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Auction Name Contemporary Day Auction Total Sales (GBP) 431,800.00
Auction Date March 05, 2025 - March 05, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 255,000.00
Sale Number #L25003 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 385,000.00
Total Lots 4
Sold Lots 4 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 255,000.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 385,000.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 112.16%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
155 Andreas Gursky

Stateville, Illinois

2002 GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 228,600.00
128 Hiroshi Sugimoto

Lake Superior, Cascade River

1995 GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 139,700.00
156 Candida HAPfer

Biblioteca do PalAcio Nacional da Ajuda Lisboa III

2006 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 35,560.00
171 Idris Khan

Struggling to Hear... After Ludwig van Beethoven Sonatas

2005 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 27,940.00
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    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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