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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Paint. Print. Sculpt.
- Auction Date
- 12/02/2025 - 12/02/2025
- Sale Number
- #A1240
- Total Lots
- 194
- Sold Lots
- 117.0
- Lots Sold
- 60.31%
- Unsold Lots
- 77
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 41,782.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 25,630.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 40,820.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 56,030.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 85,370.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 48.94%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 173 | Dame Elisabeth Frink CH RA (1930-1993) | 'Eagle Owl' (Wiseman 87) |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,470.00 | |
| 165 | Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976) | 'Industrial Scene' |
1974 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,950.00 |
| 174 | Philip Sutton RA (b.1928) | Hawaii'; 'San Francisco'; 'Great Australian Bight'; 'Pacific' |
1966 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,625.00 |
| 388 | John Hutton (New Zealand-British, 1906-1978) | Mother and child |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 1,560.00 | |
| 163 | Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976) | 'Three Men and a Cat' |
1971 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,560.00 |
| 3 | Edward Bawden RA (1903-1989) | 'Aesop's Fables: An Old Crab and a Young' |
1956 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,040.00 |
| 457 | Chris Levine (Canadian-British, b.1960) | 'Lightness of Being' |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,040.00 | |
| 390 | Fabian Perez (Argentinian, b.1967) | Saba with letter |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 910.00 | |
| 14 | Edward Bawden RA (1903-1989) | Evora'; 'Obides'; 'Beja' |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 715.00 | |
| 355 | Karolina Larusdottir (Icelandic, 1944-2019) | 'Folding Sheets' |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 715.00 | |
| 285 | Lee Miller (American, 1907-1977) | Solarised portrait, Paris, 1932, thought to be Meret Elisabeth Oppenheim |
2020 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 650.00 |
| 284 | Lee Miller (American, 1907-1977) | 'Picnic', Paul and Nusch Eluard, Roland Penrose, Man Ray and Ady Fidelin photographed at Ile Sainte-Marguerite, Cannes, 1937 |
2020 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 546.00 |
| 78 | Bernard Cheese RCA RE (1925-2013) | 'Bonfire in a Hedgerow' |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 546.00 | |
| 393 | Pudlo Pudlat (Canadian, 1916-1992) | Sedna'; 'Springtime'; 'Owl and Ulu' |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 520.00 | |
| 31 | After Eric Ravilious | No. 5 Planets', 1933 |
1933, printed later | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 520.00 |
| 447 | Tracey Emin RA (b.1963) | Be Faithful to Your Dreams', 1999 |
1999 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 520.00 |
| 354 | Karolina Larusdottir (Icelandic, 1944-2019) | The End of the Day'; 'Music'; 'Sauma Konan' (The Seamstress) |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 494.00 | |
| 172 | Anthony Gross RA (1905-1984) | 'Entrance to Dover Harbour' (Herdman 4101) |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 455.00 | |
| 179 | John Allin (1934-1991) | Seven prints from Stepney Streets: 'Petticoat Lane'; 'The Great Synagogue - Brick Lane'; 'Hessel Street Market'; 'Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor - Brune Street'; 'Platava Synagogue - Heneage Street Street'; 'Curly's Cafe - Whitechapel Road'; 'Spitalfiel |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 455.00 | |
| 5 | Edward Bawden RA (1903-1989) | 'Lion & Zebras' (MG 189) |
1989 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 416.00 |
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![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
![<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.")
