Christies: Breaking Ground: The Private Collection of Marian Goodman Part I, 24968, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 22, 2026 - May 22, 2026
Page Size: 33 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Richter Gerhard (1932)

5. Jan. 98

1998 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 76,200.00
2 Richter Gerhard (1932)

Orchidee II

Cologne 1998 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 57,150.00
3 Baldessari John (1931-2020)

Heart (With Pearls)

New York 1991 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,302.00
4 Baldessari John (1931-2020)

Untitled

2017 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 19,050.00
7 Newman Barnett (1905-1970)

The Moment

New York 1966 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 33,020.00
10 Marden Brice (1938-2023)

Painting Study 1; Painting Study 2

New York 1974 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,795.00
11 Kiefer Anselm (1945)

Piet Mondrian—Unternehmen “Seelőwe”

1975 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 76,200.00
14 Polke Sigmar (1941-2010)

Untitled (zu Weihnachten)

1983 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 5,334.00
15 Guston Philip (1913-1980)

August

New York 1966 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,794.00
17 Baldessari John (1931-2020)

Hegel's Cellar

New York 1986 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 24,130.00
18 Lichtenstein Roy (1923-1997)

Still Life with Coffee Pot and Flower Pot

New York 1974 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 30,480.00
20 Lichtenstein Roy (1923-1997)

Still Life with Crystal Bowl

New York 1975 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 20,320.00
21 Rosenquist James (1933-2017)

Horse Blinders

New York 1972 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 5,080.00
22 Johns Jasper (B. 1930)

Screen Piece

New York 1972 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,334.00
23 Goode Joe (1937-2025)

Untitled

New York; Los Angeles 1972 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,540.00
24 Ruscha Ed (B. 1937); Williams Mason; Blackwell Patrick; Bengston Billy Al

11 Books, including: Various Small Fires and Milk

Hollywood 1966-1974 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,065.00
25 Frank Robert (1924-2019)

Peru (El Ford)

1948, printed 1970s USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,795.00
26 Ruscha Ed (B. 1937)

Insects

New York 1972 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,255.00
38 Von Wiegand Charmion (1899-1983)

Gouache #151: The Chakras

1961 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 16,510.00
39 Morandi Giorgio (1890-1964)

Natura morta con sette oggetti in un tondo

1945 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 27,940.00
40 Muybridge Eadweard (1830-1904)

Animal Locomotion, Plate 765

1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,048.00
41 Wegman William (B. 1942)

Improved Photographs

New York 1979 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,985.00
42 Bien Ania (B. 1946)

Arp Tree

1975 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,397.00
43 Hamilton Richard (1922-2011)

Portlligat Portfolio One

Cadaques 1974 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 3,048.00
44 Horn Rebecca (1944-2024)

Untitled (Happy New Year)

1997; 1999 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,143.00
  • 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.