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Bogota Auction: Prints and Multiples
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Prints and Multiples | Total Sales (COP) | 523,680,000.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 23, 2023 - February 23, 2023 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (COP) | 153,700,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #22323 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (COP) | 286,700,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 117 | ||
| Sold Lots | 114.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (COP) | 158,700,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 97.44% | High Estimate of All Lots (COP) | 295,700,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 3 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 177.10% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Alejandro Obregón | Sin título, sin fecha |
sin fecha | COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 | COP 36,000,000.00 |
| 104 | Alejandro Obregón | Cóndor, segunda mitad siglo XX |
segunda mitad siglo XX | COP 2,500,000.00 - 4,500,000.00 | COP 33,600,000.00 |
| 14 | Pedro Ruiz | Desplazamiento No. 245, 2022 |
2022 | COP 3,000,000.00 - 6,000,000.00 | COP 26,400,000.00 |
| 84 | Alejandro Obregón | El grito de Galán, del portafolio Graficario Lucha Popular en Colombia, 1977 |
1977 | COP 2,000,000.00 - 3,000,000.00 | COP 26,400,000.00 |
| 7 | Débora Arango | Las Monjas y el Cardenal, 1987 |
1987 | COP 8,000,000.00 - 16,000,000.00 | COP 24,000,000.00 |
| 87 | Beatriz González | El concordato, 1998 |
1998 | COP 3,000,000.00 - 6,000,000.00 | COP 12,000,000.00 |
| 88 | Beatriz González | Voy desapareciendo como sombra que se alarga (Salmos/109,23), 2010 |
2010 | COP 2,500,000.00 - 5,000,000.00 | COP 11,400,000.00 |
| 113 | Pedro Ruíz | Desplazamiento 206, 2018 |
2018 | COP 3,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 | COP 10,800,000.00 |
| 56 | Santiago Cárdenas | Chaleco, 1979 |
1979 | COP 1,200,000.00 - 2,000,000.00 | COP 9,000,000.00 |
| 66 | Antonio Caro | Achiote, 2016 |
2016 | COP 4,000,000.00 - 8,000,000.00 | COP 9,000,000.00 |
| 18 | Enrique Grau | La manola , 1976 |
1976 | COP 1,000,000.00 - 2,000,000.00 | COP 8,400,000.00 |
| 33 | Carlos Cruz Diez | Carlos Cruz Diez |
N/A | COP 4,000,000.00 - 8,000,000.00 | COP 8,400,000.00 |
| 22 | Luis Caballero | Sin título, 1977 |
1977 | COP 1,500,000.00 - 2,500,000.00 | COP 7,800,000.00 |
| 24 | Miguel Ángel Rojas | El Freddy, de la Carpeta Arte y Diversidad, [1979] |
[1979] | COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 | COP 7,800,000.00 |
| 32 | Carlos Cruz-Diez | Sin título, 1985 |
1985 | COP 4,000,000.00 - 8,000,000.00 | COP 7,800,000.00 |
| 35 | Jesús Rafael de Soto | [Diciembre], ca. 1970 |
ca. 1970 | COP 2,800,000.00 - 4,800,000.00 | COP 7,800,000.00 |
| 37 | Omar Rayo | Nudobilia XXXII, sin fecha |
sin fecha | COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 | COP 7,800,000.00 |
| 38 | Omar Rayo | Soul - Trap, sin fecha |
sin fecha | COP 2,500,000.00 - 4,500,000.00 | COP 7,800,000.00 |
| 39 | Edgar Negret | Sin título, sin fecha |
sin fecha | COP 1,300,000.00 - 2,300,000.00 | COP 7,800,000.00 |
| 62 | Adolfo Bernal | Camisa Bicicleta, 1979 |
1979 | COP 1,500,000.00 - 2,500,000.00 | COP 7,800,000.00 |
| 107 | Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar | Sin título, 1979 |
1979 | COP 1,300,000.00 - 2,300,000.00 | COP 7,800,000.00 |
| 108 | Omar Rayo | West window, sin fecha |
sin fecha | COP 4,000,000.00 - 8,000,000.00 | COP 7,800,000.00 |
| 1 | Wifredo Lam | Sin título, sin fecha |
sin fecha | COP 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 | COP 7,200,000.00 |
| 89 | Beatriz González | 1/500, 1992 |
1992 | COP 2,500,000.00 - 4,500,000.00 | COP 6,600,000.00 |
| 95 | David Manzur | Las tentaciones de Antonio Morales, 1979 |
1979 | COP 800,000.00 - 1,600,000.00 | COP 6,600,000.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. 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. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.