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Auction Name Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Total Sales (USD) 325,516.00
Auction Date November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 150,100.00
Sale Number #112025 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 235,200.00
Total Lots 76
Sold Lots 73.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 155,100.00
% of Lots Sold 96.05% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 244,600.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 133.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
303 David Hockney

Red Celia

1984 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 38,080.00
501 David Hockney

Potted Daffodils

1980 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 35,360.00
503 David Hockney

Black Tulips

1980 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 31,280.00
527 Berenice Abbott

Nightview, New York at Night

1932 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 16,320.00
300 Richard Serra

Dealer's Choice

1996 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 14,960.00
396 Gregory Crewdson

Julianne Moore, from Dreamhouse

2002 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 13,600.00
504 David Hockney

Little Stanley

1987 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 12,240.00
360 Lucian Freud

Large Head

1993 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,880.00
321 Berndnaut Smilde

Nimbus II

2012 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 8,160.00
502 Francis Bacon

L'Orestie d'Eschyle

1981 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,160.00
526 Constantin Brancusi

Henri-Pierre Roche

1922 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,800.00
392 Chuck Close

Alex

1992 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,460.00
422 Alexander Calder

Boomerang

1964 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 6,460.00
405 Gerhard Richter

Landschaft I; and Landschaft II

1971 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,780.00
302 Ellsworth Kelly

Leaves

1964-65 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,440.00
420 Alexander Calder

Composition (Yellow Boomerang and Circles)

circa 1970 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 5,100.00
390 Chuck Close

Alex

1991 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,760.00
339 Joel Shapiro

Toss Up

2012 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,080.00
340 Chuck Close

Joel Shapiro

1997 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,080.00
416 Henri Matisse

Cinquante dessins

1920 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,080.00
425 Henry Moore

Two Women Bathing a Child

1973 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,080.00
525 Constantin Brancusi

Henri-Pierre Roche

1922 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,944.00
332 Matthias Schaller

Palazzo Papadopoli, from Controfacciata

2007 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,808.00
419 Henri Matisse

Cinquante dessins

1920 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,672.00
417 Henri Matisse

Cinquante dessins

1920 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,536.00
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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
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    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.
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    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
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    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.