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Chiswick Auctions: Modern Living: Art & Design
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modern Living: Art & Design | Total Sales (GBP) | 17,134.72 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 22, 2026 - May 22, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 12,960.00 |
| Sale Number | #9641 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 21,940.00 |
| Total Lots | 182 | ||
| Sold Lots | 79.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 32,190.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 43.41% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 53,250.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 103 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 32.18% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003) | Moon In Alabama; Moon in Alabama (Colour variant); Red and Black II |
1963 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,180.80 |
| 202 | Dame Tracey Emin (b.1963) | My Favourite Little Bird |
2015 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 852.80 |
| 167 | Paul Stephenson (b.1976) | After Warhol: Mao |
2019 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 787.20 |
| 296 | The Connor Brothers (b.1968) | The Idiot (Red) |
2022 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 656.00 |
| 292 | Werner Bronkhorst (b.2001) | On the Right Track |
2025 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 603.52 |
| 300 | Banksy (b.1974) | Soup Cans |
2006 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 419.84 |
| 125 | Nikos Ghika (1906-1994) | Untitled |
1954 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 367.36 |
| 134 | Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) | The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Poster (Drowning Girl) |
1989 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 367.36 |
| 224 | Rolf Gerard (1909-2011) | Untitled (Fruit Basket) |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 367.36 |
| 225 | Rolf Gerrard (1909-2011) | Untitled (Dressing Table) |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 367.36 |
| 299 | Alec Monopoly (b.1986) | DJ Money |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 367.36 |
| 40 | Julian Trevelyan (1910-1988) | Harbour |
1946 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 341.12 |
| 163 | Andy Warhol (1928-1987) | Marilyn (Sunday B Morning) |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 341.12 |
| 316 | Hush (b.1973) | Fade |
2015 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 341.12 |
| 6 | Stanley William-Hayter (1901-1988) | New Year Greeting Card |
1946 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 314.88 |
| 131 | Robert Indiana (1928-2018) | American Art Since 1960, The Art Museum, Princeton University |
1970 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 314.88 |
| 298 | D*Face (b.1978) | Saddo-Basquiat |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 314.88 |
| 227 | Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) | Study for Arnold Bennett's Venus Rising from the Sea |
ca.1930 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 262.40 |
| 246 | Mark Francis (b.1962) | Untitled 8 |
1999 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 262.40 |
| 9 | Jean Lurcat (1892-1966) | Odelisque |
ca.1929 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 249.28 |
| 291 | David Shrigley (b.1968) | Tennis Ball |
2023 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 249.28 |
| 60 | Alexander Mackenzie (1923-2002) | Christmas Card 1975; Christmas Card 1981 |
1975; 1981 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 236.16 |
| 82 | Alistair Grant (1925-1997) | 6 Art Prints, including: Untitled |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 236.16 |
| 119 | Henri Hayden (1883-1970) | Le Soleil (The Sun) |
1968 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 236.16 |
| 120 | Henri Hayden (1883-1970) | Courtablom |
1969 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 236.16 |
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Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000 -
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 JuneSotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.