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Christies: South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online | Total Sales (USD) | 73,914.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 01, 2026 - April 01, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 39,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #23954 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 58,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 12 | ||
| Sold Lots | 12.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 39,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 58,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 126.78% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | NANDLAL BOSE (1882-1966) | Kaikeyi and Manthara |
circa 1910s | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 103 | RASHID RANA (B. 1968) | Scatter in Time III |
2016-17 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 84 | MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1913-2011) | Culture of the Streets |
circa 1980s | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 109 | SAYED HAIDER RAZA (1922-2016) | Bindu Bija Mantra |
2006-07 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 1 | MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1913-2011) | Untitled |
circa late 1950s | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,334.00 |
| 25 | ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI (1894-1975) | White Hand; Punjabi Maiden |
N/A | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,334.00 |
| 96 | ZARINA (1937-2020) | Boundaries of Despair (from House of Many Rooms) |
1993 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 26 | ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI (1894-1975) | To the Pilgrimage; Fishing Day |
N/A | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 |
| 27 | CHITTAPROSAD BHATTACHARYA (1915-1978) | The Palms; Untitled (Buddha); Terracotta from Bengal |
1953, circa 1950s, and in 1955 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 85 | MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1913-2011) | Varanasi I |
1973 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 108 | SAYED HAIDER RAZA (1922-2016) | Untitled (Composition) |
circa early 2000s | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,032.00 |
| 36 | VELU VISWANADHAN (B. 1940) | Untitled |
circa 1970s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,651.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
