Forum Auctions: Modern & Contemporary Editions, 51326, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Blake (b.1932) | Peter Blake (b.1932) Sources of Pop Art VII |
London | 2009 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,778.00 |
| 2 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | Damien Hirst (b.1965) H18-4. Splendour, from The Kaleidoscopes |
London | 2024 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 |
| 3 | Harland Miller (b.1964) | Harland Miller (b.1964) Hell...It's Only Forever 1 |
London | 2020 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 |
| 4 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Sunset in Monument Valley, from The Retrospectrum Collection |
California | 2022 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 5 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Lighthouse in Maine, from The Beaten Path Series |
New York | 2017 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 6 | Takashi Murakami (b.1962) | Takashi Murakami (b.1962) An Homage to IKB 1957 B |
Tokyo; New York | 2011 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 7 | Takashi Murakami (b.1962) | Takashi Murakami (b.1962) An Homage to Monopink 1960 B |
Tokyo; New York | 2011 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 8 | Tracey Emin (b.1963) | Tracey Emin (b.1963) Hades, Hades, Hades |
London | 2009 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 9 | Tracey Emin (b.1963) | Tracey Emin (b.1963) Love Poem |
Margate | 2013 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 10 | Tracey Emin (b.1963) | Tracey Emin (b.1963), after. I Am The Last of My Kind (Royal Academy Exhibition poster) |
London | 2020 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 190.50 |
| 11 | Francis Bacon (1909-1992) | Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Derriere le Miroir No.162 |
Paris | 1966 | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 889.00 |
| 12 | Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) | Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) The Way |
Copenhagen | 2018 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 13 | Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) | Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) Untitled (NRW) (2017) |
Dusseldorf | 2017 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) | Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) Untitled, 2018 |
New York | 2018 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 15 | Olafur Eliasson (b.1967) | Olafur Eliasson (b.1967) Your Soft Lifeworld |
London | 2024 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 16 | Gene Davis (1920-1985) | Gene Davis (1920-1985) Royal Curtain |
Detroit; London | 1980 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 17 | Mark Tobey (1890-1976) | Mark Tobey (1890-1976) Intimate Journey |
1974 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 18 | Vera Molnar (1974-2023) | Vera Molnar (1974-2023) Untitled (Grecque apres tremblement de terre) |
circa 2000s | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 19 | Various Artists | Various Artists, Extra Magazine No.5 |
Koln | 1975 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 304.80 |
| 20 | Christo & Jeanne-Claude (1935-2020 and 1935-2009) | Christo & Jeanne-Claude (1935-2020 and 1935-2009) Wrapped Monument to Leonardo, Project for the Piazza della Scala, Milan |
1971 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 21 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Train Tracks (Large) (2023) |
New York | 2008 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 22 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Oil Rigger's Shack, from The Drawn Blank Series |
New York | 2017 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 23 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Flat Top Mt. Diner, Tennessee, from The Beaten Path Series |
New York | 2017 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 24 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Staring at The Moon, from The Beaten Path Series |
New York | 2017 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 25 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Train Tracks (Red), from The Drawn Blank Series |
New York | 2020 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,413.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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