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At $7.9 Million, Phillips Sets New Record for the
Highest Total for an Editions Auction in Company History
Sale Sees Unprecedented Digital Participation with a
Record Number of Online Bidders and Over Half the Lots Selling Online
Strong Prices Achieved for works by Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Keith Haring, with Portfolio I after Jean-Michel Basquiat Leading the Sale
New York, 20-22 April 2021
Sale Total: $7,934,787 / £5,733,223 / €6,604,750
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Lots Sold: 394 | Lots Offered: 412
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Sold by Lot: 96% | Sold by Value: 97%
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Kelly Troester and Cary Leibowitz, Worldwide Co-Heads of Editions, said, “At $7.9 million, the April sale marks the highest total for an Editions auction in Phillips’ history, a testament to the enduring and continually growing appeal of the category. The 3-day, 4-session, 14-hour sale saw over 1,750 online bidders and 500 phone bids executed from the New York and London Editions teams all engagingly live-streamed from London. 62% of the hammer prices were at or above the high estimates. Overcoming the geographical limitations of the past year, our collecting community demonstrated their continued enthusiasm for high-quality prints and multiples, with people from across the world – spanning nearly fifty countries – participating in the auction, casting a record number of absentee and phone bids, and with tremendous activity online. The auction saw a record number of online bidders for an art auction at Phillips, with 53% of lots selling online and with 75% lots receiving online advance bids. Post-war and contemporary works led the sale, with Portfolio I, a set of four screenprints after Jean-Michel Basquiat, leading the auction and more than doubling its estimate with a new record price besting our last record price in 2019. Record prices were also achieved for works by Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Jean Dubuffet and Keith Haring along with strong prices for Alexander Calder, Joan Mitchell, Frank Stella, Shara Hughes, David Hockney, Helen Frankenthaler, George Condo and Kehinde Wiley to name a few. We look forward to the momentum continuing into our June 14-15 Modern & Contemporary Editions sale in London.”
Top Ten Lots
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Lot
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Description
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Estimate
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Price Achieved
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49
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After Jean-Michel Basquiat, Portfolio I, 1983-2001
World Auction Record for this Set
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$300,000 - 500,000
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$604,800
£433,460/€502,226
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25
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Jackson Pollock, Untitled Portfolio (O'C. & T. 1091-1096), 1951
World Auction Record for this Set
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$100,000 - 150,000
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$466,200
£334,126/€387,133
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60
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Roy Lichtenstein, Roommates, from Nudes Series (C. 282), 1994
World Auction Record for this Print
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$120,000 - 180,000
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$428,400
£307,034/€355,743
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67
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Andy Warhol, Camouflage (F. & S. 406-408 (2); 409-411; 413 (2), 1987
World Auction Record for a Set of 8
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$200,000 - 300,000
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$378,000
£270,913/€313,891
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61
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Andy Warhol, Marilyn (F. & S. 30), 1967
World Auction Record for this Color
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$70,000 - 90,000
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$151,200
£108,365/€125,557
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74
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Andy Warhol, Brooklyn Bridge (F. & S. 290), 1983
World Auction Record for this Print
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$25,000 - 35,000
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$144,900
£103,850/€120,325
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53
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Keith Haring, Flowers (L. pp. 165-167), 1990
World Auction Record for this Set
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$50,000 - 70,000
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$138,600
£99,335/€115,093
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66
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Andy Warhol, Rebel Without a Cause (James Dean), from Ads (F. & S. 355), 1985
World Auction Record for the regular Edition
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$70,000 - 90,000
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$132,300
£94,819/€109,862
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90
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Banksy, Stop & Search, 2007
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$60,000 - 80,000
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$126,000
£90,304/€104,630
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64
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Andy Warhol, Cow: the complete series (F. & S. 11; 11A; 12; and 12A), 1966/89; 1971; and 1976
World Auction Record for this Set
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$20,000 - 30,000
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$94,500
£67,728/€78,473
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New Auction Records
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Lot
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Description
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Estimate
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Price Achieved
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18
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Francis Bacon, Self-Portrait (S. 12, T. 7), 1977
World Auction Record for this Print
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$8,000 - 12,000
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$20,160
£14,565/€16,776
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*previous record price: $19,361 set in 2013
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19
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Louise Bourgeois, Ode à Ma Mère (Ode to My Mother) (MoMA 4b-12b), 1995
World Auction Record for this Set
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$30,000 - 50,000
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$68,040
£49,156/€56,620
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*previous record price: $57,815 set in 2013
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21
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Louise Bourgeois, Metamorfosis (MoMA 490a-494a), 1999
World Auction Record for this Set
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$9,000 - 12,000
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$40,320
£29,133/€33,551
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*previous record price: $19,361 in 2013
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23
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Alexander Calder, The yellow worm is longer than the red worm, 1970
World Auction Record for this Multiple
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$20,000 - 30,000
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$47,880
£34,595/€39,844
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*previous record price: $5,660 in 2001
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25
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Jackson Pollock, Untitled Portfolio (O'C. & T. 1091-1096), 1951
World Auction Record for this Set
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$100,000 - 150,000
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$466,200
£334,126/€387,133
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*previous record price: $56,250 in 2011
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28
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Joan Mitchell, Trees I, 1992
World Auction Record for the Print
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$10,000 - 15,000
