Auction Reports

Ahlers & Ogletree

Auction Info

Auction Name
Modern and Contemporary Art - Day 2
Auction Date
02/19/2026 - 02/19/2026
Sale Number
#21926
Total Lots
24
Sold Lots
22.0
Lots Sold
91.67%
Unsold Lots
2
Total Sales (USD)
21,248.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
16,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
28,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
16,400.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
28,700.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
74.03%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
333 Frank Stella (American, born 1936).

Referendum 70

 1970 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,600.00
352 Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993).

Dune

 1968, printed 1978/79 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,048.00
353 Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993).

Sand Dune Abstraction

 1970, printed 1978/79 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,280.00
354 Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993).

Banyan Roots, Hawaii

 1979, printed 1979 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,280.00
497 John Beerman (American, born 1958).

Rockland Lake

 1996 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,088.00
372 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984), printed by Alan Ross (American, born 1948).

Dogwood Blossoms

 1938 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 896.00
605 Thomas Whelan Benton (American, 1930-2007).

Window #13

 1983 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 640.00
389 Will Barnet (American, 1911-2012).

Woman, Cat & String

 1980 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 576.00
500 Leroy Neiman (American, 1921-2012).

Arnie in the Rain

 1973 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 576.00
577 Dorothy Gillespie (American, 1920-2012).

Untitled - Abstract - late 20th century, screenprint on paper, arrangement of irregular forms in red, yellow, pink, green, and blue predominantly localized to the bottom half of the composition atop a white ground, signed

late 20th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 512.00
304 John McWilliams (American, born 1941).

Collection of Five Black and White Portraits

 1973 USD 700.00 - 1,400.00 USD 512.00
502 Leroy Neiman (American, 1921-2012).

Bjorn Borg & Jimmy Connors

 1977 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 384.00
414 Richard Howard Hunt (American, 1935-2023).

Untitled - Abstract Study

 N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 320.00
611 Yale Epstein (American, born 1934).

Autumn Mist

 late 20th century USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 320.00
574 Dick Arentz (American, born 1935).

River Garry, Scotland

 1982 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 256.00
415 Richard Howard Hunt (American, 1935-2023).

Ravinia

 1971 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 256.00
579 Maggie Davis (American, 20th / 21st Century).

Fruit Stand

 1976 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 160.00
598 Art Hansen (American, 1929-2017).

The Lobby

 1972 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 160.00
501 Leroy Neiman (American, 1921-2012).

Backhand (Chris Evert)

 1974 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 128.00
599 Robert Ernst Marx (American, 1925-2020).

Poet

 20TH CENTURY USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 128.00
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  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.