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Potter and Potter Auctions: Anything is Possible • Celebrity Photos and Art from the Beverly Hilton

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Auction Name Anything is Possible • Celebrity Photos and Art from the Beverly Hilton Total Sales (USD) 51,840.00
Auction Date December 04, 2024 - December 04, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 51,550.00
Sale Number #1195 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 80,650.00
Total Lots 244
Sold Lots 130 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 98,400.00
% of Lots Sold 53.28% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 151,000.00
Unsold Lots 114 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 34.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
157 WILSON, Gahan (American, 1930--2019).

Original Painting and Two Prints.

1990s. USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,600.00
460 LANDACRE, Paul (American, 1893--1963).

Amateurs.

1937 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,360.00
421 DALI, Salvador (Spanish, 1904-1989).

Dionysos.

1967 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,280.00
285 PLATT LYNES, George (American, 1907-1955)

Jared French.

Circa 1945. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,560.00
437 CRAWFORD, Ralston (American, 1906-1978).

Grey Street.

1940 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,560.00
392 HOCKNEY, David (American, b. 1937).

A Room Full of Straw.

1969 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,440.00
391 EARLE, Eyvind (American, 1916--2000).

Summer.

1966 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,200.00
297 WEGMAN, William (American, b. 1943).

Covered Bridge.

1998 Ektacolor on paper. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 960.00
295 WEGMAN, William (American, b. 1943).

Nursery Rhymes. (A set of six works). Pat a Cake; Little Jack Horner; Old Mother Hubbard; Rubadubdub; Little Miss Muffet; Little Jumping Joan.

1996 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 900.00
353 HODGKIN, Howard (British, 1932-2017)

Red Print.

1994 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 900.00
389 [POSTERS]. RUSCHA, Ed (American, b. 1937).

EE-NUF! / Vote! People for the American Way,

2020 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 900.00
393 (After) ALMARAZ, Carlos (Mexican-American, 1941--1989).

Night Theater.

1982/2010. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 900.00
455

[SIGNED ART EPHEMERA]. The Frescoes by Diego Rivera in Cuernavaca.

1932 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 900.00
292 WEGMAN, William (American, b. 1943).

Water Work.

1998 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 840.00
401 ANDERLE, Jiri (Czech, b. 1936).

Coquit Me Cura.

1983 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 840.00
439

[ARMORY SHOW EPHEMERA]. Armory Show Exhibition Postcards. International Exhibition / Modern Art. New York.

1913 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 840.00
360 ANDOE, Joe (American, b. 1955).

Horse II.

1994 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
299

[MUGSHOTS]. Group of Nearly 90 Mugshots from Various Places.

ca. 1910s-50s. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 720.00
402 ANDERLE, Jiri After Durer (Czech, b. 1936).

Nemesis.

1984 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 720.00
444

[EXHIBITION EPHEMERA]. Exhibition of Fine Art. Negro Artists.

1928, 1931, 1933 and 1935. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 720.00
348 LICHTENSTEIN, Roy (1923--1997).

Silk Screen Greeting Card from "Banner". ondition.

1969 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 600.00
350 LICHTENSTEIN, Roy (1923--1997).

"I Pressed the Fire Control..." One panel of the diptych print WHAMM!

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 600.00
352 STERN, Bert (American, 1929-2013)

Marilyn.

Not dated. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 600.00
388 SHIELDS, Alan (American, 1944--2005).

My Roller Derby Queen.

1974 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 600.00
294 WEGMAN, William (American, b. 1943).

Untitled. (Dog on Table, Dog on Floor).

Not dated. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 570.00
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    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.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
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    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.
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    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
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    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