Auction Reports

Christies

Auction Info

Auction Name
First Open | Post War and Contemporary Art Online
Auction Date
12/16/2025 - 12/16/2025
Sale Number
#23711
Total Lots
30
Sold Lots
27.0
Lots Sold
90.00%
Unsold Lots
3
Total Sales (USD)
424,561.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
301,200.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
445,300.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
357,200.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
529,300.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
80.21%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
206 FRANCESCO VEZZOLI (B. 1971)

Crying Portrait of Rudolf Nureyev as Saint Cristoforo (after Cosme'tura)

2011 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,800.00
113 CINDY SHERMAN (B. 1954)

Untitled #360

2000 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 48,260.00
142 STEVEN SHEARER (B. 1968)

Kaleidoscope II

2006-2007. USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 40,640.00
154 VIK MUNIZ (B. 1961)

Standard Station, after Ed Ruscha

2008 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 40,640.00
110 ANSELM KIEFER (B. 1945)

Herbstzeitlose

2007 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 33,020.00
148 JEFF WALL (B. 1946)

Peas and Sauce

1999 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 27,940.00
150 WOLFGANG TILLMANS (B. 1968)

8407-28

2007 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 19,050.00
149 JEFF WALL (B. 1946)

Portrait from 'Movie Audience'

1979 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,510.00
11 TSENG KWONG CHI (1950-1990)

Jean-Michel Basquiat with Oxidized Portrait by Warhol

1987 and printed in 2013. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,240.00
147 MATTHEW BARNEY (B. 1967)

DRAWING RESTRAINT 9: Shimenawa

2005 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,970.00
144 NAN GOLDIN (B. 1953)

Blue Hills, Italy

circa 1998. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 13,970.00
152 SIGMAR POLKE (1941-2010)

Untitled (Willich) [Twelve Works]

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 12,700.00
145 NAN GOLDIN (B. 1953)

Gilles and Gotscho at home, Paris

1992 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,795.00
158 GABRIEL OROZCO (B. 1962)

Tortillas y Ladrillos

1990 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,160.00
263 MIKE AND DOUG STARN (B. 1961)

Plant #1

1988 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,525.00
160 ANDRES SERRANO (B. 1950)

Female Bust

1988 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,525.00
141 GARY SIMMONS (B. 1964)

Chicago Fisticuffs

2015 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,620.00
159 ADAM FUSS (B. 1961)

Untitled (From the series My Ghost)

2011 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,620.00
161 LOUISE LAWLER (B. 1947)

Need Not Be Hung Together

2005-2007. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,350.00
156 VIK MUNIZ (B. 1961)

Self Portrait, after Rembrandt (from Pictures of Chocolate)

2003 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,715.00

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  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000