Last week's auctions saw some great results for Andy Warhol which smashed estimation and expectation. We've compiled the showstoppers that may help forecast future buying trends.
Sotheby's
Pauline Karpidas: The London Collection Evening Auction
Andy Warhol
The Scream (After Munch) - 1984
Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas | Signed and dated 84 (on the overlap) | 132.4 x 97cm.
Estimated £2,000,000 - 3,000,000
Realised £6,628,000
Andy Warhol
Madonna and Self-Portrait with Skeleton's Arm (After Munch) - 1984
Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas | Signed and dated 84 (on the overlap) | 129.7 x 180.4cm
Estimated £1,500,000 - 2,000,000
Realised £2,846,000
Andy Warhol
Man Ray - 1974
Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas | Signed, titled, numbered 6/6 and dated 74 (on the overlap) | 101 x 101cm
Estimated £400,000 - 600,000
Realised £584,200
Phillip's
Evening & Day Editions: London | 19 September 2025
Andy Warhol
After the Party (F. & S. 183) - 1979
Screenprint in colours, on Arches 88 paper, the full sheet | Numbered 383/1000 in pencil, with the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Visual Arts Foundation inkstamps and initialled 'SF' in pencil on the reverse | 55 x 77.4cm
Estimated £10,000 - 15,000
Realised £23,220
Andy Warhol
Black Rhinoceros, from Endangered Species (F. & S. 301) - 1983
Screenprint in colours, on Lenox Museum Board, the full sheet | Signed and numbered 72/150 in pencil | 96.5 x 96.5 cm
Estimated £60,000 - 80,000
Realised £109,650
Andy Warhol
Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482) (see F. & S. 316-319) - 1984
Unique screenprint in colours, on Arches Aquarelle paper, with full margins. | Signed and numbered 'TP 31/36' in pencil (a unique colour variant trial proof) | 81.4 x 111.7 cm
Estimated £120,000 - 180,000
Realised £232,200
Andy Warhol
Muhammad Ali (F. & S. 179-182) - 1978
The complete set of four screenprints in colours, on Strathmore Bristol paper, the full sheets | All signed and numbered 41/150 in black felt-tip pen | 101.7 x 76.5 cm
Estimated £120,000 - 180,000
Realised £154,80
Andy Warhol
Beethoven (F. & S. 390) - 1987
Screenprint in colours, on Lenox Museum Board, the full sheet | Signed by Frederick W. Hughes (Executor of the Estate of Andy Warhol) and numbered 38/60 in pencil on the stamped Certificate of Authenticity on the reverse | 101.9 x 101.9 cm
Estimated £40,000 - 60,000
Realised £103,200
Andy Warhol
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, from Reigning Queens (F. & S. 343) - 1985
Screenprint in colours, on Lenox Museum Board, the full sheet | Signed and numbered 33/40 in pencil, with the artist's copyright inkstamp on the reverse | 100 x 79.9 cm
Estimated £20,000 - 30,000
Realised £36,120
Andy Warhol
Annie Oakley, from Cowboys and Indians (F. & S. 378) - 1986
Screenprint in colours, on Lenox Museum Board, the full sheet | Signed and numbered 109/250 in pencil | 91.4 x 91.4 cm
Estimated £20,000 - 30,000
Realised £36,120
Andy Warhol
Lamentation, from Martha Graham (see F. & S. 388) - 1986
Unique screenprint in colours, with restoration to the upper third of image, on Lenox Museum Board, the full sheet | An unsigned, unique colour variant proof, with the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Visual Arts Foundation inkstamps, initialled 'T.J.H.' by Timothy J. Hunt of the Andy Warhol Foundation and annotated '144B UT.009' in pencil on the reverse | 91.4 x 91.3 cm
Estimated £15,000 - 20,000
Realised £23,220
Madeleine White
Senior Sales and Acquisitions
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