 1965 |
1965 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 7 | Terry Frost (1915-2003) | Lizard Black (Kemp 139) |
1995 | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 32 | Johnny Depp (b.1963) | Al Pacino, from Friends and Heroes (2022) |
2022 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 146 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | H10-4. Suiko, from The Empresses |
2022 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 147 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | H10-1. Wu Zetian, from the Empresses |
2022 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 29 | Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) | David Bowie, Diamond Dogs, Contact Sheet, 1974 |
1974 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 311 | Salvador Dali (1904-1989) | Portrait de Ronsard, from Les Amours de Cassandre (Field 68-2-A; M&L 248c) |
1968 | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 49 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Man on a Bridge, from The Drawn Blank Series (2010) (Large) |
2010 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 71 | Daniel Arsham (b.1980) | Tropical Cave of Zeus |
2021 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 168 | Chris Levine (b.1960) | The Lightness of Being (Freedom Edition) |
2021 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 235 | Anthony Fry (1927-2016) | Indian Landscape |
1999 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
![<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<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>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
