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Auction Name Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection Total Sales (USD) 78,406.88
Auction Date November 20, 2024 - November 20, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 69,700.00
Sale Number #112024 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 110,100.00
Total Lots 73
Sold Lots 64 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 77,400.00
% of Lots Sold 87.67% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 122,400.00
Unsold Lots 9 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 64.06%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
341 Maqbool Fida Husain (1915-2011)

Group of Eleven Lithographs

1958 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,950.00
372 Philippe Halsman (1906-1979)

Albert Einstein

1947 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,293.75
383 Gordon Parks (1912-2006)

Big Mama and Boy

1961 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,968.75
374 Philippe Halsman (1906-1979)

Louis Armstrong

1966 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,975.00
381 Gordon Parks (1912-2006)

Place de la Concorde

1951 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,915.00
427 Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997)

Infinity Field

1977 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,915.00
405 Joel Sternfeld (b. 1944)

McLean, Virginia

1978 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,650.00
313 Maqbool Fida Husain (1915-2011)

Female Head; and Face in Profile with Cartouche

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,517.50
315 Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Louis Aragon, Shakespeare

1965 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,517.50
425 Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997)

Spartan Sunbox

1977 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,385.00
325 Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997)

Infinity Field Delphi I

1972 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,987.50
424 Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997)

Infinity Field-Delphi II

1972 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,855.00
456 Walt Disney Studios

Baloo and Monkey; and Mowgli up a Tree while Shere Kahn Tries to Attack, from

1967 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,590.00
412 Various Artists

The New Color Photography 10 American Photographers

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,457.50
306 Various Artists

The New Color Photography 10 American Photographers

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,325.00
326 Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997)

Infinity Field

1977 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,325.00
373 Philippe Halsman (1906-1979)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

1958 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,325.00
378 Aaron Siskind (1903-1991)

Los Angeles

1949 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,325.00
407 Jim McHugh (b. 1940)

Bruce Nauman, Galesteo, New Mexico; Doug Wheeler; Hap Tivey; De Wain Valentine

1991-1993 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,325.00
429 Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)

Shiny Nude, from Rubber Stamp Portfolio

1977 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,325.00
397 Ernst Haas (1921-1986)

Positano Priest, Italy

1953 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,060.00
418 Arman (1928-2005)

Accumulation Renault; and Boom-Boom

1969 and 1966 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,060.00
426 Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997)

Infinity Field-Lefkada III

1972 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,060.00
430 Saul Steinberg (1914-1999)

Matisse Postcard

1970 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,060.00
324 Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997)

Infinity Field

1977 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 927.50
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD