PHILLIPS’ EVENING & DAY EDITIONS AUCTION ACHIEVES £2.6 MILLION
Strong Prices for Contemporary Masters and Several New Records Set, Including Those for Jonas Wood and Ed Ruscha
London, 23 & 24 January 2025
Sale Total: £2,640,013 / $3,253,288 / €3,123,927
Lots Sold: 231 | Lots Offered: 245
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Sold by Lot: 94% | Sold by Value: 98%
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Rebecca Tooby-Desmond, Specialist, Head of Sale, and Auctioneer, said, “We are thrilled to announce the results of our Evening and Day Editions sales, which achieved £2.6 million and sell-through rates of 98% by value and 94% by lot. These figures reaffirm the strength of our curated offerings and Phillips’ leadership in the Editions market. The enthusiasm for Phillips’ first live auction of the year saw spirited bidding from a packed saleroom, alongside phone and online participation from collectors over 50 countries, reflecting the truly global appeal of this category. Highlights included Jonas Wood’s Four Majors, which soared to more than three times its estimate, and Andy Warhol’s iconic Chicken 'N Dumplings from Campbell's Soup II, which realised over four times its pre-sale estimate. Other standout results were achieved for works by Jasper Johns, Banksy, and Mel Bochner. Text-based works performed particularly well, with Ed Ruscha’s History Kids and Harland Miller’s This is Where It's Fuckin At drawing significant interest from collectors. These results underscore the continued passion for Editions and the enduring appeal of the medium among collectors worldwide. We look forward to building on this momentum with our upcoming live Editions & Works on Paper auction in New York on 12 February."
Top Ten Lots
Lot
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Description
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Estimate
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Price Achieved
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28
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Jonas Wood, Four Majors, 2018
WORLD AUCTION RECORD
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£40,000 - 60,000
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£139,700
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45
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Banksy, Flower Thrower Triptych (Grey), 2019
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£100,000 - 150,000
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£120,650
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22
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Jasper Johns, Corpse and Mirror (U.L.A.E. 169), 1976
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£60,000 - 80,000
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£101,600
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46
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Banksy, Girl with Balloon, 2004
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£60,000 - 80,000
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£82,550
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53
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Mel Bochner, Amazing, 2012
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£30,000 - 50,000
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£82,550
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5
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Andy Warhol, Chicken 'N Dumplings, from Campbell's Soup II (F. & S. 58), 1969
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£15,000 – 20,000
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£60,960
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52
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Ed Ruscha, History Kids, from Mountain Prints, 2013
WORLD AUCTION RECORD
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£25,000 - 35,000
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£60,960
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49
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Harland Miller, This is Where it's Fuckin At, 2012
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£15,000 - 20,000
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£57,150
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29
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David Hockney, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 17 May, 2011
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£50,000 - 70,000
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£53,340
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13
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Gerhard Richter, Goldberg-Variationen (Goldberg Variations), from Hommage à Cladders (B. 60), 1984
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£40,000 - 60,000
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£50,800
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New Auction Records
Lot
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Description
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Estimate
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Price Achieved
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23
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Roy Lichtenstein, The Mask, from Brushstroke Figures Series (C. 227), 1989
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£20,000 - 30,000
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£30,480
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*previous record price: 27,500 GBP set in 2017
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26
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After Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled III, from The Figure Portfolio, 1982/2023
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£15,000 - 20,000
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£33,020
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*previous record price: 30,240 USD set in 2024
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27
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After Jean-Michel Basquiat, Riddle Me This Batman, from Superhero Portfolio, 1987/2022
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£15,000 - 20,00
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£27,940
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*previous record price: 25,400 GBP set in 2024
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28
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Jonas Wood, Four Majors, 2018
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£40,000 - 60,000
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£139,700
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*previous record price: 94,500 GBP set in 2021
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31
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Gene Davis, Series 2, 1969
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£7,000 - 9,000
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£8,890
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*previous record price: 8,000 USD set in 2007
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44
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Julian Opie, Untitled (C. 8-13), 1998-99
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£6,000 - 8,000
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£12,700
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*previous record price: 8,000 GBP set in 2008
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52
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Ed Ruscha, History Kids, from Mountain Prints, 2013
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£25,000 - 35,000
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£60,960
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*previous record price: 50,800 USD 2024
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