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21 November 2014

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Results: Modern British Day Sale

London EMEA 21 November 2014

Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale

London, Thursday, 20 November 2014, #1544

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

60 lots sold

Total: £3,062,250/$4,789,359/€3,821,688

70% sold by lot

86 lots offered

$ 1.564=£1 / € 1.248=£1

79% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

157

Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1930-1993),

Dog I

50,000 - 80,000

£170,500

$266,662

€212,784

US Private

145

William Scott, R.A. (1913-1989),

Still Life, Pears

60,000 - 80,000

£146,500

$229,126

€182,832

UK Private

167

William Scott, R.A. (1913-1989),

Blue Form on White

70,000 - 100,000

£134,500

$210,358

€167,856

UK Private

152

Sir John Lavery, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A. (1856-1941),

The Cigar Seller at the Glasgow Exhibition

120,000 - 180,000

£134,500

$210,358

€167,856

UK Trade

139

Frank Auerbach (b. 1931),

Head of E.O.W.

100,000 - 150,000

£110,500

$172,822

€137,904

UK Private

148

Samuel John Peploe, R.S.A. (1871-1935),

Still life with roses, apples and coffee pot

70,000 - 100,000

£104,500

$163,438

€130,416

UK Private

144

Alan Davie, R.A. (1920-2014),

House of Four Souls

30,000 - 50,000

£104,500

$163,438

€130,416

UK Private

136

Leon Kossoff (b. 1926),

Head of Chaim

100,000 - 150,000

£98,500

$154,054

€122,928

UK Trade

117

Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975),

Maquette for State House (Meridian)

60,000 - 80,000

£86,500

$135,286

€107,952

US Private

173

William Scott, R.A. (1913-1989),

Orange Landscape

50,000 - 80,000

£84,100

$131,532

€104,957

UK Trade

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.