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Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers: Modern and Contemporary Art

Auction Reports

Auction Name Modern and Contemporary Art Total Sales (GBP) 102,771.50
Auction Date November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 46,390.00
Sale Number #111925 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 78,340.00
Total Lots 125
Sold Lots 104.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 54,660.00
% of Lots Sold 83.20% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 91,580.00
Unsold Lots 21 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 112.22%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1058 RICHARD LIN (TAIWANESE, 1933-2011) (4)

May 1; May 2; May 3; May 4 (1971)

1971 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,850.00
881 TRACEY EMIN (BRITISH, B. 1963)

Curled Up

2022 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 5,460.00
845 ELIZABETH KEITH (SCOTTISH, 1887-1956)

Nine Dragon Pool, Diamond Mts Korea

1921 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 4,550.00
1029 RANA BEGUM (BANGLADESHI/BRITISH, B. 1977) (16)

No. 861, set of fifteen (2018)

2018 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,550.00
1048 DAVID SHRIGLEY (BRITISH, B. 1968)

Untitled, I am Listening (2020)

2020 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,550.00
1046 DAVID SHRIGLEY (BRITISH, B. 1968)

Live Each Day As If It Were Your First (2022)

2022 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,420.00
1049 DAVID SHRIGLEY (BRITISH, B. 1968)

Stop Panicking (2021)

2021 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,160.00
757 EDWARD BAWDEN (BRITISH, 1903-1989)

Town Hall Yard (1956) (Greenwood MG.041)

1956 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,900.00
1037 LEE BAE (SOUTH KOREAN, B. 1956)

Prints Portfolio (2022)

2022 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,900.00
843 TOM PURVIS (BRITISH, 1888-1959) (6)

East Coast Joys, Travel By L.N.E.R. to the Drier Side of Britain

1931 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,640.00
1050 DAVID SHRIGLEY (BRITISH, B. 1968)

I've Never Seen You (2020)

2020 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,640.00
1017 ETEL ADNAN (LEBANESE/AMERICAN, 1925-2021)

Ailleurs

98 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,380.00
1047 DAVID SHRIGLEY (BRITISH, B. 1968)

Wine (2021)

2021 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,860.00
888 KEITH HARING (AMERICAN, 1958-1990)

No 10 from The Story of Red and Blue

GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 2,340.00
756 EDWARD BAWDEN (BRITISH, 1903-1989)

The Nag's Head, Braintree (1954) (Greenwood MG.037)

1954 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,950.00
854 SALVADOR DALI (SPANISH, 1904-1989)

Manege, from Le Cirque (Michler & Lopsinger 138)

GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,690.00
862 VICTOR PASMORE (BRITISH, 1908-1998)

Senza Titolo II

89 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,560.00
849 JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000) (54)

Song of the Migrant Bird

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,430.00
1051 DAVID SHRIGLEY (BRITISH, B. 1968)

Kindness

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,430.00
1060 OLA KOLEHMAINEN (FINNISH, B. 1964)

Approaching Void (2006)

2006 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,300.00
868 GEORG BASELITZ (GERMAN, B. 1938)

Eine hand Ist Keine Faust VII (2019)

2019 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 1,170.00
1016 KAWS (AMERICAN, B. 1974)

Family (2022)

2022 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,170.00
734 DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH, 1877-1970)

Madonna

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 1,105.00
1043 KIM WHANKI (SOUTH KOREAN, 1913-1974) (6)

Summer Lake

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,105.00
869 ROSE WYLIE (BRITISH, B. 1934)

Singing in the Rain

GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,040.00
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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