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Auction Name Modern and Contemporary Art | To include the David and Pam McCleave Collection Total Sales (GBP) 392,825.00
Auction Date October 02, 2024 - October 02, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 205,350.00
Sale Number #A1167 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 308,130.00
Total Lots 340
Sold Lots 284 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 278,750.00
% of Lots Sold 83.53% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 421,030.00
Unsold Lots 56 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 93.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
570 David Hockney OM CH RA (b.1937)

'Gregory', 1974

1974 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 16,250.00
560 Henry Moore OM CH FBA (1898-1986)

Draped Torso, 1982 (LH858)

1982 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
178 Richard Hamilton CH (1922-2011)

'Release' (Lullin 83)

GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 13,750.00
599 Marc Chagall (Russian-French, 1887-1985)

'Le Pierrot'

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 13,750.00
697 Banksy (b.1974)

'Police Riot Van' (Dismaland Gift Print)

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,500.00
280 Edward Ardizzone RA (1900-1979)

'Tim to the Rescue'

GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 11,875.00
129 Henry Mayo Bateman (1887-1970)

'The Deed';

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 10,625.00
552 John Piper CH (1903-1992)

'Death in Venice I' (Levinson 225);

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 8,750.00
100 Terry O'Neill (1938-2019)

Michael Caine on the set of 'Get Carter', 1970

1970 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,875.00
538 Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)

'Oblique Forms'

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,875.00
578 10 SupaStore SupaStars' portfolio, 1998

a portfolio of ten lithographs by Simon Bill, Ellen Cantor, Tracey Emin, Anya Gallaccio, Georgie Hopton, Gary Hume, Simon Periton, Sarah Staton, Tomato, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, each signed and numbered '5/50', published by SupaStore Productions on the

1998 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 6,250.00
713 Wayne Thiebaud (American, 1920-2021)

'Chocolate Pie'

GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,250.00
181 Sir Peter Blake RA (b.1932)

'100 Sources of Pop Art'

GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 5,625.00
529 Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)

'Pastorale'

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,250.00
568 Bridget Riley CH (b.1931)

'Two Blues'

GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,000.00
576 Patrick Heron (1920-1999)

'The Shapes of Colour', 1943-1978

1943-1978 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,750.00
112 David Bailey (b.1938)

'Box of Pin-Ups', 1965

1965 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 4,375.00
535 Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)

'Three Forms'

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,375.00
537 Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)

'Delos'

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,375.00
539 Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)

'Sun and Marble'

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,375.00
580 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

'Le Modele etendu'

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,375.00
714 Ed Ruscha (American, b.1937)

'Time is Up', 1989

1989 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,375.00
195 Sir Peter Blake RA (b.1932)

'USA', portfolio, 2014

2014 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,500.00
198 Terry O'Neill (1938-2019)

The Beatles, Abbey Road backyard, 1963

1963 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,500.00
470 Dame Elisabeth Frink CH RA (1930-1993)

'Horse and Rider'

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 3,500.00
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