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$27,720
£20,027/€23,067
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*previous record price: $17,500 set in 2015
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31
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Sol LeWitt, The Location of Lines (K. 1975.06), 1975
World Auction Record for this Set
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$6,000 - 9,000
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$12,600
£9,103/€10,485
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*previous record price: $6,600 set in 1990
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39
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Rashid Johnson, Broken Men, 2019
World Auction Record for this Print
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$15,000 - 25,000
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$50,400
£36,412/€41,940
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*previous record price: $42,500 set in 2020
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44
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Kara Walker, A Means to An End... A Shadow Drama in Five Acts (L. P. p. 216, fig. 85), 1995
World Auction Record for this Print
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$30,000 - 50,000
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$52,920
£38,233/€44,037
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*previous record price: $48,000 set in 2014
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49
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After Jean-Michel Basquiat, Portfolio I, 1983-2001
World Auction Record for this Set
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$300,000 - 500,000
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$604,800
£433,460/€502,226
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*previous record price: $596,000 set in 2019
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52
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Keith Haring, Untitled (Free South Africa) (S. p. 142, L. pp. 42-43), 1985
World Auction Record for this Print
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$50,000 - 70,000
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$88,200
£63,721/€73,396
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*previous record price: $60,409 set in 2019
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53
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Keith Haring, Flowers (L. pp. 165-167), 1990
World Auction Record for this Set
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$50,000 - 70,000
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$138,600
£99,335/€115,093
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*previous record price: $81,250 set in 2018
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54
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David Hockney, Untitled No. 21, from The Yosemite Suite, 2010
World Auction Record for this Print
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$30,000 - 50,000
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$69,330
£50,088/€57,693
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*previous record price: $29,882 set in 2019
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55
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Alex Katz, Chance, 2016
World Auction Record for this Multiple
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$35,000 - 45,000
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$88,200
£63,721/€73,396
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*previous record price: $76,162 set in 2018
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57
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Roy Lichtenstein, Untitled Head (G. 1641, C. 292), 1995
World Auction Record for this Print
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$15,000 - 20,000
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$40,230
£29,065/€33,477
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*previous record price: $28,000 set in 2007
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58
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Roy Lichtenstein, Explosion, from Portfolio 9 (C. 49), 1967
World Auction Record for this Print
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$15,000 - 25,000
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$56,700
£40,964/€47,183
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*previous record price: $30,000 set in 2018
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59
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Roy Lichtenstein, Nude in the Woods, from Expressionist Woodcuts (G. 882, C. 174), 1980
World Auction Record for this Print
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$10,000 - 15,000
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$47,880
£34,591/€39,843
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*previous record price: $34,000 set in 2007
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60
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Roy Lichtenstein, Roommates, from Nudes Series (C. 282), 1994
World Auction Record for this Print
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$120,000 - 180,000
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$428,400
£307,034/€355,743
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*previous record price: $212,500 set in 2019
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61
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Andy Warhol, Marilyn (F. & S. 30), 1967
World Auction Record for this Color
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$70,000 - 90,000
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$151,200
£108,365/€125,557
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*previous record price: $137,500 set in 2018
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64
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Andy Warhol, Cow: the complete series (F. & S. 11; 11A; 12; and 12A), 1966/89; 1971; and 1976
World Auction Record for this Set
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$20,000 - 30,000
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$94,500
£67,728/€78,473
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*previous record price: $31,181 set in 2009
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66
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Andy Warhol, Rebel Without a Cause (James Dean), from Ads (F. & S. 355), 1985
World Auction Record for the regular Edition
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$70,000 - 90,000
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$132,300
£94,819/€109,862
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*previous record price: $125,000 set in 2016
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67
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Andy Warhol, Camouflage (F. & S. 406-408 (2); 409-411; 413 (2), 1987
World Auction Record for a Set of 8
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$200,000 - 300,000
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$378,000
£270,913/€313,891
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*previous record price: $353,000 set in 2014
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74
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Andy Warhol, Brooklyn Bridge (F. & S. 290), 1983
World Auction Record for this Print
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$25,000 - 35,000
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$144,900
£103,850/€120,325
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*previous record price: $79,200 set in 2021
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76
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Andy Warhol, Paloma Picasso, from America's Hommage à Picasso (F. & S. 121), 1975
World Auction Record for this Print
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$10,000 - 15,000
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$20,160
£14,565/€16,776
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*previous record price: $15,120 set in 2020
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87
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Raymond Pettibon, Untitled (A Sea of Grinding Tectonic Plates...), 2008
World Auction Record for this Print
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$14,000 - 18,000
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$25,200
£18,206/€20,970
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*previous record price: $3,750 set in 2015
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*Lots 29, 43, and 252 were sold immediately following the auction and included in the sale results.
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