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| Auction Name | Contemporary Discoveries | Total Sales (USD) | 831,360.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 14, 2026 - July 14, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 495,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #N12213 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 738,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 82 | ||
| Sold Lots | 74.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 639,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.24% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 938,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 8 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 88.55% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Frankenthaler Helen (1928-2011) | Grey Fireworks |
2000 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 51,200.00 |
| 176 | Johns Jasper (b. 1930) | Target with Four Faces |
1979 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 40,960.00 |
| 170 | Katz Alex (b. 1927) | Black Hats IV |
2012 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 35,840.00 |
| 182 | Abloh Virgil (1980-2021) | Off-Wisconsin |
2015 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 35,840.00 |
| 18 | Frankenthaler Helen (1928-2011) | Sure Violet |
1979 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 32,000.00 |
| 177 | Johns Jasper (b. 1930) | 10 Books, including: 0 - 9 |
1975 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 32,000.00 |
| 289 | Calle Sophie (1953-) | The Blind #10 |
1986 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 32,000.00 |
| 76 | Anuszkiewicz Richard (1930-2020) | Blue to Red Portal |
1977 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 282 | Sugimoto Hiroshi (1948-) | Time Exposed |
1980-91, printed 1991 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 173 | Warhol Andy (1928-1987) | Electric Chair |
1971 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 341 | Motherwell Robert 1915-1991 | Black with No Way Out |
1983 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 172 | Warhol Andy (1928-1987) | Self-Portrait |
1966 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 255 | Close Chuck (1940-2021) | Self-Portrait |
1995 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 339 | Stella Frank 1936-2024 | Imola Three II, State I |
1984 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 294 | Sherman Cindy (1954-) | Untitled (Lucille Ball) |
1975, printed 2001 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 317 | Warhol Andy 1928-1987 | Paloma Picasso |
1975 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 318 | Lichtenstein Roy 1923-1997 | Mirror #2 |
1972 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 33 | Condo George (b. 1957) | Internal Music |
2020 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 15,360.00 |
| 34 | Condo George (b. 1957) | A Midwinter's Daydream |
2020 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 15,360.00 |
| 284 | Burtynsky Edward (1955-) | Shipbreaking #1, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
2001, printed 2002 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 382 | Murakami Takashi (1962-) | SUPERFLAT Monogram: Panda & His Friends |
2005 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 285 | Fischli Peter (1952-); Weiss David (1946-2012) | Untitled (Airport) |
2008 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 274 | Stella Frank (1936-2024) | Sinjerli Variation Ia; Sinjerli Variation III |
1977 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 |
| 361 | Ligon Glenn (1960-) | Narratives |
1993 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 |
| 283 | Becher Bernd (1931-2007); Becher Hilla (1934-2015) | Stonebreaker (For Gravel), Gunzburg, Germany |
1989 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,880.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000