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Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modern Day Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 358,400.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 116,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #N12125 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 172,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 6 | ||
| Sold Lots | 5.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 816,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 83.33% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,172,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 30.58% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314 | Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) | Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California |
1936, printed 1940s | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 179,200.00 |
| 353 | Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) | Sin titulo |
1975 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 121,600.00 |
| 548 | Man Ray (1890-1976) | Electricite |
1931 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 28,160.00 |
| 347 | Joan Miro (1893-1983); Max Ernst (1891-1976) | Two Prints Related to Le Surrealisme en 1947 |
c. 1947 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 361 | Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) | Stag at Mourn |
1974 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
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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 -
