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Auction Info

Auction Name
First Open / Post-War & Contemporary Art
Auction Date
07/18/2025 - 07/18/2025
Sale Number
#23553
Total Lots
30
Sold Lots
26
Lots Sold
86.67%
Unsold Lots
4
Total Sales (USD)
221,256.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
212,500.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
312,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
267,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
392,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
56.37%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
57 KENNETH NOLAND

KENNETH NOLAND Book

1977-1978 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 52,920.00
217 THOMAS STRUTH

West 58th Street, New York, Midtown 1978

1978 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,160.00
141 HANK WILLIS THOMAS

Seeker

2012 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 17,640.00
97 WOLFGANG TILLMANS

Blushes #31

2000 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 12,600.00
100 FRANZ ACKERMANN

Condominium

1994 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 12,600.00
221 VIK MUNIZ

Coyote (I Love America and America Loves Me), After Joseph Beuys (Pictures of Paper)

2008 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,080.00
29 GEORGE CONDO

Line of Figures

2001 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,080.00
94 RICHARD PRINCE

Untitled (from Upstate)

1996-1999 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,080.00
142 SEYDOU KEITA

Untitled

1997 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,190.00
218 VIK MUNIZ

After Tony Smith, Die, 1962 (from Pictures of Dust)

2000 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,560.00
152 HASSAN HAJJAJ

Miriam

2010 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,560.00
98 WOLFGANG TILLMANS

Faltenwurf (submerged) II

2000 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,930.00
219 ANNE COLLIER

Album (Rendezvous)

2016 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,930.00
225 WOLFGANG TILLMANS

John and Paula, hay, CX1000

1994 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,300.00
220 JAMES WELLING

JAMES WELLING 011

2004 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,048.00
224 LOUISE LAWLER

Louise D. Alden Thimble Collection, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1990. How many eggs, How many baskets, How many pictures.

1990 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,040.00
115 ANDY WARHOL

Campbell's Soup Can (Wonton Soup)

circa 1981 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,040.00
96 THOMAS DEMAND

Planet

2005 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,024.00
280 JOHN WATERS

Farrah

2000 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,772.00
226 MONA HATOUM

Van Gogh's Back

1995 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,890.00

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