Sothebys: Contemporary Discoveries, L26018, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 23, 2026 - January 23, 2026
Page Size: 17 items in 1 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5 Lorna Simpson

Wigs (portfolio)

1994 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 13,970.00
32 David Hockney

Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (Scottish Arts Council 70-108; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 67-105)

1969-70 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 22,860.00
39 Robert Motherwell

The Basque Suite (Belknap 50-59)

1970-71 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,700.00
47 Carlos Cruz-Diez

Induccion Cromatica a Doble Frecuencia

2013 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 24,130.00
51 Brian Duffy

David Bowie, Aladdin Sane

1973 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 Not Sold
52 Martin Parr

Four Photographs from the series "Common Sense" and "Think of England"

GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 13,970.00
53 Chris Levine

Equanimity

2004 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 8,255.00
54 Thomas Struth

Sichuan Zhong Lu, Shanghai

1997 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 12,700.00
55 Sebastiao Salgado

Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait

1991, printed later GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,700.00
56 Hank Willis Thomas

Football and Chain

2011 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
59 Frank Stella

Gavotte, from Black Series II (Axsom 19)

1967 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 2,413.00
60 Gerhard Richter

Aladin (P11)

2014 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 5,334.00
61 Gunther Forg

Untitled (Photography from Melnikovs House in Moscow)

1995 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 5,080.00
62 Brassai

Paris at Night, Study of Sidewalk Grating

1930s GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
63 Andreas Gursky

Cairo, Ubersicht

1993 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
70 Adrian Ghenie

Nevermore

2020 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,350.00
88 Richard Billingham

Untitled (10 works)

1992-1995 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 4,064.00
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • 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