Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers: 20th Century, Modern & Contemporary Fine Art, 52126, Hudson

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 21, 2026 - May 21, 2026
Page Size: 50 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
300 Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993)

Halo, from Five Aquatints with Drypoint

1978 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,400.00
301 Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)

Deep Sun

1983 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,840.00
306 Jasper Johns (b. 1930)

#4 (after Untitled), from Six Lithographs

1976 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,160.00
313 Robert Longo (b. 1953)

Arena Brains

1986 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,448.00
315 Robert Longo (b. 1953)

Body Hammer

1995 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,176.00
319 Jim Dine (b. 1935)

Spray Painted Robe

1977 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,080.00
325 James Rosenquist (1933-2017)

Horse Blinders (North)

1972 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
326 Frank Stella (1936-2024)

One Small Goat Papa Bought for Two Zuzim, from Illustrations after El

1984 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 17,680.00
327 Red Grooms (b. 1937)

De Kooning Breaks Through

1987 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,448.00
328 Robert Graham (1938-2008)

Two Nude Studies

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
334 Henry Fonda (1905-1982)

Untitled (Hanging Jacket)

N/A USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 476.00
335 Ronald Brooks Kitaj (1932-2007)

Aviator

1971 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 816.00
336 Yaacov Agam (b. 1928)

Homage to Mondrian

1984 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 544.00
337 Michael Childers (b. 1944)

Warhol (Fur Coat)

1976 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 816.00
338 Tony Shafrazi

Warhol-Basquiat Poster

1985 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,904.00
339 Michael Childers (b. 1944)

Hockney Reading, at Rising Glenn, Hollywood: Two Images

circa 1988 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 952.00
340 Michael Childers (b. 1944)

Robert Graham in Venice, CA

2003 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 476.00
341 Jim Kershner

Flatiron Building

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 476.00
354 Georges Braque (1882-1963)

Jug

ca. 1970 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
362 Max Liebermann (1847-1935)

A Couple

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 272.00
448 Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013)

Lithograph 157 (Agerup 157)

1965 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,400.00
460 Gabor Peterdi (1915-2001)

Germination No. I

1952 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,224.00
464 Larry Rivers (1923-2002); Karel Appel (1921-2006)

Dutch Masters; Untitled

1991 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,768.00
465 James Rosenquist (1933-2017)

More Points on a Bachelor's Tie

1977 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,496.00
466 Robert Indiana (1928-2018)

The American Four

1970 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,768.00
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.