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Swann African American = $1.83m

April 8, 2016 by Marion Maneker

MQuilt 005

Sale total: $1,831,747 with Buyer’s Premium
Hammer total: $1,466,650
Estimates for sale as a whole: $1,333,000 – $2,011,000
We offered 121 lots; 99 sold (81% sell-through rate by lot)

Top lots                                                                           Prices with buyer’s premium

 

  1. 94         Faith Ringgold, Double Dutch on the Golden Gate Bridge,1988.  $209, 000 C
  2. 18         Norman Lewis, Untitled, 1947  $149,000 D
  3. 38         Hughie Lee-Smith, Untitled (Young Man in a Slum) circa 1960. $106,250   C
  4. 84         Sam Gilliam, Rondo IX,, 1983.   $93,750  D
  5. 32**    Lewis, Untitled (Processional Figure Composition), 1956 $87,500  D
  6. 87*      Frank Bowling, Irv Sandler’s Visit 1977.        $81,250  C
  7. 17         Lewis, Untitled (Figurative Abstraction), 1945.   $75,000   D
  8. 85         William T. Williams, Chuckerbootstar Last, 1972-73     $75,000   C
  9. 116      Carrie Mae Weems, Blue Black Boy,  1987-88.  $50,000   C
  10. 31         Lewis, Adventure,, 1958.         $47,500  C

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